So I am now finding myself in a position that The City of Rockwall may be looking to annex us. McLendon Chisholm has made it clear that they are negotiating with Rockwall to release their ETJ's to Rockwall for annexation. There is a large ETJ to the north that is owned by Horton and a few other developers and the city is not interested in annexing those to provide services, We are not the area that they are necessarily trying to release yet, but we are adjacent to it. We have a perfectly functioning neighborhood with all utilities from non-Rockwall providers except septic. We have County Sheriff patrol and fire service from a blended professional/volunteer station a mile away. We also have 24 hour mutual aid for structures from a Forney station less than 5 direct highway miles away that will respond if a house catches fire or is threatened.
I am generally against being attached to a city 7 miles away and burdened with a new city tax rate of 45 cents when we pay nothing now.
What am I missing, some neighbors are excited, most are apprehensive.
I am the sole acting board member for our corporate HOA and am looking for outside commentary. Our subdivision is only 98 homes on about 205 acres once completed out, 95% now. What makes us and the other two neighborhoods attractive is that we represent approximately $50MM in tax base per subdivision. New tax revenues would be roughly $675,000/yr for the city combined.
Is there anyway to stop it if we wanted and got way ahead of it?
I am generally against being attached to a city 7 miles away and burdened with a new city tax rate of 45 cents when we pay nothing now.
What am I missing, some neighbors are excited, most are apprehensive.
I am the sole acting board member for our corporate HOA and am looking for outside commentary. Our subdivision is only 98 homes on about 205 acres once completed out, 95% now. What makes us and the other two neighborhoods attractive is that we represent approximately $50MM in tax base per subdivision. New tax revenues would be roughly $675,000/yr for the city combined.
Is there anyway to stop it if we wanted and got way ahead of it?
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
-George S Patton
-George S Patton