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HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0129) FTW-2021-Aug-27-Production-A08 (1).pdf8A I s i FORT WORTH STAR -TELEGRAM I FRIDAY AUGUST 17 2021 Statements required in notice if the proposed tax rate exceeds the no -new -revenue tax rate but does not exceed the voter -approval tax rate, as prescribed by Tax Code §26.06(b-2). NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE A tax rate of $ 0.6198 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Arlington Texas PROPOSED TAX RATE NO -NEW -REVENUE TAX RATE VOTER -APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.619800 per $100 $0.592590 per $100 $0.622056 per $100 The no -new -revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2021 tax year that will raise the same amount (current tax year) of property tax revenue for City of Arlington. Texas from the same properties in both (name of taxing unit) The 2020 tax year and the 2021 tax year. (preceding tax year) (current tax year) The voter -approval rate is the highest tax rate that City of Arlington. Texas may adopt without holding (name of taxing unit) an election to seek voter approval of the rate. The proposed tax rate is greater than the no -new -revenue tax rate. This means that City of Arlington. Texas is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2021 tax year. (name of taxing unit) (current tax year) A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 7. 2021 at 6:30 p.m. (date and time) at Council Chambers, 101 W. Abram Street, Arlington, Texas 76010 (meeting place) The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter -approval tax rate. As a result, City of Arlington. Texas (name of taxing unit) is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the City Council of City of Arlington. Texas (name of office responsible for administering the election) (name of taxing unit) at their offices or by attending the public hearing mentioned above. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: Property tax amount - (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property) / 100 (List names of all members of the governing body below, showing how each voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase or, if one or more were absent, indicating absences.) FOR the proposal: Jim Ross, Helen Moise, Raul H. Gonzalez, Nikkie Hunter, Andrew Piel, Rebecca Boxall, Ruby Faye Woolridge, Dr. Victoria Farrar -Myers and Dr. Barbara Odom -Wesley AGAINST the PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: The 86th Legislature modified the manner in which the voter -approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state. The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by City of Arlington. Texas last year (name of taxing unit) to the taxes proposed to the be imposed on the average residence homestead by City of Arlington, Texas this year. (name of taxing unit) City of Arlington, Texas 2020 2021 Change Tax Rate per $100 $ 0.6225 $ 0.6198 Decrease of -0.43% Avg. Homestead Taxable Value $ 160,895 $ 172,899 Increase of 7.46% Tax on Average Homestead $ 1,001.57 $ 1,071.63 Increase of 6.99% Total Tax Levy on all properties $ 185,667,278 $ 195,767,410 Increase of 5.44% (if the tax assessor for the taxing unit maintains an internet website) For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for City of Arlington. Texas (name of taxing unit) at 817-884-1100 or taxoffice@tarrantcounty.com , or visit www.accesstarrantcounty.com (telephone number) (email address) (internet website address) for more information. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE A tax rate of $0.558551 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of the City of Richland Hills. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.558551 per $100 NO -NEW -REVENUE TAX RATE $0.538885 per $100 VOTER -APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.586308 per $100 The no -new -revenue tax rate for the 2021 tax year will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the City of Richland Hills from the same properties in both the 2020 tax year and the 2021 tax year. The voter -approval rate is the highest tax rate that the City of Richland Hills may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate. The proposed tax rate is greater than the no -new -revenue rate. This means that the City of Richland Hills is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2021 tax year. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 13, 2021 at 7:00 PM at the Richland Hills City Hall, 3200 Diana Drive, Richland Hills Texas. The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter -approval tax rate. As a result, the City of Richland Hills is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the Office of the City Secretary of the City of Richland Hills or by attending the public hearing mentioned above. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: Property tax amount = (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property) / 100 FOR the proposal: Mayor Pro Tern Curtis Bergthold, Councilmember Stacey Morse, Councilmember Javier Alvarez, Councilmember G.W. Estep AGAINST the proposal: PRESENT and not voting: Mayor Edward Lopez ABSENT: Councilmember Douglas Knowlton The 861h Legislature modified the manner in which the voter -approval rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state. The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by the City of Richland Hills last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by the City of Richland Hills this year. 2020 2021 Change Total Tax Rate $0.558551 $0.558551 $0 (per $100 of value) Average homestead $145,047 $160,805 $15,758 taxable value Tax on average $810.16 $898.18 $88.02 homestead Total tax levy on all $3,241,318 $3,410,365 $169,047 properties For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for the City of Richland Hills at 817-884-1100 or taxoffice@tarrantcounty.com, or visit htti3s://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/tax.html for more information. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FoR "To - Re: Notice of Public Hearings Regarding the Proposed Expansion of Fort Worth Public Improvement District No.18 (Tourism PID), along with the Proposed Budget, Plan of Service, and Levy of Assessment on Properties within the Tourism PID for Fiscal Year 2021.2022 Pursuant to Sections 372.009 and 372.016, of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, ("Code") notice is given that the City Council ("City Council") of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ("City") will conduct a public hearing to consider (1) the expansion of Fort Worth Public Improvement District No. 18 (Tourism PID) ("PID") and (2) the proposed budget, plan of service, and levy of assessments on property within the PID to pay for certain improvements and/or services therein. The City Council will hold one public hearing to consider the expansion of the PID, which will be held during the regular City Council meeting on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, beginning at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Following the close of the public hearing, the City Council is expected to take final action and vote on the expansion of the PID at the same meeting. The City Council will hold two public hearings to consider the proposed budget, plan of service, and levy of assessments against property within the PID, which will be held during the regular City Council meetings on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, beginning at 7:00 P.M. and Tuesday, September 21, 2021, beginning at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas. The City Council is expected to take final action and vote on the budget, plan of service, and levy of assessments following the close of the second public hearing on September 21, 2021. All persons owning property that are liable for assessment located within this PID are invited to be heard concerning the proposed improvements and/or services, the benefits to the property because of the proposed improvements and/or services, and any other matter to which they are entitled to be heard pursuant to the Code. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard at such public hearings. Written and oral objections will be considered at the hearing. If you would like to speak at the public hearing, you must sign up no later than 5:00 pm on the day of the hearing online at httos://fortworthgov.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx by clicking on the applicable agenda item OR by 4:00 P.M. on the day of the hearing by either (i) email at csoadmin@fortworthtexas.00v or (ii) phone at 817-392-6150. NOTE: DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IF YOU WANT SPEAK REMOTELY, YOU MAY DO SO BY SIGNING UP TO SPEAK THROUGH THE ABOVE -STATED METHODS. There is no requirement that any property owners attend or speak at the public hearings. You can submit any written objections or concerns about this PID to the contact listed at the bottom of this notice, which should be submitted prior to the date of the applicable hearing to ensure adequate time for written comments to be received and distributed for proper consideration. The subject of the public hearings will include the following matters: 1. The advisability of expanding the PID to include additional hotels in order to provide the proposed improvements and services set forth below and described in the petition, which is on file at the Office of the City Secretary at City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas. The proposed improvements and/or services set forth below and in the petition will promote the interest of the City and confer a special benefit on the assessed properties within the PID. 2. The general nature ofthe proposed improvements and/or services to be provided intheTourism PID include,without limitation, the following, marketing, business recruitment, and promotional activities authorized by the Code for improvements and promotion of the Tourism PID, including, but not limited to, the provision of incentives to organizations to encourage them to bring large and city-wide events (including, without limitation, meetings, sporting, recreation, and cultural events) to Fort Worth and to fund additional marketing to increase hotel stays within the City ("Proposed Improvements"). 3. A preliminary estimate of the cost of the Proposed Improvements to be provided in the Tourism PID during fiscal year 2021-2022 is as follows: FY 2021-2022 BUDGET Incentive & Sales Efforts $1,850,125.00 Marketing and Research $1,363,250.00 Site Visits & Familiarization Tours $194,750.00 Cultural Enhancements through Marketing and Promotion of the Arts $292,125.00 Operations and Administration $194,750.00 City Administrative Fee $55,000.00 Total Expenses $3,950,000.00 4. Current Boundaries: The current boundaries of the Tourism PID consist of noncontiguous areas authorized under Subchapter 372.0035 of the Code consisting solely of hotel properties with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used for sleeping within the City of Fort Worth and subject to assessment per Resolution Nos. 4837-08-2017, 5264-08-2020, and 5382-04-2021 as revised. Copies of the resolutions and subsequent assessment orders are on file in the City Secretary's Office, City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. 5. Expanded Boundaries: Section 372.0121 of the Code allows the City Council to include property in the PID if (i) the property is a hotel and (ii) a sufficient number of the record owners of the real property currently included and proposed to be included in the PID have consented to be included in the PID by signing the original petition to establish the PID or by signing a petition or written consent to include property in the PID. The following property meets the requirements of the Code and, therefore, is being considered for inclusion in the PID: a. Sandman Signature Hotel, 810 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 6. The City will not be obligated to provide any funds to finance the proposed improvements and/or services, other than from assessments levied on property in the PID. All of the costs of the PID will be paid by assessments on the property within the PID and from other sources of funds, if any, available to the PID. 7. The apportionment of costs for the proposed improvements and/or services will be made on the basis of special benefits accruing to the PID and will be levied on the hotel properties within the Tourism PID at a rate of 2% of the consideration received from occupancy of any sleeping room furnished by hotels within the Tourism PID. This methodology imposes equal shares of the cost on property similarly benefitted. 8. The proposed assessment roll providing for the costs of the Proposed Improvements to be assessed, levied, and apportioned against the property within the Tourism PID, and the owner or owners thereof, is on file at the office the City Secretary at City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas. For further information, please contact Crystal Hinojosa at (817) 392-7808 or via email at crystal.hinojosa@fortworthtexas.gov. " Si necesita esta carta en Espanol, por favor Ilamar al (817) 392-6021" NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE A tax rate of $0.271811 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of The City of Grapevine. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.271811 per $100 NO -NEW REVENUE TAX RATE $0.270644 per $100 VOTER -APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.284638 per $100 The no -new -revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2021 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Grapevine from the same properties in both the 2020 tax year and the 2021 tax year. The voter -approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that City of Grapevine may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate. The proposed tax rate is greater than the no -new -revenue tax rate. This means that City of Grapevine is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2021 tax year. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 7,2021 AT 7:30 p.m. AT the Council Chambers at City Hall, Second Floor, 200 South Main Street, Grapevine, Texas 76051. The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter -approval tax rate. As a result, City of Grapevine is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the City Council of City of Grapevine at their offices or by attending the public hearing mentioned above. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: Property tax amount = (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property) /100 The members of the governing body voted on the proposed tax rate as follows: FOR the proposal: William D. Tate, Darlene Freed, Sharron Rogers, Chris Coy, Duff O'Dell, Paul Slechta, and Leon Leal AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter -approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state. The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by City of Grapevine last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by City of Grapevine this year: 2020 2021 Change Total Tax Rate Decrease of (per $100 of value) $0.282601 $0.271811 $0.010790 or 3.82% Average homestead Increase of $12,233 taxable value $277,038 $289,271 or 4.42% Tax on average Increase of $3.36 homestead $782.91 $786.27 or .43% Total tax levy on Increase of $495,569 properties $26,588,134 $27,083,703 or 1.86% For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the Tax Assessor for City of Grapevine at 817-481-1242 or property.tax@gcisd.net .