From
Lee Harriss
Title
Public Hearing - Resolution to Create Robinson Public Improvement District No. 17 (City Council District 6)
Presenter
Lee Harriss
Recommend Action
Approve
Analysis
The City received a petition signed by the required number of property owners (more than 50%) in the Westchester Courtyard subdivision (Robinson) requesting that the City create a public improvement district (PID) for the neighborhood. The PID would consist of approximately 10.944 acres of land divided into approximately 36 lots. The general boundaries of the assessment district are as follows: the general boundaries of the Westchester Courtyard residential subdivision, which is located at the southwest corner of Bardin Road and Robinson Road.
To establish a new PID, the City of Grand Prairie Public Improvement District policy requires a minimum of 175 parcels; this exception to the policy is being made with the understanding that the Amesbury Estates and Westchester on the Creek subdivisions will be annexed into Robinson PID when/if they obtain a sufficient number of petition signatures.
The estimated first year expenditures of the PID are $10,994, which would begin in 2015-16. This will be funded by assessments of $12,378 and by the City's contribution, which will pay $297 to the PID for right-of-way maintenance during its first year of operation, beginning in October 2015. The property owners' assessments will be based on assessments of the existing properties within the District as recorded on the tax rolls of the Dallas County Assessor Collector's office and collected through the property tax system and will begin in 2015-2016.
The revenues raised by PID assessments will be used to provide for the perpetual maintenance of existing landscape, fencing, and irrigation system, and install and perpetually maintain future landscape, fencing, and irrigation, in accordance with Exhibit A of the petition.
The law authorizing the creation of a PID requires that a public hearing be conducted to receive comments. Following the public hearing, the City Council will consider a resolution authorizing the establishment of Public Improvement District #17. If PID #17 is established, a public hearing will be held in September, 2015 on a 2015/16 budget, a five-year service plan, levying an assessment, and approving the PID board membership. The proposed Five-Year Service Plan 2016-2020 Budget is based on the existing properties in this neighborhood.
Financial Consideration
The City of Grand Prairie will provide administrative support to the PID and will prepare and mail assessment notices. The estimated budget for the PID during FY 2015-16 is $10,994, which includes City cost of $297 for right of way maintenance, which will be funded from Park Venue Operating Fund to the PID.
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING GRAND PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 17 (ROBINSON), ESTABLISHING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND POWERS, MEANS OF ASSESSMENT AND GOVERNANCE, REQUIRING PUBLICATION AND PROVING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Whereas, on September 1, 2015, a petition for creation of the Grand Prairie Public Improvement District No.17 was filed with the City of Grand Prairie and presented to the City Council of the City of Grand Prairie; and
Whereas, the City of Grand Prairie has found and determined that such petition included sufficient signatures and met other requirements of Sections 372.002 and 372.005 of the Public Improvement District Assessment Act (V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, Section 372.001, et seq., (the "Act"); and
Whereas, the City of Grand Prairie gave written notice and notice by publication that a public hearing would be held by the City Council on September 1, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., in accordance with Section 372.009 of the Act; and
Whereas, the City Council held such public hearing on September 1, 2015, finally adjourned such hearing, and desires to adopt the following Resolution which authorizes establishment of the district and the exercise of the powers granted by the Act, makes findings concerning improvements and/or services to be provided by the district and authorizes the City Secretary to publish notice of establishment of the district
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas that:
Section 1. The City Council, after duly considering the evidence and testimony presented at the public hearing held on September 1, 2015, hereby makes the following findings:
(a) It is advisable to establish a public improvement district under the Public Improvement District Assessment Act (V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, Section 372.001, et seq.), which district shall be known as the Grand Prairie Public Improvement District No.15.
(b) It is advisable to authorize the City of Grand Prairie to exercise the powers granted by the Public Improvement Assessment Act in connection with the establishment of a public improvement district and to undertake improvement projects and/or services that confer a special benefit on property in the district and the levying and collection of special assessments on property in the district, based on the benefit conferred by the improvement projects and/or services, to pay the costs of such projects and/or services.
(c) It is advisable for improvements and/or services to be undertaken and provided by the district.
(d) The general nature of the improvements and/or services to be provided by the district shall include:
(1) an improvement district program to perpetually maintain and repair existing landscaping, fencing, irrigation system, and lighted development signage;
(2) an improvement district program to perpetually maintain and repair new landscaping, fencing, irrigation and lighting; and
(3) an improvement district program to fund additional landscaping, fencing, irrigation, and signage.
The improvements and/or services will be a supplement to the standard existing level of city improvements and/or services and will constitute an added increment to the improvements and/or services normally provided to the taxpayers generally. The City will continue to furnish or pay for standard improvements and/or services in the district at the same level as they would be provided to the taxpayers generally.
(e) The estimated costs of the improvements and/or services for the district during the first year of operation are:
(1) Beautification $ 500
(2) Wall Maintenance $ 4,000
(3) Mowing Contractor $ 3,000
(4) Collection Service $ 99
(5) Miscellaneous $ 100
(6) Water Utility $ 1,200
(7) Irrigation System Maintenance $ 2,000
(8) Property Insurance Premium $ 70
(9) Liability Insurance Premium $ 25
Total First Year Estimated Costs $ 10,994
The cost of constructing additional improvements and/or providing additional supplemental services in subsequent years will be determined in the service plan to be adopted and amended from time to time by the City Council.
(f) The improvement district consists of a tract of land in the City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, consisting of approximately 10.944 acres of land divided into approximately 36 lots known as Westchester Courtyard, out of the Stephen B. McCommas Survey, Abstract No. 888, to the City of Grand Prairie. The subdivision is generally bordered by Bardin Road (north) and Robinson Road (east), including the entire Westchester Courtyard subdivision. A map of the proposed district is on file in the office of the City Secretary, 317 College Street, Grand Prairie, Texas, and is made a part hereof by reference.
(g) The method of assessment is:
(1) A service plan will be approved and adopted by the City Council for a period of not less than five years. The plan would be reviewed and updated annually by the City Council to determine the annual budget for improvements and/or services within the district.
(2) The cost of improvements and/or services will be assessed against real property within the district based on a percentage of assessed values of each property within the district.
(3) The City Council of the City of Grand Prairie will be authorized to establish by ordinance reasonable classifications and formulas for the apportionment of costs between the City and the property to be assessed and to establish the methods for assessing special benefits for various classes of improvements and/or services.
(h) The apportionment of costs between the improvement district and the City as a whole shall be:
(1) All of the cost of an improvement and/or service shall be paid by special assessments against real property and structures or other improvements thereon in the district.
(2) The City as a whole will continue to provide standard improvements and services to the district at the same level as they provided to the taxpayers generally.
(i) The probable maximum benefits to be conferred on each tract in the district because of the improvements and/or services will be greater than the amount of the assessment against such tract and the owners thereof.
(j) The area to be assessed may not include any property not within the area described in paragraph (f) unless an additional hearing is held to include the property and notice for hearing is given in the same manner as notice under Section 372.009 of the Public Improvement Distinct Assessment Act.
SECTION 2: The Grand Prairie Improvement District No.17 (Robinson) is authorized to be and is hereby established as a public improvement district under the Public Improvement District Assessment Act, in accordance with the above findings as to the advisability to all of the terms, conditions, limitations, and reservations contained in such findings.
SECTION 3: The City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of authorization for establishment of the district by publishing a copy of this Resolution once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Grand Prairie. Such authorization shall take effect and the district shall be deemed to be established effective upon the publication of such notice.
SECTION 4: Actual construction of improvements or implementation of services by the district may not begin until after the 20th day after the date the authorization for the district takes effect.
SECTION 5: The district shall be a complete alternative to other methods by which the City of Grand Prairie may finance public improvement and/or special supplemental services by assessing property owners.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2015.