Bill Text: TX HB4742 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the SoGood Cedars Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4742 Detail]

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  86R28935 SMT-F
 
  By: Bowers H.B. No. 4742
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the SoGood Cedars Municipal Management
  District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority
  to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3963 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3963.  SOGOOD CEDARS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 3963.0101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Dallas.
               (3)  "Director" means a board member.
               (4)  "District" means the SoGood Cedars Municipal
  Management District.
               (5)  "Exempt property" means property owned by a
  governmental entity, including the city.
         Sec. 3963.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The SoGood Cedars
  Municipal Management District is a special district created under
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 3963.0103.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
  creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
  Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
  chapter.
         (b)  By creating the district and in authorizing the city and
  other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
  legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
  purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
         (c)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
  develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
  transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
  entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
  welfare in the district.
         (d)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
  interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of
  services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this
  chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to
  supplement and not to supplant city services provided in the
  district.
         Sec. 3963.0104.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
  (a) All land and other property included in the district will
  benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
  district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
  III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
  powers granted under this chapter.
         (b)  The district is created to serve a public use and
  benefit.
         (c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
  and is essential to further the public purposes of:
               (1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the
  state;
               (2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
               (3)  developing or expanding transportation and
  commerce.
         (d)  The district will:
               (1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
  residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
  and consumers in the district, and of the public;
               (2)  provide needed funding for the district to
  preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
  the district territory as a community and business center;
               (3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
  of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
  developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
  the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
  and
               (4)  provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
  recreational facilities for the district.
         (e)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
  grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
  landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (f)  The district will not act as the agent or
  instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
  will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
         Sec. 3963.0105.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
  field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
  does not affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on the bonds;
               (3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
         Sec. 3963.0106.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
  included in:
               (1)  a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
               (2)  a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 312, Tax Code.
         Sec. 3963.0107.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
  DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
         Sec. 3963.0108.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
  shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
  purposes stated in this chapter.
  SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 3963.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
  terms of four years.
         (b)  Directors are elected in the manner provided by
  Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
         Sec. 3963.0202.  EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS. (a)  The city
  manager, city auditor, and city attorney serve as nonvoting ex
  officio directors.
         (b)  The city manager, city auditor, or city attorney may
  appoint a designee to serve as an ex officio director in place of
  that person.
         (c)  An ex officio director is entitled to speak on any
  matter before the board.
         (d)  An ex officio director is not counted as a director for
  purposes of establishing a quorum.
         Sec. 3963.0203.  MEETINGS; NOTICE.  (a)  The board shall hold
  meetings at a place accessible to the public.
         (b)  The board must post notice of each meeting with the city
  secretary not later than 72 hours before the scheduled time of the
  meeting.
         Sec. 3963.0204.  COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
  may compensate each voting director in an amount not to exceed $150
  for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
  director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
         (b)  An ex officio director is not entitled to receive
  compensation from the district.
         (c)  A voting director or an ex officio director is entitled
  to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in
  carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board.
         Sec. 3963.0205.  INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
  consists of the following directors:
 
Pos. No. Name of Director
 
1 Madeleine Mitchell
 
2 Nataly V. Elberg
 
3 Stephen Wohr
 
4 Caitlin Simmons
 
5 Taylor McDonald
         (b)  Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
  appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2021, and
  the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
  June 1, 2023.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 3963.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a)  The
  district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the
  purposes for which the district is created.
         (b)  The board may not take any action or exercise any power
  granted under this chapter other than to hold an initial
  organizational meeting until the development agreement described
  by Section 3963.0302 is approved by the city and executed by the
  parties to the agreement.
         Sec. 3963.0302.  DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. (a) The city, the
  district, and any other entities the city determines are necessary
  to the agreement may execute a development agreement if approved by
  the city.
         (b)  This chapter expires on the fourth anniversary of the
  effective date of the Act enacting this chapter if the development
  agreement under Subsection (a) is not executed before that date.
         Sec. 3963.0303.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
  district, using any money available to the district for the
  purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
  relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
  service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local
  Government Code.
         (b)  The district may contract with a governmental or private
  entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
         (c)  The implementation of a district project or service is a
  governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
  Government Code.
         (d)  A district improvement project or service must comply
  with:
               (1)  the city charter and any city zoning and
  subdivision requirements; and
               (2)  city codes and ordinances.
         (e)  The district may not provide, conduct, or authorize an
  improvement project on any street, highway, right-of-way, or
  easement owned or controlled by the city unless the governing body
  of the city by resolution consents to the improvement.
         Sec. 3963.0304.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
  resolution may, with the consent of the governing body of the city
  by resolution, authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
  assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
  providing a service authorized by this chapter.
         (b)  The nonprofit corporation:
               (1)  has each power of and is considered to be a local
  government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
  Transportation Code; and
               (2)  may implement any project and provide any service
  authorized by this chapter.
         (c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
  nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
  corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
  of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
  Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
  required to reside in the district.
         (d)  The board of the nonprofit corporation shall hold
  meetings at a place accessible to the public.
         (e)  The board of the nonprofit corporation must post notice
  of each meeting with the city secretary not later than 72 hours
  before the scheduled time of the meeting.
         Sec. 3963.0305.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
  public interest, with the consent of the governing body of the city
  by resolution, the district may contract with a qualified party,
  including the city, to provide law enforcement services in the
  district for a fee.
         Sec. 3963.0306.  MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
  The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
  organization that performs a service or provides an activity
  consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
         Sec. 3963.0307.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
  district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
  development purposes of the district.
         (b)  The district may establish and provide for the
  administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
  economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
  activity in the district, including programs to:
               (1)  make loans and grants of public money; and
               (2)  provide district personnel and services.
         (c)  The district may create economic development programs
  and exercise the economic development powers provided to
  municipalities by:
               (1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
               (2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
         Sec. 3963.0308.  PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
  acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
  operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
  facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
  structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
  streets and related appurtenances.
         (b)  The district's parking facilities serve the public
  purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
  purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
  years.
         (c)  The district's parking facilities are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (d)  The development and operation of the district's parking
  facilities may be considered an economic development program.
         Sec. 3963.0309.  ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. With the consent
  of the governing body of the city by resolution, the district may
  add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter
  49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
         Sec. 3963.0310.  DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
  board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
  signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
  transfer of district money.
         Sec. 3963.0311.  EXEMPT PROPERTY. The district may not
  impose an assessment, fee, tax, or other charge on an exempt
  property.
         Sec. 3963.0312.  CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. (a)  Section
  375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not
  impose an assessment on property if the owner qualifies the
  property for a homestead exemption under Section 11.13, Tax Code:
               (1)  for the tax year in which the Act enacting this
  chapter takes effect; or
               (2)  for the tax year in which the assessment is
  imposed.
         Sec. 3963.0313.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  ASSESSMENTS
         Sec. 3963.0401.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
  AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
  service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
  unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
  has been filed with the board.
         (b)  A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
  the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
  certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
         Sec. 3963.0402.  ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
  The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
  purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
  district.
         (b)  An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
  resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
  by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
  reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
  fees incurred by the district:
               (1)  are a first and prior lien against the property
  assessed;
               (2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than:
                     (A)  a lien or claim for county, school district,
  or municipal ad valorem taxes; or
                     (B)  a lien filed by the city or securing an
  obligation owed to the city; and
               (3)  are the personal liability of and a charge against
  the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
  assessment proceedings.
         (c)  The lien is effective from the date of the board's
  resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
  paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
  board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
         (d)  The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
  assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
  any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
  the manner required for additional assessments.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  TAXES AND BONDS
         Sec. 3963.0501.  TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. The district must
  hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code,
  or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain
  voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
         Sec. 3963.0502.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
  authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
  election under Section 3963.0501, the district may impose an
  operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
  in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
  district purpose, including to:
               (1)  maintain and operate the district;
               (2)  construct or acquire improvements; or
               (3)  provide a service.
         (b)  The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
  tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
  election.
         Sec. 3963.0503.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
  terms determined by the board.
         (b)  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
  obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
  assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
  other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
  to pay for any authorized district purpose.
         Sec. 3963.0504.  BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
  PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
  secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
  contract revenues; or
               (2)  contract payments, provided that the requirements
  of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
         Sec. 3963.0505.  BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
  ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
  3963.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes.
         (b)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
  to the district.
         (c)  At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
  partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
  imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
  limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
  bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
  Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
         (d)  All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
  may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
  submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
  voted on at the election.
         Sec. 3963.0506.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
  UNDER AGREEMENT. If the improvements financed by an obligation
  will be conveyed to or operated and maintained by a municipality or
  retail utility provider pursuant to an agreement between the
  district and the municipality or retail utility provider entered
  into before the issuance of the obligation, the obligation may be in
  the form of bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or
  partly from ad valorem taxes or assessments, issued by public or
  private sale, in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
  Local Government Code.
         Sec. 3963.0507.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
  board may not issue bonds or hold an election to authorize the
  imposition of an ad valorem tax until each municipality in whose
  corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is
  located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of
  the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
         (b)  This section applies only to the district's first
  issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
  SUBCHAPTER I.  DISSOLUTION
         Sec. 3963.0901.  DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
  the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
  of:
               (1)  66 percent or more of the assessed value of the
  property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
  recent certified county property tax rolls; or
               (2)  66 percent or more of the surface area of the
  district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
  rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
  assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
  county property tax rolls.
         (b)  The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
  any time.
         (c)  The city by resolution may dissolve the district at any
  time.
         (d)  The district may not be dissolved under Subsection (a),
  (b), or (c) if the district:
               (1)  has any outstanding debt until that debt has been
  repaid or defeased in accordance with the order or resolution
  authorizing the issuance of the debt;
               (2)  has a contractual obligation to pay money until
  that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
  contract; or
               (3)  owns, operates, or maintains public works,
  facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
  another person for the ownership and operation or maintenance of
  the public works, facilities, or improvements.
         (e)  Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, does
  not apply to the district.
         SECTION 2.  The SoGood Cedars Municipal Management District
  initially includes all territory contained in the following area:
  TRACT 1:
  Being a 57.225 square feet tract or parcel of land in the M. Main
  Survey, Abstract No. 995, situated in the City of Dallas, Dallas
  County, Texas, and being part of Lot 5 and Lots 13 through 17, all of
  lots 1 through 4, and all of an abandoned alley located in Block
  A/873 of HUGHES BROTHERS SUBDIVISION, an addition to the City of
  Dallas according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 93, Page 43,
  Map Records, Dallas County, Texas, said 57,225 square foot tract of
  land being the same property as described in that certain tract of
  land described in a warranty deed to Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
  and recorded in Volume 2000163, Page 5582, Deed Records, Dallas
  County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner in the north right
  of way of Clarence Street (a 50 foot right of way) and the east right
  of way line of S. Cesar Chavez Boulevard (at this point a 95-foot
  right of way) said corner also being the southwest corner of Lot 17,
  Block A/873 of the aforementioned subdivision.
  THENCE North 36 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, along, said
  easterly right of way line of said S. Cesar Chavez Boulevard,
  distance of 250.00 feet to a found 1/2 inch iron rod in the south
  right of way line of Coombs Street, and being the northwest corner
  of Lot 13, Block A/873, for the northwest corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE North 53 degrees 43 minutes 56 seconds East, departing said
  Chavez Boulevard and along the southerly right of way line of Coombs
  Street, a distance of 228.57 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the
  northeast corner of the herein described tract and the west line of
  a 100-foot right of -way-line of the T. & N.O. Railroad right-of-way
  ( formerly the H. & T.C. Railroad).
  THENCE South 35 Degrees 58 minutes 46 seconds East, departing the
  south right-of-way line of Coombs Street a distance of 208.74 feet
  to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner in the said west right of way
  line of said Railroad.
  THENCE South 16 degrees 33 minutes 42 seconds East, departing said
  Railroad right of way line and along the westerly right of way line
  of Interstate Highway 45, a distance of 47,74 feet to a found 1/2
  inch iron rod in the aforementioned northerly right of way line of
  said Clarence Street, for the southeast corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE South 54 degrees 43 minutes 27 seconds West, along the
  northerly right of way line of said Clarence Street, a distance of
  212.62 to the POINT of BEGINNING and containing 57,225 square feet
  or 1.314 acres of land.
  TRACT 2:
  BEING a 385,249 square feet or 8.848 acre tract of land situated in
  the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract being all of Lot 1B of Block A/472 of
  Pilgrim's Prepared Foods Addition, an addition to the City of
  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas according to the Map thereof recorded
  in Volume 97045, Page 2998, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas,
  all of Lots 23, 24, 25, 26 & 27, Block 466 of Ferris Park Addition,
  an addition to the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas according to
  the Map thereof recorded in Volume 239, Page 72, Deed Records of
  Dallas County, Texas, a 1.198 acre tract and a 1.670 acre tract of
  land and a 0.294 acre tract of land in Block 466, said Lot 1B
  conveyed to Pilgrim's Pride Corporation by deeds recorded in Volume
  88172, Page 2136 and Volume 91041, Page 5004, Deed Records of
  Dallas, Texas, said Lots 23-27, Block 466 conveyed to Pilgrim's
  Pride Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 97088, Page 2738, Deed
  Records of Dallas County, Texas, said 1.198 acre tract in Block 466
  conveyed to Pilgrim's Pride Corporation by deed recorded in Volume
  95250, Page 3603 Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas, and said
  1.670 acre tract and 0.294 acre tract in Block 466 conveyed to
  Pilgrim's Pride Corporation by deed recorded in Instrument Number
  200600105781, Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas, and
  being more particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a set "x" in concrete for a corner at the intersection
  of the southeast line of Hickory Street (a 50 foot right of way) and
  the southwest line of S. Good Latimer Expressway (a 90 foot right of
  way), said point being the north corner of said Lot 1B;
  THENCE, S 36°18'00" E, with the southwest line of S. Good Latimer
  Expressway, a distance of 477.87 feet to a set 5/8 iron rod for a
  corner at the intersection of the southwest line of S. Good Latimer
  Expressway with the northwest line of a variable width Alley right
  of way;
  THENCE, S 53°21'15" W, departing S. Good Latimer Expressway and with
  the southeast line of Pilgrim's Prepared Food Addition and the
  northwest line of the said Alley right of way, a distance of 439.94
  feet to a set 5/8 iron rod for a corner, said point being in the
  northeast line of the said 1.198 acre tract;
  THENCE, the following courses and distances with the northeast,
  southeast and southwest line of the said 1.198 acre tract;
         -  S 36°18'00" E, a distance of 10.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch
  iron rod for a corner;
         -  S 53°21'15" W, a distance of 64.89 feet to a set 5/8 inch
  iron rod for a corner;
         -  S 30°15'00" E, a distance of 90.38 feet to a set 5/8 inch
  iron rod for a corner,
         -  S 53°08'53" W, a distance of 25.59 feet to a set 5/8 inch
  iron rod for a corner on the southeast line of Corinth Street (a 40
  feet right of way), said point being the north corner of a 1.39 acre
  tract conveyed to Gustava Alvarado by deed records in Instrument
  Number 201300058241, Official Public Records of Dallas County,
  Texas;
         -  N 36°17'26" W, with the northeast line of Corinth Street, a
  distance of 40.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for a corner, said
  point being the southeast corner of the said 0.294 acre tract and
  the north corner of Corinth Street;
  THENCE, S 53°17'04" W, with the northwest line of Corinth Street, a
  distance of 211.57 feet to a found 1 inch iron rod at the
  intersection of the northwest line of Corinth Street and the
  northeast line of Cesar Chavez Boulevard (Central Expressway a
  variable width right of way) for a corner;
  THENCE, N 36°18'00" W, with the northeast line of Cesar Chavez
  Boulevard, a distance of 582.00 feet to a set "x" in concrete for a
  corner at the intersection of the northeast line of Cesar Chavez
  Boulevard with Hickory Street, said point being the west corner of
  said Lot 23, Block 466;
  THENCE, the following courses and distances with the southeast line
  of Hickory Street;
         -  N 53°07'43" E, a distance of 211.57 feet to a set mag nail
  at the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right with a central
  angle of 52°42'31", a radius of 62.50 feet, a chord bearing of N
  79°23'57" E and a chord distance of 55.49 feet, said point being the
  north corner of said Lot 23, Block 466 and the west corner of the
  said 1.198 acre tract;
         -  Northeasterly, along said curve, an arc distance of 57.50
  feet to a set mag nail at the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the
  left with a central angle of 53°07'49", a radius of 62.50 feet, a
  chord bearing of N 80°15'54" E and a chord distance of 55.90 feet,
  said point being the west corner of said Lot 1B, Block A/472;
  THENCE, the following courses and distances with the southeast line
  of Hickory Street and the northwest line of said Lot 1B, A/472;
         -  Northeasterly, along said curve, an arc distance of 57.96
  feet to a set mag nail for a corner;
         -  N 52°43'10" E, a distance of 50.35 feet to a set mag nail
  for a corner;
         -  S 36°18'00" E, a distance of 3.00 feet to a set mag nail for
  a corner;
         -  N 52°43'10" E, a distance of 149.36 feet to a set mag nail
  for a corner;
         -  N 36°18'00" W, a distance of 3.00 feet to a set mag nail for
  a corner;
         -  N 52°43'10" E, a distance of 240.29 feet to the Point of
  Beginning.
  TRACT 3:
  BEING a 13,298 square feet or 0.305 acre tract of land situated in
  the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas
  County, Texas said tract being all of Lot 2 and a part of Lot 3 of
  Block B/473 of Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition, an
  addition to the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas according to
  the map thereof recorded in Volume 96, Page 476, Deed Records of
  Dallas County, Texas, said tract conveyed to Pilgrim's Pride
  Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 95099, Page 840, Deed
  Records of Dallas County, Texas and being more particularly
  described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a found 100D nail in the northwest line of Hickory
  Street (a 50 foot right of way), said point being the south corner
  of said Lot 2 and the east corner of Lot 1 of Block B/473 of the said
  Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, N 36°24'15" W, departing said northwest line of Hickory
  Street and with the common line of said Lot 1 and Lot 2, a distance
  of 140.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for a corner in the
  southeast line of a 20 foot Alley right of way, said point being the
  west corner of said Lot 2;
  THENCE, N 52°43'10" E, with the southeast line of the said Alley
  right of way, a distance of 95.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for
  a corner;
  THENCE, S 36°24'15" E, departing the southeast line of the said
  Alley right of way, a distance of 140.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron
  rod for a corner in the northwest line of Hickory Street;
  THENCE, S 52°43'10" W, with the northwest line of Hickory Street a
  distance of 95.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
  TRACT 4:
  BEING a 19,498 square feet or 0.448 acre tract of land situated in
  the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract being all of Lots 5, 6, and 7 of Block
  C/181 of Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition, an addition to
  the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas according to the map
  thereof recorded in Volume 96, Page 476, Deed Records of Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract conveyed to Pilgrim Industries, Inc. by
  deed recorded in Volume 81185, Page 3346, Deed Records of Dallas
  County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a set 5/8 inch iron rod at the intersection of the
  southwest line of Lincoln Street (a 50 foot right of way) and the
  southeast line of Dawson Street (a 50 foot right of way), said point
  being the north corner a Lot 7 of Block C/181 of the said Middleton
  Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, S 36°24'15" E, with the southwest line of Lincoln Street, a
  distance of 150,00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for a corner, said
  point being the east corner of Lot 5 and the north corner of Lot 4,
  Block C/181 of the said Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, S 52°43'10" W, departing the southwest line of Lincoln
  Street and with the common line of said Lot 4 and Lot 5, a distance
  of 130.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for a corner, said point
  being the south corner of Lot 5, said corner also being in the
  northeast line of a tract of land conveyed to Dallas Area Rapid
  Transit (DART) by deed recorded in Volume 88083, Page 4905, Deed
  Records of Dallas County, Texas;
  THENCE, N 36°24'15" W, with the southwest line of Block C/181 and the
  northeast line of DART, a distance of 150.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron
  rod in the southeast line of Dawson Street, said point also be the
  west corner of Lot 7;
  THENCE, N 52°43'10" E, with the southeast line of Dawson Street .a
  distance of 130.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
  TRACT 5:
  BEING a 19,498 square feet or 0.448 acre tract of land situated in
  the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract being all of Lots 7, 8, and 9 of Block
  B/473 of Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition, an addition to
  the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas according to the map
  thereof recorded in Volume 96, Page 476, Deed Records of Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract conveyed to Pilgrim Pride Corporation by
  deeds recorded in Volume 95099, Page 840 and Volume 97074, Page
  1537, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas, and being more
  particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a found monument in the northeast line of Lincoln
  Street (a 50 foot right of way), said point also being the west
  corner of Lot 9 of Block B/473 and the south corner of said Lot 10,
  Block B/473 of said Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, N 52°43'10" E, departing the northeast line of Lincoln
  Street and along the common line of said Lot 9 and Lot 10, a distance
  of 130.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for a corner, said point
  being the north corner of Lot 9 and the west corner of Lot 12, Block
  B/473 of the said Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, S 36°24'15" E, with the common line of said Lot 9 and Lot 12,
  passing at a distance of 50.0 feet the west corner of Lot 13A, Block
  B/473 of Unique Electric Addition as recorded in Instrument Number
  20070460539, Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas,
  passing at a distance of 111.0 feet the south corner of said Lot 13A
  and in the southwest line of Lot 124, Block B/473 of the said
  Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition, continuing in all a
  distance of 150.00 to a set 5/8 iron rod for a corner, said point
  being the east corner of Lot 7 and the north corner of Lot 6, Block
  B/473 of the said Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, S 52°43'10" W, with the common line of Lot 6 and Lot 7, a
  distance of 130.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod in the northeast
  line of Lincoln Street, said point also being the south corner of
  said Lot 7;
  THENCE, N 36°24'15" W, with the northeast line of Lincoln Street, a
  distance of 150.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
  TRACT 6:
  BEING a 33,796 square feet or 0.776 acre tract of land situated in
  the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract being all of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block
  C/181 of Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition, an addition to
  the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas according to the map
  thereof recorded in Volume 96, Page 476, Deed Records of Dallas
  County, Texas, said tract conveyed to Pilgrim Industries, Inc. by
  deed recorded in Volume 81185, Page 3346, Deed Records of Dallas
  County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point for a corner at the intersection of the
  southwest line of Lincoln Street (a 50 foot right of way) with the
  northwest line of Hickory Street (a 50 foot right of way), said
  point being the east corner of said Lot 2 of Block C/181 of the said
  Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, S 52°43'10" W, with the northwest line of Hickory Street, a
  distance of 130.00 feet to a point for a corner, said point being
  the south corner of said Lot 1, Block C/181 of the said Middleton
  Brothers Central Avenue Addition and said point at the intersection
  of the northwest line of Hickory Street with the northeast line of a
  tract of land conveyed to DART by deed recorded in volume 88083.
  Page 4905, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas;
  THENCE, N 36°24'15" W, departing the northwest line of Hickory
  Street and with the northeast line of DART, a distance of 260.00
  feet to a set 5/8 inch iron rod for a corner, said point being the
  common corner of said Lot 4 and Lot 5, Block C/181 of the said
  Middleton Brothers Central Avenue Addition;
  THENCE, N 52°43'10"E, departing the northeast line of DART and with
  the common line of Lot 4 and Lot 5, a distance of 130.00 feet to a
  5/8 inch iron rod in the southwest line of Lincoln Street;
  THENCE, S 36°24'15" E, with the southwest line of Lincoln Street a
  distance of 260.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
  TRACT 7:
  Being situated in the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, Dallas
  County, Texas, and being part of City of Dallas Block No. 471 and
  Block No. 160, and being a resurvey of a called 2.0230 acre tract of
  land described by a deed to W&D Holden 1 Family Limited Partnership
  of record in Volume 99249, Page 5930, Deed Records of Dallas County,
  Texas and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
  follows:
  BEGINNING at a concrete monument found for corner at the
  intersection of the southeast right-of-way line of R.L. Thornton
  Freeway (a variable width right-of-way) with the northeast
  right-of-way line of South Central Expressway (a variable width
  right-of-way), said point being the most western corner of said
  2.0230 acre tract;
  THENCE North 46°45'00" east along the southeast right-of-way line of
  said R.L. Thornton Freeway, a distance of 258.36 feet to a 1/2 iron
  rod found for corner at the most northern corner of said 2.0230 acre
  tract;
  THENCE South 36°04'04" east along a northeast line of said 2.0230
  acre tract, a distance of 55.77 feet to a 1/2 iron rod found for
  corner at an interior corner thereof;
  THENCE North 51°59'25" east along a northwest line of said 2.0230
  acre tract, a distance of 43.18 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for
  corner at a northern corner thereof and being in the southwest
  right-of-way line of T. & N. O. Railroad (a variable width
  right-of-way);
  THENCE South 36°17'33" East along the southwest right-of-way line of
  said T. & N. O. Railroad, a distance of 407.22 feet to a 1/2" iron
  rod found for corner at the most eastern corner of said 2.0230 acre
  tract and being in the northerly right-of-way line of Bluebell
  Street (a variable width right-of-way);
  THENCE South 84°17'19" West along the northerly right-of-way line of
  said Bluebell Street, a distance of 13.15 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
  found for corner;
  THENCE North 77°09'39" West continuing along the northerly
  right-of-way line of said Bluebell Street, a distance of 100.09
  feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for corner;
  THENCE North 74°09'26" West continuing along the northerly
  right-of-way line of said Bluebell Street, a distance of 37.18 feet
  to a 1/2" iron rod found for corner at the beginning of a
  non-tangent curve to the left having a radius of 102.00 feet, a
  central angle of 80°52'26", and a chord which bears South 76°21'04"
  West, a distance of 103.34 feet;
  THENCE in a westerly direction along the curving north right-of-way
  line of said Bluebell Street, an arc distance of 108.37 feet to a
  1/2" iron rod found for corner;
  THENCE South 45°55'00" West along the northwest right-of-way line of
  said Bluebell Street, a distance of 42.11 feet to a chainlink fence
  post found for corner at the most southern corner of said 2.0230
  acre tract and being in the northeast right-of-way line of said
  South Central Expressway, said point also being the beginning of a
  non-tangent curve to the left having a radius of 2339.33 feet, a
  central angle of 06°25'54" and a chord which bears north 45°22'36"
  West, a distance of 202.46 feet;
  THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the curving northeast
  right-of-way line of said South Central Expressway, an arc distance
  of 262.60 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for corner;
  THENCE North 51°43'12" West continuing along the northeast
  right-of-way line of said South Central Expressway, a distance of
  28.99 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 88,017 square
  feet or 2.021 acres of land.
         SECTION 3.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
  lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
  within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
  fulfilled and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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