AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: September 20, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, on first reading, confirming and approving a Boundary Adjustment Agreement with the City of Corinth, Texas, adjusting a mutual boundary of the cities not exceeding 1,000 feet; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.
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BACKGROUND
In 2007 the City Council considered and adopted a Boundary Adjustment Agreement with the City of Corinth which resulted in the transfer of an approximately 0.961 acre tract of land from the City of Denton to the City of Corinth. The purpose of the adjustment was to realign the future extension of Lake Sharon Drive north to avoid an existing City of Corinth pump station and lake. The adjustment also put Lake Sharon Drive entirely within the City of Corinth allowing design and construction negotiations with the property owner, Pulte Homes, and the City of Corinth.
However, in January of this year the City of Corinth approached the City of Denton requesting another Boundary Adjustment Agreement. According to representatives of the City of Corinth, when the Lake Sharon Drive extension was being designed it required a reverse curve angle of approximately 90 degrees in order to line up with the future FM 2499 North project. As a result of this design feature, approximately 0.164 acre of land encroaches into Denton city limits, as illustrated in Exhibit B of the Draft Boundary Adjustment Agreement. Aligning the intersection towards the south was not an option because of sight distance visibility concerns and the need to relocate existing overhead power lines and underground fiber optic cables.
The City of Corinth is currently in negotiations with the property owner, Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. to purchase the 0.164 acre of land. To ensure that the City of Corinth is able to take possession of the property in a timely...
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