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Consider an ordinance annexing approximately 83.01 acres of land, being adjacent to 7501 Chaparral Road, Killeen, Texas, pursuant to a petition for voluntary annexation, and approving the annexation service plan.
SUMMARY
DATE: June 4, 2019
TO: Ronald L. Olson, City Manager
FROM: Ray Shanaa, Executive Director of Planning & Dev. Services
SUBJECT: Consider an ordinance annexing approximately 83.01 acres of land, being adjacent to 7501 Chaparral Road, Killeen, Texas, and approving the annexation service plan.
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On March 14, 2019, the Planning and Development Services Department received a voluntary petition for annexation from WBW Land Investments Limited Partnership. The subject area is comprised of two tracts of land with one tract measuring 10.26 acres, being located west of 7501 Chaparral Road and the second tract measuring 72.75 acres, being located east of 7501 Chaparral Road, Killeen, Texas. The property is vacant, contiguous to current municipal city limits and is therefore exempt from a three year annexation plan. The owner is making the request to have the property annexed into the corporate limits of Killeen.
On April 9th, the City Council decided to conduct public hearings and institute annexation proceedings, which included directing the City Manager to prepare a service plan providing for the extension of full municipal services to the area, by any method used to give services in any other area of city. The City Council conducted two (2) public hearings on May 7th and May 21st.
Staff provided the service plan to the City Council prior to the May 21st public hearing. Per Local Government Code (LGC) 43.064, the City Council may approve or disapprove the annexation ordinance and service plan at its June 11 meeting at the earliest.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
The City Council may approve or disapprove the annexati...
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