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A. Conduct a public hearing on the levy of assessments in Phase #2 of the Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District.
B. Consider an ordinance of the City of Mesquite, Texas, approving a Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for Phase #2 Specific Improvements for the Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District (the "District"); making a finding of special benefit to certain property in the District; levying special assessments against certain property within the District and establishing a lien on such property; providing for payment of the assessment in accordance with Chapter 372, Texas Local Government Code, as amended; providing for the method of assessment and the payment of the assessments; providing penalties and interest on delinquent assessments; providing for severability and providing an effective date.
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On November 15, 2021, the City Council passed Resolution No. 78-2021 to accept a preliminary Amended and Restated Service and Assessment Plan (SAP) for authorized improvements within the Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District (PID).
A public hearing is required by State law to receive any written or oral objections to the proposed assessments identified in the SAP. Notices of the public hearing to be held on December 6, 2021, were published in the Daily Commercial Record and Forney Messenger newspapers on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, and notice was sent to property owners within the PID via certified mail on November 26, 2021.
After the public hearing is closed, the City Council must hear and pass on any objection to any proposed assessment and may amend a proposed assessment on any parcel within the PID.
Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code, the Public Improvement District Assessment Act, as amended (PID Act), governs the creation and operation of public improvement districts within the State of Texas. The attached Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District preliminary Service and Ass...
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