City Council
	Agenda Request
Agenda Of:	11/06/2007	Agenda Request No:		IV B
Initiated By:	Danny Batts Management Assistant	Responsible Department:		Community Development
Presented By:	Jim Callaway, Executive Director Community Development	Department Head:		Jim Callaway, Executive Director Community Development
		Additional Department. Head (s):		N/A
Subject / Proceeding:	strategic partnership agreement (spa) with fort bend county municipal utility district no. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112 (New Territory community), consideration and action
Exhibits:	hearing notice; vicinity map strategic partnership agreement (hard copy availbable for viewing)
Clearances			Approval
Legal:	N/A		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
Approval of the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112(New Territory Community).
Executive Summary
Council held two Public Hearings regarding the proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) with Fort Bend County Municipal Utility Districts 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112 (the Districts). These Districts serve the New Territory Community. Additionally, the Districts have each held two Public Hearings on the issue. 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 Districts have adopted the proposed SPA. We recommend Council approval of the agreement.
Exhibits

PRINTED NOTICE MUST BE NOT SMALLER THAN ¼ PAGE; NOTICE HEADLINE MUST BE IN 18PT. OR LARGER PER CHAPTER 43 123B TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS NO. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112, (NEW TERRITORY COMMUNITY) PROVIDING FOR AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO AND FUTURE ANNEXATION OF THE DISTRICTS INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND.

FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS NO. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112 ARE LOCATED CONTIGUOUS TO AND GENERALLY WEST OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TO THE WEST OF THE TELFAIR COMMUNITY, TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF US HWY 90A, AND TO THE NORTH OF THE BRAZOS RIVER, BEING FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS THE NEW TERRITORY COMMUNITY, LOCATED WITHIN THE MM BATTLE LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 9, JH CARTWRIGHT LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 16, AND THE JANE WILKINS LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 96, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS

PURPOSE: The City of Sugar Land and Fort Bend Municipal Utility Districts No. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112 propose to enter into a Strategic Partnership Agreement regarding annexation of the Districts into the City of Sugar Land, provision of municipal services to the Districts and terms for the continuation or dissolution of the Districts. On October 16, 2007, the 2^nd of two (2) public hearings shall be held at which all persons interested in the proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement between the City of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County Municipal Utility Districts No. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112 shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

WHERE: CITY OF SUGAR LAND CITY HALL

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS

WHEN: CITY OF SUGAR LAND

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

6:00 P.M., OCTOBER 16, 2007

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND PLANNING OFFICE AT (281) 275-2218 OR BY EMAIL AT PLANNING@SUGARLANDTX.GOV. THE PLANNING OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O'CLOCK A.M. TO 5:00 O'CLOCK P.M., AND IS LOCATED AT CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.

Vicinity Map:

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility Districts No. 67, 68, 69, 111, & 112 (New Territory)

City of Sugar Land ETJ