Title
Approving a resolution adopting an annual annexation plan.
Summary
The purpose of this item is to determine annexation policy for the near term. Per the City's Charter, the Planning and Zoning Commission is required to annually recommend an annexation plan to the City Council. On May 4, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted on the annual annexation plan.
The last unilateral annexation included in a 3-year annexation plan included the Greenridge Subdivision in northern Pflugerville that was annexed in 2010. The current annexation plan states that the City has no plans to pursue annexation of any property, except for those areas that are exempt from annexation plan requirements as established by the Local Government Code. The proposed 2016-2019 annexation plan attached to this agenda item specifies annexation activities planned for that time period. The plan affirms that the City may pursue annexations that are voluntary or are otherwise exempt from the 3-year annexation requirements. However, the City intends to pursue initial research and feasibility studies on the future annexations of special districts, including municipal utility districts (MUDs) in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) as well as properties that do not consent to a non-annexation agreement.
The above recommendation is also substantiated by the policy direction of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan that growth of the city should be focused internally to the corporate limits and in areas generally described as being west of the Weiss Lane corridor. This policy is based on the comprehensive plan’s reference to the utility service area boundary along the eastern edge of the Wilbarger drainage basin, and emphasized further in the ongoing reassessment of water and wastewater master planning priorities.
Fiscal Impact
None
Prior Planning and Zoning Commission Action
Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval at their meeting on May 4, 2015, with a unanimous 7...
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