City Council

Agenda Request

Agenda Of:

11/06/2007

Agenda Request No:

IV C

Initiated By:

Danny Batts

Management Assistant

Responsible Department:

Community Development

Presented By:

Jim Callaway

Executive Director

 

Department Head:

Jim Callaway

Executive Director

 

 

 

Additional Department. Head (s):

N/A

Subject / Proceeding:

strategic partnership agreement (spa) with fort bend county municipal utility district no. 106, 108, 109, & 117 (Greatwood community)

consideration and action

Exhibits:

hearing notice; vicinity map

strategic partnership agreement (Hard copy available 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 106, 108, 109, 117 (Greatwood Community).

 

Executive Summary

City Council held two Public Hearings regarding the proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) with Fort Bend County Municipal Utility Districts 106, 107, 108, and 117 (the Districts). These Districts serve the Greatwood Community. Additionally, the Districts have ech held two Public Hearings on the issue.

 

The SPA outlines the manner in which municipal services will be provided to the Greatwood 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 Districts will pay for services under the current fire services agreement until 2/01/20016, at which point they will pay the full cost of service plus the 20% out of City service fee.

b.      Regional Utility Services:

                                                               i.      The City and The Districts agree to Cooperate on establishing regional utility services to the area of the City’s ETJ south of the Brazos River

c.       Police Services:

                                                               i.      The City and the Districts agree to use good faith efforts to negotiate an agreement to provide police services to Greatwood

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.      Limited Purpose Annexation:

a.       This provision provides that the commercial areas of the Greatwood Community will be annexed for the limited purposes of applying certain City ordinances to the area, including:  the City’s Sales & Use Tax, the City’s Building Regulations, and the City’s Zoning regulations.

4.      Full Purpose Annexation:

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

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 this 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. 106, 108, 109 & 117, (GREATWOOD 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. 106, 108, 109 AND 117 ARE LOCATED CONTIGUOUS TO AND GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TO THE WEST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER, TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF US HWY 59 AND TO THE EAST OF CRABB RIVER ROAD, TO THE NORTH OF FM 2759, BEING FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS THE GREATWOOD COMMUNITY, LOCATED WITHIN THE J. KUYKENDALL LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 49 AND THE A. KUYKENDALL LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 48, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS

 

PURPOSE:     The City of Sugar Land and Fort Bend Municipal Utility Districts No. 106, 108, 109, and 117 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 2nd  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. 106, 108, 109, and 117 shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

 

WHERE:        CITY OF SUGAR LAND CITY HALL

            CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH

SUGAR LAN 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. 106, 108, 109, & 117

City of Sugar Land ETJ