HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2005-09 RESOLUTION NO. R2005-09
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS, APPROVING AND SUPPORTING PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION
CREATING THE WEST RANCH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the 79th Session of the Texas Legislature convened on January 11,
2005; and
WHEREAS, the actions taken by the Texas Legislature directly impact the City
of Friendswood and its residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City of Friendswood wishes to see the passage of a bill to
created the West Ranch Management District within the boundaries of the City of
Friendswood; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood has reviewed and
approved the proposed form of the legislation to create such a district; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood would like to voice its
support for the passage of such legislation;NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD,TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby approves the proposed legislation to
create the West Ranch Management District in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit"A".
Section 2. That the City Council expresses its support of passage of the proposed
legislation to create the West Ranch Management District
PASSED,APPROVED AND RESOLVED on this 7th day of February 2005.
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Exhibit"A"
By: _.B. No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the creation and authority of the West Ranch Management District;
3 providing authority to levy an assessment, impose taxes, issue bonds and providing for
4 limited powers of eminent domain; .
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 SECTION 1. CREATION OF DISTRICT. (a) The West Ranch Management
7 District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
8 (b) The board by resolution may change the name of the district.
9 SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
10 (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.
11 (2) "City" means the City of Friendswood, Texas.
12 (3) "County" means either Harris County or Galveston County, as
13 applicable.
14 (4) "District" means the West Ranch Management District.
15 SECTION 3. DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The creation of the district is
16 essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59,
17 Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this Act.
18 (b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage,
19 and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the
20 arts, entertainment, economic development, education, safety, and the public welfare in
21 the area of the district.
22 (c) The creation of the district and this legislation may not be interpreted to
23 relieve the county or the city from providing the level of services provided, as of the
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1 effective date of this Act, to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement
2 and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
3 (d) By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the county, and other
4 political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a
5 program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
6 Constitution.
7 SECTION 4. BOUNDARIES. The district includes all the territory contained in
8 the following described area:
9 All of the following four tracts of land containing 765.31 acres, more or less,
10 which are situated in Harris County and Galveston County, Texas:
11 TRACT"A"
12 BEING 224.66 acres of land in the John Dickinson League, Abstract Number 9, City of
13 Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas and being all of Lots 1 through 25, a portion of
14 Lot 26, Lot 27, Lot 28, all of Lots 29 through 38 and all of the land contained within the
15 roads adjoining the above said Lots of the Slone Subdivision, originally recorded in
16 Volume 254-A, Page 53 of the Galveston County Map Records and transferred to
17 Volume 13, Page 91 of the Galveston County Map Records, and also being all of the
18 unplatted portion of the said Slone Subdivision lying north of Lots 1 through 11, south
19 of Chigger Bayou and south of Clear Creek as shown on the plat of the said Slone
20 Subdivision, said 224.66 acres being a portion of that same property as described in
21 deeds recorded under Clerk's File Number 8900646 and 9305532 of the Official Public
22 Records of Real Property of Galveston County, Texas, said 224.66 acres being more
23 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
24 COMMENCING at a 4-inch Texas Department of Transportation brass disk in concrete
25 found for the most southerly corner of Century Oaks Estates, a subdivision plat
26 recorded under Volume 18, Page 547 of the Galveston County Map Records, the
27 southwest corner of a called 2.5 acre tract as described in a deed recorded under
28 Volume 2563, Page 690 of the Galveston County Deed Records and being in the north
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1 right-of-way line of Farm-to-Market Road 518, as widened per deed recorded in
2 Volume 3215, Page 290 of the Galveston County Deed Records;
3 THENCE N 18° 19' 12" E, a distance of 209.33 feet along the west line of the said 2.5 acre
4 tract and the east line of said Century Oaks Estates to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap
5 stamped "Brown & Gay° set for corner and the POINT OF BEGINNING, and from
6 which a 1/2-inch iron rod found bears N 67° 13' W, 1.71 feet;
7 THENCE N 18° 19' 12" E, a distance of 89.56 feet along the east line of said Century
8 Oaks Estates to a railroad rail found for corner;
9 THENCE N 18° 28' 39" E, a distance of 1578.44 feet along the east line of said Century
10 Oaks Estates to a 2-inch iron pipe found for angle point;
11 THENCE N 48° 14' 29" E, a distance of 39.94 feet along the east line of said Century
12 Oaks Estates to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for angle
13 point;
14 THENCE N 28° 35' 39" E, a distance of 40.14 feet to a point for corner in the centerline
15 of Chigger Creek;
16 THENCE the following courses and distances along the centerline of said Chigger
17 Creek, in a downstream direction:
18 S 63° 57' 50" E, a distance of 54.25 feet; thence S 51° 48' 11" E, a distance of 94.50 feet;
19 thence S 72° 43' 56" E, a distance of 46.71 feet; thence N 71° 33' 51" E, a distance of 168.92
20 feet; thence S 67° 55' 09" E, a distance of 79.85 feet; thence S 36° 39' 49" E, a distance of
21 102.93 feet; thence S 13° 21' 09" E, a distance of 98.50 feet; thence S 04° 26' 03" W, a
22 distance of 93.97 feet; thence N 47° 51 '01" E, a distance of 82.81 feet; thence N 28° 35' 46"
23 E, a distance of 36.63 feet; thence N 07° 33' 15" W, a distance of 138.78 feet; thence N 22°
24 51' 52" E, a distance of 56.44 feet; thence N 86° 33' 35" E, a distance of 49.07 feet; thence S
25 48° 31' 51" E, a distance of 110.30 feet; thence S 36° 41' 13" E, a distance of 82.17 feet;
26 thence S 17° 01' 24" E, a distance of 55.03 feet; thence S 01° 31' 04" W, a distance of 79.86
27 feet; thence S 57° 33' 57" E, a distance of 47.66 feet; thence S 87° 43' 35" E, a distance of
28 109.88 feet; thence N 44° 59' 16" E, a distance of 26.88 feet; thence N 19° 07' 52" E, a
29 distance of 55.71 feet; thence N 59° 31' 38" E, a distance of 82.36 feet; thence S 79° 11' 24"
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1 E, a distance of 69.98 feet; thence S 57° 17' 10" E, a distance of 75.75 feet; thence S 45° 46'
2 07" E, a distance of 82.84 feet; thence S 79° 21' 24" E, a distance of 90.35 feet; thence S 59°
3 06' 50" E, a distance of 118.77 feet; thence S 14° 16' 09" E, a distance of 266.96 feet; thence
4 S 30° 06' 55" E, a distance of 180.77 feet; thence S 55° 37' 40" E, a distance of 78.97 feet;
5 thence N 85° 12' 02" E, a distance of 85.00 feet; thence N 41° 37' 31" E, a distance of
6 111.95 feet; thence N 62° 41' 17" E, a distance of 194.76 feet; thence N 71° 44' 52" E, a
7 distance of 128.27 feet; thence S 54° 36' 37" E, a distance of 98.50 feet; thence S 47° 09' 52"
8 E, a distance of 112.80 feet; thence S 75° 48' 49" E, a distance of 258.64 feet; thence N 71°
9 22' 14" E, a distance of 95.41 feet; thence N 51° 56' 39" E, a distance of 325.94 feet; thence
10 N 63° 03' 28" E, a distance of 138.92 feet; thence N 74° 09' 26" E, a distance of 240.94 feet;
11 thence N 53° 41' 57" E, a distance of 179.61 feet; thence N 39° 17' 28" E, a distance of
12 255.30 feet; thence N 52° 10' 50" E, a distance of 480.46 feet to a point in the centerline of
13 Clear Creek;
14 THENCE the following courses and distances along the centerline of said Clear Creek in
15 a downstream direction:
16 N 83° 02' 44" E, a distance of 216.85 feet; thence S 81° 11' 31" E, a distance of 221.42 feet;
17 THENCE S 31° 29' 04" W, departing the centerline of said Clear Creek and at a distance
18 of 200.00 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped " Brown & Gay" set for
19 reference in the west line of Rancho Viejo Section One, a subdivision plat filed for
20 record under Volume 15, Page 92 and Page 93 of the Galveston County Map Records, at
21 a distance of 3806.87 feet pass a southwest corner of said Rancho Viejo Section One and
22 continuing for a total distance of 4413.64 feet to a 3/4-inch iron rod found for corner in
23 the north right-of-way of said Farm-to-Market Road 518 (140-foot width);
24 THENCE N 66° 48' 50" W, a distance of 1474.06 feet to a 4-inch Texas Department of
25 Transportation brass disk in concrete found for the beginning of a tangent curve to the
26 right;
27 THENCE in a northwesterly direction along said curve to the right an arc distance
28 1477.43 feet, having a radius of 2476.48 feet, a central angle of 34°10'54" and a chord
29 which bears N 49° 43' 23" W, 1455.61 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped
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1 "Brown & Gay" set for corner and being the southeast corner of the said 2.5 acre tract,
2 and from which a found 4-inch Texas Department of Transportation brass disk in
3 concrete bears S 88° 54' W, 1.07' and a found 5/8-inch iron rod bears N 45° 13' W, 0.52;
4 THENCE N 23° 05' 10" E, departing the north right-of-way line of said Farm-to-Market
5 Road 518 and along the east line of the said 2.5 acre tract a distance of 437.48 feet to a
6 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for corner, and from which a
7 found 1/2-inch iron rod bears N 68° 30' W, 1.53 feet;
8 THENCE N 66° 44' 36" W a distance of 312.80 feet to POINT OF BEGINNING and
9 containing 224.70 acres of land.
10 SAVE AND EXCEPT the following 0.0367 acre tract of land:
11 Being a 0.0367 acre tract of land in the John Dickinson League, Abstract Number 9, City
12 of Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas and being all of that certain 0.0367 acre tract
13 of land described in a deed recorded under Clerk's File Number 9636229 of the Official
14 Public Records of Galveston County, Texas, said 0.0367 acre tract being more
15 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
16 COMMENCING at a 4-inch Texas Department of Transportation brass disk in concrete
17 found for the most southerly corner of Century Oaks Estates, a subdivision plat
18 recorded under Volume 18, Page 547 of the Galveston County Map Records, the
19 southwest corner of a called 2.5 acre tract as described in a deed recorded under
20 Volume 2563, Page 690 of the Galveston County Deed Records and being in the north
21 right-of-way line of Farm-to-Market Road 518, as widened per deed recorded in
22 Volume 3215, Page 290 of the Galveston County Deed Records;
23 THENCE N 18° 19' 12" E, a distance of 209.33 feet along the west line of the said 2.5 acre
24 tract and the east line of said Century Oaks Estates to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap
25 stamped "Brown & Gay" set for corner and from which a 1/2-inch iron rod found bears
26 N 67° 13' W, 1.71 feet;
27 THENCE N 18° 19' 12" E, a distance of 89.56 feet along the east line of said Century
28 Oaks Estates to a railroad rail found for corner;
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1 THENCE N 18° 28' 39" E, a distance of 196.40 feet along the east line of said Century
2 Oaks Estates to a point for corner;
3 THENCE S 71° 31' 21" E, a distance of 2654.33 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
4 stamped "Brown & Gay" set for corner and being the POINT OF BEGINNING of the
5 herein described 0.0367 acre tract;
6 THENCE N 68° 59' 31" E, a distance of 40.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
7 stamped "Brown & Gay" set for corner;
8 THENCE S 21° 00' 29" E, a distance of 40.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
9 stamped "Brown &Gay" set for corner;
10 THENCE S 68° 59' 31" W, a distance of 40.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
11 stamped "Brown&Gay" set for corner;
12 THENCE N 21° 00' 29" W, a distance of 40.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
13 containing 0.0367 of an acre of land.
14 In conclusion, the herein described Tract "A", being 224.70 acres of land, SAVE AND
15 EXCEPT the herein described 0.0367 of an acre tract of land out of the Tract "A" and
16 comprising a total acreage of 224.66 acres of land.
17 Bearing orientation is based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate System, South Central
18 Zone NAD-83 and was derived by GPS (Global Positioning System) measurements.
19 TRACT "B"
20 Being a 1.5678 acre tract of land and being a portion of Lots 27 and 28 of the of the Slone
21 Subdivision, originally recorded in Volume 254-A, Page 53 of the Galveston County
22 Map Records and transferred to Volume 13, Page 91 of the Galveston County Map
23 Records, said 1.5678 acres being the remainder of Lots 27 and 28 of the of the Slone
24 Subdivision lying south of Farm-to-Market Road 518 as widened per deed recorded in
25 Volume 3215, Page 290 of the Galveston County Deed Records, and also being a portion
26 of that same property as described in deeds recorded under Clerk's File Number
27 8900646 and 9305532 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Galveston
28 County, Texas, said 1.5678 acres of land being more particularly described by metes and
29 bounds as follows:
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1 Tract"B" - 1.5678 Acres
2 BEGINNING at a 3/8-inch iron rod found for the southeast corner of a called 2.4367
3 acres out of Lot "B" of the said Slone Subdivision and as described in deed recorded
4 under Clerk's File Number 8409880 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
5 Galveston County, Texas, and the southwest corner Lot 27 of the said Slone
6 Subdivision and in the north right-of-way line of Old Friendswood Road (50-foot
7 width) as shown on the plat of the said Slone Subdivision;
8 THENCE N 23° 12' 45" E, a distance of 326.27 feet along the west line of said Lot 27 and
9 the east line of said Lot"B" to a 3/8-inch iron rod found for corner in the south right-of-
10 way line of said Farm-to-Market Road 518 as widened per deed recorded in Volume
11 3215, Page 290 of the Galveston County Deed Records;
12 THENCE S 27° 31' 52" E, a distance of 273.88 feet along the south right-of-way line of
13 said Farm-to-Market Road 518 (width varies) to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap stamped
14 "Brown &Gay" set for the beginning of a tangent curve to the left;
15 THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said curve to the left an arc distance of
16 301.00 feet, having a radius of 1004.93 feet, central angle of 17° 09' 41" and a chord
17 which bears S 36° 06' 43" E, 299.88 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap stamped
18 "Brown & Gay" set for corner and being the intersection of the said widened Farm-to-
19 Market Road 518 (width varies) with the north right-of-way line of said Old
20 Friendswood Road (50-foot width);
21 THENCE N 66° 47' 00"W, a distance of 469.99 feet along the north right-of-way of said
22 Old Friendswood Road (50-foot width) to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
23 1.5678 acres of land.
24 Bearing orientation is based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate System, South Central
25 Zone NAD-83 and was derived by GPS (Global Positioning System) measurement.
26 TRACT "C"
27 BEING 491.76 acres of land in the John Dickinson League, Abstract 9, City of
28 Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas and being Lots 53 through 58, Lots 60 through
29 63, a portion of Lot 64,
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1 Lots 74 through 102, Lots 104 through 116, Lots 119 through 125, Lots 128 through 142,
2 Lots 145 through 157 of the Slone Subdivision, originally recorded in Volume 254-A,
3 Page 6 of the Galveston County Map Records and transferred to Volume 3, Page 61A of
4 the Galveston County Map Records, the portion of Lots 158 through 170 of the said
5 Slone Subdivision being north of the south line of the John Dickinson League, Abstract
6 9 as shown on the adjoining plat of Slone's Second Subdivision filed for record in
7 Volume 13, Page 93 of the Galveston County Map Records, as described by the City of
8 Friendswood, Texas Ordinance No. 178 and monumented on the ground, and all of the
9 area contained within the roads of the said Slone Subdivision which adjoin the above
10 said Lots, except the area of road adjoining the south line of Lot 125, the north line of
11 Lot 145, that portion of the road south of Lots 158, 159, and 160 and north of Lot 170
12 being of the south line of the said John Dickinson League, Abstract 9, said 491.76 acres
13 being a portion of that same property as described in deeds recorded under Clerk's File
14 Number 8900646 and 9305532 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
15 Galveston County, Texas, and all of the property described in Clerk's File Numbers
16 2001058454, 9607809, 9607810, 2001058452, 9416299, 9331194, 9439629, 9339033, 9338428,
17 9330747, 9906797, 9300437, and 9231217 of the Official Public Records of Real Property
18 of Galveston County, Texas, said 491.76 acres being described by metes and bounds as
19 follows:
20 BEGINNING at 2-inch iron pipe found for corner at the intersection of the west line of
21 the said John Dickinson League, Abstract 9 with the south corner of the Sarah
22 McKissick Survey, Abstract 151 and the most easterly north corner of the Mary Fabreau
23 Survey, Abstract 69 being an angle point the west line of Lot 108 of the said Slone
24 Subdivision, same also being the south corner of a 50-foot wide strip of land dedicated
25 to the City of Friendswood for roadway purposes as shown on the plat of Falcon Ridge
26 Section Three, a subdivision plat filed for record under Volume 18, Page 282 of the
27 Galveston County Map Records;
28 THENCE N 41°43'46" E, along the east line of the said 50-foot roadway and the west
29 line of the said Slone Subdivision a distance of 1118.80 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found
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1 for corner and being the southwest corner of a called 61.3567 acres described in a deed
2 recorded under Clerk's File Number 9441874 of the Official Public Records of Real
3 Property of Galveston County, Texas;
4 THENCE S 66°47'00" E, along the south line of the said 61.3567 acre tract and the north
5 line of a 30-foot wide roadway shown on the plat of said Slone Subdivision a distance of
6 2054.04 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for the southwest corner of Lot 74 of said Slone
7 Subdivision;
8 THENCE N 23°13'00" E, along the east line of the said 61.3567 acre tract, the east line of
9 Lot 52, the west line of Lot 74 and Lot 53 of the said Slone Subdivision a distance of
10 1846.66 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for the
11 northwest corner of Lot 53, being in the south right-of-way line of Old Friendswood
12 Road (50-foot width) and from which a 1/2-inch iron rod found bears N 22° 56' 27" E,
13 2.85 feet;
14 THENCE S 66°47'00" E, along the south line of Old Friendswood Road (50-foot width) a
15 distance of 847.01 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for
16 the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left and being the intersection of the south
17 right-of-way line of said Old Friendswood Road and the south right-of-way line of
18 Farm-to-Market Road 518 (width varies) as widened per deed recorded in Volume 3215,
19 Page 290 of the Galveston County Deed Records;
20 THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said curve to the left an arc distance of
21 219.55 feet, having a radius point which bears N 35° 42' 14" E, 1004.93 feet a central
22 angle of 12°31'04" and a chord which bears S 60°33'18" E, 219.12 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
23 rod with cap stamped "Brown &Gay" set for the end of the said curve to left;
24 THENCE S 66°48'50" E a distance of 339.17 feet along the south line of said Farm-to-
25 Market Road 518 (width varies) to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown &
26 Gay" set for the northeast corner of Lot 58 of the said Slone Subdivision;
27 THENCE S 23°13'00" W, departing said Farm-to-Market Road 518 right-of-way, a
28 distance of 907.78 feet along the east line of said Lot 58 and the west line of Lot 59 of the
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1 said Slone Subdivision to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for
2 corner;
3 THENCE S 66°47'00" E, a distance of 234.00 feet along the south line of Lot 59 to a 1-inch
4 iron pipe found for the southeast corner of said Lot 59;
5 THENCE N 23°13'00" E, a distance of 907.91 feet along the east line of said Lot 59 and
6 the west line of Lot 60 of the said Slone Subdivision to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
7 stamped "Brown & Gay" set for the northwest corner of Lot 60 and being in the south
8 right-of-way line of said Farm-to-Market Road 518 (140-foot width);
9 THENCE S 66°48'50" E, a distance of 1188.89 feet along the south right-of-way line of
10 said Farm-to-Market Road 518 (140-foot width) to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped
11 "Brown & Gay" set for corner and from which 1/2-inch iron rod found bears S 11° 52'
12 W, 0.84 feet;
13 THENCE S 31°27'Ol" W, a distance of 918.00 feet along the west line of a called 4.8476
14 acre tract of land described in a deed recorded under Clerk's File Number 2001020091
15 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Galveston County, Texas to a 5/8-inch
16 iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for corner and from which a found 5/8-
17 inch iron rod found bears N 38°40' 38" E, 12.06 feet;
18 THENCE S 66°47'00" E, a distance of 234.19 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped
19 "Brown & Gay" set for corner and being in the west line of Rancho Viejo Section Two, a
20 subdivision plat filed under Volume 15, Page 183-184 of the Galveston County Map
21 Records;
22 THENCE S 31°27'01" W, a distance of 1881.19 feet along the east line of said Slone
23 Subdivision and the west line of said Rancho Viejo Section Two, to a 3/4-inch iron pipe
24 found for the southeast corner of Lot 107 and the northeast corner of Lot 127 of the said
25 Slone Subdivision;
26 THENCE N 66° 47' 00" W, a distance of 554.37 feet along the north line of Lot 126 and
27 Lot 127 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for the northeast corner of Lot 125 and the
28 northwest corner of Lot 126 of the said Slone Subdivision;
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1 THENCE S 23° 13' 00" W a distance of 915.90 feet along the east line of said Lot 125 and
2 the west line of said Lot 126 to a 3/8-inch iron rod found for the southeast corner of said
3 Lot 125 and the southwest corner of said Lot 126 and being in the north line of a 30-foot
4 wide road right-of-way as shown on the plat of the said Slone Subdivision;
5 THENCE N 66° 47' 00" W, a distance of 234.38 feet along the south line of said Lot 125
6 and the north line of the last said 30-foot wide road right-of-way to a 5/8-inch iron rod
7 with cap stamped "Brown&Gay" set for the southwest corner of said Lot 125;
8 THENCE S 23° 13' 00" W, a distance of 945.90 feet over and across the last said 30-foot
9 wide road right-of-way, along the east line of Lot 142 and the west line of Lot 143 of the
10 said Slone Subdivision to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set
11 for the southeast corner of said Lot 142;
12 THENCE S 66° 47' 00" E, along the south line of Lot 143 and Lot 144 of the said Slone
13 Subdivision, at a distance of 229.14 feet pass a found 1/2-inch iron rod and continuing
14 for a total distance of 468.00 feet to a 1/2-iron rod found for the southwest corner of Lot
15 145 and the southeast corner of Lot 144 of the said Slone Subdivision corner;
16 THENCE N 23° 13' 00" E, a distance of 915.90 feet along the west line of said Lot 145 and
17 the east line of said Lot 144 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set
18 for the northwest corner of said Lot 145 in the south line of the last said 30-foot road
19 right-of-way, and from which a 3/8-inch iron found bears N 18° 38' 28" E,3.91 feet;
20 THENCE S 66° 47' 00" E, a distance of 183.87 feet along the south line of the last said 30-
21 foot road right-of-way to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for
22 the northeast corner of said Lot 145 and being in the east line of said Slone Subdivision
23 and the west line of said Rancho Viejo Section Two;
24 THENCE S 31°27'01" W, at a distance of 141.19 feet pass a 1/2-inch iron rod found for
25 the southwest corner of said Rancho Viejo Section Two and the northwest corner of a
26 called 45.906 acre tract described in a deed recorded under Clerk's File Number 9316733
27 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Galveston County, Texas, continuing
28 along the east line of the said Slone Subdivision and the west line of the Slone Second
29 Subdivision, a subdivision plat filed for record under Volume 254A, Page 12 & 15 of the
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1 Galveston County Map Records a total distance of 1589.22 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
2 with cap stamped "Brown & Gay" set for the southeast corner of the herein described
3 tract and being in the south line of the John Dickinson League, Abstract 9 and the north
4 line of the I & G. N.R.R Company Survey No. 4, Abstract 608, and from which a found
5 1/2-inch iron pipe bears N 86° 55' 50" E, 1.24 feet, and a 2-inch iron pipe found for the
6 southeast corner of the said Slone Subdivision bears S 31° 27' 01"W, 293.38 feet;
7 THENCE S 86° 55' 50" W, a distance of 3151.54 feet over and across Lots 158 through
8 160, a 30-foot road and 170 through 162 of the said Slone Subdivision and along the
9 south line of the said John Dickinson League, Abstract 9 and the north line of the I & G.
10 N.R.R Company Survey No. 4, Abstract 608, to a square iron axle found in the west line
11 of the said Slone Subdivision for the southwest corner of the herein described tract and
12 the southwest corner of the said John Dickinson League, Abstract 9, and from which the
13 southwest corner of the said Slone Subdivision bears S 03° 05' 56" E, 284.94 feet;
14 THENCE N 03°05'56" W, along the west line of the said Slone Subdivision, at a distance
15 of 1323.08 feet pass a 1-inch iron pipe found for the most easterly northeast corner of a
16 called 97.00 acres described in a deed recorded under Clerk's File Number 9705354 of
17 the Official Public Records of Real Property of Galveston County, Texas, and continuing
18 for a total distance of 4239.36 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 506.20
19 acres of land.
20 SAVE AND EXCEPT this 9.525 acre tract of land:
21 Being 9.525 acres of land situated in the John Dickinson League, Abstract 9, City of
22 Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas and being all of Lots 117 and 118 of the Slone
23 Subdivision, originally recorded in Volume 254-A, Page 6 of the Galveston County Map
24 Records and transferred to Volume 3, Page 61A of the Galveston County Map Records,
25 said 9.525 acres being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
26 BEGINNING at a 1-1/2 inch iron pipe found for the northwest corner of said Lot 117;
27 THENCE S 66° 47' 00" E, a distance of 453.00 feet to a 3/8-inch iron rod found
28 (disturbed) in the west line of a 30-foot road for the northeast corner of said Lot 118;
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1 THENCE S 23° 13' 00" W, a distance of 915.90 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
2 stamped "Brown & Gay" set for the southeast corner of said Lot 118 in the north of a 30-
3 foot road;
4 THENCE N 66° 47' 00" W, a distance of 453.00 feet to a 3/8-inch iron found (disturbed)
5 for the southwest corner of said Lot 117;
6 THENCE N 23° 13' 00" E, a distance of 915.90 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
7 containing 9.525 acres of land.
8 SAVE AND EXCEPT this 4.920 acre of land:
9 Being 4.920 acres of land situated in the John Dickinson League, Abstract 9, City of
10 Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas and being all of Lot 103 of the Slone
11 Subdivision, originally recorded in Volume 254-A, Page 6 of the Galveston County Map
12 Records and transferred to Volume 3, Page 61A of the Galveston County Map Records,
13 said 4.920 acres being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
14 COMMENCING at a 5/8-inch iron rod found for the northwest corner of Lot 126 of the
15 said Slone Subdivision;
16 THENCE N 66° 47' 00" W, a distance of 234.38 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
17 stamped "Brown & Gay" set for the southeast corner of said Lot 103 and the POINT OF
18 BEGINNING;
19 THENCE N 66° 47' 00" W, a distance of 234.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
20 stamped "Brown &Gay" set for the southwest corner of said Lot 103;
21 THENCE N 23° 13' 00" E, a distance of 915.90 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
22 stamped "Brown &Gay" set for the northwest corner of said Lot 103;
23 THENCE S 66° 47' 00" E, a distance of 234.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
24 stamped "Brown& Gay" set for the northeast corner of said Lot 103;
25 THENCE S 23° 13' 00" W, a distance of 915.90 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
26 containing 4.920 acres of land.
27 In conclusion, the herein described Tract "C", being 506.20 acres of land, SAVE AND
28 EXCEPT the herein described 9.525 acre tract and the herein described 4.920 acre tract of
29 land, said Tract"C" comprising a total acreage of 491.76 acres of land.
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1 Bearing orientation is based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate System, South Central
2 Zone NAD-83 and was derived by GPS (Global Positioning System) measurements.
3 Tract"D"
4 BEING 47.32 acres of land situated in the John Dickinson League, Abstract Number 15
5 and the Sarah McKissick Survey Abstract Number 549, Harris County, Texas, and being
6 out of a called 128.897 acre tract of land described in the deed to Autumn Creek
7 Development, Ltd., recorded under Harris County Clerk's File Number S953732, said
8 47.32 acres being described by metes and bounds as follows:
9 BEGINNING at a point for the southeast corner of Autumn Creek Section Nine, a
10 subdivision as shown on the plat thereof recorded at Film Code Number 497014 of the
11 Harris County Map Records in the westerly right-of-way line of West Bay Area
12 Boulevard, (100-foot wide right-of-way);
13 THENCE in a southeasterly direction with the westerly right-of-way line of said West
14 Bay Area Boulevard along said curve to the left having an arc distance of 506.26 feet, a
15 radius of 2,050.00 feet, a central angle of 14° 08' 58" and a chord which bearing S 11° 37'
16 18" E, 504.97 feet, to the point of tangency of said curve;
17 THENCE S 18° 41' 47" E, a distance of 248.04 feet with the westerly right-of-way line of
18 said West Bay Area Boulevard to a point at the northeast corner of a called 1.7040 acre
19 tract of land described by a deed to the City of Friendswood, recorded under Harris
20 county Clerk's File Number K176284;
21 THENCE S 71° 18' 13" W, a distance of 100.65 with the northerly line of said 1.7040 acre
22 tract to a point at the northwest corner of said 1.7040 acre tract and the north corner of a
23 called 20.2798 acre tract described by deed to Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority,
24 recorded under Harris County Clerk's File Number P950404;
25 THENCE S 41° 47' 10" W, a distance of 1,519.76 feet with the northwest line of said
26 20.2798 acre tract to a point for a corner;
27 THENCE N 65° 22' 41" W, a distance of 70.22 feet;
28 THENCE N 72° 32' 12" W, a distance of 253.55 feet;
29 THENCE N 89° 34' 51" W, a distance of 93.55 feet;
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1 THENCE S 88°46' 20" W, a distance of 93.87 feet;
2 THENCE N 75° 06' 28" W, a distance of 115.12 feet;
3 THENCE N 54° 31' 09" W, a distance of 67.47 feet;
4 THENCE N 41° 43' 46" E, a distance of 737.60 feet with the southeast line of called 3.4
5 acre tract described by deed recorded in Volume 264, Page 548, of the Harris County
6 Deed Records, to a point for a corner;
7 THENCE N 48° 21' 15" W, a distance of 199.99 feet with the northeast line of said 3.4
8 acre tract;
9 THENCE S 41° 43' 46" W, a distance of 709.88 feet with the northwest line of said 3.4
10 acre tract;
11 THENCE N 20° 12' 20" W, a distance of 129.06 feet;
12 THENCE N 13° 26' 52" W, a distance of 91.03 feet;
13 THENCE N 07° 51' 30" W, a distance of 67.29 feet;
14 THENCE N 41° 43' 46" E, a distance of 554.47 feet with the southeast line of a called 3.4
15 acre tract of land described by deed to Charles Crady III, recorded under Harris County
16 Clerk's File Number C841669, to a point for a corner;
17 THENCE N 48° 13' 21" W, a distance of 319.44 feet with the northeast line of said
18 Charles Crady III tract to a point for a corner;
19 THENCE S 41° 43' 46" W, a distance of 327.16 feet with the west line of said Charles
20 Crady III tract, to the north high bank of Clear Creek;
21 THENCE with the meanders of the northerly high bank of Clear Creek the following
22 courses and distances;
23 N 06° 15' 18" E, a distance of 128.87 feet; thence N 29° 33' 14" E, a distance of 96.29 feet;
24 thence N 35° 23' 39" E, a distance of 90.35 feet; thence N 54° 40' 40" E, a distance of
25 171.73 feet; thence N 65° 22' 42" E, a distance of 76.58 feet; thence N 70° 16' 39" E, a
26 distance of 165.74 feet; thence N 85° 37' 19" E, a distance of 133.13 feet; thence S 73° 47'
27 45" E, a distance of 47.39 feet; thence N 80° 52' 47" E, a distance of 106.09 feet; thence N
28 71° 30' 39" E, a distance of 118.94 feet; thence N 63° 18' 34" E, a distance of 84.87 feet;
29 thence N 44° 42' 37" E, a distance of 92.08 feet; thence N 39° 51' 29" E, a distance of 86.14
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1 feet; thence N 29° 04' 19" E, a distance of 50.03 feet to the southwest corner of said
2 Autuxnn Creek Section Nine;
3 THENCE with the south line of said Autumn Creek Section Nine the following courses
4 and distances;
5 S 24° 51' 52" E, a distance of 69.54 feet; thence S 06° 45' 46" E, a distance of 87.56 feet;
6 thence S 32° 26' 33" E, a distance of 85.50 feet; thence S 88° 37' 39" E, a distance of 14.86
7 feet; thence N 44° 06' 45" E, a distance of 112.42 feet; thence N 21° 44' 05" E, a distance
8 of 112.59 feet; thence N 56° 48' 17" E, a distance of 32.67 feet; thence S 79° 07' 55" E, a
9 distance of 52.80 feet; thence S 63° 32' 53" E, a distance of 52.09 feet; thence S 49° 13' 34"
10 E, a distance of 37.53 feet; thence N 70° 39' 58" E, a distance of 39.78 feet; thence N 22°
11 49' 00" E, a distance of 57.03 feet; thence N 00° 17' 16" W, a distance of 29.48 feet; thence
12 N 38° 11' 13" W, a distance of 86.26 feet; thence N 18° 19' 44" E, a distance of 50.57 feet;
13 thence N 03° 06' 21" W, a distance of 72.07 feet; thence N 67° 12' 26" E, a distance of
14 40.69 feet; thence S 55° 50' 39" E, a distance of 76.98 feet; thence S 73° 56' 00" E, a
15 distance of 36.58 feet; thence N 67° 59' 15" E, a distance of 41.85 feet; thence N 37° 54'
16 13" E, a distance of 106.81 feet; thence S 77° 38' 13" E, a distance of 39.60 feet; thence S
17 41° 22' 10" E, a distance of 72.50 feet; thence S 34° 59' 04" E, a distance of 41.88 feet;
18 thence N 84° 58' 55" E, a distance of 37.80 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
19 containing 47.32 acres of land.
20 SECTION 5. FINDINGS RELATING TO BOUNDARIES. The boundaries and
21 field notes of the district form a closure. If a mistake is made in the field notes or in
22 copying the field notes in the legislative process, the mistake does not in any way affect
23 the district's:
24 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
25 (2) right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is
26 created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;
27 (3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
28 (4) legality or operation.
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1 SECTION 6. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. (a) The
2 district is created to serve a public use and benefit. All the land and other property
3 included in the district will be benefited by the improvements and services to be
4 provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
5 III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under
6 this Act.
7 (b) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to:
8 (1) further the public purposes of development and diversification of
9 the economy of the state; and
10 (2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment and develop or
11 expand transportation and commerce.
12 (c) The district will:
13 (1) promote the health, safety, education, and general welfare of
14 residents, employers, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district and the general
15 public;
16 (2) provide needed funding to preserve, maintain, and enhance the
17 economic health and vitality of the district as a community and business center; and
18 (3) further promote the health, safety, welfare, education, and
19 enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
20 developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration,
21 preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.
22 (d) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or
23 below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, and street art objects are parts
24 of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road
25 improvement.
26 (e) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private
27 interest even though many private interests, as well as the general public, will be
28 benefited by the district.
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1 SECTION 7. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. (a) Except as otherwise
2 provided by this Act, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
3 (b) Chapter 311, Government Code, applies to this Act.
4 SECTION 8. CONSTRUCTION OF ACT. This Act shall be liberally construed
5 in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this Act.
6 SECTION 9. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN GENERAL. (a) Except as provided
7 by Subsection (c), the district is governed by a board of five directors appointed under
8 Section 10.
9 (b) Directors serve staggered terms of four years, with two directors' terms
10 expiring June 1 of an odd-numbered year and three directors' terms expiring June 1 of
11 the following odd-numbered year.
12 (c) A position as director on the board that is vacant for any reason including
13 death, resignation, disqualification, or abstention from participation in a vote due to a
14 conflict of interest, is not counted for the purposes of determining the requirements for
15 a quorum of the board.
16 SECTION 10. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS. (a) The governing body of
17 the city shall appoint district directors from persons nominated by the board. A person
18 is appointed if a majority of the council votes to appoint that person. The board shall
19 conform its director nominations to the requirement that:
20 (1) at least a majority of serving directors shall have been named
21 from a list provided by the owner of 25 percent of the land area of the district (unless
22 the district has no owner so qualified); and
23 (2) two board members shall have been named by the governing
24 body of the city.
25 (b) If no qualified names are provided in accordance with items (1) or (2)
26 of subsection (a) within 30 days of a written request therefor, the board may nominate
27 any qualified person as director.
28 (c) The city shall have the right to remove and replace any directors it
29 nominates under item (2) of subsection (a) from time to time without cause.
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1 SECTION 11. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.
2 (a) Except as provided by this section:
3 (1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and
4 (2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest
5 for directors.
6 (b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A
7 director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive
8 a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the
9 interest. An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes. After
10 the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a
11 discussion or vote on that action if:
12 (1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same
13 entity; or
14 (2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will
15 receive a similar pecuniary benefit.
16 (c) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not
17 participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that public
18 entity.
19 (d) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a
20 charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a
21 business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
22 SECTION 12. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
23 (a) The district may acquire, construct and finance educational facilities,
24 sites and appurtenances benefiting the district, and convey same to the school district
25 serving the district.
26 (b) The District may not exercise the power of eminent domain except to
27 provide for drainage or detention facilities to serve the district in the same manner
28 provided for municipal utility districts operating under Chapter 54, Water Code. The
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1 District may not exercise the power of eminent domain against any property owned by
2 the city or the county.
3 SECTION 13. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) The district may make an
4 agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.
5 (b) The implementation of a district project is a governmental function or
6 service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
7 SECTION 14. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the public
8 interest, the district may contract with the city to provide law enforcement services in
9 the district above and beyond those provided within the district by the city.
10 SECTION 15. REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
11 IMPROVEMENTS. The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate and maintain
12 any improvement or service authorized under this Act or Chapter 375, Local
13 Government Code; provided that, the board may not finance a service or improvement
14 project with assessments under this Act unless a written petition requesting that
15 improvement or service has been filed with the board. The petition must be signed by
16 the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to
17 assessment as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
18 SECTION 16. UTILITIES. The district may not impose an
19 impact fee or assessment on the property, equipment, rights of way, facilities, or
20 improvements of an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by
21 Section 31.002, Utilities Code, a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001,
22 Utilities Code, a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities
23 Code, or of a person that provides to the public cable television or advanced
24 telecommunications services. If the district, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it
25 by this Act, requires or requests the relocation, rerouting, or removal of electric, gas,
26 water, sewer, communications, or other public utilities, as defined by Sections 31.002,
27 101.003, 121.001, or 51.002, Utilities Code, the relocation, rerouting, or removal shall be
28 at the sole expense of the district.
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1 SECTION 17. BONDS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
2 payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue,
3 grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to
4 pay for any authorized purpose of the district. In exercising the district's borrowing
5 power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note,
6 certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in
7 payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation. At the time bonds
8 payable in whole or in part from taxes are issued, the board shall levy a continuing
9 direct annual ad valorem tax for each year while all or part of the bonds are outstanding
10 on all taxable property within the district in sufficient amount to pay the interest on the
11 bonds as it becomes due and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of
12 the bonds when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date
13 and to pay the expenses of assessing and collecting the taxes.
14 SECTION 18. ELECTIONS. (a) The district shall hold an election in the
15 manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain
16 voter approval before the district imposes an ad valorem tax or issues bonds payable
17 from ad valorem taxes.
18 (b) The board may include more than one purpose in a single proposition at an
19 election.
20 (c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
21 SECTION 19. AD VALOREM TAX. If authorized at an election held in
22 accordance with Section 18, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on
23 taxable property in the district for the purposes of the district, including the acquisition,
24 construction, operation and maintenance of the district and the improvements
25 constructed or acquired by the district or for the provision of services. The board shall
26 determine the tax rate.
27 SECTION 20. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT
28 OBLIGATIONS. Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a
29 municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
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1 SECTION 21. DISBURSEMENTS OR TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The board by
2 resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure
3 required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
4 SECTION 22. COMPETITIVE BIDDING. In lieu of Subchapter K, Chapter 375,
5 Local Government Code, the provisions of Chapter 49, Water Code, relating to
6 competitive bidding, shall apply to the district with respect to contracts for construction
7 or acquisition of water, wastewater and drainage or detention improvements; all other
8 district projects shall be awarded in accordance with the competitive bidding
9 requirements of a local government corporation operating pursuant to the provisions of
10 Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
11 SECTION 23. EXCEPTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH
12 OUTSTANDING DEBT. (a) The board may vote to dissolve a district that has debt. If
13 the vote is in favor of dissolution, the district shall remain in existence solely for the
14 limited purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts
15 have been discharged.
16 (b) Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
17 SECTION 24. MUNICIPAL APPROVAL. The District must obtain approval
18 from the governing body of the city for the issuance of bonds for an improvement
19 project.
20 SECTION 25. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board consists of the
21 following persons:
22 Pos. No. Name of Director
23 1 To be appointed by the city
24 2 To be appointed by the city
25 3 joe Stunja
26 4 Jeff Anderson
27 5 Doug Konopka
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1 (b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed for positions 1 and
2 3 expire June 1, 2007, and the terms of directors appointed for positions 2,4 and 5 expire
3 June 1, 2009.
4 (c) Section 10 does not apply to this section.
5 (d) This section expires September 1, 2009.
6 SECTION 26. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. The
7 district may join and pay dues to an organization that enjoys tax-exempt status under
8 Sections 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and that
9 performs services or provides activities consistent with the furtherance of the purposes
10 of the district. An expenditure of public money for membership in the organization is
11 considered to further the purposes of the district and to be for a public purpose.
12 SECTION 27. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
13 All or any part of the area of the district is eligible, notwithstanding other statutory
14 criteria, to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city under
15 Chapter 311, Tax Code, or included in a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by the
16 city under Chapter 312, Tax Code. All or any part of the area of the district is also
17 eligible to be included in an enterprise zone created by the city under Chapter 2303,
18 Government Code.
19 SECTION 28. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. The district may
20 establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs, including
21 programs for making loans and grants of public money and providing personnel and
22 services of the district, to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate
23 business and commercial activity in the district. The district has all of the powers and
24 authority of a municipality under Chapter 380, Local Government Code.
25 SECTION 29. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that:
26 (1) proper and legal notice of the intention to introduce this Act,
27 setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law,
28 and the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
29 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished by the constitution and
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1 laws of this state, including the governor, who has submitted the notice and Act to the
2 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
3 (2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed its
4 recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, lieutenant governor, and
5 speaker of the house of representatives within the required time;
6 (3) the general law relating to consent by political subdivisions to the
7 creation of districts with conservation, reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion
8 of land in those districts has been complied with; and
9 (4) all requirements of the constitution and laws of this state and the
10 rules and procedures of the legislature with respect to the notice, introduction, and
11 passage of this Act have been fulfilled and accomplished.
12 SECTION 30. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately if it
13 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by
14 Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary
15 for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
16
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