HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0330) 2021 Joint Ordinance-Boundary Agreement 6.17 rev.pdfCITY OF FORT WORTH ORDINANCE NO.
CITY OF ALEDO ORDINANCE NO.
JOINT ORDINANCE AND BOUNDARY AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Aledo (hereinafter called "ALEDO") is a Type A general
law city located in Parker County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth (hereinafter called "FORT WORTH") is a
home rule city located in Tarrant, Wise, Parker, Johnson and Denton Counties; and
WHEREAS, ALEDO and FORT WORTH share an extraterritorial jurisdiction
("ETJ") boundary; and
WHEREAS, ALEDO and FORT WORTH desire to adjust the boundary between
the ETJ of the two cities to promote orderly development to ensure public safety and
effective delivery of municipal services; and
WHEREAS, Section 42.023 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes a
municipality to reduce its ETJ by ordinance approved by its governing body; and
WHEREAS, Aledo has estimated its inhabitants at greater than 5,000 and has
an ETJ of one mile.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND MUTUALLY AGREED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALEDO AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH:
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Pursuant to Section 42.023 of the Texas Local Government Code, FORT
WORTH agrees to release and hereby releases the 228-acre tract located in FORT
WORTH's ETJ, as described and shown in Exhibit "A", for the sole benefit of ALEDO,
and ALEDO hereby agrees to accept the tract into its ETJ.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of the ordinances of the City
of Aledo and the City of Fort Worth, except where the provisions of this ordinance are
in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting
provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Councils of Aledo and Fort
Worth that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance
are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
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ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance,
since the same would have been enacted without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
The City of Aledo and the City of Fort Worth do hereby covenant and agree to
protect, preserve and defend the herein described boundary adjustments.
SECTION 5.
The City of Aledo and the City of Fort Worth agree and ordain that the adoption
by both cities of this Joint Ordinance and Boundary Agreement, and the boundary
change resulting from this Agreement do not mitigate, diminish or lessen in any way
the rights that either party may have, at law or in equity, to challenge or contest any
other annexations, attempted annexations or extraterritorial jurisdiction claims made
by the other party.
SECTION 6.
This Joint Ordinance and Boundary Agreement shall become effective and shall
become a binding agreement upon the City of Aledo and the City of Fort Worth by the
adoption of same in regular open city council meetings of the City of Aledo and the City
of Fort Worth.
The Mayor of each city shall execute this Joint Ordinance and Boundary
Agreement, upon adoption by both cities, in duplicate originals.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth on this
day of , 2021.
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Melinda Ramos
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
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ATTEST:
Mary Kayser, City Secretary
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Aledo on this
day of , 2021.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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