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TOWN OF PROSPER C Q
py RESOLUTION NO. 03-50
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, (THE "TOWN")
REGISTERING THE TOWN'S OPPOSITION TO THE CREATION OF COLLIN
COUNTY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT NO. 1, AND THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING TO DELIBERATE THE MATTER.
WHEREAS, the Town has been advised of the contents of the preliminary engineering report prepared
in March of 2003, for MUD No. 1, and
WHEREAS, the engineering report describes a 1,200 acre master planned community to be known as
Light Ranch, of which approximately 521 acres will be within the boundaries of the proposed MUD
No. 1, and
WHEREAS, the 521 acres are proposed to contain 443 acres of residential lots, with the remaining 78
acres in flood plain, and
WHEREAS, the proposal is 1,318 50X110 foot residential lots, and 585 60X110 foot lots, for a total of
1,903 residential units on the 443 acres, and
WHEREAS, the engineering report projects a population on 443 acres of over 6,600 people, and
WHEREAS, the size and density proposed for MUD No. 1 creates the demand for full scope of city
services, including fire, police, ambulance street and road installation and maintenance, parks, building
permits and inspection, and other services necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the
citizens purchasing residences in MUD No. 1, and
WHEREAS, the MDU district as proposed will provide only water, sewer and storm drainage, and
WHEREAS, the MUD district as proposed is not authorized to provide fire, police, ambulance, parks,
road maintenance, or other essential services, and
WHEREAS, the proposed tax rate of$0.91 debt service and $0.05 operating tax rate will not include
essential city services, except water, sewer and storm drainage, and
WHEREAS, no city has evidenced a current intent to annex the property in MUD No. 1, and
WHEREAS, while the demands for city services in the 443 acres of MUD No. 1 alone are significant,
even greater challenges are created when the additional 800 acres of mixed use of residential,
commercial and/or industrial are developed, and
WHEREAS, the burdens on schools, traffic, crime prevention and control, fire protection, ambulance
services, impact on local school districts, will, without question, fall to Collin County, and the
taxpayers of neighboring cities;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Prosper, Collin
County, Texas, as follows:
1. That this Town, and the taxpayers within this Town, will be both legally and economically
impacted by unregulated growth in a 1,200 acre development in rural Collin County, and
2. The economic impact on the Town of Prosper will include higher taxes to be paid to Collin
County to provide additional Sheriff's Deputies, roads and bridges, fire protection, ambulance
services, and other services which a city,but not a MUD, provides; and
3. Insufficient detail has been provided in the Petition for the creation of MUD No. 1, and the
engineering report, to fully explain the additional, and significant impact that the remainder of
the 1,200 acre total project will have on this Town; and
4. The Town therefore does request the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to order a
public hearing to be held regarding the petition for the creation of MUD No. 1, and
5. The Town does, pending the outcome of the hearing, register its vigorous opposition to the
creation of Collin County MUD No. 1.
Resolved unanimously by the Town Council of the Town of Prosper, Texas, on this 8th day of July,
2003.
HAR NISWA GER, Mayor
ATTEST:
AMBER PHILLIPS, Town Secr tary
Town of Prosper
P.O. Box 307 Prosper, TX 75078
972/ 347-2304 Metro 972/346-2640 Fax 972/347-2111
July 14, 2003
LaDonna Castaneula
Chief Clerk
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TCEQ MC105
PO Box 10387
Austin, TX 78711-3087
RE: Resolution No. 03-50, registering the Town's opposition to the creation of
Collin County Municipal District No. 1, and the need for a public hearing to
deliberate the matter
Dear Ms. Castaneula:
Attached you will find the above-mentioned, original resolution executed by the
Mayor of the Town of Prosper. The Town Council unanimously voted to
approve this resolution on July 8, 2003, and respectfully requests that the public
hearing take place in Collin County.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact me at
the above phone number. Thank you in advance for consideration of this matter.
Sincerely,
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Jennifer Finley
Town Administrator
Town of Prosper
cc: Joe Jaynes, Collin County Commissioner
enclosure: Resolution No. 03-50