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We, the residents of Parker and Murphy, Texas, fully oppose the sewer plant, high-density housing, and independent “Municipal Utility District” (MUD) which Dallas developers Don and Phillip Huffines are clandestinely trying to build in Collin County by using a deceptively named company, "Restore the Grasslands, LLC" (RTG), to file for their permits.

Huffines-owned RTG filed for permits to build a sewer plant to process and discharge into Maxwell Creek effluent for up to 666 small houses and apartments, crammed onto 55 of 101 acres of unincorporated land between Parker and Murphy. 12 houses per acre far exceed either city’s zoning. Huffines/RTG also seeks a permit to create their very own so-called “municipal” utility district (MUD). It’s a quasi-governmental entity to operate the sewer plant and levy taxes to reimburse the Huffines millions of dollars for the unnecessary sewer plant and development. The Huffines’ project threatens our local environment and quality of life, while they will walk away with tens of millions in taxpayer-funded profits.

Far from actually restoring any grasslands, experts have testified the sewer effluent could cause significant ecological damage to Maxwell Creek, to wildlife, and to local water sources; as well as produce nuisance odors in neighborhoods near and far—negatively impacting Parker and Murphy property values and causing stormwater runoff, which threatens flooding along Maxwell and Dublin Creeks, all the way to Cottonwood Creek.

Huffines’ high-density development will add 1/3rd the population of Parker and 10% of Murphy to the area. It will have no police, fire dept., EMT, public works or schools; instead dumping demand for those services onto surrounding cities—yet paying no taxes to either city. That population growth will overload our existing schools, roads, utilities, emergency services, and storm drainage infrastructure which are not designed for Dallas-like high-density. Fixing them will overwhelm us with increased taxes. The additional demand for potable water will result in increased city water rates from No. TX Municipal Water District which supplies all North Texas cities. Schools will also suffer from overcrowding and deteriorating academics.

These are just a few of the serious adverse impacts to current residents and threats to our quality of life. Huffines/RTG’s callous disregard for all of us is unnecessary because Parker and Murphy are NOT opposed to a normal density development that would need no sewer plant or MUD. Huffines is unwilling to build a compatible development.

We also oppose Huffines’ deceptive PR campaign which claims Restore The Grasslands is trying to “protect Maxwell Creek” from Parker forcing an unnamed developer to build a sewer plant—when in fact RTG is the developer seeking the sewer plant and MUD permit.

This petition voices our concerns and asks local and state authorities to STOP Huffines' sewer plant, high-density housing, and MUD. We urge alternative solutions that prioritize the environment and respect for existing communities, over profit and greed-driven plans of Dallas developers. Please sign this petition if you share these concerns.