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BENBROOK HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

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.

• A 35.44-acre tract near the intersection of Loop 820 and Old Aledo Road will be transferred from Fort Worth’s

ETJ to Benbrook’s ETJ.

• A 4.76-acre portion of Z. Boaz Park on the west side of Benbrook Boulevard (US 377) will be transferred from
Fort Worth’s city limits to Benbrook’s city limits. A deed covenant on the property limits its use to a public
park.

• A small portion (3.6 acres) of right-of-way at the intersection of RM 2871 and Rolling Hills Drive will be
transferred from Fort Worth’s city limits to Benbrook’s city limits.

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