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CITY OF BENBROOK 2019-20 ANNUAL BUDGET

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.

• A 92.43-acre portion of Fort Worth’s city limits of Corps of Engineers property along Stephens Road will be transferred to
Benbrook’s city limits.

• A 437.76-acre portion of Fort Worth’s ETJ along Stephens Road (including Benview Court and Dove Court) will be transferred from
Fort Worth’s ETJ to Benbrook’s ETJ. Benbrook has no foreseeable plans to annex this area.

• A small (0.73 acres) section of Union Pacific right-of-way at the railroad crossing over Walnut Creek.

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