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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1342~_ 1~- Resolution ~soL~o~ No.,~~~ WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth has recognized the importance of economic development to the City; and, WHEREAS, the Council has determined that there are benefits to the City of fort Worth which may be derived from having an Enterprise.Zone Program; and, WHEREAS, the City Council directed the City Manager and the Economic Development Office to develop a City of Fort Worth Enterprise Zone Program to suggest zones with definite boundaries and specific economic development in- centives; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, Article 5190.7 (the "Act") provides for State designation by the Texas Department of Commerce of areas within the City of Fort Worth as enterprise zones and, WHEREAS, the Act provides for the nomination by the City Council to the Texas Department of Commerce, of any economically distressed area within the City as a potential enterprise zone, if the area meets the criteria of the Act; and, WHEREAS, the Act establishes an application process for Department of Commerce designation of qualifying areas as enterprise zones; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is necessary and in the best interest of the City to nominate two {2) areas within the City as designated enterprise zones pursuant to the Act; and, WHEREAS, public hearings were held to receive public comment in accordance with Article 5190.7, Section 5(b) of the Texas Enterprise Zone Act; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CDUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH THAT: _ That area within the City defined and described on Exhibit A,. attached hereto and incorporated herein, be designated as the "North Enterprise Zone"; That the City Council has determined, and finds that the North Enterprise Zone satisfies the criteria for designation of an enterprise zone as specified in Section 4 of the Act by having an unemployment rate of at least 1.5 times the state unemployment rate, and by being located in a City designated as a distressed City for purposes of urban development action grants. .That the City Council agrees to provide incentives applicable to business -~ enterprises in the North Enterprise Zone not applicable throughout the City, as described on Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein; _.. CE'IS'Y OF FORT N1ORTS ~ - J .. ,. ~~ My, ' -a -~ 1` 1~ ~esoluizozt That the North Enterprise Zone be, and the same is, pursuant to the Act, designated as an enterprise zone, subject to the approval by the Texas Department of Commerce in accordance with the Act; That the City of Fort Worth City Manager's Office by and through the Economic Development Office be, and is hereby designated as the City'.s administrative agency and serve as liaison to administer the Act within the North Enterprise Zone; That the City Manager of his designee be, and is hereby authorized and directed to submit an application to the Texas Department of Commerce for designation of the North Enterprise Zone as a designated enterprise zone pursuant to the Act. Adopted this 9th day of August, 1988. Mayor Attest: City Secretary _.~; ~i~'Y OF FORT NORTH APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL RUG g 1988 ~Ne~~, qry se«e~acs ~ w. cxe~ of rbK win, sew ~~~ EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION OF ARF,A INCLUDED IN THF. PROPOSED NORTH ENTERPRISE ZONF. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS RF.GINNING at the northeast corner of the intersection of North Main Street and Fast Ninth Street; THENf,E northwesterly with the easterly right-of-way of North Main Street to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of South Grand Street; THENCE, westerly with the northerly right-of-way of South Grand Street to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of Grand Street; THENCE westerly with the northerly right-of-way line of Grand Street to the easterly line of the alley between Circle Park Boulevard and Lee Avenue; THF,NCE northwesterly with said easterly line to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of North Twelfth Street; THENCE southwesterly with the northerly right-of-way line of. North Twelfth Street; THENCE southwesterly with the northerly right-of-way 11ne,of North Twelfth Street to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Circle Park Boulevard; THENCE northwesterly with the easterly right-of-way line of Circle Park Boulevard and its projection to the southerly line of Park Street; THENCE northeasterly with the southerly right-of-way 11ne of Park Street to the southerly right-of-way line of Twentieth Street; THENCE easterly with the southerly line of Twentieth Street to its intersection with the easterly line of Prospect Avenue; THENCE northwesterly with the easterly right-of-way line of Prospect Avenue to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Lee Avenue; THENGF, northerly with the easterly right-of-way Line of Lee Avenue to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of Twenty-First • Street; THENCE westerly with the northerly right-of-way line bf Twenty-First • Street to its intersection with the westerly right-of-way line of Wilson Street; --"-- ~lo,s~anq 44'i'~~`~ ,trs:, ~~_,.,. 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THENCIi southwesterly with the westerly right-of-way line of Wilson Street to the northerly rig ht-of-way line of Jacksboro Highway; THF,NCE northwesterly with the northeasterly right-of-way line of Jacksboro Highway to the southeasterly right-of-way line of Long _ Avenue; • THENCE northeasterly with t he southeastecly right-of-way line of Long Avenue to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Ross Avenue; THENCE northerly with the easterly right-of-way line of Ross Avenue to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of North Thirty-Fifth Street; THENCE westerly with the northerly right-of-way line of Thirty-Fifth Street to the easterly right-of-way line of Von Avenue; THENCE northerly with the projection of the easterly right-of-way line of Von Avenue to the southerly right-of-way line of North Thirty-Eighth Street; THENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of North Thirty-Eighth Street to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of North Main Street; THENCE northerly with the easterly right-of-way line of North Main Street to the southerly right-of-way line of North Thirty-Eighth Street; ;THENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line DoE North Thirty-Eighth Street to westerly right-of-way line of Decatur Avenue; THENCE southerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Decatur Avenue to the southerly right-of-way line of Thirty-Sixth Avenue; THENCF, easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of Thirty-Sixtli Avenue to the westerly right-of-way line of Schwartz Avenue; THENCE southerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Schwartz Avenue to the northerly right-of-way line of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad Company; THENCF, southwesterly with [he northerly right-of-way line of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad Company to the easterly right-of-way line of Decatur Avenue; THENCE southerly with the easterly right-of-way line of Decatur Avenue to the southerly righ-of-way line of Dewey Street; THENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line ~of Dewey Street to the westerly right-of-way line of Hutchinson Road; • Page 2 of. 10 OFF~Ui~L {lElrl)n~ {S s d,.....,: 4~~1 THENCE southerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Hutchinson Road to the southerly right-of-way line of Northeast Twenty-Ninth Street; THENCE, easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of Northeast Twenty-Ninth Street to the westerly right-of-way line of Deen Road; THENCE southerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Deen Road to the southerly right-of-way line Northeast Twenty-Eighth Street; THENCF, easterly with the southerly line of northeast Twenty-Eighth to the westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Thirty Five West; THENCE northerly with the westerly right-of-way of Interstate Highway Thirty-Five West to the northerly rigfit-of-way line of Western Center Boulevard; THENCF, westerly with the northerly right-of-way line of Western Center Boulevard approximately 2800 feet to the projection of the easterly line of Northbrook Lot 1, Block 1; THENCE southerly with the easterly line of said Lot 1, Block 1, pro- jected to the proposed centerline of Mark IV Parkway; THENCE northwesterly along the centerline of said proposed Mark IV Parkway to the northerly right-of-way line of Western Center Boule- vard; THENCE easterly along said northerly rlght-of-way line to the easterly right-of-way line of said Pacesetter Drive; THENCE northerly with the easterly right-of-way of Pacesetter Drive to its intersection with the northerly line of Western Meadows Addition, Phase I as recorded in Volume 388/201, Page 91, Tarrant County Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas; THENCE westerly with the northerly line of said Western Meadows Addition, Phase L, and its projection to the easterly right-of-way of Farm to R9arke[ Road Number 156; THENCE northerly with [he easterly right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road Number 156 approximately 1700 feet to the northerly line of a 111.64 acre tract; THENCF, easterly with the northerly line of said 111.64 acre tract approximately 2855 feet to the east line of the S. Walker Survey, Abstract Number 1602; THENCE northerly with said easterly survey line to .the centerline of Big Fossil Creek; • Page 3 of 10 Y9f!'IC~~6 ik~UU1SU ~4~'l~' 5~~~~if,~Y ;, - - ~:.. THENCE southeasterly with the centerline of Big Fossil Creek to a point in the common line of the William Smith Survey, Abstract Number 1418, and the Milly Gilbert Survey, Abstract Number 565; THENCE easterly ,with said common survey line to a point 2578.90 feet easterly from the easterly right-of-way of Pacesetter Dcive; THENCE northerly with a westerly line of Western Technical and Management Center, as recorded in Volume 388/143, Pages 94 and 95, County Records, Tarrant County, Texas, to the southwest corner of the Thomas Peck Survey, Abstract Number 1210; THENCF, northerly with a cesterly line of said Thomas Peck Survey approximately 2100 feet to southerly line of Dennison Royal Tract; THP,NCF, easterly with the southerly line of said Dennison Royal Tract to the Westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Thirty-Five West; THENCF, northerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Thirty-Five West to the southwesterly right-of-way line of U.S. LLHighway Number 287; ~LHENCE northwesterly with the southwesterly right-of-way of U.S. Highway Number 287 to the easterly right-of-way line of Harmon ,Road; ,,~ THENCE southerly with the easterly right-of-way line of Harmon Road to the northerly right-of-way line of proposed Smithsonian Boulevard; THENCE northwesterl with the northerl ri ht-of-wa line of Y y g y proposed Smithsonian Boulevard to the north line of a proposed 7 acre tract zoned "I"; THENCE easterly with the north line of said 7 acre tract to the westerly right-of-way line of Harmon Road; THENCE northerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Harmon Road to the southwesterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 287; THENCE northwesterly with the southwesterly right-of-way of U.S. ~ Highway 281 to the southerly line of a 49.7 acre tract of land zoned "I" and the southerly line of a 80.9 acre tract of land zoned "I.P." approximately 2923 Feet in all; THENCE southerly to the northerly right-of-way line of proposed Smithsonian Boulevard; THF,NCE westerly with .~ Smithsonian Boulevard zoned "IP", approximat THENCE northerly with the s th 1 li the northerly right-of-way line of proposed to the southeast corner of a 23.8 acre tract ely 1400 feet; the westerly line of said tract zoned "IP" to ou er y ne of a 100 acre U.S. Government tract; • Page 4 of 10 OFFIC4,4F DGCD~D THENCF, westerly to the easterly right-of-way of Farm to Market Road 156; THENCE northerly with said easterly right-of-way to the northwest • corner of said 100 acre tract; THENCE westerly with the south line of a 55.5 acre tract zoned "I.P."; THENCP, southerly with an easterly line of said 55.5 acre tract; THENCE westerly with the southerly line of said 55.5 acre tract; THENCE northwesterly with the westerly line of said 55.5 acre tract to the northerly right-of-way line of proposed Independence Boulevard; THENCE westerly with the northerly right-of-way of said proposed Independence Boulevard to the easterly right-of-way of Wagley-Robertson Road; THENCE northerly with the easterly right-of-way of Wagley-Robertson 'Road to the southerly right-of-way line of the proposed North Tarrant Freeway; THENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of said proposed freeway to the westerly right-of-way of Farm to Market Road 156; THENCE southerly with said westerly right-of-way line to the southerly right-of-way line of proposed Independence Boulevard; THENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of proposed Independence Boulevard to the east line of a 30.6 acre tract zoned .. C.. THENCE northerly with the east line of said 30.6 acre tract [o the southerly right-of-way line of the proposed North Tarrant Freeway; THENCE southeasterly with the southerly right=of-way line of said proposed freeway to the southwesterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 287; THENCE southeasterly with the southwesterly right-of-way line of said highway to the southeast corner of an existing "I" zoned tract; THENCE easterly to the westerly right-of-way line of Harmon Road; THF,NCE southerly with the westerly right-of-way line of Harmon Road to the northeasterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 287; • THENCE southeasterly with the northeasterly right-of-way of U.S. Highway 287 to the westerly right-of-way of Interstate Highway Thirty-Five West; _ y ~` y~_^(_QQ- Page 5 of 10 ~~~~ F~~~~~~i..Er~ifS~ ~S. • a... THENCE northerly along the said west right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Number Thirty-Five West, approximately 10,200 feet to the south line of a proposed street; THENCE westerly along the said proposed south right-of-way of the proposed street approximately 2500 feet to the proposed west ~ right-of-way line of North Park Drive; THENCE northerly along the said proposed west right-of-way line of North Park Drive approximately 2400 feet to the proposed north right-of-way line of Golden Triangle Boulevard; THENCE northeasterly along the said proposed north right-of-way line of Golden Triangle Boulevard approximately 2600 feet to the most easterly west line of North Park; THENCE southerly along said west line of North Park approximately 1800 feet to the south line of a 25 acre parcel zoned "I"; THENCE westerly along said south line approximately 540 feet to a northeasterly line of a 12 acre parcel zoned "ER"; THENCE northwesterly along said northeast line approximately 650 feet to the proposed south right-of-way line of Golden Triangle Boulevard; (THENCE southwesterly along the proposed south right-of-way line of \Golden Triangle Boulevard approximately 750 feet to proposed east • right-of-way line of North Park Drive; THENCF, southerly. along the said proposed east right-of-way line of North Park Drive approximately 2300 feet to the proposed north right-of-way line of a proposed street; THENCE along the said proposed north right-of-way line of a proposed street approximately 2300 feet to the aforementioned west right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Number Thirty-Five West; THENCE northerly along the said west right-of-way of Interstate Highway Number Thirty-Five West to the north right-of-way line of Keller Haslet Road; THENCE southwesterly along the north right-of-way line of Keller-Haslet Road (County Road No. 4042) approximately 900.00 feet; THENCE northwesterly approximately 10,837.00 feet; THENCE northwest to the east right-of-way line of the Gulf, Colorado . and San ta Fe Railroad; ~ THENCE northeasterly along said right-of-way line approximately 2181.40 feet; ___^___.________. __ -- ~~ ~~1~srE9 j L~'~'' QA~'G~~sis'~~ • THENCE easterly approximately 3007.15 fee[; . , lei ~;~ ,:~~,::~>x:"{. ~t,"1"z THENCE southerly approximately 1824.33 feet; i Page 6 of 10 e C., ~c~;;.:t.,., :sti. _.,____~ . ~.. , THENCF, easterly approximately 3570.95 feet; THF,NCE southerly to the northwest right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35W; •,^ THENCE southwesterly along the right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 35W approximately 6210.43 feet; THENCE crossing said Interstate Highway No. 35W in a southeasterly direction approximately 350.00 feet to the southeast right-of-way line of said Interstate No. 35W; THENCE southerly approximately 2822.16 feet to the north righC-of-way line of said Keller-Haslet Road; THENCE northwesterly along the- north right-of-way line of said Keller-Haslet Road to the east right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 35W; THENCE southerly approximately 3500 feet along the easterly right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 35W to the northerly right-of-way line of the proposed Northpass Freeway; THENCE northeasterly approximately 16,000 feet along said northerly -~. right-of-way line to the westerly line of zoning tract 9 of Northpass; THENCE northerly approximately 440 feet; THENCE westerly approximately 150 feet; !THENCE northerly approximately 1580 feet to the southerly right-of-way line of a proposed 120 foot wide street; THENCE northeasterly along said southerly right-of-way line approximately 4200 feet; THENCE southerly approximately 600 feet; THENCE easterly approximately 4525 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad; THENCE southerly along said right-of-way line approximately 7000 feet to the southerly most line of zoning tract 7 of Northpass; THENCE westerly approximately 2560 feet; THENCE northerly approximately 2660 feet; THENCF, westerly approximately 2400 feet to a point in [he southerly right-of-way line of the proposed Northpass Freeway; Of:FICIIIL RECQfdD ' Page 7 of 10 f 1. 4Ci.....,~ ~:Ii. '' ~p THENCE southwesterly approximately 16,000 feet along said southerly r.tght-of-way line to the easterly right-of-way line Interstate Highway No. 35W; THENCE southerly approximately 1000 feet to the northerly line of zoning tract 11 of Prairie Vista; THENCF, easterly approximately 3430 feet; THENCE southeasterly approximately 460 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of Old Denton Road; THENCE southerly approximately 1125 feet along said right-of-way line; THENCE westerly approximately 1825 feet; THENCE southerly approximately 1510 feet to the southerly most line of zoning tract 10 of Prairie Vista; THENCE westerly approximately 1990 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35W; THENCF, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 35W to the southerly right-of -way line of Golden Triangle Boulevard; THENCE easterly approximately 2400 feet along said southerly right-of-way line to the westerly right-of-way line of Old Denton Road; THENCE southerly approximately 1225 feet along said westerly right-of-way line; THENCE westerly approximately 1620 feet; THENCF, southerly approximately 2270 feet; THENCE easterly approximately 1835 fee[ to the westerly right-of-way line of Old Denton Road; THENCE southerly approximately 3300 feet to the northerly right-of-way of a proposed Nat Gibbs Road; THL'NCE westerly approximately 1600 feet to the easterly right-of-way of a proposed 120 foot road; THENCE northerly approximately 5500 feet with the easterly right-of- way of said proposed road; THENCE westerly approximately 400 feet with the southerly right-of-way line of a proposed road to the easterly right-of-way line of • Interstate highway Thirty-Five West; Pape 8 of 10 fIeI:ICI~¢ Ii~C02~ CI'~'l ~ ~"'~`:'ar,~l~ ~~. ~~~ t ~o Ce,~: ,1, It;.~~u .. al THENCF, southerly along said easterly right-of-way line to the southerly right-of-way line of proposed [fall Price Road; THENCE northeasterly along the said proposed southerly right-of-way of a 120 foot wide street approximately 2960 feet to the east line of a ~~ 224 acre tract Zoned "I"; (THENCE southerly along said east line of the 224 acre tract approximately 1350 feet to a reentrant corner of said 224 acre tract; THENCE westerly along a southerly line of said 224 acre tract approximately 1010 feet to a reentrant corner of the said 224 acre tract; THENCE southerly along an easterly line of the said 224 acre tract approximately 2275 feet to a reentrant corner of Che said 224 acre tract; THENCF, easterly along a northerly line of the said 224 acre tract approximately 1000 feet to a reentrant corner of the said 224 acre tract; THENCE southerly along a east line of the said 224 acre tract approximately 1460 feet to the southeast corner of the said 224 acre tract; THENCE westerly along t he southerly line of [he said 224 acre tract '..approximately 29 75 feet to the east right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 3514; THENCF, southerly along the east right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 35W to the north right-of-way line of proposed Basswood Boulevard; THENCE easterly along the north right-of-way line of said Basswood Boulevard approximately 1740.00 feet to a proposed road; THENCF, southerly along said proposed road to the southerly right-of-way line of proposed Summertree Lane; THENCE westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of said proposed Summertree Lane to the East right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 35W; THENCE southerly with the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35W to the southerly right-of-way line of Fossil Creek Boulevard; • TIiENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of Fossil Creek Boulevard to the westerly right-of-way line of North Beach Street; • THENCF, southerly with the westerly right-of-way line of North Beach Street to the northerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 8F20• { ry Page 9 of 10 ,.~ _ r ,~i u_~F• ~ ~ .. .lr w ~J ~` THENCE westerly with the northerly right-of-way of Interstate Highway 820 to the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35W; THENCE southerly with the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35W to a line approximately 700 linear feet south of the centerline of Leamside Drive; THENCE easterly with said line located approximately 700 linear feet south of Leamside Drive to its intersection with the westerly right-of-way line of North Beach Street; THENCE southerly with the westerly right-of-way of North Beach Street to the northerly right-of-way line of the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company; THENCE southwesterly with said northerly right-of-way line approximately one mile to a point; THENCE northerly to the projection of the northerly right-of-way line of Northeast Thirty-sixth Street; THENCE westerly to the point where [he northerly right-of-way line of northeast Thirty-sixth Street intersects the easterly right-of-way li f N ne o orth Sylvania Avenue; THENCE northerly with the easterly right-of-way line of North Sylvania Avenue to the northerly right-of-way line of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad Company; THENCE southwesterly with the northerly right-of-way of the St. Louis , and Southwestern Railroad Company to the easterly right-of-way of I nterstate Highway No. 35W; THENCE southerly with the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35W to the southerly right-of-way line of Northeast Twenty-eighth Street; THENCE easterly with the southerly right-of-way line of Northeast Twenty-eighth Street to the northwesterly right-of-way line of [he Texa d P . s an acific Railroad Company; THENCE southwesterly with the northwesterly right-of-way line of the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company to the northerly right-of-way line of Northside Drive; ~,; • THENCF, westerly and southerly with the northerly and westerly right-of-way of Northside Drive to the centerline of the West Fork of the Trinity River; THENCE westerly and southerly with the West Fork of the Trinity River to the projection of the north right-of-way. line of East Ninth Street; THENCE southwesterly to the easterly right-of-way line of North Main Street and the Point of Beginning. Page 10 of 10 OFFICIRL RECORD CITY SE".?~T11RY FT. ~' t ~ u, TI:X.