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RESOLUTION NO. R14 -311
A RESOLUTION SETTING A DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF
CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO HAVE AFFECTED PERSONS
NOTIFIED AND PUBLISH NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS
IN THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, HALE COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
DIRECTING STAFF TO INVENTORY CITY SERVICES EXTENDED
TO SUCH PROPERTY IN A PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL SERVICE
PLAN AND PROVIDE AN UPDATED MAP.
WHEREAS, State Street Housing Development, L.P., through Kelly Garrett,
petitioned the City of Plainview, Hale County, Texas to annex a 5.79 acre tract of land
located out of the west half of Section 27, Block JK -2, Hale County, Texas, which is
adjacent to its incorporated city limits; and
WHEREAS, State Street Housing Development, L.P. is a Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs Multifamily HOME and Housing Tax Credit Program
planning to construct an eighty (80) unit apartment complex, which will be named
Stonebridge of Plainview; and
WHEREAS, as a new multifamily housing complex operating adjacent to the city
limits, such housing development needs municipal water and sewer service, since such
service is required as a part of their Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council authorizes the Mayor to have notice of such proposed
annexation published, including the time and place of two public hearings required in
accordance with the Texas Local Government Code, Section 43.0561 (Vemon's 2008);
and
WHEREAS, the Mayor is further authorized to have all affected persons in the
proposed annexation area notified and such notice be posted on the City's Internet
website; and
WHEREAS, in response to such petition and request, the City Council directs staff
to develop a preliminary municipal service plan indicating how municipal services will be
allocated to such annexed property as well as any additional cost for such services to be
available at scheduled public hearings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further directs that an updated map be prepared
indicating all property owners within the proposed annexation area to be available at
scheduled public hearings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS THAT:
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SECTION 1
The Plainview City Council will hold two public hearings in accordance with Texas
Local Government Code, Section 43.0561 (Vemon's 2008) as follows:
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Plainview City Hall
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Plainview City Hall
All interested persons will have the right to appear and be heard on the proposed
annexation by the City of Plainview, Texas on the property described as a 5.79 acre tract
of land located out of the west half of Section 27, Block JK -2, Hale County, Texas, which is
adjacent to its incorporated city limits.
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Additionally, in accordance with Texas Local Govemment Code, Section 43.062
(Vemon's 2008), notice by certified mail shall be sent to all property owners, public and /or
private entities that provide services in the proposed annexed area, and each railroad
company that serves the City of Plainview and is on the municipality's tax rolls, if the
company's right -of -way is within the proposed area. Moreover, the Plainview Independent
School District shall be notified by certified mail in accordance with Texas Local
Govemment Code, Section 43.905. Such public notice can also be viewed on the City of
Plainview's website in accordance with Texas Local Government Code, Section 43.063(c)
(Vemon's 2008).
SECTION III
As a result of such statutory requirements, the Plainview City Council hereby
authorizes the Mayor to cause notice to be sent to all affected persons in the proposed
annexed area as well as notice of such public hearings to be posted on the municipality's
Internet website and publish such hearings in a newspaper having general circulation in
the city and in the above - described territory in accordance with Texas Local Govemment
Code Ann., Chapter 43, Municipal Annexation (Vemon's 2008).
SECTION IV
Furthermore, the City Council directs that a Preliminary Municipal Service Plan be
developed to inventory the extension of full municipal services to the proposed annexed
area. Such inventory should state how full municipal services will be provided in
accordance with Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 43, Municipal Annexation
(Vernon's 2008), and any additional costs the City will bear as a result of such extension.
In accordance with Chapter 43, the City of Plainview, Texas shall provide the annexed
property the same services as those property owners within the corporate city limits. This
Preliminary Municipal Service Plan shall be available at the two scheduled public hearings.
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ATTEST:
APPROV
Resolution R14-311
Finally, the City does not foresee that the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965,
codifying the Fifteenth Amendment's permanent guarantee that no person shall be denied
the right to vote on account of race or color will be violated. However, the City Council
directs that an updated map should be prepared. indicating all property owners within the
proposed annexation area to be available at the two scheduled public hearings. The
multifamily apartment complex constructed will consist of approximately eighty units, which
will have population changes and shifts in this area.
This Resolution's public purpose is to encourage economic development in the City
and Hale County, Texas to benefit the citizens of Plainview as a whole.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8 day of April, 2014.
Belinda Hinojosa, City Se tary
re am, City ;r. .ger
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Leslie Spear Pea ce, City Attorney
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Wendell Dunlap, Mayor
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