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R83-24 09-12-83 RESOLUTION NO. R83-24 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY NOW LYING WITHIN THE EXTRA-TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, has heretofore determined that it would be in the public's interest that certain territory presently lying within Pearland's extra- territorial jurisdiction and subject to annexation by the City be included within the City Limits of Pearland, Texas, and subject to the ordinances and jurisdiction of the City in all respects; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, has further determined that the territory subject to this proposed annexation is adjacent and contiguous to Pearland's existing City Limits; that said territory is not within the City Limits of any other City and that said territory lies solely within Pearland's extra-territorial jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, prior to the publication of the notices hereinafter provided, the City Council has heretofore directed the City's planning department to prepare a service plan that provides for the extention of municipal services to the area to be annexed in keeping with the service requirements of Section l0 B(1) of Article 970a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes; which service plan shall be made available for inspection by all interested inhabi- tants of the area to be annexed at the public hearings hereinafter provided; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, desires and deems it necessary to institute annexation proceedings relating to said territory. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: That the facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this Resolution are hereby found and declared to be true and correct. Il. That the City Secretary is hereby directed to publish the following notice to the Journal, the same being the official newspaper in and for the City of Pearland and a newspaper having general circulation in the City and in the territory proposed to be annexed. Said notice to read and be given as follows: NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON INTENTION TO ANNEX CERTAIN TERRITORY TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: Notice is hereby given that the City of Pearland, Texas, intends to annex the following described property adjacent to the present City Limits of the City of Pearland, Texas, said tract of land to be annexed being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the south line of the existing City Limits and the west right of way line of the G.C. & S.F. Railroad; THENCE East along the existing south City Limits line, a distance of 11,973.95 feet to a concrete monument in the southeast line of the W.D.C. Hall League, Abstract 70, Brazoria County, Texas, said monument also being in the northwest right of way line of County Road 963 (Buckholt Lane); THENCE S 44° 26' 2]" W, along the southeast line of said W.D.C. Hall League, Abstract 70 and the G.C. Smith Survey, Abstract 551, Brazoria County, Texas, a distance of 5,441.12 feet to a point for corner, said point also being in the northwest line of the W.H. Snyder Survey, Abstract 370, Brazoria County, Texas; THENCE S 89° 19' 37" W, a distance of 7,190.27 feet to a point in the west right of way line of the G.C. & S.F. Railroad; THENCE N 13° 47' 40" W, along the west right of way line of the G.C. & S.F. Railroad, a distance of 4,087.27 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 862.4802 acres of land, more or less. GENERAL PUBLIC HEARING A PuBlic Hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall in the City of Pearland at 2335 North Texas Avenue, Pearland, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. on the 10 day of October , 1983, at which time opportunity will be provided for all interested persons to be heard concerning the proposed annexation, and opportunity to review and inspect the municipal service plan proposed for the area to be annexed. PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN AREA TO BE ANNEXED A Public Hearing will be held in the area proposed to be annexed if, within ten (10) days after the publication of this notice, more than twenty (20) adult residents who reside in the territory proposed to be annexed protest in writing to the City Secretary of the City of Pearland, Texas, and ask for a public hearing within such proposed territory to be annexed. Each written protest shall contain the name, address, and age of each protestor signing. I, DOROTHY COOK, the City Secretary of the City of Pearland, Texas, do hereby publish this notice in accordance with the directions of the Pearland City Council. WITNESS MY HAND officially this day of , 1983. DOROTHY COOK, City Secretary III. That the City Secretary shall publish said notices at least once in said newspaper not more than twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing as set out in said notice. In addition to the published notice, the City Secretary shall give notice by Certified Mail to any Railroad Company or Companies serving the City and on the City's Tax Roll when their right-of-way is included in the territory to be annexed. IV. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its Reading, Passage and Approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this /~ day of ~ 1983. CITY OF PE, AR~LA~EXAS TOM REID, Mayor ATTEST: OOK~ty S~cretary