FRISCO — A group of Frisco residents is proposing a new law that would require a citizen vote to approve development, but the measure could block the town’s plan for affordable housing on the Peak One Parcel.
  Some current and former town council members immediately slammed the effort as a selfish move that conflicts with the community’s desire to address Frisco’s most urgent priority.
  Calling itself Friends of Frisco Open Space, the organization submitted a formal request to town clerk Deborah Wohlmuth on Sept. 18, with the intent of starting a petition drive to bring the question to a vote. “Citizen involvement is the best to assure open space and recreational land-use decisions are bal­anced and help maintain the quality of life that Frisco residents and visitors so enjoy,” the group said in a press release.
  The group claims to be pro-open space, and that the measure would close existing “loopholes” in the town charter by requiring a citizen vote to approve leasing, selling or subdividing town-owned land.
  Some council members reacted strongly after their initial review of the proposed initiative.
  “It’s bogus,” said councilmember Bruce Fleet. “What they’re doing is a last-ditch effort to block the Peak One plans,” Fleet said. “But you know what? Citizens have a right to do this, and I respect their right,” he said of the planned petition drive.
  “This is the last bastion of some people who feel dis­enfranchised,” said former councilmember Dan Fallon. “These people want to maintain a multi-million dollar property for their own use … It doesn’t take into account the best interests of the town,” Fallon said. “I’ve never seen such selfish people.”
  Fallon said the public process showed there was “massive, overwhelming support” for affordable housing on the Peak One parcel.
  “We’re well within our rights to annex that proper­ty,” he said.
  After extensive public involvement, the town is moving to finalize a housing plan for the parcel, just a few blocks off Main Street.
  Annexing the property to the town is one of the next steps, and the language of the proposed ordi­nance specifically targets the Peak One parcel, along with the Home Depot parcel (now called the interstate parcel) as well the Frisco Peninsula Recreation Area.
  Since none of those properties is actually formally zoned as open space, Mayor Bill Pelham questioned the group’s motives, at least in his early reaction to the proposed ordinance.