HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2013-030A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A REINVESTMENT ZONE XI FOR TETRA PAK,
RATIFYING PRIOR ACTIONS, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City has previous to the passage of this resolution re- established its Tax
Abatement Policy by adopting guidelines and criteria governing tax abatement agreements in
accordance with Texas Tax Code Chapter 312, and has declared that it elects to become eligible
to participate in tax abatement, and
WHEREAS, the City finds that it is in the public interest to call a public hearing to
consider the creation of a reinvestment zone for tax abatement purposes for the purpose of
offering a tax abatement to Tetra Pak Materials in accordance with Tex Tax Code §312 201;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby calls a public hearing and the City Manager is
hereby authorized to give notice of a public hearing for the establishment of a reinvestment zone
(Reinvestment Zone XI) comprised of the property described in the metes and bounds
description attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and being approximately 52.554 acres on State F.M.
Highway 1515, just north of Airport Road and east of Western Boulevard in the corporate limits
of the City of Denton, Texas for the purpose of entering into a tax abatement agreement with
Tetra Pak Materials for a headquarters expansion within this Reinvestment Zone and other
eligible projects under the City's Tax Abatement Policy, which Exhibit "A" is made a part of this
resolution for all purposes as if written word for word herein. At the hearing, the City Council
will determine whether the improvements sought are feasible and practical and would be a
benefit to the land to be included in the Zone and to the City after expiration of any tax
abatement agreement entered into under Tex Tax Code Ch 312. Notice of the public hearing will
be substantially in the form of the attached Exhibit "A ", which exhibit is made a part of this
resolution as if written word for word herein. The public hearing will take place on the 1 S` day of
October, 2013 at or after 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall at 215 E
McKinney, Denton, Texas 76201, but not until at least seven days after notice of this public
hearing has been published in the Denton Record - Chronicle, a newspaper having general
circulation within the City, and specific notices are delivered in writing to the presiding officer of
the Board of Trustees of the Denton Independent School District, the Commissioners Court of
Denton County, and to other taxing units, if any, that include in their boundaries the real property
described in the attached Exhibit "A" in accordance with Tex Tax Code §312 201. All prior
actions of the City Manager, the Director of Economic Development, the City Attorney, and
their staffs in providing the required notice are hereby ratified and approved
SECTION 2. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval at a regy a:r° meeting of the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas on this the
day of lln 2013, at which meeting a quorum was present and the
meeting was held in accordance with the provisions of Texas Government Code §551001, et seq
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M OU x;111 S, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:-
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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ALL OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE THOMAS TOBY
SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1285, AND THE JOHN DAVIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER
326, BOTH IN THE CITY OF DENTON, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF LOT 1,
BLOCK 1, OF WESTPARK ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN
CABINET C, PAGE 127, PLAT RECORDS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND
AT A CAPPED IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT
1, COMMON TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 2A, BLOCK A, OF SAID WESTPARK
ADDITION, PHASE 2, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN COUNTY
CLERK'S FILE NUMBER 2012 -116, SAID PLAT RECORDS, AND IN THE NORTH RIGHT -OF-
WAY LINE OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD NUMBER 1515 (AIRPORT ROAD);
THENCE NORTH O1 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 41 SECONDS EAST WITH THE WEST LINE OF
SAID LOT 1 AND AN EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 2A, A DISTANCE OF 2082.39 FEET TO A % ",
IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, COMMON
TO A RE- ENTRANT CORNER IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 2A;
THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST WITH THE NORTH LINE OF
SAID LOT 1, AND A SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 2A PART OF THE WAY, AND PASSING EN
ROUTE AT A DISTANCE OF 77.28 FEET NEAR A ''/2 ", IRON ROD FOUND FOR WITNESS AT
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, OF R.D. WELCH INTERCHANGE ADDITION,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET Y, PAGE 619, SAID PLAT
RECORDS, AND CONTINUING ON SAID COURSE WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 OF
R. D. WELCH INTERCHANGE ADDITION, AND PASSING EN ROUTE AT A DISTANCE OF
595.61 FEET A PK NAIL FOUND IN CONCRETE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1
OF R.D. WELCH INTERCHANGE ADDITION, COMMON TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
LOT 3 OF SAID WESTPARK ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN
COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 2012 -116, SAID PLAT RECORDS, AND THAT BEARS NORTH 18
DEGREES O1 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 11.37 FEET FROM A CAPPED ' /z ",
IRON ROD FOUND FOR WITNESS, AND CONTINUING ON SAID COURSE WITH THE SOUTH
LINE OF SAID LOT 3, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 1102.76 FEET TO A SQUARE ' /z ", IRON ROD
FOUND FOR CORNER AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, COMMON TO THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 3, AND IN THE WEST LINE OF LOT 1 -R, BLOCK A, OF
PETERBILT ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET U,
PAGE 369, SAID PLAT RECORDS;
THENCE SOUTH O1 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST WITH THE EAST LINE OF
SAID LOT 1 AND THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 1 -R, A DISTANCE OF 2074.68 FEET TO A 'Yz"
IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, COMMON
TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1 -R, AND IN THE NORTH RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE
OF SAID FARM TO MARKET ROAD NUMBER 1515;
THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF
SAID LOT 1 AND WITH THE NORTH RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE OF SAID FARM TO MARKET
ROAD NUMBER 1515, A DISTANCE OF 1100.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING AND
ENCLOSING 52.554 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS.