R-2016-165 2016-09-19RESOLUTION NO. R2016-165
A Resolution of The City Council of the City of Pearland, requesting
consideration, by the trustees of Fort Bend Independent School District
(FBISD) and the Alvin Independent School District (AISD), of a petition
submitted by the residents located in the FBISD portion of Shadow Creek
Ranch requesting to be disannexed from the FBISD boundaries and annexed
into the AISD boundaries.
WHEREAS, the City of Pearland has interest and responsibility now, and into the future, for
the orderly, sustainable, and quality development and maintenance of all property within its city limits
and extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, Shadow Creek Ranch is a large cohesive mixed-use master planned community
that has consistently and successfully grown; and
WHEREAS, schools and public education are the foundation of neighborhoods and quality of
life, and Shadow Creek Ranch is predominantly located within the boundaries of AISD; and,
WHEREAS, a very small pbrtion of Shadow Creek Ranch, located on the western edge of
the development just east of FM 521 (Almeda Road), is located within the boundaries of FBISD; and
WHEREAS, but FM 521 creates an accepted clear delineation between properties located
further to the west and outside the boundaries of Shadow Creek Ranch; and
Whereas, the area within Shadow Creek Ranch currently zoned to FBISD is a considerable
distance from FBISD schools, thereby making schools difficult to access due to challenges of the
existing road network, making pedestrian and/or bike access to school and events unsafe; and
WHEREAS, AISD already has several school campuses located within the Shadow Creek
that are safely accessible; and
WHEREAS, residents of Shadow Creek Ranch seeking the transition from FBISD to AISD
have considered the matter, and believe they meet the allowable statutory guidelines for the trustees
of both school districts to duly consider, in the best interest of the students and parents, meet the
statutory requirements for contiguity, size of area affected, and size of tax base involved that would
be transferred; and
RESOLUTION NO. R2016-165
WHEREAS, the City of Pearland has an interest in the public safety, mobility, and quality of
neighborhoods where residents have a greater opportunity to meet and congregate with one another
by engaging in school activities with their children together within Shadow Creek Ranch and the City
acknowledges that this specific case represents a limited and unique set of circumstances not found
elsewhere that would lead to additional future changes to the school district boundaries, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Pearland requests consideration, by the
trustees of FBISD and AISD, of the petition submitted by the residents in the FBISD portion of
Shadow Creek Ranch to be disannexed from the FBISD boundaries and annexed into the AISD
boundaries at the earliest opportunity.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September A.D.,
2016.
ATTEST:
NGLOR
SEC 3 ARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
TOM REID
MAYOR
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