PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO INSTITUTE ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS TO ENLARGE AND EXTEND BOUNDARY LIMITS IN ELLIS COUNTY

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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 19.955 acre tract of land in ELLIS County, Texas, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND GRAPHICALLY DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “A”, SUCH TRACT IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 287 INCLUDING LAND SITUATED IN THE W. GARDNER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 403 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 ordinance and related exhibits are available on the City’s website and at the City Secretary’s Office. The public hearing will be held by and before the City Council of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas on the 17th day of June, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber of the City Hall of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, for all persons interested in the above proposed annexation. 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.