City Council

Agenda Request

Agenda Of:

10/02/07

Agenda Request No:

VI C

Initiated By:

Danny Batts

Management Assistant

Responsible Department:

Community Development

Presented By:

Jim Callaway, Executive Director

Community Development

Department Head:

Jim Callaway

Executive Director

 

 

Additional Department. Head (s):

N/A

Subject / Proceeding:

PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS NO. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112, (NEW TERRITORY COMMUNITY)

Public Hearing

Exhibits:

Proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement (hard copy available)

Clearances

Approval

Legal:

 

Executive Director:

Jim Callaway

Community Development

Purchasing:

N/A

Asst. City Manager:

N/A

Budget:

N/A

City Manager:

Allen Bogard

Budget

Expenditure Required:  $

N/A

Amount Budgeted/Reallocation:  $

N/A

Additional Appropriation:  $

N/A

Recommended Action

Conduct public hearing and receive citizen input regarding the proposed strategic partnership agreement.

Executive Summary

This is the first of two public hearings regarding a Strategic Partnership Agreement between the City of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County Municipal Utility Districts 67, 68, 69, 111, and 112 (New Territory).  The SPA outlines the manner in which municipal services will be provided to the New Territory community before and after annexation, and also lays out the terms and conditions of annexation.   The key provisions of the SPA provide for:

1.      Pre-annexation Services, including:

a.        Fire Protection Services:

                                                               i.      The City and the Districts will jointly fund the construction of a Fire Station to serve the area.

                                                             ii.      The Districts will pay for services under the current fire services agreement, but will pay the 20% Out of City fee after 1/01/2008.

2.      Debt Reduction Fund:

a.       This fund accumulates all proceeds from the Out of City service fee paid by the Districts on municipal services, as well as an annual contribution from the City from the proceeds of sales tax collections from the Riverpark annexation.  The funds in this account will be used to defray the costs of annexing the districts.

3.      Full Purpose Annexation

a.       This provision provides that the Districts will be annexed simultaneously for full purposes no earlier than 01/01/2017 and no later than the date at which all of the Districts have paid off their outstanding debt.

4.      Wastewater Treatment Plant

a.       This provision provides that the City will, at its own cost, expand the current NT WWTP to serve both the New Territory Community and the City in general, up to a maximum capacity of 10.5 MGD.  It also requires certain odor abatement provisions, tree buffers, and landscape screening.

5.      GRP Services:

a.       This provision provides the terms and conditions under which the City will include the Districts in its Groundwater Reduction Plan.

 

The proposed SPA document is attached for your review.    

 

 

Exhibits