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RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ENTITIES

Boundary Adjustment Between the City of Benbrook and the City of Fort Worth

History

In 1968, the City of Fort Worth and the City of Benbrook adopted an apportionment agreement allowing Fort Worth
to annex a 10-foot strip surrounding Benbrook. Minor adjustments to that boundary occurred in 1980, 1984, and
1987.

Following the initial 2005 meeting, the two cities approved a minor boundary adjustment to allow access to Skyline
Ranch through Benbrook. Benbrook also offered fire service to Skyline Ranch on an interim basis. The two cities
also cooperated on an asphalt overlay of Chapin Road, relocation of a Fort Worth sewer main in Mary’s Creek Drive,
and a joint flood study of Mary’s Creek. Benbrook also adjusted the right-of-way along Chapin Road.

Following the February 2005 meeting, representatives of the two cities negotiated off and on until Benbrook Staff
prepared the initial draft of the Joint Ordinance in 2009. Negotiations continued on an ongoing basis. In 2011, Fort
Worth required that Benbrook hire a registered professional surveyor to prepare metes and bounds descriptions of
all of the affected tracts. After several years of negotiation, the two cities agreed on acceptable language regarding
any future vehicle bridge over the Clear Fork in January 2014.

In September 2014, Fort Worth mailed a joint letter to all affected property owners describing the proposed action
in general terms. Staff responded to several questions from residents and business owners from outside of
Benbrook.

Summary of Agreement

Under the agreement, Benbrook will receive the following:

• A portion of the Helen Groves tract (992.72 acres) will be dis-annexed by Fort Worth and transferred to
Benbrook’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Benbrook will annex this property at the appropriate time under
the provisions of State law.

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