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22 By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 4751
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the creation of the Van Alstyne Municipal Utility
88 District No. 2 of Collin County; providing authority to impose a tax
99 and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
1212 Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8314 to read as follows:
1313 CHAPTER 8314. VAN ALSTYNE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 OF
1414 COLLIN COUNTY
1515 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1616 Sec. 8314.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1717 (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
1818 (2) "Director" means a board member.
1919 (3) "District" means the Van Alstyne Municipal Utility
2020 District No. 2 of Collin County.
2121 Sec. 8314.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
2222 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
2323 Texas Constitution.
2424 Sec. 8314.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
2525 REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
2626 confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
2727 directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
2828 Sec. 8314.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
2929 temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8314.003
3030 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
3131 extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
3232 consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
3333 district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
3434 Sec. 8314.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
3535 The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
3636 (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
3737 (1) a municipal utility district as provided by
3838 general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
3939 (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
4040 relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
4141 or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
4242 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
4343 Sec. 8314.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
4444 district is initially composed of the territory described by
4545 Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.
4646 (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
4747 the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
4848 field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
4949 does not affect the district's:
5050 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
5151 (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
5252 for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
5353 interest on a bond;
5454 (3) right to impose a tax; or
5555 (4) legality or operation.
5656 [Sections 8314.007-8314.050 reserved for expansion]
5757 SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5858 Sec. 8314.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
5959 governed by a board of five elected directors.
6060 (b) Except as provided by Section 8314.052, directors serve
6161 staggered four-year terms.
6262 Sec. 8314.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
6363 effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners
6464 of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
6565 district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
6666 Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
6767 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
6868 commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
6969 named in the petition.
7070 (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
7171 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7272 Section 8314.003; or
7373 (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
7474 the Act creating this chapter.
7575 (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
7676 Section 8314.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
7777 expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
7878 reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
7979 expire on the earlier of:
8080 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
8181 Section 8314.003; or
8282 (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
8383 appointment or reappointment.
8484 (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
8585 majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
8686 may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental
8787 Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor
8888 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
8989 commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five
9090 persons named in the petition.
9191 [Sections 8314.053-8314.100 reserved for expansion]
9292 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
9393 Sec. 8314.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
9494 the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
9595 which the district is created.
9696 Sec. 8314.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
9797 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
9898 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
9999 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
100100 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
101101 Sec. 8314.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
102102 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
103103 acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
104104 maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
105105 operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
106106 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
107107 Sec. 8314.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
108108 project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
109109 subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
110110 whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
111111 project is located.
112112 (b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
113113 or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
114114 project must meet all applicable construction standards,
115115 subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
116116 the road project is located.
117117 (c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
118118 Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
119119 specifications of the road project.
120120 Sec. 8314.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
121121 OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable
122122 requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
123123 Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
124124 creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
125125 district.
126126 Sec. 8314.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (a)
127127 The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside
128128 the district to acquire a site or easement for:
129129 (1) a road project authorized by Section 8314.103; or
130130 (2) a recreational facility as defined by Section
131131 49.462, Water Code.
132132 (b) The district may not exercise the power of eminent
133133 domain in the corporate limits of the City of Van Alstyne unless the
134134 city has consented by ordinance or resolution to that exercise of
135135 eminent domain authority.
136136 Sec. 8314.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
137137 be divided into two or more new districts only if:
138138 (1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt;
139139 (2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes; and
140140 (3) the City of Van Alstyne has consented by ordinance
141141 or resolution to the division of the district.
142142 (b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
143143 division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
144144 duties of the district.
145145 (c) Any new district created by the division of the district
146146 may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
147147 outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
148148 chapter.
149149 (d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
150150 signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
151151 the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
152152 district.
153153 (e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
154154 before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
155155 8314.003 to confirm the district's creation.
156156 (f) An order dividing the district shall:
157157 (1) name each new district;
158158 (2) include the metes and bounds description of the
159159 territory of each new district;
160160 (3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
161161 and
162162 (4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
163163 between or among the new districts.
164164 (g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
165165 an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
166166 with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
167167 order in the real property records of each county in which the
168168 district is located.
169169 (h) Any new district created by the division of the district
170170 shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
171171 Section 8314.003.
172172 (i) Subject to Subsection (a), municipal consent to the
173173 creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
174174 district granted under Section 8314.004 acts as municipal consent
175175 to the creation of any new district created by the division of the
176176 district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
177177 (j) Any new district created by the division of the district
178178 must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
179179 approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
180180 bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
181181 Sec. 8314.108. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION. The district may
182182 not annex any territory outside the area described by Section 2 of
183183 the Act creating this chapter unless the City of Van Alstyne has
184184 consented by ordinance or resolution to the annexation.
185185 [Sections 8314.109-8314.150 reserved for expansion]
186186 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
187187 Sec. 8314.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
188188 district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
189189 obligations secured by:
190190 (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
191191 (2) contract payments described by Section 8314.153.
192192 (b) The district must hold an election in the manner
193193 provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
194194 before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
195195 payable from ad valorem taxes.
196196 (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
197197 taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
198198 vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
199199 election held for that purpose.
200200 Sec. 8314.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
201201 authorized at an election held under Section 8314.151, the district
202202 may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
203203 the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
204204 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
205205 exceed the rate approved at the election.
206206 Sec. 8314.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
207207 Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
208208 an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
209209 the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
210210 the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
211211 voting at an election held for that purpose.
212212 (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
213213 provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
214214 the board without further voter approval.
215215 [Sections 8314.154-8314.200 reserved for expansion]
216216 SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
217217 Sec. 8314.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
218218 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
219219 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
220220 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
221221 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
222222 purpose.
223223 Sec. 8314.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
224224 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
225225 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
226226 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
227227 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
228228 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
229229 Sec. 8314.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
230230 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
231231 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
232232 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
233233 real property in the district.
234234 SECTION 2. The Van Alstyne Municipal Utility District No. 2
235235 of Collin County initially includes all the territory contained in
236236 the following area:
237237 SITUATED in the County of Collin, State of Texas, and being a
238238 part of the W. M. Creager Survey, Abstract No. 164, and being all of
239239 the 6.120 ac. tract of land (Tract 6) conveyed to Vincent Viola by
240240 W. Mark David by Special Warranty Deed dated July 30, 2001 and
241241 recorded in Volume 4987, Page 697, Deed Records, Collin County,
242242 Texas, and being more particularly described as one tract of land by
243243 metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
244244 BEGINNING at a point in the West right-of-way line of State
245245 Highway No. 5, at the Northeast corner of said Viola Tract 6, at the
246246 Southeast corner of the property conveyed to John E. Steffens in
247247 Collin County Clerk's File No. 93-0104713;
248248 THENCE South 21 deg. 08 min. 14 sec. East, with the West
249249 right-of-way line of said State Highway No. 5, a distance of 638.77
250250 ft. to a point at the most Easterly Southeast corner of said Viola
251251 Tract 6, at the Northeast corner of the property conveyed to Tina M.
252252 Lieto;
253253 THENCE South 69 deg. 07 min. 56 sec. West, with the North line
254254 of said Lieto tract, a distance of 142.55 ft. to a point at the
255255 Northwest corner of said Lieto tract;
256256 THENCE South 20 deg. 28 min. 53 sec. East, with the West line
257257 of said Lieto tract, a distance of 300.17 ft. to a point in the North
258258 line of the property conveyed to Tim P. Heffernan in Collin County
259259 Clerk's File No. 94-0098977, at the Southwest corner of said Lieto
260260 tract, at the most Southerly Southeast corner of said Viola Tract 6;
261261 THENCE South 68 deg. 55 min. 52 sec. West, with the North line
262262 of said Heffernan tract, a distance of 377.37 ft. to a point in the
263263 East line of the property conveyed to Kerry L. Burns in Collin
264264 County Clerk's File No. 93-0091969, at the Southwest corner of said
265265 Viola Tract 6;
266266 THENCE North 01 deg. 35 min. 22 sec. East, with the East line
267267 of said Burns tract, a distance of 1,068.04 ft. to a point in the
268268 South line of said Steffens tract, at the Northeast corner of said
269269 Burns tract, at the Northwest corner of said Viola Tract 6;
270270 THENCE South 88 deg. 00 min. 01 sec. East, with the South line
271271 of said Steffens tract, a distance of 120.42 ft. to the PLACE OF
272272 BEGINNING and containing 6.12 ACRES of land.
273273 SITUATED in the County of Collin, State of Texas, and being a
274274 part of the W. M. Creager Survey, Abstract No. 164, and being all of
275275 the 27.387 ac. tract of land (Tract 7) conveyed to Vincent Viola by
276276 W. Mark David by Special Warranty Deed dated July 30, 2001 and
277277 recorded in Volume 4987, Page 697, Deed Records, Collin County,
278278 Texas, and being more particularly described as one tract of land by
279279 metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
280280 BEGINNING at a point in the West right-of-way line of State
281281 Highway No. 5, at the Northeast corner of said Viola Tract 7, at the
282282 Southeast corner of the property conveyed to Tim P. Heffernan in
283283 Collin County Clerk's File No. 94-0098977;
284284 THENCE South 21 deg. 08 min. 14 sec. East, with the West
285285 right-of-way line of said State Highway No. 5, a distance of
286286 1,183.89 ft. to a point at the Northeast corner of the property
287287 conveyed to M. F. Darehsori in Volume 2264, Page 395, said Collin
288288 County Deed Records;
289289 THENCE North 87 deg. 58 min. 11 sec. West, with the North line
290290 of said Darehsori tract, a distance of 131.73 ft. to a point at the
291291 Northwest corner of said Darehsori tract;
292292 THENCE South 02 deg. 01 min. 49 sec. West, with the West line
293293 of said Darehsori tract, a distance of 150.00 ft. to a point at the
294294 Southwest corner of said Darehsori tract;
295295 THENCE South 87 deg. 58 min. 11 sec. East, with the South line
296296 of said Darehsori tract, a distance of 195.92 ft. to a point in the
297297 West right-of-way line of said State Highway No. 5, at the Southeast
298298 corner of said Darehsori tract;
299299 THENCE South 21 deg. 08 min. 14 sec. East, with the West
300300 right-of-way line of said State Highway No. 5, a distance of 190.49
301301 ft. to a point at the Southeast corner of said Viola Tract 7;
302302 THENCE North 87 deg. 54 min. 56 sec. West, with the South line
303303 of said Viola Tract 7, a distance of 1,216.71 ft. to a point at the
304304 Southwest corner of said Viola Tract 7;
305305 THENCE North 01 deg. 35 min. 22 sec. East, with the West line
306306 of said Viola Tract 7, a distance of 1,149.78 ft. to a point at the
307307 Northwest corner of said Viola Tract 7, at the Southwest corner of
308308 said Heffernan tract;
309309 THENCE North 69 deg. 05 min. 34 sec. East, with the South line
310310 of said Heffernan tract, a distance of 673.94 ft. to the PLACE OF
311311 BEGINNING and containing 27.39 ACRES of land.
312312 SITUATED in the County of Collin, State of Texas, and being a
313313 part of the W. M. Creager Survey, Abstract No. 164, being a part of
314314 the Hanny Nelson Survey, Abstract No. 431, and being all of the
315315 14.381 ac. tract of land (Tract 4) and 20.024 ac. tract of land
316316 (Tract 5) both conveyed to Vincent Viola by W. Mark David by Special
317317 Warranty Deed dated July 30, 2001 and recorded in Volume 4987, Page
318318 697, Deed Records, Collin County, Texas, and being more
319319 particularly described as one tract of land by metes and bounds as
320320 follows, to-wit:
321321 BEGINNING at a point in the center of Collin County Road No.
322322 290, a public road, in the East-right-of-way line of State Highway
323323 No. 5, at the Northwest corner of said Viola Tract 4;
324324 THENCE South 86 deg. 46 min. 02 sec. East, with the center of
325325 said Collin County Road No. 290 and the North line of said Viola
326326 Tract 4, a distance of 752.82 ft. to a point at the Northeast corner
327327 of said Viola Tract 4, at the Northwest corner of the property
328328 conveyed to Rollin G. Andreas in Collin County Clerk's File No.
329329 95-0024818;
330330 THENCE South 02 deg. 30 min. 46 sec. West, with the West line
331331 of said Andreas tract, a distance of 1,162.43 ft. to a point at the
332332 Southwest corner of said Andreas tract, at the most Northerly
333333 Northwest corner of said Viola Tract 5;
334334 THENCE South 88 deg. 22 min. 09 sec. East, with the South line
335335 of said Andreas tract, passing the Southeast corner of said Andreas
336336 tract and the Southwest corner of the property conveyed to Clyde L.
337337 Depew in Volume 2709, Page 88, said Collin County Deed Records, and
338338 continuing now with the South line of said Depew tract, passing the
339339 Southeast corner of said Depew tract and the Southwest corner of the
340340 property conveyed to Donald H. Topper in Volume 3139, Page 13, said
341341 Collin County Deed Records, and continuing now with the South line
342342 of said Topper tract for total distance of 1,305.31 ft. to a point
343343 at the Northeast corner of said Viola Tract 5;
344344 THENCE South 02 deg. 11 min. 51 sec. West, with the East line
345345 of said Viola Tract 5, a distance of 661.46 ft. to a point at the
346346 Southeast corner of both said Viola Tract 5 and the herein described
347347 tract, at a corner of the property conveyed to Osa W. Marshhall in
348348 Volume 756, Page 823, said Collin County Deed Records;
349349 THENCE North 87 deg. 53 min. 32 sec. West, with the South line
350350 of said Viola Tract 5 and the North line of said Marshhall tract, a
351351 distance of 1,263.76 ft. to a point in the East right-of-way line of
352352 said State Highway No. 5, at the Southwest corner of both said Viola
353353 Tract 5 and the herein described tract, at the Northwest corner of
354354 said Marshhall tract;
355355 THENCE North 21 deg. 07 min. 59 sec. West, with the East
356356 right-of-way line of said State Highway No. 5 and the West line of
357357 said Viola Tract 5, passing the most Westerly Northwest corner of
358358 said Viola Tract 5 and the Southwest corner of said Viola Tract 4
359359 and continuing now with the West line of said Viola Tract 4 for a
360360 total distance of 1,989.19 ft. to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and
361361 containing 34.40 ACRES of land.
362362 SITUATED in the County of Collin, State of Texas, and being a
363363 part of the Hanny Nelson Survey, Abstract No. 431, and being a part
364364 of the J. C. Burge Survey, Abstract No. 106, and being a part of the
365365 W. M. Creager Survey, Abstract No. 164, and being a part of the
366366 363.943 ac. tract of land (Tract 2) and all of the 217.416 ac. tract
367367 of land (Tract 3), both conveyed to Vincent Viola by W. Mark David
368368 by Special Warranty Deed dated July 30, 2001 and recorded in Volume
369369 4987, Page 697, Deed Records, Collin County, Texas, and being more
370370 particularly described as one tract of land by metes and bounds as
371371 follows, to-wit:
372372 BEGINNING at a point in East right-of-way line of U. S.
373373 Highway No. 75, in the center of Collin County Road No. 290, at the
374374 most Northerly Northwest corner of said Viola Tract 2;
375375 THENCE South 87 deg. 47 min. 57 sec. East, with the center of
376376 said Collin County Road No. 290, a distance of 677.09 ft. to a point
377377 at the Northeast corner of said Viola Tract 2, at the Northwest
378378 corner of said Viola Tract 3;
379379 THENCE South 88 deg. 25 min. 32 sec. East, continuing with the
380380 center of said Collin County Road No. 290, a distance of 447.93 ft.
381381 to a point at the Northwest corner of the property conveyed to Jim
382382 Lawrence in Volume 1498, Page 563, said Collin County Deed Records;
383383 THENCE South 01 deg. 54 min. 14 sec. West, with the West line
384384 of said Lawrence tract, a distance of 599.97 ft. to a point at the
385385 Southwest corner of said Lawrence tract;
386386 THENCE South 88 deg. 12 min. 30 sec. East, with the South line
387387 of said Lawrence tract, a distance of 579.90 ft. to a point at the
388388 Southeast corner of said Lawrence tract;
389389 THENCE North 01 deg. 58 min. 08 sec. East, with the East line
390390 of said Lawrence tract, a distance of 602.17 ft. to a point in the
391391 center of said Collin County Road No. 290, at the Northeast corner
392392 of said Lawrence tract;
393393 THENCE South 88 deg. 25 min. 32 sec. East, with the center of
394394 said Collin County Road No. 290, passing the most Westerly
395395 Southwest corner of the property conveyed to Tucker B. McDonald in
396396 Collin County Clerk's File No. 94-0053961, and continuing now with
397397 a South line of said McDonald tract for a total distance of 815.54
398398 ft. to a point at a Northeast corner of said Viola Tract 3, at an Ell
399399 corner of said McDonald tract;
400400 THENCE South 01 deg. 55 min. 23 sec. West, with a West line of
401401 said McDonald tract, a distance of 144.12 ft. to a point at the
402402 Southwest corner of said McDonald tract;
403403 THENCE South 88 deg. 09 min. 09 sec. East, with a South line
404404 of said McDonald tract, passing the Southeast corner of said
405405 McDonald tract and a Southwest corner of the property conveyed to
406406 Forrest W. Moore in Volume 1799, Page 804, said Collin County Deed
407407 Records, and continuing now with a South line of said Moore tract
408408 for a total distance of 1,372.74 ft. to a point in West right-of-way
409409 line of State Highway No. 5, at the Northeast corner of both said
410410 Viola Tract 3 and the herein described tract;
411411 THENCE South 21 deg. 08 min. 14 sec. East, with the West
412412 right-of-way line of said State Highway No. 5, a distance of
413413 1,357.58 ft. to a point at the most Easterly Southeast corner of
414414 both said Viola Tract 3 and the herein described tract, at the
415415 Northeast corner of the property conveyed to John E. Steffens in
416416 Collin County Clerk's File No. 93-0104713;
417417 THENCE North 87 deg. 57 min. 15 sec. West, with the North line
418418 of said Steffens tract, a distance of 701.67 ft. to a point at the
419419 Northwest corner of said Steffens tract;
420420 THENCE South 00 deg. 32 min. 52 sec. East, with the West line
421421 of said Steffens tract, a distance of 185.54 ft. to a point in the
422422 North line of the property conveyed to Ann Marie Forlenza in Collin
423423 County Clerk's File No. 96-0016528, at the Southwest corner of said
424424 Steffens tract;
425425 THENCE North 88 deg. 15 min. 56 sec. West, with the North line
426426 of said Forlenza tract, passing the Northwest corner of said
427427 Forlenza tract and the Northeast corner of Anna 103, an Addition to
428428 Collin County, Texas, as recorded in the Collin County Plat
429429 Records, a distance of 219.14 ft. to an angle point in the North
430430 line of said Anna 103 Addition;
431431 THENCE North 88 deg. 54 min. 31 sec. West, continuing with the
432432 North line of said Anna 103 Addition, a distance of 802.35 ft. to a
433433 point at the Northwest corner of said Anna 103 Addition;
434434 THENCE South 02 deg. 22 min. 42 sec. West, with the West line
435435 of said Anna 103 Addition, a distance of 2,263.74 ft. to a point at
436436 the Northeast corner of the property conveyed to Ronald Larue in
437437 Volume 1697, Page 57, said Collin County Deed Records;
438438 THENCE North 83 deg. 28 min. 52 sec. West, with the North line
439439 of said Larue tract, a distance of 386.62 ft. to a point at the
440440 Northwest corner of said Larue tract;
441441 THENCE South 02 deg. 22 min. 41 sec. West, with the West line
442442 of said Larue tract, a distance of 335.53 ft. to a point in the North
443443 line of the property conveyed to Virginia R. Bryant in Volume 2867,
444444 Page 168, said Collin County Deed Records, at the Southwest corner
445445 of said Larue tract;
446446 THENCE North 86 deg. 56 min. 09 sec. West, with the North line
447447 of said Bryant tract, a distance of 474.85 ft. to a point at the
448448 Northwest corner of said Bryant tract;
449449 THENCE North 87 deg. 00 min. 45 sec. West, a distance of
450450 597.94 ft. to a point at the Southeast corner of the Mantua
451451 Cemetery;
452452 THENCE North 01 deg. 35 min. 32 sec. East, with the East line
453453 of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 372.22 ft. to a point at the
454454 Northeast corner of said Mantua Cemetery;
455455 THENCE South 54 deg. 09 min. 25 sec. West, with the North line
456456 of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 319.95 ft. to an angle point;
457457 THENCE North 40 deg. 29 min. 38 sec. West, continuing with the
458458 North line of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 134.58 ft. to an
459459 angle point;
460460 THENCE South 81 deg. 54 min. 46 sec. West, continuing with the
461461 North line of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 60.47 ft. to an
462462 angle point;
463463 THENCE South 20 deg. 08 min. 34 sec. West, continuing with the
464464 North line of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 155.17 ft. to an
465465 angle point;
466466 THENCE South 69 deg. 37 min. 57 sec. West, continuing with the
467467 North line of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 17.16 ft. to a
468468 point in the center of a public road, at the Northwest corner of
469469 said Mantua Cemetery;
470470 THENCE South 03 deg. 13 min. 52 sec. West, with the West line
471471 of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 102.46 ft. to a point at the
472472 Southwest corner of said Mantua Cemetery;
473473 THENCE South 87 deg. 00 min. 45 sec. East, with the South line
474474 of said Mantua Cemetery, a distance of 23.27 ft. to a point in the
475475 center of said public road;
476476 THENCE South 08 deg. 32 min. 03 sec. West, with the center of
477477 said public road, a distance of 105.61 ft. to an angle point;
478478 THENCE South 36 deg. 51 min. 30 sec. West, continuing with the
479479 center of said public road, a distance of 94.21 ft. to an angle
480480 point;
481481 THENCE South 51 deg. 48 min. 17 sec. West, continuing with the
482482 center of said public road, a distance of 78.22 ft. to an angle
483483 point;
484484 THENCE South 56 deg. 56 min. 45 sec. West, continuing with the
485485 center of said public road, a distance of 149.91 ft. to an angle
486486 point;
487487 THENCE South 57 deg. 35 min. 20 sec. West, continuing with the
488488 center of said public road, a distance of 87.86 ft. to a point at the
489489 most Northerly Northeast corner of the property conveyed to Leonard
490490 Harlow in Collin County Clerk's File No. 92-0054819;
491491 THENCE South 72 deg. 58 min. 34 sec. West, with a North line
492492 of said Harlow tract, a distance of 246.79 ft. to a point at the most
493493 Northerly Northwest corner of said Harlow tract;
494494 THENCE South 01 deg. 36 min. 58 sec. West, with a West line of
495495 said Harlow tract, a distance of 398.78 ft. to an angle point;
496496 THENCE South 21 deg. 05 min. 34 sec. West, with a North line
497497 of said Harlow tract, a distance of 82.04 ft. to a point at an Ell
498498 corner of said Harlow tract;
499499 THENCE North 87 deg. 34 min. 30 sec. West, continuing with a
500500 North line of said Harlow tract, entering the centerline of said
501501 public road and continuing for a distance of 233.21 ft. to a point
502502 at the most Westerly Northwest corner of said Harlow tract;
503503 THENCE South 89 deg. 26 min. 08 sec. West, with the center of
504504 said public road, a distance of 492.32 ft. to a point at the
505505 intersection of the center of said public road with the East
506506 right-of-way line of said U. S. Highway No. 75;
507507 THENCE Northerly, with the East right-of-way line of U. S.
508508 Highway No. 75, the following calls and distances:
509509 North 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 26.10 ft. to
510510 an angle point;
511511 North 44 deg. 23 min. 30 sec. West, a distance of 41.84 ft. to
512512 an angle point;
513513 North 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 774.10 ft.
514514 to an angle point;
515515 North 04 deg. 20 min. 30 sec. West, a distance of 200.95 ft.
516516 to an angle point;
517517 North 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 199.95 ft.
518518 to an angle point;
519519 North 04 deg. 14 min. 15 sec. East, a distance of 200.20 ft.
520520 to an angle point;
521521 North 07 deg. 05 min. 08 sec. East, a distance of 200.95 ft.
522522 to an angle point;
523523 North 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 199.95 ft.
524524 to an angle point;
525525 North 04 deg. 20 min. 08 sec. West, a distance of 200.95 ft.
526526 to an angle point;
527527 North 00 deg. 03 min. 25 sec. West, a distance of 400.02 ft.
528528 to an angle point;
529529 North 09 deg. 54 min. 21 sec. East, a distance of 202.18 ft.
530530 to an angle point;
531531 North 07 deg. 09 min. 20 sec. West, a distance of 202.18 ft.
532532 to an angle point;
533533 North 00 deg. 32 min. 03 sec. West, a distance of 600.18 ft.
534534 to an angle point;
535535 North 04 deg. 57 min. 05 sec. East, a distance of 400.68 ft.
536536 to an angle point;
537537 North 07 deg. 05 min. 08 sec. East, a distance of 401.89 ft.
538538 to an angle point;
539539 North 01 deg. 22 min. 31 sec. East, a distance of 159.31 ft.
540540 to a point at the beginning of a curve;
541541 Northerly, with a curve to the left having a radius of
542542 11,681.11 ft. and a central angle of 02 deg. 16 min. 07 sec. (chord
543543 bears North 00 deg. 14 min. 28 sec. East, 462.48 ft.), an arc
544544 distance of 462.51 ft. to a point at the end of said curve;
545545 North 49 deg. 37 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 43.80 ft. to
546546 an angle point;
547547 South 88 deg. 06 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 479.87 ft.
548548 to an angle point;
549549 North 24 deg. 52 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 179.23 ft.
550550 to an angle point;
551551 North 01 deg. 41 min. 57 sec. East, a distance of 18.13 ft. to
552552 the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 362.23 ACRES of land.
553553 SITUATED in the County of Collin, State of Texas, and being a
554554 part of the following Surveys in Collin County: the David Arnspiger
555555 Survey, Abstract No. 15, the E. T. Berry Survey, Abstract No. 40,
556556 the J. W. Curtis Survey, Abstract No. 1077, the Jonas Whitaker
557557 Survey, Abstract No. 981, the P. Burns Survey, Abstract No. 100, and
558558 the J. Batterman Survey, Abstract No. 94, and being a part of the
559559 1,232.837 ac. tract of land conveyed to Vincent Viola by W. Mark
560560 David by Special Warranty Deed dated July 30, 2001 and recorded in
561561 Volume 4987, Page 726, Deed Records, Collin County, Texas, and
562562 being all of the 64.749 ac. tract of land (Tract 3) conveyed to
563563 Vincent J. Viola by Don S. Flesher by Warranty Deed dated September
564564 10, 2004 and recorded in Volume 5766, Page 6210, said Collin County
565565 Deed Records, and being all of the 133.814 ac. tract of land
566566 conveyed to Vincent J. Viola by Mary Jane Kinsey by Warranty Deed
567567 with Vendor's Lien dated March 31, 2004 and recorded in Volume 5642,
568568 Page 1395, said Collin County Deed Records, and being all of the
569569 377.45 ac. tract of land conveyed to Vincent J. Viola by Thornton
570570 Farm Partnership, Ltd. by Special Warranty Deed with Vendor's Lien
571571 dated September 22, 2005 and recorded in Volume 6010, Page 3310,
572572 said Collin County Deed Records, and being all of the 61.61 ac.
573573 tract of land conveyed to Vincent J. Viola by Jack R. Shirley,
574574 Trustee of the Shirley Living Trust by Warranty Deed with Vendor's
575575 Lien dated February 26, 2004 and recorded in Volume 5616, Page 5706,
576576 said Collin County Deed Records, and being more particularly
577577 described as one tract of land by metes and bounds as follows,
578578 to-wit:
579579 BEGINNING at a point in the West right-of-way line of U. S.
580580 Highway No. 75, at a Northeast corner of said Viola 1,232.837 ac.;
581581 THENCE Southerly, with the West right-of-way line of said U.
582582 S. Highway No. 75, the following calls and distances:
583583 South 02 deg. 54 min. 48 sec. West, a distance of 27.97 ft. to
584584 an angle point;
585585 South 30 deg. 46 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 183.31 ft.
586586 to an angle point;
587587 South 88 deg. 06 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 449.88 ft.
588588 to an angle point;
589589 South 44 deg. 01 min. 30 sec. East, a distance of 59.33 ft. to
590590 a point at the beginning of a curve;
591591 Southerly, with a non-tangent curve to the right having a
592592 radius of 11,236.22 ft. and a central angle of 02 deg. 19 min. 08
593593 sec. (chord bears South 00 deg. 12 min. 56 sec. West, 454.72 ft.),
594594 an arc distance of 454.76 ft. to an angle point;
595595 South 02 deg. 36 min. 16 sec. East, a distance of 360.12 ft.
596596 to an angle point;
597597 South 00 deg. 25 min. 13 sec. West, a distance of 599.93 ft.
598598 to an angle point;
599599 South 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. West, a distance of 199.95 ft.
600600 to an angle point;
601601 South 04 deg. 42 min. 49 sec. West, a distance of 600.86 ft.
602602 to an angle point;
603603 South 07 deg. 09 min. 20 sec. East, a distance of 202.18 ft.;
604604 South 00 deg. 03 min. 25 sec. East, a distance of 400.02 ft.
605605 to an angle point;
606606 South 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. West, a distance of 999.74 ft.
607607 to an angle point;
608608 South 10 deg. 21 min. 51 sec. West, a distance of 195.80 ft.
609609 to an angle point;
610610 South 07 deg. 03 min. 08 sec. East, a distance of 208.75 ft.
611611 to an angle point;
612612 South 00 deg. 03 min. 25 sec. East, a distance of 400.02 ft.
613613 to an angle point;
614614 South 07 deg. 33 min. 03 sec. West, a distance of 185.86 ft.
615615 to an angle point;
616616 South 45 deg. 36 min. 30 sec. West, a distance of 42.98 ft. to
617617 an angle point;
618618 South 01 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. West, a distance of 24.40 ft. to
619619 a point in the center of County Road No. 372, at the Southeast of the
620620 herein described tract;
621621 THENCE Westerly, with the center of said County Road No. 372,
622622 the following calls and distances:
623623 South 89 deg. 42 min. 59 sec. West, a distance of 353.70 ft.;
624624 South 86 deg. 10 min. 45 sec. West, a distance of 143.79 ft.;
625625 North 87 deg. 30 min. 14 sec. West, a distance of 53.25 ft.;
626626 North 74 deg. 09 min. 11 sec. West, a distance of 54.65 ft.;
627627 North 66 deg. 03 min. 55 sec. West, a distance of 186.27 ft.;
628628 North 69 deg. 12 min. 09 sec. West, a distance of 184.29 ft.;
629629 North 86 deg. 57 min. 36 sec. West, a distance of 96.84 ft.;
630630 South 48 deg. 48 min. 29 sec. West, a distance of 93.49 ft.;
631631 South 33 deg. 28 min. 27 sec. West, a distance of 305.00 ft.;
632632 South 37 deg. 10 min. 57 sec. West, a distance of 265.16 ft.;
633633 South 55 deg. 13 min. 57 sec. West, a distance of 89.72 ft.;
634634 North 83 deg. 28 min. 02 sec. West, a distance of 100.14 ft.;
635635 North 68 deg. 03 min. 52 sec. West, a distance of 396.07 ft.;
636636 North 60 deg. 49 min. 08 sec. West, a distance of 186.54 ft.;
637637 North 67 deg. 57 min. 27 sec. West, a distance of 71.26 ft.;
638638 North 89 deg. 56 min. 56 sec. West, a distance of 69.12 ft.;
639639 South 75 deg. 45 min. 15 sec. West, a distance of 103.51 ft.;
640640 South 83 deg. 05 min. 09 sec. West, a distance of 72.42 ft.;
641641 North 85 deg. 18 min. 09 sec. West, a distance of 68.25 ft.;
642642 North 81 deg. 39 min. 08 sec. West, a distance of 527.44 ft.;
643643 South 82 deg. 17 min. 34 sec. West, a distance of 143.98 ft.;
644644 South 60 deg. 43 min. 16 sec. West, a distance of 129.67 ft.
645645 to the intersection of the center of said County Road No. 372 with
646646 the center of said County Road No. 290;
647647 THENCE South 51 deg. 14 min. 09 sec. West, with the center of
648648 said County Road No. 290, a distance of 159.23 ft. to an angle
649649 point;
650650 THENCE South 52 deg. 34 min. 25 sec. West, continuing with the
651651 center of said County Road No. 290, a distance of 692.22 ft. to a
652652 point at the Southeast corner of the property conveyed to Tristian
653653 D. Pfeffer in Volume 3064, Page 593, said Collin County Deed
654654 Records;
655655 THENCE North 01 deg. 04 min. 20 sec. West, with the East line
656656 of said Pfeffer tract, a distance of 295.17 ft. to a point at the
657657 Northeast corner of said Pfeffer tract;
658658 THENCE North 89 deg. 16 min. 11 sec. West, with the North line
659659 of said Pfeffer tract, passing the Northwest corner of said Pfeffer
660660 tract and the Northeast corner of the property conveyed to Michael
661661 Ray Ashley, and continuing now with the North line of said Ashley
662662 tract for a total distance of 547.91 ft. to a point at the Northwest
663663 corner of said Ashley tract;
664664 THENCE South 04 deg. 31 min. 06 sec. West, with the West line
665665 of said Ashley tract, passing the Southwest corner of said Ashley
666666 tract and continuing for a total distance of 872.74 ft. to a point
667667 in the center of said County Road No. 290;
668668 THENCE South 34 deg. 58 min. 46 sec. West, with the center of
669669 said County Road No. 290, a distance of 568.84 ft. to an angle
670670 point;
671671 THENCE North 87 deg. 43 min. 32 sec. West, continuing with the
672672 center of said County Road No. 290, a distance of 425.02 ft. to a
673673 point at the intersection of the center of said County Road No. 290
674674 with the center of a creek, at the Southeast corner of the 18.632
675675 ac. tract of land conveyed to Stephen V. Jones and Kristi S. Jones
676676 in Volume 4140, Page 3149, said Collin County Deed Records;
677677 THENCE Northerly, with the center of a creek, maintaining the
678678 East line of said Jones 18.632 ac., the following the calls and
679679 distances:
680680 North 04 deg. 31 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 86.50 ft.;
681681 North 35 deg. 11 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 93.77 ft.;
682682 North 23 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 55.00 ft.;
683683 North 52 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 42.00 ft.;
684684 North 26 deg. 48 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 29.70 ft.;
685685 North 69 deg. 58 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 25.40 ft.;
686686 North 31 deg. 08 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 27.30 ft.;
687687 North 05 deg. 49 min. 16 sec. West, a distance of 61.40 ft.;
688688 North 15 deg. 44 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 29.40 ft.;
689689 North 31 deg. 13 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 22.00 ft.;
690690 North 79 deg. 23 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 16.10 ft.;
691691 North 00 deg. 46 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 50.00 ft.;
692692 North 31 deg. 45 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 24.60 ft.;
693693 North 02 deg. 31 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 26.40 ft.;
694694 North 34 deg. 28 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 43.20 ft.;
695695 North 13 deg. 08 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 54.70 ft.;
696696 North 00 deg. 31 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 82.20 ft.;
697697 North 19 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 80.00 ft.;
698698 North 40 deg. 03 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 37.60 ft.;
699699 North 17 deg. 46 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 43.20 ft.;
700700 North 58 deg. 31 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 36.10 ft.;
701701 North 28 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 44.00 ft.;
702702 North 56 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 21.00 ft.;
703703 North 21 deg. 15 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 51.60 ft.;
704704 South 48 deg. 11 min. 06 sec. West, a distance of 24.00 ft.;
705705 North 44 deg. 08 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 30.40 ft.;
706706 North 85 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 26.00 ft.;
707707 North 43 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 26.50 ft.;
708708 North 85 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 42.70 ft.;
709709 North 27 deg. 08 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 75.00 ft.;
710710 North 13 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 25.30 ft.;
711711 North 34 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 25.90 ft.;
712712 North 18 deg. 36 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 78.20 ft.;
713713 North 68 deg. 31 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 22.40 ft.;
714714 North 46 deg. 42 min. 06 sec. East, a distance of 36.00 ft.;
715715 North 44 deg. 28 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 78.70 ft.;
716716 North 37 deg. 37 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 22.43 ft.;
717717 South 81 deg. 30 min. 06 sec. West, a distance of 53.20 ft.;
718718 North 16 deg. 18 min. 59 sec. West, a distance of 60.42 ft. to
719719 a point at the Northeast corner of said Jones 18.632 ac.;
720720 THENCE South 89 deg. 18 min. 29 sec. West, with the North
721721 line of said Jones 18.632 ac., a distance of 293.17 ft. to a point at
722722 the Northwest corner of said Jones 18.632 ac.;
723723 THENCE South 00 deg. 19 min. 05 sec. East, with the West line
724724 of said Jones 18.632 ac., a distance of 62.47 ft. to a 1/2 inch rebar
725725 found at the Northwest base of a 48 inch tree at a fence corner, at
726726 the Northeast corner of said Viola 133.814 ac.;
727727 THENCE South 00 deg. 24 min. 08 sec. East, continuing with the
728728 West line of said Jones 18.632 ac., a distance of 1,026.81 ft. to a
729729 1/2 inch rebar found in the center of said County Road No. 290, at
730730 the Southwest corner of said Jones 18.632 ac.,;
731731 THENCE South 89 deg. 26 min. 03 sec. West, with the center of
732732 said County Road No. 290, a distance of 772.79 ft. to a 1/2 inch
733733 rebar found at an Ell corner of said Viola 133.814 ac.;
734734 THENCE South 00 deg. 16 min. 20 sec. West, continuing with the
735735 center of said County Road No. 290, a distance of 1,686.94 ft. to a
736736 1/2 inch rebar found at the most Southerly Southeast corner of said
737737 Viola 133.814 ac.;
738738 THENCE North 89 deg. 36 min. 49 sec. West, continuing with the
739739 center of said County Road No. 290 and with the South line of said
740740 Viola 133.814 ac., a distance of 798.24 ft. to a 1/2 inch rebar
741741 found at the Northeast corner of the 10.669 ac. tract of land
742742 conveyed to Delmore A. M. Church and Joyce Church in Volume 702,
743743 Page 585, said Collin County Deed Records;
744744 THENCE North 89 deg. 29 min. 33 sec. West, continuing with the
745745 center of said County Road No. 290 and with the North line of said
746746 Church 10.669 ac., a distance of 935.50 ft. to a point at the
747747 Northwest corner of said Church 10.669 ac.;
748748 THENCE South 00 deg. 17 min. 31 sec. East, with the West line
749749 of said Church 10.669 ac., a distance of 5.80 ft. to a point at the
750750 Northeast corner of the 103 ac. tract of land conveyed to James
751751 Robert Thornton in Volume 1596, Page 467 and Volume 1599, Page 451,
752752 said Collin County Deed Records;
753753 THENCE North 89 deg. 44 min. 24 sec. West, with the center of
754754 Collin County Road No. 1101, a public road, and with the North line
755755 of said Thornton 103 ac., a distance of 118.58 ft. to a 1/2 inch
756756 rebar set at the Southwest corner of said Viola 133.814 ac., at the
757757 Southeast corner of the 40 ac. tract of land conveyed to James R.
758758 Thornton in Volume 724, Page 884, said Collin County Deed Records;
759759 THENCE North 00 deg. 10 min. 11 sec. East, with the West line
760760 of said Viola 133.814 ac. and the East line of said Thornton 40 ac.,
761761 a distance of 2,705.48 ft. to a point in the South line of the 77.17
762762 ac. tract of land (Tract A) conveyed to MJW Partners, L. P. in
763763 Volume 4458, Page 1303, said Collin County Deed Records, at the
764764 Northwest corner of said Viola 133.814 ac., at the Northeast corner
765765 of said Thornton 40 ac.;
766766 THENCE North 88 deg. 39 min. 20 sec. East, with the South line
767767 of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac. and the North line of said Viola
768768 133.814 ac., a distance of 479.16 ft. to a point at the Southeast
769769 corner of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac., at the most Southerly
770770 Southwest corner of said 377.45 ac.;
771771 THENCE North 00 deg. 31 min. 02 sec. East, with the West line
772772 of said 377.45 ac. and the East line of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac.,
773773 a distance of 450.50 ft. to an angle point;
774774 THENCE North 00 deg. 51 min. 11 sec. East, continuing with the
775775 West line of said 377.45 ac. and the East line of said MJW Partners
776776 77.17 ac., a distance of 856.69 ft. to an angle point;
777777 THENCE North 00 deg. 38 min. 27 sec. East, continuing with the
778778 West line of said 377.45 ac. and the East line of said MJW Partners
779779 77.17 ac., a distance of 1,265.62 ft. to a point at the most
780780 Easterly Northeast corner of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac.;
781781 THENCE North 89 deg. 34 min. 48 sec. West, with a North line
782782 of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac. and a South line of said 377.45 ac., a
783783 distance of 78.26 ft. to a point for an Ell corner of said 377.45
784784 ac.;
785785 THENCE North 00 deg. 49 min. 48 sec. West, with an East line
786786 of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac. and a West line of said 377.45 ac.,
787787 passing a Northeast corner of said MJW Partners 77.17 ac. and the
788788 Southeast corner of the 2.46 ac. tract of land (Tract B) conveyed to
789789 MJW Partners, L.B. in said Volume 4458, Page 1303, and continuing
790790 now with the East line of said MJW Partners 2.46 ac. for a total
791791 distance of 264.00 ft. to a point at the Northeast corner of said
792792 MJW Properties 2.46 ac.;
793793 THENCE North 89 deg. 34 min. 48 sec. West, with the North line
794794 of said MJW Partners 2.46 ac. and a South line of said 377.45 ac., a
795795 distance of 424.33 ft. to a point at the most Westerly Southwest
796796 corner of said 377.45 ac., at the Northwest corner of said MJW
797797 Partners 2.46 ac.;
798798 THENCE North 00 deg. 03 min. 15 sec. West, entering the
799799 pavement of Collin County Road No. 222, passing the most Easterly
800800 Southeast corner of the 12.5 ac. tract of land (First Tract)
801801 conveyed to Julie Elizabeth Fifer Hilbun in Volume 4753, Page 394,
802802 said Collin County Deed Records, being the intersection of the
803803 center of said Collin County Road No. 222 with the center of Collin
804804 County Road No. 291 and continuing now with the center of said
805805 Collin County Road No. 291, passing the Northeast corner of said
806806 Hilbun 12.5 ac. and the most Easterly Southeast corner of the 89.74
807807 ac. tract of land conveyed to Lee Brock and Michael Adams in Volume
808808 4971, Page 3703, said Collin County Deed Records, a Northeast
809809 corner of said Batterton Survey, the Southeast corner of said
810810 Whitaker Survey, and continuing now with the East line of both said
811811 Whitaker Survey and said Brock & Adams 89.74 ac. and the West line
812812 of said Arnspiger Survey, passing the Northeast corner of said
813813 Brock & Adams 89.74 ac. and the Southeast corner of the 113.35 ac.
814814 tract of land conveyed to Claude T. Dowell and Betty M. Dowell in
815815 Collin County Clerk File No. 96-0003539, and continuing now with
816816 the East line of said Dowell 113.35 ac. for a total distance of
817817 2,879.39 ft. to a PK nail at the Northwest corner of said 6.29 ac.,
818818 at the Southwest corner of the 5.00 ac. tract of land conveyed to
819819 Wood Family Trust in Volume 3910, Page 772, said Grayson County
820820 Official Public Records, at the most Westerly Northwest corner of
821821 the herein described tract;
822822 THENCE South 88 deg. 53 min. 10 sec. East, with the South line
823823 of said Wood Family Trust 5.00 ac., a distance of 573.19 ft. to a
824824 point at the Southeast corner of said Wood Family Trust 5.00 ac., at
825825 an Ell corner of said 6.29 ac.;
826826 THENCE North 00 deg. 03 min. 10 sec. West, with the East line
827827 of said Wood Family Trust 5.00 ac., a distance of 123.02 ft. to a
828828 point in the North line said Collin County, the South line of
829829 Grayson County, at the most Northerly Northwest corner of the
830830 herein described tract;
831831 THENCE South 88 deg. 01 min. 11 sec. East, with the North line
832832 of said Collin County and the South line of said Grayson County,
833833 over and across said Viola 377.45 ac., crossing an East line of said
834834 Viola 377.45 ac. and a West line of said Viola 1,232.837 ac. and
835835 continuing now over and across said Viola 1,232.837 ac. for a total
836836 distance of 5,627.60 ft. to a point;
837837 THENCE South 06 deg. 38 min. 18 sec. West, a distance of
838838 259.52 ft.;
839839 THENCE South 02 deg. 15 min. 16 sec. East, a distance of 87.99
840840 ft. to a point in the center of County Road No. 290;
841841 THENCE North 87 deg. 49 min. 46 sec. East, with the center of
842842 said County Road No. 290, a distance of 1,121.68 ft. to a point at an
843843 Ell corner;
844844 THENCE North 17 deg. 08 min. 05 sec. East, continuing with the
845845 center of said County Road No. 290, a distance of 274.78 ft. to a
846846 point in the South line of said Grayson County, in the North line of
847847 said Collin County;
848848 THENCE South 88 deg. 01 min. 11 sec. East, continuing with the
849849 center of said County Road No. 290, a distance of 918.91 ft. to the
850850 PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 1,245.36 ACRES of land;
851851 LESS AND EXCEPT the tract described below.
852852 SITUATED in the County of Collin, State of Texas, and being a
853853 part of the Jonas Whitaker Survey, Abstract No. 981, being a part of
854854 the E. T. Berry Survey, Abstract No. 41, and being all of the
855855 property conveyed to D. E. Billups, lying in the E. T. Berry Survey,
856856 and being all of the property conveyed to Geraldine Billups in
857857 Volume 4831, Page 862, Collin County Deed Records, and being all of
858858 the property conveyed to John Adams and Paul Adams in County Clerks
859859 File No. 94-0083801, and being more particularly described as one
860860 tract of land by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
861861 BEGINNING at a point in the center of County Road No. 290, at
862862 the Southwest corner of both said John & Paul Adams tract and the
863863 herein described exception tract;
864864 THENCE North 00 degrees 17 minutes 41 seconds West, with the
865865 center of said County Road No. 290, a distance of 234.95 feet to a
866866 point at the intersection of the center of said County Road No. 290
867867 and County Road No. 222, at an angle point in the West line of the
868868 herein described exception tract;
869869 THENCE North 00 degrees 13 minutes 11 seconds West,
870870 continuing with the center of said County Road No. 290, passing the
871871 Northwest corner of said John & Paul Adams tract, and the Southwest
872872 corner of said Geraldine Billups tract, passing the Northwest
873873 corner of said Geraldine Billups tract and the Southwest corner of
874874 said D. E. Billups tract and continuing now with the West line of
875875 said D. E. Billups tract for a total distance of 612.61 feet to a
876876 point at the Northwest corner of both said D. E. Billups tract and
877877 the herein described exception tract;
878878 THENCE North 89 degrees 37 minutes 36 seconds East, with the
879879 North line of said D. E. Billups tract, a distance of 1,418.49 feet
880880 to a point at the Northeast corner of both said D. E. Billups tract
881881 and the herein described exception tract;
882882 THENCE Southerly, with the East line of said D. E. Billups
883883 tract, said Geraldine Billups tract and said John & Paul Adams
884884 tract, the following calls and distances:
885885 South 22 degrees 07 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance of
886886 107.40 feet to a angle point;
887887 South 36 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds West, a distance of
888888 123.56 feet to a angle point;
889889 South 55 degrees 01 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance of
890890 127.51 feet to a angle point;
891891 South 09 degrees 13 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance of
892892 307.63 feet to a angle point;
893893 South 00 degrees 53 minutes 06 seconds West, a distance of
894894 272.87 feet to a point at the Southeast corner of both said John &
895895 Paul Adams tract and the herein described exception tract;
896896 THENCE South 89 degrees 41 minutes 10 seconds West, with the
897897 South line of said John & Paul Adams tract, a distance of 1,531.43
898898 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 29.09 ACRES of land
899899 less and excepted from the above described 1,245.36 ac. tract and
900900 leaving a NET ACREAGE of 1,216.27 ACRES of land.
901901 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
902902 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
903903 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
904904 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
905905 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
906906 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
907907 Government Code.
908908 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
909909 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
910910 Environmental Quality.
911911 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
912912 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
913913 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
914914 representatives within the required time.
915915 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
916916 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
917917 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
918918 and accomplished.
919919 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
920920 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
921921 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
922922 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
923923 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.