14 - Action on Disannexation Petition - located on CR 22500

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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DENYING A PETITION TO DISANNEX PORTIONS OF FOUR PARCELS OF PROPERTY EQUALING 170 TOTAL ACRES LOCATED ON OR AROUND COUNTY ROAD 22500 (LCAD#s 71112, 71113, 70422, AND 70423) WITHIN OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the city staff has presented to the City Council a petition brought by Nexus Renewable Power, LLC ("Nexus") on behalf of Robert Moore, the property owner for disannexation of property he owns which is currently located within the City Limits of the City of Paris, said property being portions of three parcels (LCAD#s 71112, 71113, and 70422) and the entirety of a fourth parcel (LCAD# 70423) on or around County Road 22500, being approximately 170 acres in total; and, WHEREAS, the proposed use of the subject property is industrial development, namely a solar farm project; and WHEREAS, on June 24, 2024, the City Council directed staff to begin disannexation proceedings regarding the aforementioned property; and WHEREAS, the city notified other taxing entities of the proposed disannexation on July 9, 2024 as required by law; and WHEREAS, the city published notice of two public hearings in the Paris News on July 15, 2024 as required by law; and WHEREAS, the City Council conducted the first public hearing on the petition at a special meeting on August 5, 2024, at which no one spoke either in favor or in opposition to the petition; and WHEREAS, the City Council conducted the second public hearing on the petition at its regular meeting on August 12, 2024, at which a representative of the petitioner spoke in favor of the petition and no one spoke in opposition thereto; and WHEREAS, said petition came on for consideration and action on September 9, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City Council, having considered the petition, the comments of representatives of the petitioners over the course of several meetings, and the reduction in projected property tax revenues from the subject property has found that disannexation of the subject property is not in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Paris;