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HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0055) Service Plan Old Granbury Road.pdfAX-21-009 Old Granbury Road Exhibit B CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SERVICE PLAN FOR ANNEXED AREA Properties Subjectto Plan: BEING 3.805 acres of land in Tarrant County, Texas. This section of Old Granbury Road is situated in the Juan Jose Albirado Survey, Abstract No. 4 Location and Acreage: Approximately 3.805 acres of land in Tarrant County, located south of McPherson Boulevard and north of Stewart Feltz Road. County: TARRANT Municipal services to the Annexation Area will be furnished by or on behalf of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at the following levels and in accordance with the following service plan programs: PROGRAM FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE FULL - PURPOSE ANNEXATION The City will provide the following services in the Annexation Area on the effective date of the annexation, unless otherwise noted. As used in this plan, the term 'providing services' includes having services provided by any method or means by which the City may extend municipal services to any other area of the City, incl uding the City's infrastructure extension policies and developer or property owner participation in accordance with applicable city ordinances. A. Police Protection The Fort Worth Police Department will provide protection and law enforcement services in the Annexation Area commencing on the effective date of annexation. The services will include: Normal patrols and responses to calls for service Handling of offense and incident reports Special units, such as traffic enforcement, criminal investigations, narcotics law enforcement, gang suppression, and crime response team deployment when required. These services are provided on a citywide basis. The area will be combined with existing Police Reporting Area D500. The area will be added to Beat J18 in South Division. B. Fire Protection Fire protection services will be provided by existing personnel and equipment of the Fort Worth Fire Department. These services will be provided based upon available water, road and street conditions, and distances from existing fire stations. Services will be provided to the annexation area commencing on the effective date of the annexation. These services include: Basic Life Support (BLS)1 st responder emergency medical services Fire suppression and rescue; Hazardous materials mitigation and regulation; Dive rescue; Technical rescue; Fire Safety Education; Aircraft/rescue/firefighting; Fire protection system plan review; and Inspections. These services are provided on a citywide basis. All Fort Worth firefighters are certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. AX-21-009 Old Granbury Road Exhibit B On the date of full -purpose annexation, the first responding fire services will come from Fire Station 36, located at 5045 Columbus Trail. The second responding fire company will be from Fire Station 39 located at 7655 Oakmont Boulevard. The Fire Department estimates the response times to be 6.8 and 9.2 minutes, respectively. The Fire Department plans to build a new fire station (Station 46 at Stewart Feltz Rd / Brewer Blvd) in the vicinity of this annexation. The estimated year of completion is 2028. Its estimated response time to the annexation will be 2.5 minutes. C. Emergency Medical Services — Basic Life Support Basic Life Support (BLS) emergency medical services by existing personnel and equipment of the Fort Worth Fire Department will be provided to the annexation area commencing on the effective date of the annexation. The Fort Worth Fire Department serves as the first responder on life threatening medical emergencies as a part of the MedStar system. All Fort Worth Fire Department personnel are certified as Emergency Medical Technician basic level or higher. All engines, trucks, and rescue units carry Automated External Defibrillators for use with victims who are in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Services — Advanced Life Support Advanced Life Support response provided by MedStar is greater than 9 minutes to the proposed annexation area with a potential of at least a 30-minute transport time tothe nearest trauma center. Advanced Life Support EMS response is provided by MedStar. MedStar's current average citywide response time for high priority EMS calls is 9:03, with 78.2% of their calls receiving a response time of under 11 minutes. MedStar has an ambulance staging location at Summer Creek and Sycamore School Road approximately 3 miles from the proposed annexation property respectively. D. Solid Waste Collection Solid waste collection shall be provided to the Annexation Area in accordance with existing City ordinances and policies commencing on the effective date of the annexation. For residential collections, private solid waste service providers under contractwith the Citywill provide services. Residential customers using the services of a privately owned solid waste management service provider other than the City's contracted service provider may continue to use such services until the second anniversary of the annexation. For non-residential collections (i.e., institutional, commercial, and industrial uses), solid waste services will be provided by private solid waste service providers and not the City. Private solid waste collection providers must have an active Grant of Privilege issued by the City of Fort Worth to provide service within city limits. E. Operation and Maintenance of Water and Wastewater Facilities Existing occupied homes, currently inside Fort Worth City Limits, that are using water well and on - site sewer facilities (and therefore have service) may continue to use the existing water well and on - site sewer facilities. If the existing property owner would like to connect to the City water and sewer system, then the property owner may request connection and receive up to 200 LF of water and sewer extension at City cost for each occupied property lot or tract in accordance with the "Policy for the Installation of Community Facilities" and as consistent with the Texas Local Government Code. Upon connection to the City's water and sanitary sewer mains, water and sanitary sewage service will be provided at rates established by City ordinances for such service at the normal rates charged throughout the City. F. Operation and Maintenance of Roads and Streets, Including Street Lighting The following services will be provided in the Annexation Area commencing on the effective date of the annexation, unless otherwise noted. AX-21-009 Old Granbury Road Exhibit B These services include emergency pavement repair and repair maintenance of public streets on an as -needed basis. Preventive maintenance projects are prioritized on a region -wide basis and scheduled based on a variety of factors, including surface condition, ride ability, age, traffic vol ume, functional class, and available funding. Any necessary rehabilitation or reconstruction will be considered and prioritized by the City. Streetlights installed on improved public streets shall be maintained by the City of Fort Worth in accordance with current City policies. All other street lighting shall not be maintained by the City of Fort Worth. The City will also provide regulatory signage services in the Annexation Area. Traffic signal, stop, and all other regulatory studies are conducted in conjunction with growth of traffic volumes. All regulatory signs and signals are installed when warranted following an engineering study. Faded, vandalized, or missing signs are replaced as needed. "CALL BACK" service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for emergency sign repair. Trees and brush will be maintained for the safe passage of roadway users on an as -needed basis. Hazards such as limbs interfering with passage, dead trees threatening the right-of-way or private property, or trees and shrubs blocking the view of traffic signage will be abated as warranted. Trees and shrubs within the right-of-way and other city -owned spaces are governed under Chapter 33 of city ordinance. G. Operation and Maintenance of Parks. Playgrounds and Swimming Pools Residents of this property may utilize all existing parks and community service facilities throughout the City, beginning with the effective date of the full -purpose annexation. Existing parks, playgrounds, swimming pools and other recreational and community facilities within the Annexation Area that are private facilities will be unaffected by the annexation. Existing parks, playgrounds, swimming pools and other recreational and community facilities within this property shall, upon deeding to and acceptance by the City and appropriations for maintenance and operations, be operated by the City of Fort Worth, but not otherwise. H. Operation and Maintenance of Any Other Publicly Owned Facility, Building or Service. In the event the City acquires any other facilities, buildings or services necessary for municipal services located in the Annexation Area, the appropriate City department will provide maintenance services upon the effective date of the full -purpose annexation. Gas Wells If a gas well pad site(s) is annexed into the City, the operator(s) of the site(s) has 45 days from the date of annexation to apply fora Multiple Gas Well Pad Site. There are no gas well pad sites within the proposed annexation property. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES In addition to the services identified above, the following services will be provided in the Annexation Area on the effective date of the full -purpose annexation, unless otherwise noted: A. With a Fort Worth library card, residents can access the Library's online resources which include ebooks, a -audio and reference databases from home and borrow materials from any Fort Worth Library branch and from participating TexShare libraries. The closest libraries in operation are the Southwest Regional Library which is within 8.1 miles and the Wedgwood Branch Library which is 8.8 miles. The Southwest Regional Library is located at 4001 Library Lane which is north of 1-20 at the corner of Library Lane and South Hulen and the Wedgwood Branch Library is located at 3816 Kimberly Lane which is south of 1-20 at the corner of Trail Lake Drive and Kimberly Lane. AX-21-009 Old Granbury Road Exhibit B B. The City will provide general municipal administration and administrative services beginning with the annexation. C. The Annexation Area will be included in the Transportation and Public Works Department's Stormwater Utility service area. Properties in this area will be assessed a monthly fee based on the amount of impervious surface. The fees will cover the direct and indirect costs of stormwater management services, including routine maintenance (at current citywide service levels) for all public drainage channels and for all public storm sewers within dedicated public drainage easements. The Stormwater Utility will also provide floodplain management and information regarding flood plains, as well as watershed development review and inspection. D. City codes, consumer health, and animal care and control ordinances and regulations, that include but not limited to: high weeds and grass, trash and debris, solid waste, trash carts and illegal dumping, junked and abandoned vehicles, zoning, food, daycare, public pool and spa inspections, stray animals, cruelty and bite investigations will be enforced. Complaints of ordinance or regulation violations within the area will be answered and investigated by existing personnel within the appropriate Code Compliance Division beginning on the effective date of the annexation. E. The City's building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and all other construction codes will be enforced within the Annexation Area beginning with the effective date of the annexation. F. The City's zoning, subdivision, sign, manufactured housing, junk yard and other ordinances shal I be enforced in the Annexation Area beginning on the effective date of the annexation. G. All inspection services furnished by the City of Fort Worth, but not mentioned above, will be provided to the Annexation Area beginning on the effective date of the annexation. H. The Environmental Management Division will provide the following services: Emergency spills and pollution complaints response; Storm sewer discharge pollution prevention; and Water quality assessments for creeks. 3. PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING FULL MUNICIPAL SERVICES WITHIN 5-% YEARS In addition to the services listed above, the City will provide full municipal services tothe Annexation Area commensurate with the levels of services provided in other parts of the City except if differences in topography, land use, and population density constitute a sufficient basis for providing different levels of service, no later than five and one-half (5-'/2) years after the effective date of the annexation. If full municipal services cannot be reasonably provided within the aforementioned time period, the City will propose a schedule for providing said services within a period of seven and one-half (7 '/2) years after the effective date of the annexation, and/or upon commencement of development of a subdivision within this property, whichever occurs later. "Full municipal services" are services provided by the annexing municipality within its full -purpose boundaries, excluding gas or electrical service. The City shall provide the services by any of the methods by which it extends the services to any other area of the City. 4. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM The developer will initiate acquisition or construction of capital improvements necessary for providing full municipal services adequate to serve the Annexation Area. Any such construction shall be substantially completed within two and one-half (2-'/2) years after the effective date of the annexation. If capital improvements necessary for providing full municipal services forthe Annexation Area cannot be reasonably constructed within the aforementioned time period, the City will propose a schedule for providing said seances within a period of four and one-half(4-'/2) years, and/or upon commencement of development of a subdivision within this property, whichever occurs later. AX-21-009 Old Granbury Road Exhibit B Acquisition or construction shall be accomplished by purchase, lease, or other contract. Any such construction shall be accomplished in a continuous process and shall be completed as soon as reasonably possible, consistent with generally accepted local engineering and architectural standards and practices. A. Police Protection. No capital improvements are necessary at this time to provide police protection to the Annexation Area. Need for construction of new facilities will be assessed periodically based on population growth, predicted growth and call volume. B. Fire Protection. Currently, Fire Station 36 has a 7.6-minute response time to the Annexation Area. Consideration should be given to constructing new stations and staffing new facilities prior to final decision to complete annexation. C. Solid Waste Collection. No capital improvements are necessary at this time to provide solid waste collection services to the Annexation Area. D. Water and Wastewater. The subject property is in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), contained completely within the City of Fort Worth's water CCN 12311. The vacant properties' water and sewer extensions within Fort Worth's CCN will be installed by the Developer in accordance with the "Installation Policy and Design Criteria for Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water". A Water/Sewer Study may be required at preliminary plat. Water/Sewer will be extended to every proposed lot with an accepted Water/Sewer Study. All water and wastewater facilities will be at the developer's cost and as consistent with the Texas Local Government Code. Water and sewer line sizes will be determined based upon the water/sewer study provided by the developer's engineer. Any City participation on water and sewer facilities for over sizing will be in accordance with the "Installation Policy and Design Criteria for Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water", and the Texas Local Government Code. Upon connection, water and sanitary sewage service will be provided at rates established by City ordinances for such service at the normal rates charged throughout the City. E. Roads. Future capital improvements are estimated to be $3,680,000 for reconstruction of local streets to concrete. F. Storm Water Utility. The existing drainage infrastructure in the area is limited. Existing flooding conditions would remain unchanged fora foreseeable future. This area will be included in the City's Stormwater Utility service area. No additional stormwater utility fees will be collected through this annexation to offset the future maintenance of the public drainage infrastructure along this roadway. Any drainage deficiencies that are brought to the City's attention will be added to the City's maintenance and/or capital needs list and will be prioritized and funded according to priority as funds become available. No detailed stormwater planning has been undertaken for this specific annexation area and no capital projects have been identified. Any flooding problems that exist are likely to persist for the foreseeable future and if needed, maintenance and potential flood mitigation projects will be prioritized and compete for limited funding based on Citywide needs. Residences should report any flooding or stormwater maintenance concerns to Stormwater Customer Service at 817-392-8100 so the City can consider resident concerns when identifying and prioritizing future planning, capital projects, and maintenance efforts. FEMA floodplain has been mapped just north of Stewart Feltz Road. Drainage planning has not been performed in this area but based on the available data, this area of the road has the potential to be flood prone. G. Street Lighting_ It is anticipated that new subdivisions in the Annexation Area will install street lighting in accordance with the City's standard policies and procedures. In other cases, the City will consider installation of additional street lighting in the Annexation Area upon request, with priority given to street lighting for traffic safety. Provision of street lighting will be in accordance with the City's street lighting policies, and those of the providing utility. AX-21-009 Old Granbury Road Exhibit B H. Parks, Playgrounds and Swimming Pools. Capital improvements such as parkland acquisition and development of facilities will be dictated by future land use of the area, goals established by the Park, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan and appropriation of resources. Should additional residential development occur, parkland dedication, neighborhood park development and neighborhood park infrastructure or payment in lieu thereof will be required in accordance with the Park Dedication Policy of the Subdivision Ordinance. Other Publicly Owned Facilities, Building or Services: Additional Services. In general, other City functions and services, and the additional services described above can be provided for the Annexation Area by using existing capital improvements. Additional capital improvements are not necessary to provide City services. 5. IMPACT FEES Notwithstanding any other provision of this service plan, a landowner within the Annexation Area wil I not be required to fund capital improvements necessary to provide municipal services in a manner inconsistent with Chapter 395 of the Local Government Code governing impact fees, unless otherwise agreed to by the landowner.