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PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY OF OVILLA NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.

 

CITY OF OVILLA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

 

The City Council of the City of Ovilla, Texas, a general law municipality (the “City”) hereby gives notice pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code Chapter 380 and Texas Local Government Code § 253.0125, that the “City” proposes to convey property to the City of Ovilla Type B Economic Development Corporation related to Project Land.

The “City” owned land is described as an approximate 2.86 acre tract of land, comprised of the following three parcels: (i)  Parcel ID Number 187748 more commonly identified as 708 West Main Street, Ovilla, Texas, 75154 (misidentified in ECAD as being within Red Oak, Texas); and (ii) Parcel ID Number 187741 located within the corporate limits of the City of Ovilla, Texas; and (iii) Parcel ID Number 194181 located within the corporate limits of City of Ovilla, Texas (collectively the “Property”) pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 253.0125, et seq, from the City of Ovilla to the Ovilla Economic Development Corporation, a Type B Corporation, pursuant to a written agreement, with the purpose of the transfer being for the promotion of future commercial development to promote economic development and the generation of sales tax, for use of the Property in compliance with the Historic Overlay District regulations, and consistent with other zoning and development regulations applicable to the “Property.”   

The Ovilla City Council will discuss and act on this item on Monday, August 12, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall, 105 S. Cockrell Hill Road, Ovilla, Texas 75154. 

The financing for Project Land will be paid with sales and use taxes levied and paid to the Type B Economic Development Corporation. 

None of the funds for Project Land will be paid from property taxes.

 

For more information, please contact Burton K. Barr, Director of Community and Economic Development at (972) 617-7262 ext. 115 or bbarr@cityofovilla.org.

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