21 - DISANNEXATION REQUESTS AIRPORT ROAD AND WILDWOOD LANE

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Item No. 21 memorandum TO: City Council John Godwin, City Manager FROM: Kent McIlyar, City Attorney SUBJECT: Disannexation Requests Airport Road and Wildwood Lane DATE: June 18, 2015 BACKGROUND: At the last City Council meeting, Boyd & Deborah Hudgens and several other residents with property inside the city limits near Airport Road and Hwy 271 came before the City Council and requested the Council to consider disannexing their properties from the City of Paris because they do not receive city water or sewer service in that area. Mr. Godwin informed the City Council that while these property owners do receive city services such as police, fire and EMS, but the City does not have immediate plans to run water or sewer lines down Airport Road, because there is already a Lamar County Water Supply District (LCWSD) water line serving the area and there is not enough population or development in the area yet to justify running long sewer lines and lift stations in the area. David Denison also appeared before City Council requesting that his five acre residential lot on Wildwood Lane be disannexed from the City. STATUS OF ISSUE: City staff has received roughly nine additional applications for disannexation (10 separate tracts) primarily from property owners in the Airport Road/Hwy 271 area and one from David & Brenda Dennison who own a five acre lot in the Wildwood Lane Subdivision. Two maps showing the location of these parcels requesting disannexation in relation to adjoining properties and the city boundary limit lines are attached for your review and consideration. In June 2013, the City Council adopted Policies and Procedures for Annexation/Disannexation, a copy of which is attached for your review. The process for disannexing properties from the City of Paris requires two public hearings over a 40 -day period preceded by a 30 -day written notice to all property owners being disannexed and notice to Lamar County, School Districts and Railroad Companies. Once the City Council directs staff which parcels are to be disannexed it will take approximately 90 days to completion. BUDGET: N/A RECOMMENDATION: Provide direction to staff on which parcels to move forward with disannexation.