PUBLIC NOTICE: THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO INSTITUTE ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS TO ENLARGE AND EXTEND THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITY
Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:
The City of Grand Prairie, Texas proposes to institute annexation proceedings to enlarge and extend the boundary limits of said city through the ordinances shown below:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY LOCATED IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, TO WIT: BEING AN APPROXIMATELY 1045 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND GRAPHICALLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “A”, SUCH TRACT IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF 287 INCLUDING LAND SITUATED IN THE S.A. & M.G.R.R. CO. SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1056, D. MORGAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1224, J. THOMPSON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO 1086, J. JONES SURVEY, ASBSTRACT NO 583, JOSEPH STEWART SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 961, A. REEVES SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 939, AND ALL ADJACENT RIGHTS-OF- WAY, INTO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF PREMISES, AMENDING OF THE OFFICIAL CITY MAP, AND ACKNOWLEDGING A SERVICE PLAN; REQUIRING THE FILING OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK; PRESCRIBING FOR EFFECT ON TERRITORY, GRANTING AS APPROPRIATE TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF SAID PROPERTY ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS; PROVIDING CUMULATIVE REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND SAVINGS CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AN ORDINACE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY LOCATED IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, TO WIT: BEING AN APPROXIMATELY 41.648 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” AND GRAPHICALLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “B”, SUCH TRACT IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE ELLIS COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NO. 1 AND WEST OF THE ELLIS COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY BORDER INCLUDING LAND SITUATED IN THE J. STEWART SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 961,ELLIS COUNTY TEXAS, AND I. GARDNER SURVEY, ABSTRACT303, J. STEWART SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO 754, J. WORKINGSURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 897, JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS AND ALL ADJACENT RIGHTS-OF- WAY, INTO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF PREMISES, AMENDING OF THE OFFICIAL CITY MAP, AND ACKNOWLEDGING A SERVICE PLAN; REQUIRING THE FILING OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK; PRESCRIBING FOR EFFECT ON TERRITORY, GRANTING AS APPROPRIATE TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF SAID PROPERTY ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS; PROVIDING CUMULATIVE REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND SAVINGS CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Full copies of the ordinances and related exhibits are available on the City’s website and at the City Secretary’s Office. The public hearings will be held by and before the City Council of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas on the 17th day of December, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber of City Hall, 300 W. Main Street, Grand Prairie, Texas, for all persons interested in the above proposed annexations. At said time and place all such persons shall have the right to appear and be heard. Of all said matters and things, all persons interested in the things and matters herein mentioned, will take notice.
/s/ Mona Lisa Galicia
City Secretary