Title
Conduct a public hearing to consider testimony regarding the proposed assessments to be levied against assessable property within the Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code. The property is approximately 121.282 acres of vacant land situated in the Martha Music Survey, Abstract Number 312, in Kaufman County, Texas, and is generally located south of Interstate Highway 20, east of FM 741 and north of Heartland Parkway, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Mesquite.
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On July 16, 2018, the City Council passed Resolution No. 41-2018 to accept a preliminary Service and Assessment Plan (SAP) for authorized improvements within the Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District (PID).
This public hearing is required by State law to receive any written or oral objections to the proposed assessments identified in the SAP. Notice of public hearing was published in both the Forney Messenger and Daily Commercial Record on Thursday, August 2, 2018, and notice was sent to property owners within the PID via certified mail on August 1, 2018.
Upon adjournment of the public hearing, the City Council must hear and pass on any objection to a proposed assessment and may amend a proposed assessment on any parcel within the PID.
Any changes to the proposed assessment roll are incorporated into a final SAP, which will be approved by ordinance along with the other PID bond sale documents. The PID bond sale was postponed to the September 4, 2018, City Council meeting due to delays by the developer in closing on a sale of the property.
Recommended/Desired Action
City staff recommends that the City Council open the public hearing and continue the public hearing to the September 4, 2018, City Council meeting at which time action may be considered.
Attachment(s)
Resolution No. 41-2018
Drafter
Ted Chinn
Head of Department
Cliff Keheley