On December 21, 2018, representatives of the property owner, HRUS Alliance, LLC., submitted an application for full-purpose annexation. The 61.4 acres is situated in Denton County within the City of Fort Worth extraterritorial jurisdiction, north of Alliance Airport, south of Highway 114 and along FM 156, see map Exhibit A. The proposed annexation area is currently mostly vacant land with one gas well. The property is proposed for industrial uses, and the proposed zoning is "I" Light Industrial. The proposed annexation is also related to annexation case AX-18-0013 which is running concurrently with its own companion zoning case. Both annexation cases as well as their companion zoning cases are scheduled for final action by City Council on the same agenda. City Plan Commission voted, on January 23, 2019 to approve the recommendation to the City Council for the full-purpose annexation of case AX-18-0014. This proposed owner-initiated annexation has one companion case. The related zoning case (ZC-19-012) was heard by the Zoning Commission on February 13, 2019 and the commission voted to recommend approval of "I" Light Industrial zoning by City Council. The proposed uses were considered while assessing the financial impact to the General Fund. The city tax revenue is expected to have a positive fiscal impact over the next 10 years after the proposed development is built. Based on the operating costs projected from the Police, Code Compliance and Transportation and Public Works Departments, the fiscal impact shows a slightly negative annual effect to the General Fund for the first year, but will have a positive impact thereafter. Therefore, due to the ability of the area to meet the City's criteria for full-purpose annexation, Staff recommends approval of the requested owner-initiated annexation, AX-18-0014. If annexed for full-purposes the area will become part of COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity. |