RES 1048 05/06/19821
RESOLUTION # 105i8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO ESTABLISHING
PROCEDURES RELATED TO ANNEXATIONS OF THE CITY, AND TO REQUIRED
SERVICE PLANS SETTING FORTH A SCHEDULE FOR EXTENDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES
TO NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, House Bill 1952 of the 67th Texas Legislature, signed by the
Governor and effective September 1, 1981 amends the Municipal Annexation
Statute, Article 970a, V.A.C.S., to require two public hearings prior to
annexation of any tract of land by any incorporated city, with one of the
hearings to be conducted within the area proposed to be annexed, and to re-
quire preparation, consideration, and adoption of a Service Plan identifying
municipal services and a schedule for extending them'to nearly annexed areas;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and fully considered the procedures
set forth herein, and find them to be proper and acceptable, and in'the best
interests of the City, and is therefore of the opinion that they should be
adopted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO,
TEXAS:
Section I. The procedures set forth below regarding annexations of
property into the corporate limits of the City of Cibolo, and preparation,
consideration and adoption of a Service Plan for each such tract annexed, are
hereby approved and adopted. They shall apply to each and every proposed
annexation of the City of Cibolo for which an ordinance of annexation has,
not been considered by the City Council as of September 1, 1981.
Section II. The owner of a tract of land, or the owner's agent
authorized in writing, who desires that such tract be annexed into the corporate
limits of the City of Cibolo, shall file a completed written Application for
Annexation, in the Office of City Secretary. The Application shall be
furnished by the City Secretary. Also furnished at the time of filing the
Application, shall be a complete metes and bounds description of the property
proposed to be annexed. The description shall bear the seal of a Registered
Texas Professional Engineer or a Registered Texas Surveyor. The Application
shall be accompanied by any required filing fee prescribed by the City Council.
Section III. The City Council, by majority vote of a quorum of its
members, may direct the City Secretary to implement procedures to annex a
specified tract of land into the corporate limits of the City of Cibolo.
Section IV. Upon filing of an Application, or direction by the
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Section VI. The City Secretary shall publish in the time and manner
required by law and in a newspaper having general circulation in the city
and in the territory proposed to be annexed, notices of each public hearing.
Section VII. The first public hearing shall be conducted with the
City Council presiding, and shall be conducted within the area proposed to
be annexed. The City Secretary shall take minutes of the public hearing and
shall forward them to the City Council for its review and consideration.
Section VIII. The second public hearing shall be conducted by and
before the City Council. Annexation proceedings shall be instituted, in the
time provided by law, by the City Council's reading and/or consideration
and/or adoption of an annexation ordinance.
Section IX. Upon the filing of an Application for annexation, or
upon direction of the City Council pursuant to Section III hereof, the City
Secretary is hereby directed to prepare a proposed Service Plan that provides
for the extension of municipal services into each area proposed to be
annexed. The Service plan shall include the following:
A program under which the City of Cibolo will provide:
a. Police protection
b. Fire protection
c. Water and sewer, when available
d. Inspection services
e. Planning & Zoning
f. Street lighting (In substantially developed areas)
g. Miscellaneous (Street name signs where needed)
Section X. The proposed Service plan shall be made available for
inspection by and explained to those persons attending the public hearings
in connection with the proposed annexation. It may be amended at such hearings,
the Service Plan shall be attached to the ordinance annexing the area and
shall be approved as part of that ordinance. Thereafter, it may be amended
or repealed in accordance with Article 970a, V.A.C.S., as now or hereafter
amended.
Section XI. This Resolution shall become effective immediately
upon passage.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 614 day of 1982.
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ED LING, YOR