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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 2002-12 ORDINANCE NO. _2002-12 AN ORDINANCE CREATING REINVESTMENT ZONE NO. 1, SAME BEING THAT CERTAIN 2.5014 ACRE TRACT OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, HARRIS AND GALVESTON COUNTIES, TEXAS, SAID 2.5014-ACRE TRACT BEING IN THE J. R. WILLIAMS OR SARAH MCHISSICK LEAGUE, VOLUME 254, PAGE 72, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNrY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALSO DESCRIBED AS LOT 52 AND PART OF LOT 51 OF THE ANTOINETTE VOSS SUBDIVISION, GALVESTON COLTNTY, TEXAS; MAHING CERTAIN FINDINGS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. * * � * * WHEREAS, the City Council has passed and approved Guidelines and Criteria for Granting Tax Abatement in Reinvestment Zones Created in the City of Friendswood, Texas; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such Guidelines, the City Council has received an application for creation of a reinvestment zone and the granting of tax abatement; and WHEREAS, after the giving of proper notice, as required by law, the City Council held a public hearing where all interested persons were given an opportunity to speak and present evidence for and against the creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 1; and WHEREAS, notice was given to all taxing entities where the proposed zone is to be located; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the improvements sought to be located within proposed Reinvestment Zone No. 1 are feasible and practical and would be a benefit to the land to be included in the Zone and to the City after the expiration of the tax abatement agreement; and WHEREAS, the creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 1 will be reasonably likely, as a result of its creation, to contribute to the retention or expansion of primary employment, or to attract investment essential to the city's growth into the Zone, that would benefit the property located therein and that will contribute to the economic development of the City of Friendswood; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS: Section 1. The facts and matters set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance are hereby found to be true and correct. Section 2. Reinvestment Zone No. 1 is hereby created for the purpose of encouraging economic development through tax abatement. A description of the property that comprises said Reinvestment Zone No. 1 is attached hereto as E�ibit "A" and made a part hereof for all purposes. Improvements constructed, erected, or placed within Reinvestment Zone No. 1 as created hereby shall be eligible for tax abatement. Section 3. This designation shall be effective for a period of seven (7) years, commencing on the date of adoption hereof. 5ection 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict, hereby repealed. Section 5. In the event any clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the - 2 - omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts. PASSED AND APPROVED on this 3'� day of June, 2002. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this lst day of July 2002. CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Harold L. Whitaker Mayor ATTEST • S Deloris McKenzie, T MC City Secretary - 3 - October 26, 1995 STAT� OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS METES ANU BOUNDS DESCRIPTION The Surface c�f Lot 52 and part of Lot 51 of the ANTOINETTE VOSS SUBDTVISIbN, J.R. WiTliams or Sarah MCKissick League, Galveston County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 254, Page 72, in the Office of the County Clerk of Gal�reston County, Texas, being all of said LoCs 51 and 52 less: (a) the 1-acre tract conveyed to Stanley Crump, et ux on January 30, 1973; and less (b) the 0.14-acre tract conveyed to the State of Texas on December 12, 1985. The tract herein described is more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a brass disc in concrete paving found for the point of intersection of the Northeasterly boundary of the Q.14 acre tract conveyed to the State of Texas mentioned above and the Southeasterly boundary of the aforementioned Lot 52, said point beincr t:he most Southe:rly corner of the herein described tract or parcel; THENCE North 45°00�00° Fast along Lhe common boundary of Lots 52, and 53 a distance of 536.19 feet (called 535. 94 feet) to a 5/8" iroh rod found in the Southwesterly R.O.W. boundary of Winding Way (a eounty road, 60' R.O.W. ) for the Northeasterly common .corner of said Lots 52 and 53 and the most Easte�ly corner o,= the herein described tract or parcel; THENCE North 45°O1'46" West along the SouthweSterly R.O.W. boundary of said Winding F1ay, paseing at 207.09 feet the Northeasterly common corner of said Lots 51 and 52, and continuing for a total distance of 244.79 feet (called North 45°00'00" West, 245.4 feet) to a �' iron rod set for the most Norther:ly corner of the herein described tract or parcel; THENCE South 45°00'00" West along the Southeasterly boundary of the aforementioned Crwnp tract, a distance of 354 .04 feeL to a 3/8" iron rod founcl in the Northeasterly boundary of the aforementioned 0.14 acre tract conveyed to the State of Texas for the most Weste:rly corner of the herein described tract or parcel; THENCE South 08°22'00" East along the Northeasterly boundary of the aforementioned 0.14 acre tract conveyed to the Stat-e of Texas and the present Northeasterly R.O.W. boundary of F.M. 518 (Sou1�h Friendswcocl Drive, 100� R.O.W. ) , passing at 46.98 feet the Southweste�rly common corner of said Lots 51 and 52, and c.ontinuing for a total distance of 305.05 feet (called South OS°26'32" E'.ast, 305.51 feet.) to the POINT OF BEGINNING; Sa�d tract or pa�cel corit+ainirig 2.su14 acres, more or less. 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