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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />09/24/08 <br />Council Date: <br />City Attorney <br />W. Kent McIlyar <br />5. <br />09/29/08 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Staff is not making a recommendation. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Disannexation <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On September 15, 2008, City Clerk received a petition for disannexation filed by a <br />majority of the property owners of the Cobb Ranch Addition, comprising a 675.13 acre <br />tract of land on State Highway 271 South beginning three-quarters (3/4) miles southeast <br />of Loop 286 SE along the north right-of-way line Highway 271 South to a point southeast <br />of the Meadowbrook Cemetery and annexed in 1997. Staff reviewed the petition and <br />determined that city and state law requirements were met. <br />According to the City Engineer, the City has no infrastructure invested in this area <br />because the properties are served by Lamar County Water Supply District, have septic <br />systems, and own the roads in the subdivision. State law allows those being disannexed <br />to request a refund of taxes paid if the value of services they received from the City are <br />less than the ad valorem taxes paid. In evaluating just the fire, police and library services <br />provided since this area was annexed into the City, the City Finance Director determined <br />that the residents have received more than they paid for, regardless of whether one uses a <br />per capita, value, or area method of calculation. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Ordinance; Charts reflecting value of services provided <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />❑ Presentation Z Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />~ Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />. 000005 <br />