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DECLARING THE INSUFFICIENCY OF A
PETITION FOR DISANNEXATION OF 187 6
ACRES OF LAND IN ABSTRACT 761 M
HUNT SURVEY AND IN ABSTRACTS 1718
AND 1719 J WILCOX SURVEY CITY OF
FORT WORTH TEXAS
WHEREAS on November 30 1994 the attached petition for
disannexation was presented to the City Secretary
of the City of Fort Worth requesting disannexation
from the City of 187 6 acres of land in Abstract
761 M Hunt Survey and in Abstracts 1718 and
1719 J Wilcox Survey City of Fort Worth Texas
and
WHEREAS in order for the City Council to have jurisdiction
to consider the petition for disannexation and to
vote on the request contained in said petition the
petition must comply with the requirements of
Section 10(A) of Article 970a V T C S and
WHEREAS after investigation and report by City Secretary to
the City Council as to the sufficiency or
insufficiency of said petition it is the
conclusion of the City Council that the petition
for disannexation does not comply with the
requirements of Section 10(A) of Article 970a
V T C S the specific reasons for non-compliance
being set forth in the report presented by the City
Secretary to the City Council in OCS - 681 and
WHEREAS the City Council finds that said petition is
insufficient to give the City Council the
jurisdiction and authority to consider the request
contained therein NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
TEXAS
1
That the property which is the subject of the attached
disannexation. petition consists primarily of land which was annexed
into the City of Fort Worth in 1971 and 1973 such annexations
being City Ordinance Nos 6582 And 6817 respectively
CITY OF FORT WORTH
2
That the annexations under City Ordinance Nos 6582 and 6817
occurred after the enactment of the Municipal Annexation Act in
1963 (Article 970a V T C S ) and before the amendment to the Act
in 1981 thus requiring that any relief granted to the petitioner
must be predicted upon compliance with the requirements of Section
l0A of the Act prior to the 1981 amendments
3
That Section l0A of Article 970a V T C S provides in part as
follows
"In the event a city fails or refuses to
provide or cause to be provided such services
within the time specified herein a majority
of the qualified voters residing within such
particular annexed area and the owners of
fifty (50$) or more the land in such
particular annexed area which area must
adjoin the outer boundaries of the city may
petition the governing body of such city to
disannex such particular annexed area
4
That the attached petition does not comply with Section l0A of
Article 970a because
(a) The petition was not signed by the owners of
fifty percent (50~) or more of the land in
such particular annexed area and
(b) The property petitioned to be disannexed does
not adjoin the outer boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth
5
That because the petition does not comply with the
requirements of Section 10(A) of Article 970a V T C 5 the
petition is insufficient to give the City Council jurisdiction to
consider approval or denial of the petitioned disannexation
6
BE IT FURTHER .RESOLVED that OCS - 681 presented by the City
Secretary to the City Council on January 24 1995 and the findings
and conclusion contained therein are hereby adopted by the City
Council as its findings and conclusions with respect to the
insufficiency of the .attached petition
ADOPTED is 24th day of January APPROVED
~ CITY C~Ui~GGiL
JAH 2~ 1995
CITY OF FORT WORTH ~"'`~'`'`
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