The Frisco Planning and Zoning Commission approved a location for the new Prosper Elementary School No.18 in a currently unoccupied field last week.
The commission approved “One public school and one City park on two lots on 21.7± acres within Frisco’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, on the northwest corner of Hillcrest Road and Alviria Drive,” according to notes from the meeting.
The fields are next to Prosper ISD’s Bill Hays Middle School and just south of PGA Parkway, per Community Impact.
The Zoning Commission originally approved Preliminary Site Plan PSP22-0063 on February 14, but a new application was submitted that included adjustments to the original plan. Site Plan SP23-0033 was filed on March 27 and included changes to the “extension of Alviria Drive and Colgate Court rights-of-way,” according to documents from the meeting.
Those documents note that Alviria Drive was shifted south, while Colgate Court was shortened to account for the potential of new residences in the revised plan.
“The extension of this street was shifted south into an open field on the middle school site. The intersection with Cassidy Street was also shifted south,” the relevant section reads. “The length of the right-of-way dedication was reduced to 190 feet. If the property to the north were to develop for single family residential uses, there is sufficient distance along the extension of Colgate Court for a 130-foot-deep corner lot and a 60-foot right-of-way for the street to turn north.”
These changes were made to increase the size of the future park that will be located in the second lot. The meeting notes say that the adjustments resulted in the future park increasing its size from “4.5± acres to 6.4± acres.”
The Zoning Commission said that staff are currently evaluating the façade and landscaping plans and that more plans for the school will be discussed further at future meetings.
