HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7006 ORDINANCE NO. tl 119 y(G
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR THE
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS, AND THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONSIS-
TING OF 11 SQUARE MILES OF LAND, WHICH TERRITORY LIES ADJACENT
TO AND ADJOINS THE PRESENT BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THE TERRITORY ANNEXED SHALL BEAR
ITS PRO RATA PART OF TAXES; PROVIDING THAT THE INHABITANTS
THEREOF SHALL HAVE ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF ALL CITIZENS OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL AMEND EVERY
PRIOR ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN
DIRECT CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND NAMING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council of Fort Worth, Texas,
wherein all interested persons were provided with an opportunity to be heard on
the proposed annexation of the territory hereinafter described, was held at the
City Council Chamber in the Municipal Office Building of Fort Worth, Texas, on
the 6th day of May, 1974, which date is not more than twenty (20) days nor less
than ten (10) days prior to the institution of annexation proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the population of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is in excess
of 400,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the corporate area of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was 235.9
square miles on January 1, 1974; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory lies within the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described territory lies adjacent to and ad-
joins the City of Fort Worth, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the territory hereinafter described contains approximately
11 square miles of land;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTIO14 1.
THAT the following described land and territory, lying adjacent to and
adjoining the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby added to and annexed to the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, and said territory hereinafter described shall here-
after be included within the boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
and the boundary limits of said City, at the various points contiguous to the
areas hereinafter described, are altered and amended so as to include said area
within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, to wit:
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BEING all, or a portion of, the
Spencer Townsen Survey, Abstract No. 1554,
J. B. McGee Survey, Abstract No. 1149,
George W. Miller, Survey, Abstract No. 2026,
J. A. Winebrenner Survey, Abstract No. 1846,
Herman Dikeman Survey, Abstract No. 429,
W. W. Warnell Survey, Abstract No. 1944,
Catherine A. Kuykendall Survey, Abstract No. 901,
William M. Robinson Survey, Abstract No. 1310,
B. B. B. & C. RR Co. Survey, Abstract No. 220,
William Dean Survey, Abstract No. 436,
J. Boman Survey, Abstract No. 79,
J. H. Conwill Survey, Abstract No. 343,
W. E. Conwill Survey, Abstract No. 342,
A. S. Roberts Survey, Abstract No. 1262,
Thomas Freeman Survey, Abstract No. 546,
George S. Rall Survey, Abstract No. 1985,
B. B. B. & C. RR Co. Survey, Abstract No. 221,
E. G. Barnett Survey, Abstract No. 245,
S. B. Hopkins Survey, Abstract No. 674,
J. M. Millsap Survey, Abstract No. 1060,
J. Wilcox Survey No. 47, Abstract No. 1721,
J. Wilcox Survey No. 45, Abstract No. 1703,
D. T. Flores Survey, Abstract No. 509,
B. Samora Survey, Abstract No. 1384,
Juan Armendaris Survey, Abstract No. 1770,
Dempsey C. Pace Survey, Abstract No. 1245,
George S. Rall Survey, Abstract No. 1869,
J. H. Simmons Survey, Abstract No. 1486,
D. F. McCarty Survey, Abstract No. 1079,
A. C. H. & B. Survey, Abstract No. 56,
J. N. Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1362,
J. M. Gann Survey, Abstract No. 575,
Alexander-Crain Harris and Brooks Survey, Abstract No. 55,
N. B. Breeding Survey, Abstract No. 190,
E. A. Shultz Survey, Abstract No. 1439,
Robert Whitley Survey, Abstract No. 1672, and
Benjamin Thomas Survey, Abstract No. 1497,
situated about 10 miles Northwesterly from the Courthouse of
Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described
by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point for corner in the present Fort Worth city
limit line, which point for corner is in the South line of the
S. T. Townsen Survey, Abstract No. 1554, which point for corner
is described in Chapter 1, Section 9, Corporate Boundaries of
the Code of the City of Fort Worth, adopted April 25, 1951, effec-
tive June 9, 1951, as follows:
" * * * Thence north 38 degrees, 6 minutes west 465
feet to a point in the south line of the S.T. Town-
sen Survey, which point is the northeast corner of
the G. R. Williams tract and the southeast corner of
a tract acquired from J. N. McNay."
THENCE in a generally Northwesterly direction, along and with
the present Fort Worth city limit line, as described in the
1951 City Code, as follows:
"Thence north 27 degrees, 5 minutes east 496 feet.
"Thence north 75 degrees, 30 minutes east 352.8 feet.
"Thence north 5 degrees, 50 minutes west 315.2 feet.
"Thence north 74 degrees, 30 minutes west 548.2 feet.
"Thence south 4 degrees, 15 minutes west 258.6 feet.
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"Thence north 89 degrees, 50 minutes west 435.7 feet
to an eight-inch live oak;
"Thence north 55 degrees, 45 minutes west 821.9 feet
to a fifteen-inch post oak.
"Thence north 85 degrees, 15 minutes west 407.6 feet.
"Thence north 20 degrees, 0 minutes west 470.8 feet.
"Thence north 21 degrees, 45 minutes west 524.3 feet.
"Thence south 87 degrees, 50 minutes east 277.4 feet.
"Thence north 1 degree, 50 minutes west 381.4 feet
to a point in the south line of the H. Dikeman Survey.
"Thence north 89 degrees, 50 minutes west along said
line 349 feet.
"Thence north 0 degrees, 30 minutes west 651 feet to a
point which is the south corner of a tract acquired
from Wm. Fund.
"Thence north 40 degrees, 30 minutes east 919.3 feet.
"Thence north 0 degrees, 40 minutes west 636 feet.
"Thence north 64 degrees, 30 minutes west 371.2 feet
to an ash tree.
"Thence south 21 degrees, 15 minutes west 650 feet.
"Thence south 38 degrees, 15 minutes west 1,130.5 feet.
"Thence south 40 degrees, 0 minutes west 914.2 feet to
a fifteen-inch live oak tree.
"Thence south 76 degrees, 45 minutes west 879.3 feet
to a fifteen-inch post oak.
"Thence south 78 degrees, 30 minutes west 349 feet to
a twenty-four-inch post oak tree.
"Thence north 31 degrees, 35 minutes west 396 feet
to a point in the west line of the H. Dikeman Survey,
which point is 217 feet north of the southwest corner
of said survey.
"Thence north 1 degree, 30 minutes west along said
line 961.5 feet to a point.
"Thence south 65 degrees, 36 minutes west 161.1 feet.
"Thence north 88 degrees, 58 minutes west 191.6 feet.
"Thence north 11 degrees, 18 minutes west 753.3 feet.
"Thence north 18 degrees, 58 minutes west 1,103 feet
to a point in south line of the C. A. Kuykendall Survey.
"Thence north 88 degrees, 42 minutes east 150 feet to
the southeast corner of a lease to the City of Fort
Worth.
"Thence north 8 degrees, 45 minutes east 2,238.8 feet.
"Thence north 29 degrees, 20 minutes west 197.2 feet.
"Thence north 64 degrees, 30 minutes west 161 feet.
"Thence north 37 degrees, 0 minutes west 1,358.9 feet.
"Thence north 43 degrees, 45 minutes west 1,222.2 feet.
"Thence south 16 degrees, 15 minutes west 225 feet.
"Thence south 25 degrees, 30 minutes west 1,072.2 feet.
"Thence north 51 degrees, 45 minutes west 980 feet.
"Thence north 20 degrees, 40 minutes west to the south
line of the Sam Rosen Tract, which is the northeast
corner of the lease.
"Thence south 89 degrees, 17 minutes east along said
south line to the west line of the Fort Worth and
Azle Road.
"Thence north 12 degrees, 50 minutes west 697 feet.
"Thence north 10 degrees, 35 minutes west 528.6 feet.
"Thence north 42 degrees, 41 minutes west 628.4 feet
to the south end of Ten-Mile Bridge.
"Thence north 24 degrees, 8 minutes west 261.2 feet.
"Thence north 47 degrees, 17 minutes west 718.3 feet.
"Thence south 89 degrees, 41 minutes west 882.3 feet.
"Thence west 1,375.5 feet.
11Thence north 85 degrees, 57 minutes west 495.7 feet
to the northeast corner of the schoolhouse lot.
"Thence south 5 degrees, 3 minutes west 208 feet.
"Thence north 84 degrees, 57 minutes west 208 feet.
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"Thence north 5 degrees, 3 minutes east 208 feet to
the northwest corner of said school house lot.
"Thence north 84 degrees, 7 minutes west 1,889 feet.
"Thence north 1 degree, 3 minutes east 1,208 feet to
a point in the north line of the J. Wilcox Survey
No. 47.
"Thence north 88 degrees, 57 minutes west 1,651 feet
along said line to a point.
"Thence south 1 degree, 3 minutes west 553.5 feet.
"Thence north 45 degrees, 42 minutes west 385.1 feet
"Thence north 73 degrees, 50 minutes west 1,420 feet
to the east line of the J. Wilcox Survey No. 45.
"Thence south 1 degree west 401.8 feet to the north-
east corner of the J. Wilcox Survey No. 42.
"Thence south 88 degrees, 52 minutes west * * *,"
and continuing South 88 degrees, 52 minutes west, along and
with the North line of the J. Wilcox Survey No. 42, Abstract
No. 1726, to a point for corner at its intersection with the
normal pool elevation of Eagle Mountain Lake, at contour ele-
vation 649 feet mean sea level.
THENCE in a generally Easterly, Northerly and Northwesterly
direction, along and with the normal pool elevation of Eagle
Mountain Lake, at contour elevation 649 feet mean sea level,
to a point for corner at its intersection with the North line
of the J. M. Gann Survey, Abstract No. 575.
THENCE West, along and with the North line of the J. M. Gann
Survey, Abstract No. 575, to a point for its northwest corner,
which is also an Easterly Southwest corner of the Alexander-
Crain Harris and Brooks Survey, Abstract No. 55.
THENCE North to a point for corner in the South right-of-way
line of State Farm to Market Highway No. 1220.
THENCE Easterly, Southeasterly and South, along and with the
South, Southwest and West right-of-way line of State Farm to
Market Highway No. 1220, to a point for corner at its inter-
section with the South right-of-way line of Park Drive (County
Road No. 4040), produced West.
THENCE Easterly, to and along and with the South right-of-way
line of Park Drive (County Road No. 4040) to a point for cor-
ner at its intersection with the East line of the Robert
Whitley Survey, Abstract No. 1672.
THENCE South, along and with the East line of the Robert
Whitley Survey, Abstract No. 1672, to a point for its South-
east corner, in the North line of the E. A. Shultz Survey,
Abstract No. 1439, and continuing South to a point for corner
in the South right-of-way line of W. J. Boaz Road (County Road
No. 4115).
THENCE Southeasterly, along and with the South right-of-way
line of W. J. Boaz Road (County Road No. 4115) to a point for
corner at its intersection with the West right-of-way line of
Bowman-Roberts Road (County Road No. 4123).
Thence South, along and with the West right-of-way line of
Bowman-Roberts Road (County Road No. 4123) to a point for cor-
ner at its intersection with the present Fort Worth city limit
line, same being the North line of the Texas Electric Service
Company right-of-way.
THENCE South, West, South, West, South and West, along and with
the present Fort Worth city limit line to the Place of Beginning
and containing approximately 11 square miles of land.
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SECTION 2.
THAT the foregoing-described territory and the area annexed shall be a
part of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the property so added hereby shall bear
its pro rata share of the taxes levied by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the
inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of all
the citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regula-
tions of the City of Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION 3.
THAT this ordinance shall and does hereby amend every prior ordinance
in conflict herewith, but as to all other ordinances or sections of ordinances
not in direct conflict herewith this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumu-
lative.
SECTION 4.
THAT if any section, subsection, clause, sentence, phrase, or word of
this ordinance is for any reason held void or unconstitutional, by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the
remaining sections, subsections, clauses, sentences, phrases, or words except
as the same are inseparable from and indispensable to the remaining portions of
the ordinance.
SECTION 5.
THAT this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of its passage on first reading and publication and its passage on
second reading as provided for in Section 40 of Chapter XXVIII of the Charter
of the City of Fort Worth and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
`City Attorney
Passed and approved this, the 1521� day of /'dGy , 1974.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON
CONTEMPLATED ANNEXATION
NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the
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City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday, April $, 1974,
at 9:30 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Second Floor of the Municipal Office
Building, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, for
the purpose of considering the annexation of the hereinafter described
territory to the City of Fort Worth:
BEING all, or a portion of, the
Spencer Townsen Survey, Abstract No. 1554,
J. B. McGee Survey, Abstract No. 1149,
George W. Miller Survey, Abstract No. 2026,
J. A. Winebrenner Survey, Abstract No. 1846,
Herman Dikeman Survey, Abstract No. 429,
W. W. Warnell Survey, Abstract No. 1944,
Catherine A. Kuykendall Survey, Abstract No. 901,
William M. Robinson Survey, Abstract No. 1310,
B. B. B. & C. RR Co. Survey, Abstract No. 220,
William Dean Survey, Abstract No. 436,
J. Boman Survey, Abstract No. 79,
J. H. Conwill Survey, Abstract No. 343,
W. E. Conwill Survey, Abstract No. 342,
A. S. Roberts Survey, Abstract No. 1262,
Thomas Freeman Survey, Abstract No. 546,
George S. Rall Survey, Abstract No. 1985,
B. B. B. & C. RR Co. Survey, Abstract No. 221,
E. G. Barnett Survey, Abstract No. 245,
S. B. Hopkins Survey, Abstract No. 674,
J. M. Millsap Survey, Abstract No. 1060,
J. Wilcox Survey No. 47, Abstract No. 1721,
J. Wilcox Survey No. 45, Abstract No. 1703,
D. T. Flores Survey, Abstract No. 509,
B. Samora Survey, Abstract No. 1384,
Juan Armendaris Survey, Abstract No. 1770,
Dempsey C. Pace Survey, Abstract No. 1245,
George S. Rall Survey, Abstract No. 1869,
J. H. Simmons Survey, Abstract No. 1486,
D. F. McCarty Survey, Abstract No. 1079,
A. C. H. & B. Survey, Abstract No. 56,
J. N. Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1362,
J. M. Gann Survey, Abstract No. 575,
Alexander-Crain Harris and Brooks Survey, Abstract No. 55,
N. B. Breeding Survey, Abstract No. 190,
E. A. Shultz Survey, Abstract No. 1439,
Robert Whitley Survey, Abstract No. 1672, and
Benjamin Thomas Survey, Abstract No. 1497,
situated about 10 miles Northwesterly from the Courthouse of
Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described
by metes and bounds as follows;
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BEGINNING at a point for corner in the present Fort Worth city
limit line, which point for corner is in the South line of the
S. T. Townsen Survey, Abstract No. 1554, which point for corner
is described in Chapter 1, Section 9, W rporate ]youndaries of
the Code of the City of Fort Worth, being Ordinan e No. 2870,
adopted April 25, 1951, effective June 9, 1951, as follows:
" * * * Thence north 38 degrees, 6 minutes west 465
feet to a point in the south line of the S. T. Town-
sen Survey, which point is the northeast corner of
the G. R. Williams tract and the southeast corner of
a tract acquired from J. N. McNay."
THENCE in a generally Northwesterly direction, along and with
the present Fort Worth city limit line, as described in Ordi-
nance No. 2870, as follows:
"Thence north 27 degrees, 5 minutes east 496 feet.
"Thence north 75 degrees, 30 minutes east 352.8 feet.
"Thence north 5 degrees, 50 minutes west 315.2 feet.
"Thence north 74 degrees, 30 minutes west 548.2 feet.
"Thence south 4 degrees, 15 minutes west 258.6 feet.
"Thence north 89 degrees, 50 minutes west 435.7 feet
to an eight-inch live oak;
"Thence north 55 degrees, 45 minutes west 821.9 feet
to a fifteen-inch post oak.
"Thence north 85 degrees, 15 minutes west 407.6 feet.
"Thence north 20 degrees, 0 minutes west 470.8 feet.
"Thence north 21 degrees, 45 minutes west 524.3 feet.
"Thence south 87 degrees, 50 minutes east 277.4 feet.
"Thence north 1 degree, 50 minutes west 381.4 feet
to a point in the south line of the H. Dikeman Survey.
"Thence north 89 degrees, 50 minutes west along said
line 349 feet.
"Thence north 0 degrees, 30 minutes4651 feet to a
point which is the south corner of a tr ct acquired
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"Thence north 40 degrees, 30 minutes 919.3 feet.wAS�
"Thence north 0 degrees, 40 minutes� 636� 'feet"
"Thence north 64 degrees, 30 minutes west 371.2 feet
to an ash tree.
"Thence south 21 degrees, 15 minutes west 650 feet.
"Thence south 38 degrees, 15 minutes west 1,130.5 feet.
"Thence south 40 degrees, 0 minutes west 914.2 feet to
a fifteen-inch live oak tree.
"Thence south 76 degrees, 45 minutes west 879.3 feet
to a fifteen--inch post oak.
"Thence south 78 degrees, 30 minutes west 349 feet to
a twenty-four-inch post oak tree.
"Thence north 31 degrees, 35 minutes west 396 feet
to a point in the west line of the H. Dikeman Survey,
which point is 217 feet north of the southwest corner
of said survey.
"Thence north 1 degree, 30 minutes west along said
line 961.5 feet to a point.
"Thence south 65 degrees, 36 minutes west 161.1 feet.
"Thence north 88 degrees, 58 minutes west 191.6 feet.
"Thence north 11 degrees, 18 minutes west 753.3 feet.
"Thence north 18 degrees, 58 minutes west 1,103 feet
to a point in south line of the C. A. Kuykendall
Survey.
"Thence north 88 degrees, 42 minutes east 150 feet
to the southeast corner of a lease to the City of
Fort Worth.
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"Thence north 8 degrees, 45 minutes east 2,238.8 feet.
"Thence north 29 degrees, 20 minutes west 197.2 feet.
"Thence north 64 degrees, 30 minutes west 161 feet.
"Thence north 37 degrees, 0 minutes west 1,358.9 feet.
"Thence north 43 degrees, 45 minutes west 1,222.2 feet.
"Thence south 16 degrees, 15 minutes west 225 feet.
"Thence south 25 degrees, 30 minutes west 1,072.2 feet.
"Thence north 51 degrees, 45 minutes west 980 feet.
"Thence north 20 degrees, 40 minutes west to the south
line of the Sam Rosen Tract, which is the northeast
corner of the lease.
"Thence south 89 degrees, 17 minutes east along said
south line to the west line of the Fort Worth and
Azle Road.
"Thence north 12 degrees, 50 minutes west 697 feet.
"Thence north 10 degrees, 35 minutes west 528.6 feet.
"Thence north 42 degrees, 41 minutes west 628.4 feet
to the south end of Ten-Mile Bridge.
"Thence north 24 degrees, 8 minutes west 261.2 feet.
"Thence north 47 degrees, 17 minutes west 718.3 feet.
j'Thence south 89 degrees, 41 minutes west 882.3 feet.
"Thence west 1,375.5 feet.
"Thence north 85 degrees, 57 minutes west 495.7 feet
to the northeast corner of the schoolhouse lot.
"Thence south 5 degrees, 3 minutes west 208 feet.
"Thence north 84 degrees, 57 minutes west 208 feet.
"Thence north 5 degrees, 3 minutes east 208 feet to
the northwest corner of said schoolhouse lot. Thence
north 84 degrees, 7 minutes west 1,889 feet.
"Thence north 1 degree, 3 minutes east 1,208 feet to
a point in the north line of the J. Wilcox Survey
No. 47.
"Thence north 88 degrees, 57 minutes west 1,651 feet
along said line to a point.
"Thence south 1 degree, 3 minutes west 553.5 feet.
"Thence north 45 degrees, 42 minutes west 385.1 feet.
"Thence north 73 degrees, 50 minutes west 1,420 feet
to the east line of the J. Wilcox Survey No. 45.
"Thence south 1 degree west 401.8 feet to the north-
east corner of the J, Wilcox Survey No. 42.
"Thence south 88 degrees, 52 minutes west * * *,"
and continuing South 88 degrees, 52 minutes west, along and
with the North line of the J. Wilcox Survey No. 42, Abstract
No. 1726, to a point for corner at its intersection with the
normal pool elevation of Eagle Mountain Lake, at contour ele-
vation 649 feet mean sea level.
THENCE in a generally Easterly, Northerly and Northwesterly
direction, along and with the normal pool elevation of Eagle
Mountain Lake, at contour elevation 649 feet mean sea level,
to a point for corner at its intersection with the North line
of the J. M. Gann Survey, Abstract No. 575.
THENCE West, along and with the North line of the J. M. Gann
Survey, Abstract No. 575, to a point for its northwest corner,
which is also an Easterly Southwest corner of the Alexander-
Crain Harris and Brooks Survey, Abstract No. 55.
THENCE North to a point for corner in the South right-,of-way
line of State Farm to Market Highway No. 1220.
THENCE Easterly, Southeasterly and South, along and with the
South, Southwest and West right-of-way line of State Farm to
Market Highway No. 1220, to a point for corner at its inter-
section with the South right-of-way line of Park Drive (County
Road No. 4040), produced West.
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THENCE Easterly, to and along and with the South right-of-way
line of Park Drive (County Road No. 4040) to a point for cor-
ner at its intersection with the East line of the Robert
Whitley Survey, Abstract No. 1672.
THENCE South, along and with the East line of the Robert
Whitley Survey, Abstract No. 1672, to a point for its South-
east corner, in the North line of the E. A. Shultz Survey,
Abstract No. 1439, and continuing South to a point for corner
in the South right-of-way line of W. J. Boaz Road (County Road
No. 4115).
THENCE Southeasterly, along and with the South right-of-way
line of W. J. Boaz Road (County Road No. 4115) to a point for
corner at its intersection with the West right-of-way line of
Bowman-Roberts Road (County Road No. 4123).
THENCE South, along and with the West right-of-way line of
Bowman-Roberts Road (County Road No. 4123) to a point for cor-
ner at its intersection with the present Fort Worth city limit
line, same being the North line of the Texas Electric Service
Company right-of-way.
THENCE South, West, South, West, South and West, along and with
the present Fort Worth city limit line to the Place of Beginning
and containing approximately 11 square miles of land.
In considering the contemplated annexation of the above des-
cribed property, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth will give all
interested persons an opportunity to be heard.
ROY A. BATEMAN
City Secretary
City of Fort Worth, Texas
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up" City of Fort Worth, Texas
BAILIFF Mayor and Council Communication
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!1~N DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Annexation of 11 Square Miles - PAGE
NUMBER Northwest (quadrant of Tarrant 2
OVARDI 3/25/74 PZ-605y
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'Since May of 1972 the City Plan Commission has had under study the question
of annexation in the northwest quadrant of Tarrant County, including the
area in which Lake Country Estates is located. Subsequently, in connection
with the adoption of the District E Plan and the denial on January 15, 1973,
of a petitioned Municipal Utility District, the Council requested that the
Plan Commission submit a specific recommendation on annexation. The Plan
Commission vgted on January 30, 1974, to recommend to the City Council that
11 square miles of land in the northwest quadrant of Tarrant County, including
approximately 2.8 square miles within the Lake Country Estates development,
be annexed to Fort Worth.
The Plan Commission's annexation recommendation is based on the City Council's
"Policy for Review of Annexation and Deannexation Requests" and "Resolution
on Planning for Growth", copies of which were supplied with Informal Report
No. 2299. Following the guidelines outlined in these documents, the Plan
Commission determined that the recommended area should be annexed in order to:
1) Prevent the spread of undesirable and low quality development
and proliforation of incompatible land uses,
2) Guide the future development of the area in an orderly manner,
3) Provide Fort Worth services to developed and developing areas,
4) Forestall possible excessive expenditure of public funds to
bring the area up to City standards when it was eventually annexed.
Attached is a copy of a letter dated January 12, 1973, from Baker-Crow Company
requesting that the Jenkins Ranch area not be annexed prior to its development.
The Plan Commission took this request into consideration, but reasoned that
the request should not be approved since the property has been owned by this
company since 1968 and no development has been forthcoming to date.
State law and the City Charter authorize annexation proceedings after giving
notification by legal advertisement, without individual notification of pro-
perty owners within the area proposed for annexation. This practice was
followed until approximately two years ago, when the Council instructed that
individual notices be sent. During the past two years, few and relatively
small annexations have been made, and it was possible to follow this procedure
without creating undue expense and delay.
In view of the large area involved in the proposed annexation and the intensive
news coverage that has been given to this issue, it is proposed that individual
notification not be made.
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Annexation of 11 Square Miles - PAGE
NUMBER
3/25/74 PZ-605 Northwest Quadrant of Tarrant 2 2
County of
Members of the Plan Commission have been invited to attend the City Council
meeting on March 25th to discuss the proposed annexation.
Recommendation
It is recommended that a resolution be adopted setting a public hearing at
the Regular City Council meeting on April 8, 1974, on the proposed annexation
described above, in accordance with the attached annexation timetable.
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\® APPROVED OTHER (DESCRIBE)
Resolution adopted setting Public Hearing on CITY SECRETARY
April 15, 1974, all dates on timetable are to be- DATE
CITY MANAGER Imoved forward one week.
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BAKER-JONES-CROW COMPANY
600 STEMMONS TOWER EAST
OALLAS.TEXAS 75207
January 12 , 1973 637-1420
Mr. George Human
Director of Planning
City of Fort Worth
Municipal Building
Fort Worth, Texas
Re: Jenkins Ranch Development
Dear George:
It is our understanding that on Monday, January 15 ,
the City Council will consider the question of whether to
approve or disapprove the application by Lake Country Estates
for a municipal utility district. In this regard, we wish
to assure you and the City Council that our company has no
interest in the resolution of this question and has no plans
to apply for a municipal utility district for its development
of the Jenkins Ranch property; however, we are concerned with
any decision the City makes as to the annexation of the property
located in this general area.
As you know, in 1968, our company acquired the Jenkins
Ranch property which consists of 2 ,400 acres in the Lake Worth
area. Although as of this date no definitive plan has been
agreed upon with regard to the development of this property, it
is our company' s intention to devise, in cooperation with the
City of Fort Worth, a thoughtful and professional plan for the
overall development of the Jenkins Ranch property which will
make this development into an area in which we can all take
considerable pride.
Since the beginning of our involvement with this property,
we have enjoyed a close working relationship with the City of Fort
Worth, and particularly the Department of Planning. Over the years
we have on several occasions worked with your Department and other
departments of the City on street plans , land use planning, and
other general planning matters with regard to this property. Our
most recent work with you was in 1971 in the development of your
Northwest Sector Plan. We have found that the close working
relationship we have developed with the City of Fort Worth has been
both helpful and beneficial to all parties and we pledge to you
our continued cooperation as the plans for the Jenkins Ranch
development take shape.
Mr. George Human
Director of Planning
January 12 , 1973
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In our work with the City of Fort Worth, it has always
been our understanding that the Jenkins Ranch property would be
annexed by the City of Fort Worth in stages, as development
occurred, rather than as one single act of annexation. Such
a plan of gradual annexation provides the best opportunity
for planned professional development of this property. The
financial impact of an immediate annexation of all the Jenkins
Ranch property would force our company into adopting a more
rapid plan of development which would not afford the time
we think is necessary for the proper planning that we wish to
incorporate into this project.
Therefore, we are hopeful that regardless of the City' s
decision with regard to Lake Country Estates ' municipal utility
district application, that the City will continue to be agreeable
to a plan of annexation for the Jenkins Ranch property which will
permit annexation of this property by stages based on orderly
development of the property. We believe that this approach to the
annexation of the property will be beneficial to all parties
concerned and in harmony with the best principles of land use
planning.
Be assured that we are available at anytime to discuss
this matter and any other matters concerning the Jenkins Ranch
property with you, the City Council, and other agencies of the
City government of Fort Worth. We hope in the months to come to
be able to sit down with you and develop a comprehensive land use
plan upon which annexation and zoning can be based.
Thank you again for your thoughtful consideration of our
request.
Sincerely,
J"IA W" e. L
Willard R. Baker
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CITY COUNCIL ANNEXATION TIME TABLE
MEETING DAYS CALENDAR DATES ACTION
FIRST MONDAY March 25, 1974 Councit adopts nesotuti..on setting
public hea&ing on .th &d Monday .to
cons.iden con-tempeated annexation
and ondvLz pu bf_icati,on I. o6 nesot.u-
ti.on one time on .the 6o.ttowing Tues-
day, Wednesday, on Thun•sday.
SECOND MONDAY April 1, 1974 No Action
THIRD MONDAY April 8, 1974 �ouncii. hotd.s its public hea4i.ng pti.on
Ito instituting annexation pnoeeedingb.
FOURTH MONDAY April 15, 1974 /7 No action
FIFTH MONDAY April 22, 1974 Councit .in.6titutes annexation pnoceed-
'.ing z by adoption o b annexation ond fi-
nanee on 6iu t heading. Ondeu pub.e i-
cation ob ordinance one .time on .the
6ottowing Tuesday, Wednesday, ThwLaday,
r i1 on. Friday.
SIXTH MONDAY April 29, 1974 No Action
SEVENTH MONDAY May 6, 197 4 OPTIONAL ACTION: 16 Councc.P. wc.shes .to
7ho.td a pubt,i•e heaping on .the recommended
.in ti.at zoning cta•sAi6ieation at .the
time o6 bint annexation, a resot.ution
setting .the zoning hean,ing on .the .tenth
Monday Witt be adopted on .this date.
EIGHTH MONDAY May 13, 1974 No Action
NINTH MONDAY May 20, 1974 No Action
TENTH MONDAY May 27, 1974 * Councit adopts annexation ordinance on
second and 6 inae tea ing.
OPTIONAL ACTION: I b zoning heahi,ng has
been adve4tized; Councit hotd.6 pubti.c
heahi.ng .to es.tabtiah zoning o6 .the an-
nexed area.
I Ait pub icattio ne to be in the o i j.icia.t news papeh o j ,the City o6 Font Won,th.
* Memorial Day - Second reading to be made on the alternate meeting date
for that week, as determined by the City Council.
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2331
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IO�J}R(�TTo the Mayor and Members of the City Council May 29, 1974
Subject: SCHEDULE FOR ANNEXATION OF ELEVEN SQUARE MILE AREA IN NORTHWEST
to
7 3 QUADRANT
On May 20, 1974, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 7006 annexing the
Eleven Square Mile Area in the Northwest Quadrant on first reading and
directed the staff to delay its publication for twenty days. A history of
the actions taken to date on the annexation of the Eleven Square Mile Area
and a possible schedule for future actions by the City Council are shown
as follows:
On March 28, 1974, the notice of a public hearing on the con-
templated annexation of the Eleven Square Mile Area was published
in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
On April 15, 1974, the public hearing on annexation was conducted
by the City Council. No action was taken and the hearing was not
closed.
On May 6, 1974, the continued public hearing was resumed, the
public hearing was closed and the staff was directed to proceed
with the annexation.
In addition, on May 6, 1974, the staff was directed to provide information
to the City Council by June 3, 1974, with respect to the cost of the Lake
Country Estates water and sewage systems, source of funding for the possible
purchase of the systems and a timetable for the furnishing of City water and
sanitary sewer service to the area. Also, tips City Council directed that
M&C G-2347 dated February 11, 1974, "Petition for Creation of Municipal
Utility District" be placed on the agenda for June 10, 1974, for reconsidera-
tion.
On May 20, 1974, the annexation proceedings of the Eleven Square
Mile Area was instituted by the adoption of Ordinance No. 7006,
annexing the area on first reading and the staff was instructed
to delay publication of the ordinance for 20 days.
Statutory Requirements
The State Statute governing annexation by cities requires that the annexation
proceedings must be brought to completion within 90 days after the date on
which the City Council institutes annexation proceedings or the annexation will
be null and void. (Annexation proceedings were instituted on May 20, 1974,
by the adoption of the annexation ordinance on first reading.)
The Charter of the City of Fort Worth requires that an annexation ordinance
be adopted on first reading, published one time, and not adopted on second
and final reading, until 30 days have elapsed after publication.
The following schedule will meet the statutory requirements of the State Law
and City Charter:
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2331 - Page 2
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DoE fORr To the Mayor and Members of the City Council May 29, 1974
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�TeXC'* Subject: SCHEDULE FOR ANNEXATION OF ELEVEN SQUARE MILE AREA IN NORTHWEST
1 0 T 1 QUADRANT
Before June 3, 1974, the staff will submit a report regarding the
cost of the water and sewer systems serving Lake Country Estates
and on June 10, 1974, M&C G-2347 will be on the agenda for recon-
sideration of the creation of a Municipal Utility District. However,
the annexation ordinance cannot be adopted on second and final read-
ing because 30 days will not have elapsed since the publication of
the annexation Ordinance No. 7006.
On June 10, 1974, the annexation ordinance may be published as
previously directed by the City Council.
On July 15, 1974, the City Council may adopt the annexation Ordi-
nance No. 7006 on second and final reading and complete the annexa-
tion procedure. This is the earliest possible date to comply with
the 30 day requirement following publication of the annexation
ordinance. If the action is not taken on annexation Ordinance No.
7006 on July 15, 1974, it may be acted on at a later date provided
that favorable action must be taken at the City Council meeting
on or before August 12, 1974, or the 90 day statutory requirement
will be exceeded.
Annexation can be accomplished after August 12, 1974, only by initiating a
new annexation proceeding by publishing a notice of a public hearing, conduct-
ing the public hearing and adopting an ordinance on first reading, then
publishing it and adopting it on second reading.
In summary, by publishing the annexation Ordinance No. 7006 on June 10, 1974,
as directed by the City Council, the earliest date for adoption of the annexa-
tion Ordinance No. 7006 on second and final reading is July 15, 1974, and the
latest date is August 12, 1974.
If any additional information is desired, it will be supplied upon request.
Respectful submitted,
R. N. Line
City Manager
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2345
�offORP To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 26, 1974
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Subject: ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS - 11 SQUARE MILE AREA
to 73
On June 12, 1974, the City Council approved the formation of a Municipal
Utility District (M&C G-2347) . For this reason it is proposed that the
second and final reading on the annexation of the 11 square mile area
will not be placed on the City Council agenda, unless instructed other-
wise.
Ordinance No. 7006, providing for the annexation of the entire 11 square
mile area, was adopted on first reading on May 20, 1974. The annexation
ordinance would have to be adopted on second and final reading before
August 15, 1974, or the entire annexation proceeding would be null and
void under the 90-day limitation provision of the State law.
Other Development Activity Adjacent To And In The General Area
Recently Considered For Annexation
I. Jinkens Ranch Area - The owners have developed a land
use plan for this area, have a market survey underway
and have begun preliminary engineering investigations
prior to determining a development sequence. They
anticipate it will be four or five months before they
determine which portion of their property will be
developed first and for which they will then seek
approval from the City prior to beginning actual
development in 1975. The owners have again requested
that this area not be considered for annexation until
they have completed the necessary studies to determine
their development sequence and that when annexation
occurs, that it be handled incrementally based on
their planned development sequence.
II. Request for annexation of 705 acres received from
Dennis Hopkins, dated June 10, 1974, and referred
to the staff by the City Council on June 12, 1974,
and his subsequent letter of June 16, 1974, re-
affirming his request - the staff is reviewing this
request as an independent annexation request and will
report its findings and recommendations at the July
meeting to the City Plan Commission.
III. Boat Club Area Annexation Study - On June 10, 1974,
the City Council was furnished a report (IR-2338)
with a recommendation from the City Plan Commission
that no further study on this area be made until the
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS --
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2345 page 2
�M�p T AFO June 26, 1974
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
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Texas. Subject: ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS - 11 SQUARE MILE AREA
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City Council had reached a decision on the annexation
of the area between it and the present City limits.
Based on the City Council's action of June 12, 1974,
the City Plan Commission recommended that no further
consideration be given to annexation of this area at
the present time.
Summary
With respect to the annexation study on the 705 acre area, a report
from the City Plan Commission will be forwarded to the City Council
following the July Plan Commission meeting.
Unless instructed otherwise, no further information will be provided
the City Council concerning annexation in this general area until the
City Plan Commission makes its recommendations on annexation of the
705 acre area now under study.
Respectfully submitted,
N. iAe
N. Lin
City Manager
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS