PUBLIC NOTICE: PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF ELLIS TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED
Publish two times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, May 16, 2024, and Thursday, May 23, 2024.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ELLIS
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED
Pursuant to section 775.015 of the Health and Safety Code, this public notice is given to advise of the following:
1. The Ellis County Commissioners Court has received a petition to create an emergency services district to provide emergency services in Ellis County.
2. The district to be created will operate under Article Ill, Section 48-e, of the Texas Constitution, as proposed by S.J.R. No. 27, Acts of the 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, and adopted by the voters at an election held November 3, 1987.
3. The proposed name of the district will be Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 10.
4. That the district’s boundaries will generally include all of the city limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Bardwell and portions of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Ennis.
The boundaries are more particularly described by the description attached as Exhibit “A”.
5. That the hearing information is as follows:
DATE: June 11, 2024 TIME: 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: 2ND Floor Courtroom of the
Ellis County Historic Courthouse
101 W. Main St.
Waxahachie, TX 75165
6. That each person who has an interest in the creation of the district may attend the hearing and present grounds either for or against the creation of the district.
Given under my hand and seal of said court at the office in Waxahachie, Texas, this day of April, 2024.
/s/ Krystal Valdez
Krystal Valdez
County Court
Ellis County, Texas
Exhibit “A”
Description of Proposed Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 10
Tract I
Beginning at the point of intersection of the Ellis-Navarro County line with the easternmost corner on the boundary line of the Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 8, thence north and westerly along the boundary of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 8 to the point of intersection with the boundary of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6, thence north and easterly along the boundary of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6 to the point of intersection with the City of Ennis City Limit, thence southerly along the western border of the City of Ennis City Limit to the point of intersection with the southern right-of-way line of State Highway 34, thence north and easterly along the southern right-of-way line of State Highway 34 to the point of intersection with the southwest right-of-way line of United States Highway 287, thence south and easterly along the southwest right-of-way line of United States Highway 287 to the point of intersection with the west right-of-way line of Ensign Road, thence south and westerly along the west right-of-way line of Ensign Road to the point of intersection with the north right-of-way line of Liska Road, thence south and westerly on the north right-of-way line of Liska Road to the point of intersection with west right-of-way line of Lakeview Drive, thence south and easterly on the west right-of-way line of Lakeview Drive to the point of intersection with the north right-of-way line of Observation Drive, thence south and westerly on the north right-of-way line of Observation Drive to the point of intersection with the east right-of-way line of Bardwell Dam Road extended across Observation Drive, thence south and westerly along the east right-of-way line of Bardwell Dam Road to the point of intersection with the east right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 985, thence south and easterly along the east right of way line of Farm to Market Road 985 to the point of intersection with the east line of a variable width BNSF Rail Road DFW Subdivision right-of-way, thence south and easterly along the east line of a variable width BNSF Rail Road DFW Subdivision right-of-way to the point of intersection with the Ellis-Navarro County line, thence south and westerly along the Ellis Navarro County line to the point of beginning, SAVE AND EXCEPT any territory within the boundaries of the City of Ennis City Limits as of May 25, 2023
And
Tract 2
Beginning at the point of intersection of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6 and Waxahachie Creek, thence south and westerly along the boundary of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6 to the point of intersection with the north right-of-way of Farm to Market Road 984, thence south and easterly along the north right-of-way of Farm to Market Road 984 to the point of intersection with the City of Ennis City Limit, thence north and easterly along the northern border of the City of Ennis City Limit to the point of intersection with the boundary of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6, thence south and westerly along the boundary of Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6 to the point of beginning.