During Monday’s meeting, the board of directors of Cinco MUD 12 took no action on either of the high-profile items on their agenda.

 

In a brief discussion of the pending request to rebuild eight monument signs marking the entrance to Cinco Ranch from The Grand Parkway, board members all indicated that none were interested in making any changes in that request.

 

The $1.4 million proposal has come under fire since it was first made public in July.  Many Cinco Ranch residents have criticized the sign project as a waste of money.

 

Board President Stephanie Faulk told the board that the proposed joint meeting with the Cinco Ranch Residential Property Owner’s Association board will not take place this week as originally planned because the Cinco Ranch board is still waiting on additional information from its attorney.

 

The two groups planned to discuss the controversial proposal during the CRPA’s scheduled meeting on Jan. 14. Approval from the CRPA board is needed for the MUD to move forward with the sign replacement project. 

 

The joint meeting is now expected to take place on Jan. 28.

 

The MUD board also took no action on a request from the Willowfork Fire Department to assist in the funding of a new aerial fire truck. Faulk said the board was still waiting for a copy of the fire department’s audit and a map of its service area before considering the request further.

 

During the MUD board’s December meeting, Willowfork Fire Chief Billy Wilson gave board members a presentation on the truck funding proposal. He said the need for an aerial truck was being driven by growth in the commercial areas of Cinco Ranch, most of which is occurring within MUD 12’s boundaries.

 

The fire chief explained that each aerial truck is made-to-order and takes 12 – 18 months to deliver.

 

Wilson said the truck, proposed as a 105-foot aerial, would run $933,000. Fully equipped, the cost will be $1.42 million.

 

The added equipment would include a foam capability, which would lower Cinco Ranch’s ISO fire rating, as well as $145,694 worth of miscellaneous firefighting equipment.

 

The ISO rating, Wilson explained, is how an area’s fire insurance rates are determined. The better the rating, the lower the fire insurance rates, he said.

 

Wilson also pointed out that the truck also had pumper capacity, with the ability to put up to 2000 gallons a minute onto a fire.

 

The MUD board is expected to further consider the fire truck proposal once the audit and service area map are received.