pineda Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 From the Bridgestone MUD minutes:"Ms. Jarmon recommended that the Board also review the budget twice a year in order to address any changes that may be necessary. Ms. Jarmon stated that she did not include any Strategic Partnership Agreement (or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 None. They 'split' sales tax revenue with the MUD, but don't return anything in terms of service. Nada. In fact, it simply tends to confuse things even further. Look at a recent City Councilwoman's comments about the Willowbrook and 1960 area always being an afterthought despite their hauling money back to city hall by the truckload.These reduce ANY chance of creating your own local government, as they target the most valuable tax base in your area.Houston must be aggressively working the Northwest area MUDs because they're trying the same thing up here in Cypress. Particularly the MUDs around Fairfield and Bridgelands where a new Mall and Town Center are slotted to be built.Fight it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 (as seen on Blog Houston"47-68. Calls public hearings at which interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard on a proposal for the City of Houston and Bridgestone Municipal Utility District, Chelford City Municipal Utility District, Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 119, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 33, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 53, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 55, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 154, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 165, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 179, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 185, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 188, (pant, pant....) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 222, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 189, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 264, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 286, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 322, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 358, (pant, pant, pant....) West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6, Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 9 , Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 365, White Oak Bend Municipal Utility District, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 368, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 397, Timber Lane Utility District, Sagemeadow Utility District, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 468, and Harris County Water Control And Improvement District No. 119 to enter into a strategic partnership agreement and on a proposal by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory. (I'm going to go rub liniment on my knuckles now....)"I for one, welcome our new municipal overlords." I'd heard that the Legislature was going to take a hard look at banning these limited purpose annexations. Clearly the City of Houston is trying to grab as much land while the grabbin's good. If you live in any of the above districts, keep your eyes open for those public meetings and be sure to appear.69-72. Calls public hearings at which interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard on a proposal for the City of Houston and Horsepen Bayou Municipal Utility District, Morton Road Municipal Utility District, North Forest Municipal Utility District, and Northwest Park Municipal Utility District to enter into an amendment to the strategic partnership agreement and on a proposal by the City of Houston to annex for limited purposes certain territory.The problem is, once you pay the Danegeld, you're never rid of the Dane..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 None. They 'split' sales tax revenue with the MUD, but don't return anything in terms of service. Nada. In fact, it simply tends to confuse things even further. Look at a recent City Councilwoman's comments about the Willowbrook and 1960 area always being an afterthought despite their hauling money back to city hall by the truckload.These reduce ANY chance of creating your own local government, as they target the most valuable tax base in your area.Houston must be aggressively working the Northwest area MUDs because they're trying the same thing up here in Cypress. Particularly the MUDs around Fairfield and Bridgelands where a new Mall and Town Center are slotted to be built.Fight it.This gets more interesting the more I look into it.Apparently Bridgestone MUD believes that by entering into this SPA with the COH, they will ensure that their community does not get annexed anytime in the near future by the COH. And, as an extra added bonus, they get this new money from the split sales tax, for which they will offer no additional services to the affected parties. The COH gets the additional money and again, offers no additional services, but agrees not to annex Bridgestone for a period of 10 years or so. Sounds like blackmail.Bridgestone sees this a win-win situation with no one affected negatively. But what about the commercial business owners? This isn't just a sneaky little sales tax increase that none of them get to vote on. This will affect the operating expenses of these businesses, and they have no idea it's even happening to them. When they get annexed under the COH umbrella, the COH comes out with a whole bunch of extra permits on top of what Harris County already needs. This will impact them negatively and they will have to pass these costs on to their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Spread the word, local residents need to speak out against this move. Houston's trying to get one last big grab in before the legislature moves to stop this crummy practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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