13 - DISANNEXATION REQUESTS AIRPORT ROAD AND WILDWOOD LANE

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Item No. 13 memorandum TO: City Council John Godwin, City Manager FROM: Kent McIlyar, City Attorney SUBJECT: Disannexation Requests Airport Road and Wildwood Lane DATE: July 24, 2015 BACKGROUND: At the June City Council meeting, Boyd & Deborah Hudgens, Charles Keys 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 receive city services such as police, fire and EMS, 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 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: The City has now received disannexation requests from nearly every landowner in Tract 12 (northwest of FM 1508 /Airport Road) and every landowner in Tract 8 (south of FM 1508 /Airport Road). City staff has reviewed all requests for disannexation received from landowners in Tract 12 and Tract 8 against the City's Policies and Procedures for Annexation/Disannexation and state law and have prepared a draft map of disannexation showing the land which will remain inside the corporate city limits in green and the parcels which are eligible for disannexation in red. Note the importance of maintaining a land connection between the core of the City of Paris and the Cox Field acreage and the Agpro Property on the City's eastern city limits line. PROCESS: The process for disannexing properties from the City of Paris requires two public hearings over a 40 -day period and publication of notice of the public hearing 10 -20 days prior, as well as 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: Loss of property tax revenue from disannexed lands. RECOMMENDATION: Provide direction to staff.