13-46 - RTOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 13-46
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER OF THE TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE THE TOWN OF PROSPER AND TOWN OF
LITTLE ELM INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE REDUCTION AND
RELEASE OF DESIGNATED PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER'S
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
HEREIN, AND TAKE ANY AND ALL OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO
EFFECTUATE THE SAME, INCLUDING THE TOWN COUNCIL'S CONSENT
TO SAME; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Hillwood Development Company, by and through H4 Little Elm, LP, is a real
estate development company that owns approximately 257.3 acres, more or less, in the
extraterritorial jurisdiction ("ETJ") of the Town of Prosper, Texas ("Prosper"), which property is
more particularly described in the Town of Prosper and Town of Little Elm Interlocal Agreement
for the Reduction and Release of Designated Portions of the Town of Prosper's Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction ("Agreement"), attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference; and
WHEREAS, Section 42.023 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes Prosper
and the Town of Little Elm, Texas ("Little Elm"), to enter into an agreement to allocate portions
of Prosper's ETJ to Little Elm's ETJ; and
WHEREAS, Prosper and Little Elm have negotiated the Agreement and all pertinent
matters related thereto have been fully addressed by Prosper and Little Elm.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1
All of the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into the
body of this Resolution as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2
The Town Manager of the Town of Prosper, Texas, is hereby authorized to execute the
"Town of Prosper and Town of Little Elm Interlocal Agreement for the Reduction and Release of
Designated Portions of the Town of Prosper's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction," and take any and all
other actions necessary to effectuate the same. This Resolution shall constitute consent to the
terms and conditions contained in said Interlocal Agreement.
SECTION 3
This Resolution is effective immediately upon its passage.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS, THIS 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2013.
s
Ray Sml li, Mayor
ATTEST:
RobyBit ile, TownSecretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Terrence S.'elch, Town Attorney
Resolution No. 13-46, Page 2
Doc -110989
**** Electronically Filed Document ****
Denton County
Cynthia Mitchell
County Clerk
Document Number: 2013-110989
Recorded As : ERX-AGREEMENT
Recorded On: September 04, 2013
Recorded At: 02:11:18 pm
Number of Pages: 14
Recording Fee: $68.00
Parties:
Direct -TOWN OF PROSPER
Indirect-
Receipt
ndirect-
Receipt Number: 1086127
Processed By: Dwayne Kitzmiller
THIS PAGE IS PART OF THE INSTRUMENT
Any provision herein which restricts the Sale, Rental or use of the described REAL PROPERTY
because of color or race is invalid and unenforceable under federal law.
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Town of Prosper, Texas
P.O. Box 307
Prosper, Texas 75078; and
Town Secretary
Town of Little Elm, Texas
100 West Eldorado Parkway
Little Elm, Texas 75068-5060
TOWN OF PROSPER AND TOWN OF LITTLE ELM INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
FOR THE REDUCTION AND RELEASE OF DESIGNATED PORTIONS OF THE
TOWN OF PROSPER'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("A1acenlellt") is entered into to be effective on
the date that the last approving Party executes the Agreement, under and in accordance with the
provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 791, Texas Government Code, by and
between the TOWN OF LITTLE ELM, TEXAS, a home -rule municipality ("Little E1111"), and
the TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, a home -rule municipality ("1'1_ _cls 1Lr"). Little Elm and
Prosper are sometimes referred to collectively as the "Panics" or individually as a "Party."
ARTICLE ONE
RECITALS
1.1 WHEREAS, the Interlocal Cooperation Act authorizes any local government to contract
with one or more local governments to perform governmental functions and services
under the terms of the Act; and
1.2 WHEREAS, Local Government Code section 42.023 authorizes Prosper to reduce its
extraterritorial jurisdiction ("ETJ") by agreement with Little Elm; and
1.3 WHEREAS, the Hillwood Development Company, by and through H4 Little Elm, LP, a
Texas limited partnership ("Hillwood"), is a real estate development company that owns
approximately 257.3 acres, more or less, that is located in Denton County and in
Prosper's ETJ ("Hillwt�o(VProsver ETJ Tract"), which Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract is
more particularly described by metes and bounds in Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated herein for all purposes and graphically portrayed in Exhibit 1J attached
hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes; and
1.5 WHEREAS, Prosper has determined that it is in the best interests of Prosper to release
the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract in favor of Little Elm's ETJ under the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, this Agreement is made and entered into by Little Elm and
Prosper, upon and for the mutual consideration hereinafter stated, which entities hereby agree
and understand as follows:
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ARTICLE TWO
REPRESENTATIONS/CONSIDERATIONS
2.1 Representations.
(A) The Parties believe that the Recitals set forth above are true and correct in all
material respects and are hereby incorporated into the body of this Agreement as
though fully set forth in their entirety herein.
(B) Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that it has the requisite power and
authority to enter into this Agreement; that this Agreement has been duly
authorized and approved by its governing body; and that the person executing the
Agreement on its behalf has been duly authorized to do so.
2.2 Consideratioti. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations, rights and
benefits provided herein are mutual and supported by adequate consideration.
ARTICLE THREE
SPECIFIC TERMS
3.1 Pro,swrls Attorne Irr fees. Little Elm agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, to Prosper any
attorney's fees charged to Prosper by Prosper's legal counsel for, among other things,
legal review and revision of this Agreement and all further agreements, ordinances or
resolutions contemplated by this Agreement, negotiations and discussions with Little
Elm's attorney and the provision of advice to applicable Prosper Town Staff and the
Prosper Town Council, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 within ten (10) days upon
receipt of an invoice of same from Prosper.
3.2 Transaction Fee. Little Elm agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, to Prosper a transaction
fee of $1,100.00 per acre, as consideration for Prosper's release of the Hillwood/Prosper
ETJ Tract, for a total amount of $283,030.00. This fee shall be paid contemporaneously
with or before the release of the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract from Prosper's ETJ.
3.3 1'ieveloment B uildhi Restrictions. Little Elm agrees that it will require Hillwood, in
Little Elm's pre -annexation and development agreement with Hillwood, to restrict
Hillwood's use and development of the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract as follows:
(A) The average density within the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract shall not exceed 4.25
single family dwelling units per gross acre.
(B) Multifamily residential dwelling units shall not be permitted within the
Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract.
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(C) Within the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract, the exterior facades of a main building or
structure, excluding glass windows and doors, shall be constructed of ninety
percent (90%) Masonry (as defined below). For purposes of this Paragraph,
"Masonry" shall mean clay fired brick, natural and manufactured stone, granite,
marble, stucco and architectural concrete block. Masonry shall also include
cementatious fiber board, but cementatious fiber board may only constitute fifty
percent (50%) of stories other than the first story. However, cementatious fiber
board may not be used as a fagade cladding material for portions of upper stories
that are in the same vertical plane as the first story. Cementatious fiber board may
also be used for architectural features, including window box -outs, bay windows,
room dormers, garage door headers, columns, chimneys not part of an exterior
wall, or other architectural features. The remaining ten percent (10%) of the
exterior facades of a main building or structure, excluding glass windows and
doors, shall not be wood, vinyl or EFIS.
(D) At least 13 acres of property shall be provided for common areas and open space
within the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract.
ARTICLE FOUR
REDUCTION AND RELEASE OF ETJ TO LITTLE ELM
Prosper agrees that, upon the Effective Date of this Agreement and with no other action
needing to be taken by Prosper, the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract is released from
Prosper's ETJ and, to the extent allowed by law, allocated into Little Elm's ETJ.
Notwithstanding any matter in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not affect or
otherwise change any Prosper corporate limits or Prosper ETJ except as specifically set
forth herein. This Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any party not a signatory to
this Agreement.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
It is not intended hereby to specify (and this Agreement shall not be considered as
specifying) an exclusive remedy for any default, but all such other remedies (other than
termination) existing at law or in equity may be availed of by either Party hereto and shall
be cumulative. However, recognizing that each Party's undertakings hereunder are
obligations, failure in the performance of which cannot be adequately compensated in
money damages alone, each Party agrees, in the event of any default on its part, that the
other Party shall have available to them the equitable remedy of mandamus and specific
performance in addition to any other legal and equitable remedies (other than
termination) which may also be available. No waiver or waivers of any breach or default
(or any breaches or defaults) by either Party hereto or of performance by the other Party
of any duty or obligation hereunder shall be deemed a waiver thereof in the future, nor
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shall any such waiver or waivers be deemed or construed to be a waiver of subsequent
breaches, defaults of any kind, character or description, under any circumstances.
ARTICLE SIX
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, EACH PARTY AGREES TO DEFEND,
INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE OTHER (AND ITS OFFICERS,
AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES) FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES
OF ACTION FOR INJURIES (INCLUDING DEATH), PROPERTY DAMAGES
(INCLUDING LOSS OF USE), AND ANY OTHER LOSSES, DEMANDS, SUITS,
JUDGMENTS, AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES
AND EXPENSES, IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATED TO, OR
RESULTING FROM ITS PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR
CAUSED BY ITS NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS (OR THOSE OF ITS
RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OR ANY OTHER THIRD
PARTIES FOR WHOM IT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE) IN CONNECTION
WITH PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT.
6.2 THIS ARTICLE SIX SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
ARTICLE SEVEN
GENERAL PROVISIONS
7.1 Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall be deemed effective on and from the date
that this Agreement is approved by both the Prosper Town Council and the Little Elm
Town Counsel ("Effective Date"), whichever approval occurring last being deemed the
Effective Date.
7.2 Mod'ificatiotu. No change, amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be made
or be effective except by means of written agreement executed by the Parties hereto.
7.3 Addresses and Notice. Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice, communication,
request, reply or advise (herein severally and collectively, for convenience, called
"➢ttic") herein provided or permitted to be given, made or accepted by either Party to
any other Party must be in writing and may be given or be served by depositing the same
in the United States mail postpaid and registered or certified and addressed to the Party to
be notified, with return receipt requested, or by delivering the same to an officer of such
Party, or by prepaid telegram when appropriate, addressed to the Party to be notified.
Notice deposited in the mail in the manner described above shall be conclusively deemed
to be effective, unless otherwise stated herein, from and after the expiration of three (3)
days after it is so deposited. Notice given in any other manner shall be effective only if
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and when received by the Party to be notified. For any purposes of notice, the addresses
of the Parties shall, until changed as hereinafter provided, be as follows:
If to Prosper, to: Town of Prosper
P.O. Box 307
Prosper, Texas 75078
Attention: Town Manager
If to Little Elm, to: Town of Little Elm
100 West Eldorado Parkway
Little Elm, Texas 75068-5060
Attention: Town Manager
The Parties hereto shall have the right from time to time and at any time to change their
respective addresses and each shall have the right to specify as its address any other
address by at least fifteen (15) days written notice to the other Party hereto.
7.4 Representations. Each signatory represents this Agreement has been read by the Party
for which this Agreement is executed and that each Party has had an opportunity to
confer with its counsel.
7.5 No Third Partv Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create
any right in any third party not a signatory to this Agreement, and the Parties do not
intend to create any third party beneficiaries by entering into this Agreement.
7.6 State or Federal Laves, Rales, Orders or Regulations. This Agreement is subject to all
applicable Federal and State law, as they exist, may be amended or in the future arising,
and any applicable permits, ordinances, rules, orders and regulations of any local, State or
Federal governmental authority having or asserting jurisdiction, but nothing contained
herein shall be construed as a waiver of any right to question or contest any such law,
ordinance, order, rule or regulation in any forum having jurisdiction.
7.7 Savins/S'everability. The Parties hereto specifically agree that in case any one or more
of the sections, subsections, provisions, clauses or words of this Agreement or the
application of such sections, subsections, provisions, clauses or words to any situation or
circumstance shall be, or should be held to be, for any reason, invalid or unconstitutional,
under the laws or constitutions of the State of Texas or the United States of America, or
in contravention of any such laws or constitutions, such invalidity, unconstitutionality or
contravention shall not affect any other sections, subsections, provisions, clauses or
words of this Agreement or the application of such sections, subsections, provisions,
clauses or words to any other situation or circumstances, and it is intended that this
Agreement shall be severable and shall be construed and applied as if any such invalid or
unconstitutional sections, subsection, provision, clause or word had not been included
herein, and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereto shall be construed and remain
in force accordingly.
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7.8 Venue. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas and shall be performable in Denton County, Texas, which is the County in which
the Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract is located. It is specifically agreed between the Parties to
this Agreement that Denton County, Texas, is the place of performance of this
Agreement; and in the event that any legal proceeding is brought to enforce this
Agreement or any provision hereof, the same shall be brought and exclusive venue shall
lie in Denton County, Texas.
7.9 Sovereign :Immunity. By entering into and executing this Agreement, the Parties agree
neither Prosper nor Little Elm waives, limits or surrenders its sovereign immunity, except
as specifically provided for herein.
7.10 Mis,cc11a.neouS Dl*afting Provisions. This Agreement shall be deemed drafted equally
by the Parties hereto. The language of all parts of this Agreement shall be construed as a
whole according to its fair meaning, and the presumption or principle that the language
herein is to be construed against either Party shall not apply. Headings in this Agreement
are for the convenience of the Parties and are not intended to be used in construing this
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, acting under authority of their respective
governing bodies, have caused this Agreement to be duly executed in several counterparts, each
of which shall constitute an original.
[SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT PAGES FOLLOW]
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t` `' 1)'F VED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, in
"^^ " its meetfiig'j;pl l mi the 27th day of August, 2013, and executed by its authorized representative.
ATTEST:
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own Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Name: Terrence S. Welch
Title: Town Attorney
TOWN OF PROSPER
By: — ........ .
Harlan .1
Title: ToWo Date:
of Prosper
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APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM,
TEXAS, in its meeting held on the 20th day of August, 2013, and executed by its authorized
representative.
Name: Kath Oilli-ps
Title: Town Secretary
APPROVED7
TO FORM:
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Name: Robert F. Brown
Title: Town Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract Metes and Bounds Description
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TOWN OF PROSPER
ETJ
257.3 Acres
BEING a tract of land out of a called 757.040 acre tract described in deed to H4 Little Elm, LP, recorded
in Instrument No. 2013-48961 of the Denton County Deed Records (D.R.D.C.T.) and being located in the
William Lumpkin Survey, Abstract 730 and the Thomas Navo Survey, Abstract 964 and being more
particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southeast corner of said 109.503 acre tract and the west right of way line of FM
1385;
THENCE N 87° 43'38" W, along the south line of the said 109.503 acre tract, a distance of 1891.09 feet
to a point for the northwest corner of the 20.264 acre Savannah Properties Associates, LP tract as
recorded in Document No. 2004-164139 of the D.R.D.C.T., and being the northeast corner of the 40.739
acre tract of land described in deed to Savannah Properties Associates, LP, as recorded in Document No.
2004-37441, D.R.D.C.T.;
THENCE N 87° 53' 20" W, continuing along the south line of the said 109.503 acre tract, a distance of
939.59 feet to a point for the most easterly southwest corner of the said 109.503 acre tract and being the
northwest corner of the said 40.739 acre tract and being in the east line of the said 645.238 acre tract;
THENCE S 020 11'21" W, along the east line of the said 645.238 acre tract, a distance of 1981.34 feet to
a point in the approximate centerline of said Fishtrap Road and being the southeast corner of the said
645.238 acre tract;
THENCE N 880 03' 53" W, along the approximate centerline of Fishtrap Road and along the most
northerly south line of the said 645.238 acre tract, a distance of 2935.71 feet to a point for corner at the
beginning of a non -tangent curve to the right;
THENCE Along said non -tangent curve to the right having a central angle of 26°24'40", a
radius of 5280.00 feet, a chord bearing of N 15°49'17" E, 2412.37 feet and an are length of
2433.86 feet to a point for corner in the north line of the said 645.238 acre tract;
THENCE S 880 09'26" E, along the north line of the said 645.238 acre tract, a distance of 642.79 feet to
a point for the westerly southwest comer of said 109.503 acre tract;
THENCE N 020 01' 46" E, along the west line of the said 109.503 acre tract and along the approximate
centerline of Byran Road, a distance of 862.83 feet to a point for the northwest corner of said 109.503
acre tract;
THENCE, along the north line of the said 109.503 acre tract, the following courses:
S 88° 33'41" E, a distance of 1200.64 feet to a point for corner;
S 88° 34'26" E, a distance of 818.96 feet to a point for corner;
S 88° 15'06" E, a distance of 438.64 feet to a point for corner;
S 00° 34' 22" E, a distance of 122.17 feet to a point for corner;
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Union Park
S 87° 46' 03" E, a distance of 2091.15 feet to a point for the northeast corner of the said 109.503
acre tract and being on the west right of way line of FM 1385, an 80 foot right of way;
THENCE S 020 04' 14" W, along the east line of the said 109.503 acre tract and along the west right-of-
way line of said FM 1385, a distance of 1124.66 feet the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 257.3
acres of land, more or less.
This document was prepared under 22 TAC 663.21, does not does not reflect the results of an on the
ground survey, and is not to be used to convey or establish interests in real property except those rights
and interests implied or established by the creation or reconfiguration of the boundary of the political
subdivision for which it was prepared.
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Union Park
EXHIBIT "B"
Hillwood/Prosper ETJ Tract Map
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