S.B. No. 1820
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the West Fort Bend Management District;
providing authority to levy an assessment, impose a tax, and issue
bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. WEST FORT BEND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. Subtitle C,
Title 4, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 3835 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3835. WEST FORT BEND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3835.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the
district.
(2) "District" means the West Fort Bend Management
District.
Sec. 3835.002. WEST FORT BEND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. The
West Fort Bend Management District is a special district created
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 3835.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the cities of
Richmond and Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, and other political
subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has
established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in
Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district territory.
(c) The creation of the district will establish an economic
climate that encourages sustainable growth and improves the quality
of life of citizens.
(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
interpreted to relieve Fort Bend County and the Cities of Richmond
and Rosenberg from providing the level of services provided as of
the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, to the area in
the district. The district is created to supplement and not to
supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the
district.
Sec. 3835.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
(b) All land and other property included in the district
will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
other powers granted under this chapter.
(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
and is essential to:
(1) further the public purposes of developing and
diversifying the economy of the state;
(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and
(3) develop or expand transportation and commerce.
(d) The district will:
(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
and consumers in the district, and of the public;
(2) provide needed funding for the district to
preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
the district territory as a community and business center; and
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.
(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
or road improvement.
(f) The district will not act as the agent or
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Sec. 3835.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is
composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting
this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under:
(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or
(2) other law.
(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained
in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A
mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the
legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for
which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on the bond;
(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
Sec. 3835.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
included in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a
municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by a
municipality under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or
(3) an enterprise zone created by a municipality under
Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Sec. 3835.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Sec. 3835.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This
chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
[Sections 3835.009-3835.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 3835.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The
district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve
staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms
expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting
directors on the board, but only if the board determines that the
change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not
consist of fewer than five or more than 15 voting directors.
Sec. 3835.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS. (a) From persons
recommended by the board:
(1) the City of Richmond shall appoint two voting
directors;
(2) the City of Rosenberg shall appoint two voting
directors; and
(3) the cities shall jointly appoint one voting
director.
(b) For an appointment under Subsection (a)(1) or (2), a
person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing
body of the city, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.
For an appointment under Subsection (a)(3), a person is appointed
if a majority of the members of the governing body of each city,
including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.
(c) If the board increases the number of voting directors
from five, an equal number of directors must be appointed by the
Cities of Richmond and Rosenberg. The remaining director, if any,
must be appointed jointly by the cities as provided by this section.
Sec. 3835.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint
nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting
directors.
Sec. 3835.054. QUORUM. For purposes of determining the
requirements for a quorum, the following are not counted:
(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including
death, resignation, or disqualification;
(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in
a vote because of a conflict of interest; or
(3) a nonvoting director.
Sec. 3835.055. INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS. (a) The initial
board consists of the following voting directors: Pos. No. Name of Director
1 Lane Ward
2 Paul J. Council
3 Joey Dupres
4 Bill Knesek
5 Pat Gubbels
(b) Of the initial voting directors, the terms of directors
appointed for positions 1 through 3 expire June 1, 2007, and the
terms of directors appointed for positions 4 and 5 expire June 1,
2009.
(c) Section 3835.052 does not apply to this section.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2010.
[Sections 3835.056-3835.100 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 3835.101. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF DISTRICT. The district
may exercise the powers given to:
(1) a corporation under Section 4B, Development
Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct,
lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that section;
and
(2) a housing finance corporation under Chapter 394,
Local Government Code, to provide housing or residential
development projects in the district.
Sec. 3835.102. POWER TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
GUIDELINES; DISSOLUTION. (a) The board may establish
architectural and landscaping standards and guidelines, and may
require new construction, development, or redevelopment in the
district to comply with those standards and guidelines. The board
may not establish standards or guidelines under this section unless
the governing bodies of the cities of Richmond and Rosenberg each
consent by resolution or ordinance to the establishment of the
standards or guidelines.
(b) A standard or guideline established by the board under
this section is in addition to regulations of the City of Richmond
or Rosenberg. To the extent of any conflict between a board
standard or guideline established under this section and a
regulation of the City of Richmond or Rosenberg, the more
restrictive standard, guideline, or regulation controls.
(c) The board may provide in a standard or guideline that if
the district dissolves, the restriction in the standard or
guideline continues in effect after the dissolution as a regulation
of the city with jurisdiction over the territory to which the
standard or guideline applies until modified or repealed by the
governing body of the City of Richmond or Rosenberg, as
appropriate.
(d) The district may not regulate land use.
Sec. 3835.103. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
providing a service authorized by this chapter.
(b) The nonprofit corporation:
(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of
this chapter to be a local government corporation created under
Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and
(2) may implement any project and provide any service
authorized by this chapter.
(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
nonprofit corporation. A director of the corporation is not
required to reside in the district.
(d) The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation
shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local
government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation
Code.
Sec. 3835.104. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) The district may
make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any
person.
(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental
function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
Code.
Sec. 3835.105. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
To protect the public interest, the district may contract with Fort
Bend County or the City of Richmond or Rosenberg for the county or
the city to provide law enforcement services in the district for a
fee.
Sec. 3835.106. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. The
district may join and pay dues to an organization that:
(1) enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3),
(4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(2) performs a service or provides an activity
consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Sec. 3835.107. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
district may establish and provide for the administration of one or
more programs to promote state or local economic development and to
stimulate business and commercial activity in the district,
including programs to:
(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
(2) provide district personnel and services.
(b) For purposes of this section, the district has all of
the powers of a municipality under Chapter 380, Local Government
Code.
Sec. 3835.108. NO EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may not
exercise the power of eminent domain.
[Sections 3835.109–3835.150 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER D. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3835.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
transfer of the district's money.
Sec. 3835.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter
375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the
district.
Sec. 3835.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
has been filed with the board.
(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
certified tax appraisal roll for Fort Bend County.
Sec. 3835.154. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING. The district
may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local
Government Code, by certified United States mail or an equivalent
service that can provide a record of mailing or other delivery.
Sec. 3835.155. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment
for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
district.
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
assessed;
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
taxes; and
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
assessment proceedings.
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
the manner required for additional assessments.
Sec. 3835.156. AD VALOREM TAX. (a) If authorized at an
election held in accordance with Section 3835.160, the district may
impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district
for any district purpose, including to:
(1) promote economic development;
(2) maintain and operate the district;
(3) construct or acquire improvements; or
(4) provide a service.
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Sec. 3835.157. PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES OR
ASSESSMENTS. (a) The district may not impose an impact fee or
assessment on the property, including the equipment,
rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:
(1) an electric utility or a power generation company
as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or
121.001, Utilities Code;
(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by
Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or
(4) a person who provides to the public cable
television or advanced telecommunications services.
(b) The district may not impose an assessment on
single-family residential property.
Sec. 3835.158. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The
district may issue by competitive bid or negotiated sale bonds or
other obligations payable wholly or partly from taxes, assessments,
impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any
combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized
purpose of the district. The sources of money may include economic
development money contributed by the City of Richmond or Rosenberg
or by an economic development corporation created under the
Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes).
(b) In exercising the district's power to borrow, the
district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond,
note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a
proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or
other type of obligation.
Sec. 3835.159. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At
the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
valorem taxes are issued:
(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual
ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year
that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and
(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
to:
(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other
obligations as the interest becomes due;
(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the
principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and
(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Sec. 3835.160. TAX AND BOND ELECTIONS. (a) The district
shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before
the district imposes an ad valorem tax or issues bonds payable from
ad valorem taxes.
(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the district.
Sec. 3835.161. CITIES NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT
OBLIGATIONS. Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local
Government Code, the Cities of Richmond and Rosenberg are not
required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Sec. 3835.162. COMPETITIVE BIDDING. Section 375.221, Local
Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that
has a value greater than $25,000.
Sec. 3835.163. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The district
may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an
abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
[Sections 3835.164-3835.200 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER E. DISSOLUTION
Sec. 3835.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING
DEBT. (a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of
whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government
Code, does not apply to the district.
(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the
district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of
discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts
have been discharged.
SECTION 2. BOUNDARIES. As of the effective date of this
Act, the West Fort Bend Management District includes all territory
contained in the following described area:
TRACT A - U.S. HIGHWAY 59
FIELD NOTES FOR A 6,683.04 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE LESTER E. CROSS
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 384, THE I. & G. N. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 355, THE J. B. WATSON SURVEY, ABSTRACT 639, THE E. A.
GIRAUD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 721, THE JOHN HUMMEL SURVEY, ABSTRACT 476,
THE S. A. & M. G. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY SECTION 17, ABSTRACT 331,
THE W. J. JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT 553, THE ALEXANDER VALLET SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 535, THE S. A. & M. G. RAILROAD CO. SURVEY SECTION 19,
ABSTRACT 330, THE H. & T.C. RAILROAD CO. SURVEY SECTION 7, ABSTRACT
210, THE LESTER E. CROSS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 408, THE EMMA MEYER
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 701, THE J. M. COOPER SURVEY, ABSTRACT 707, THE F.
AUGUST MOERS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 695, THE CHARLES N. SIMPSON SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 485, THE H. & T.C. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY SECTION 11,
ABSTRACT 212, THE J. F. WEED SURVEY, ABSTRACT 663, THE HUGH ROGERS
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 310, THE HENRY SCOTT LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 83, THE S. A.
STONE SURVEY, ABSTRACT 392, THE KINCH HILLYER SURVEY, ABSTRACT 749,
THE I. & G. N. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 358, THE JOSEPH D.
VERMILLION SURVEY, ABSTRACT 341, THE G. M. STONE SURVEY, ABSTRACT
312, THE B. B. B. & C. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY SECTION 13, ABSTRACT
140, THE JOSEPH D. VERMILLION SURVEY, ABSTRACT 340, THE FRANCIS H.
DEMAY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 350, THE ANTHONY P. DEMAY SURVEY, ABSTRACT
349, THE S. B. PENTECOST SURVEY, ABSTRACT 378, THE ROBERT HANDY
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 187, THE SIMON JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT 271, THE
WILLIAM LUSK SURVEY, ABSTRACT 276, THE JANE LONG LEAGUE, ABSTRACT
55, AND THE JOSEPH KUYKENDALL SURVEY, ABSTRACT 49, FORT BEND
COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS BEING GRID AND COORDINATES BEING
TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE, NAD83(1993) BASED UPON GPS
OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE
FACTOR USED = 0.99987165.
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the centerline of U.S.
Highway 59 with the west most line of the City Limits of the City of
Rosenberg for an angle point in the southwest line and Place of
Beginning of the herein described tract, said point having
coordinates X = 2,952,885.92, Y = 13,743,180.79, from which point
U.S. Highway 59 Engineer's Station 439+42.47 bears South 24 degrees
55 minutes 21 seconds West, 920.01 feet;
THENCE North 36 degrees 44 minutes 27 seconds West along the
southwest line the herein described tract, same being the most
westerly line of the City Limits of the City of Rosenberg, at 182.01
feet pass a 1/2 inch iron pipe with cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying"
(X = 2,952,777.05, Y = 13,743,326.63) on said line in the northerly
right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59, at 923.72 feet pass a 1/2 inch iron
pipe with cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying" found on said line at its
intersection with the south right-of-way line of Spur Highway 540,
same being a westerly corner of the City Limits of the City of
Rosenberg, and continuing for a total distance of 2,265.57 feet to a
point being in a curve to the right for the most westerly corner of
the herein described tract, said point being the point of
intersection of said line with a curve being 2,000.00 feet
northerly of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 25
degrees 46 minutes 13 seconds, a radius of 5,820.28 feet, an arc
length of 2,617.84 feet, and a chord bearing North 40 degrees 24
minutes 33 seconds East, 2,595.82 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 53 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of
U.S. Highway 59, 5,962.44 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 07
degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 24,918.33 feet, at an arc
length of 1,594.47 feet pass a point on said curve for the southwest
corner of an adjoining 1,619.75 acre tract (Tract B) surveyed by the
undersigned this date, and continuing for a total arc length of
3,261.79 feet, and a chord bearing North 57 degrees 02 minutes 39
seconds East, 3,259.46 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve;
THENCE North 60 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, same being the common line of the
herein described tract and said adjoining Tract B, 53.90 feet to the
Point of Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 14
degrees 59 minutes 09 seconds, a radius of 5,639.49 feet, at an arc
length of 369.70 feet pass a point on said line at its intersection
with the centerline of Spur Highway 10, and continuing for a total
arc length of 1,475.02 feet, and a chord bearing North 53 degrees 18
minutes 05 seconds East, 1,470.82 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 45 degrees 48 minutes 31 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of parallel to the centerline
of U.S. Highway 59, same being the common line of the herein
described tract and said adjoining Tract B, 225.00 feet to the Point
of Curvature of the curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 04
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 24,918.33 feet, at an arc
length of 689.02 feet pass a point on said curve at its intersection
with a line being 2,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, being the southeast corner of said
adjoining Tract B, and continuing for a total arc length of 1,739.63
feet, and a chord bearing North 47 degrees 48 minutes 31 seconds
East, 1,739.27 feet to the Point Compound Curvature of curve to the
right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 01
degree or 30 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 13,459.19 feet, an arc
length of 352.36 feet, and a chord bearing North 50 degrees 33
minutes 31 seconds East, 352.35 feet to the Point of Compound
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 04
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 24,918.33 feet, an arc
length of 1,739.64 feet, and a chord bearing North 53 degrees 18
minutes 30 seconds East, 1,739.28 feet, to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 55 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 1,329.87 feet to Point of Curvature
to curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 41
degrees 05 minutes 14 seconds, a radius of 5,818.08 feet, an arc
length of 4,172.17 feet, and a chord bearing North 75 degrees 51
minutes 07 seconds East, 4,083.35 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 83 degrees 36 minutes 16 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 8,162.08 feet to Point of Curvature
of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 09
degrees 11 minutes 45 seconds, a radius of 3,730.59 feet, an arc
length of 598.75 feet, and a chord bearing South 88 degrees 12
minutes 08 seconds East, 598.10 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 87 degrees 11 minutes 59 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 3,123.96 feet to Point of Curvature
of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 01
degree 01 minute 27 seconds, a radius of 20,648.79 feet, at an arc
length of 238.32 feet pass a point on said curve for the lower
southwest corner of an adjoining 3,581.82 acre tract (Tract C)
surveyed by the undersigned this date, and continuing for a total
arc length of 369.35 feet, and a chord bearing North 86 degrees 41
minutes 16 seconds East, 369.35 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 86 degrees 10 minutes 32 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet and northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, at 1,936.12 feet pass a point on said
line for the lower southeast corner of said adjoining Tract C, and
continuing for a total distance of 7,940.68 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE around said curve to the left having a central angle of 23
degrees 43 minutes 07 seconds, a radius of 9,465.15 feet, at an arc
length of 1,691.84 feet pass a point on said curve for the west
corner of an adjoining 588.94 acre tract (Tract F) surveyed by the
undersigned this date, and continuing for a total arc length of
3,918.33 feet, and the chord bearing North 74 degrees 18 minutes 58
seconds East, 3,890.41 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve;
THENCE North 62 degrees 27 minutes 31 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, at 585.56 feet pass a point on said
line at its intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway 2218,
at 3,685.79 feet pass a point on said line for the southeast corner
of said adjoining Tract F, at 6,371.31 feet pass a point on said
line for the south corner of an adjoining 755.95 acre tract (Tract
G) surveyed by the undersigned this date, at 8,297.81 feet pass a
point on said line at its intersection with the centerline of the
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way, at 10,325.69
feet pass a point on said line for the east corner of said adjoining
Tract G, and continuing for a total distance of 12,724.94 feet to
the Point of Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 12
degrees 47 minutes 15 seconds, a radius of 13,453.51 feet, an arc
length of 3,002.63 feet, and a chord bearing North 68 degrees 51
minutes 09 seconds East, 2,996.40 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 75 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 7,966.31 feet to a point on said line
at its intersection with the centerline of Ransom Road, same being
the northerly limits of the City of Richmond Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction according to City Ordinance Number 85-25;
THENCE along the northerly line of the herein described tract, same
being the northerly limits of the City of Richmond Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction, as located within the margins of Ransom Road, the
following courses:
South 72 degrees 02 minutes 27 seconds East, 120.81 feet,
South 76 degrees 30 minutes 07 seconds East, 376.22 feet,
South 82 degrees 35 minutes 55 seconds East, 191.02 feet,
North 87 degrees 12 minutes 44 seconds East, 119.95 feet,
North 81 degrees 06 minutes 53 seconds East, 229.38 feet,
North 76 degrees 54 minutes 58 seconds East, 130.63 feet,
North 68 degrees 58 minutes 05 seconds East, 59.05 feet,
North 55 degrees 58 minutes 05 seconds East, 111.03 feet,
North 68 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds East, 195.91 feet, and
South 89 degrees 07 minutes 32 seconds East, 831.00 feet to a point
on said line being the northeast corner of said City Ordinance
Number 85-25, same being the northwest corner of a tract of land
establishing the limits of the City of Richmond Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction according to City Ordinance number 85-34;
THENCE South 88 degrees 38 minutes 28 seconds East along the
northerly line of the herein described tract and the northerly
limits of the City of Richmond Extraterritorial Jurisdiction,
552.45 feet to a point on said line for the northeast corner of said
City Ordinance Number 85-34, same being the northwest corner of a
tract of land establishing the limits of the City of Richmond
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction according to Ordinance Numbers and
85-36 and 85-37;
THENCE South 88 degrees 38 minutes 28 seconds East continuing along
the northerly line the herein described tract and the northerly
limits of the City of Richmond Extraterritorial Jurisdiction,
248.90 feet to an angle point on said line;
THENCE South 81 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds East continuing along
said line, 1,308.17 feet to a point for the northeast corner of the
herein described tract;
THENCE South 08 degrees 04 minutes 31 seconds West along the
easterly line the herein described tract, 26.19 feet to a concrete
monument (X = 3,020,160.95, Y = 13,751,305.04) found on said line
for angle point, being at the intersection of the northerly
right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59 with the westerly right-of-way of
State Highway 99;
THENCE South 12 degrees 06 minutes 37 seconds East continuing along
the easterly line of the herein described tract, 47.61 feet to a 5/8
inch iron rod with cap marked "6311" found on said line at the
beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left having a radius bearing
South 50 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds East;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 17
degrees 42 minutes 17 seconds, a radius of 423.00 feet, an arc
length of 130.71 feet, and a chord bearing South 31 degrees 05
minutes 36 seconds West, 130.19 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found at
the end of said curve;
THENCE South 22 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds West continuing along
the easterly line of the herein described tract, 91.09 feet to a 5/8
inch iron rod with TxDOT disk found at the beginning of a
non-tangent curve to the right having a radius bearing North 67
degrees 56 minutes 22 seconds West;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 14
degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds, a radius of 877.19 feet, an arc
length of 221.65 feet, and a chord bearing South 29 degrees 17
minutes 58 seconds West, 221.06 feet to a point on said curve at its
intersection with the City Limits of the City of Sugar Land;
THENCE South 75 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West along a line
being 175.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of
U.S. Highway 59, same being the City Limits of the City of Sugar
Land, 1,218.22 feet to a point for reentry corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE South 14 degrees 45 minutes 13 seconds East continuing along
the City Limits line of the City of Sugar Land, at 350.00 feet pass a
point on said line at its intersection with the centerline of U.S.
Highway 59 (X = 3,018,872.43, Y = 13,766,126.53), being U.S.
Highway 59 Engineer's Station 553+50.00, at 5000.00 feet pass a
southwest corner of the City Limits of the City of Sugar Land, and
continuing for total distance of 555.00 feet to a point for reentry
corner of the herein described tract, said point being in the
southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 59;
THENCE North 75 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East along the
southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 59, 489.74 feet to a 5/8
inch iron rod found for an angle point on said line;
THENCE South 84 degrees 52 minutes 34 seconds East continuing along
the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 59, 357.38 feet to a
concrete monument found on said line for angle point;
THENCE South 65 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds East continuing along
the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 59, 281.14 feet to a
concrete monument found on said line for angle point;
THENCE South 31 degrees 45 minutes 27 seconds East continuing along
the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 59, 158.65 feet to a
concrete monument found on said line for angle point, being at the
intersection of the southerly right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59 with
the westerly right-of-way of F.M. Highway 2759 (Crabb River Road),
and being at the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right
having a radius bearing North 78 degrees 25 minutes 25 seconds West;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 03
degrees 08 minutes 53 seconds, a radius of 1,849.86 feet, an arc
length of 101.64 feet, and a chord bearing South 13 degrees 09
minutes 02 seconds West, 101.63 feet to a point for the end of said
curve;
THENCE South 22 degrees 38 minutes 03 seconds West along the
easterly line of the herein described tract, same being the
easterly line of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District
No.116, 186.57 feet to a point on said line, said point being the
south corner of a called 0.9865 acre tract of land described in deed
recorded under County Clerk's File Number 1999008371, Official
Public Records, Fort Bend County, Texas, same being the east corner
of an adjoining called 0.5 acre tract described in deed recorded in
Volume 74, Page 59, Deed Records, Fort Bend County, Texas;
THENCE North 69 degrees 17 minutes 42 seconds West along the common
line of said called 0.9865 acre tract and said adjoining called 0.5
acre tract, 103.05 feet to a point on said line for reentry corner
to the herein described tract, said point being the north corner of
said adjoining called 0.5 acre tract;
THENCE South 20 degrees 36 minutes 36 seconds West along the
northwesterly line of said adjoining called 0.5 acre tract, 210.10
feet to a point on said line for reentry corner to the herein
described tract, same being the west corner of said adjoining
called 0.5 acre tract;
THENCE South 57 degrees 04 minutes 50 seconds East along the
southwesterly line of said adjoining called 0.5 acre tract, 107.43
feet to a point on said line at its intersection with the westerly
right-of-way line of F.M. Highway 2759, same being the south corner
of said adjoining called 0.5 acre tract;
THENCE South 25 degrees 49 minutes 20 seconds West along the
easterly line the herein described tract, and the easterly line of
said Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 116, same
being the westerly right-of-way line of F.M. Highway 2759, 1,192.94
feet to a concrete monument found on said line, and being at the
beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left having a radius bearing
South 64 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds East;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 00
degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds, a radius of 5,789.58 feet, an arc
length 10.77 feet, and a chord bearing South 25 degrees 46 minutes
08 seconds West, 10.77 feet to a point on said curve at its
intersection with a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of parallel
to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59 for the southeast corner of the
herein described tract, from which point a found concrete monument
( X = 3,019,398.43, Y = 13,7664,205.58) bears South 24 degrees 26
minutes 49 seconds West, 254.10 feet;
THENCE South 75 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West along the
southerly line of the herein described tract, being a line 2,000.00
feet southerly of parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59,
10,666.43 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 12
degrees 47 minutes 15 seconds, a radius of 9,453.51 feet, at an arc
length of 1,669.99 feet pass a point on said curve for the northwest
corner of an adjoining 976.98 acre tract (Tract H) surveyed by the
undersigned this date, and continuing for a total arc length of
2,109.89 feet, and a chord bearing South 68 degrees 51 minutes 09
seconds West, 2,105.51 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve;
THENCE South 62 degrees 27 minutes 31 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, same being the common line of the
herein described tract and said adjoining Tract H, at 2,821.68 feet
pass a point on said line at its intersection with the centerline of
F.M. Highway 762, at 5,251.13 feet pass a point on said line for the
southwest corner of said adjoining Tract H, and continuing for a
total distance of 12,724.87 feet to the Point of Curvature of a
curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 23
degrees 43 minutes 07 seconds, a radius of 13,465.15 feet, an arc
length of 5,574.14 feet, and a chord bearing South 74 degrees 18
minutes 59 seconds West, 5,534.42 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 86 degrees 10 minutes 32 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 7,940.89 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 01
degree 01 minute 27 seconds, a radius of 24,648.79 feet, an arc
length of 440.43 feet, and a chord bearing South 86 degrees 41
minutes 16 seconds West, 440.43 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 87 degrees 11 minutes 59 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 3,124.18 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 09
degrees 11 minutes 45 seconds, a radius of 7,730.59 feet, an arc
length of 1,240.73 feet, and a chord bearing North 88 degrees 12
minutes 08 seconds West, 1,239.40 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 83 degrees 36 minutes 16 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 8,162.07 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 41
degrees 05 minutes 13 seconds, a radius of 1,818.08 feet, an arc
length of 1,303.75 feet, and a chord bearing South 75 degrees 51
minutes 07 seconds West, 1,275.99 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 55 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 1,329.86 feet to the Point of
Curvature curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 04
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 20,918.33 feet, an arc
length of 1,460.38 feet, and a chord bearing South 53 degrees 18
minutes 30 seconds West, 1,460.09 feet to the Point of Compound
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 01
degree 30 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 9,459.19 feet, an arc
length of 247.64 feet, and a chord bearing South 50 degrees 33
minutes 31 seconds West, 247.63 feet to the Point of Compound
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 04
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 20,918.33 feet, an arc
length of 1,460.37 feet, and a chord bearing South 47 degrees 48
minutes 31 seconds West, 1,460.08 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 45 degrees 48 minutes 31 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 225.00 feet to the Point of Curvature
of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having central angle of 14
degrees 59 minutes 09 seconds, a radius of 9,639.49 feet, an arc
length of 2,521.23 feet, and a chord bearing South 53 degrees 18
minutes 05 seconds West, 2,514.05 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 60 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 53.90 feet to the Point of Curvature
of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 07
degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 20,918.33 feet, an arc
length of 2,738.19 feet, and a chord bearing South 57 degrees 02
minutes 39 seconds West, 2,736.24 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 53 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 5,962.45 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to left having a central angle of 28 degrees
22 minutes 19 seconds, a radius of 1,820.28 feet, an arc length of
901.37 feet, and a chord bearing South 39 degrees 06 minutes 30
seconds West, 892.19 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve;
THENCE South 24 degrees 55 minutes 21 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 811.36 feet to a point on said line
for the southwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 65 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds West along the
westerly line of the herein described tract, 2,000.00 feet to the
Place of Beginning and containing 6,683.04 acres of land, more or
less.
TRACT B - SPUR HIGHWAY 10
FIELD NOTES FOR A 1,619.63 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE B.B.B. & C.
RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, SECTION 17, ABSTRACT 134, THE YANDELL
FERRIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 374, THE BROOKS & BURLESON SURVEY, ABSTRACT
146, THE B.B.B. & C. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY SECTION 25, ABSTRACT
138, THE FRED G. SCHMIDT SURVEY, ABSTRACT 461, THE LILLIARD, ARNOLD &
STERZING SURVEY, ABSTRACT 649, THE LESTER E. CROSS SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 419, THE LESTER E. CROSS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 408, AND THE S.A. &
M. G. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY SECTION 19, ABSTRACT 330, FORT BEND
COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS BEING GRID AND ALL COORDINATES
BEING TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE, NAD-83(1993) BASED
UPON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG MONUMENTATION
SYSTEM, SCALE FACTOR USED = 0.99987165.
BEGINNING at a point being at the intersection of the centerline of
Spur Highway 10 with a line being 2,000.00 feet southwesterly of and
parallel to State Highway 36, same being the southerly line of an
adjoining 3,581.82 acre tract (Tract C) surveyed by the undersigned
this date, said point having coordinates of X = 2,957,021.63, Y =
13,769,100.78;
THENCE South 75 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds East along the
northerly line of the herein described tract, same being the
southwesterly line of the aforementioned adjoining Tract C,
2,082.19 feet to a point on said line for the northeast corner of
the herein described tract;
THENCE South 02 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of
Spur Highway 10, 1,581.40 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the left;
THENCE around said curve to the left having a central angle of 07
degrees 47 minutes 13 seconds, a radius of 864.79 feet, and arc
length of 117.52 feet, and a chord bearing South 06 degrees 01
minute 16 seconds East, 117.43 feet to the Point of Tangency of said
curve;
THENCE South 09 degrees 47 minutes 53 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 1,381.08 feet to an angle point on
said line;
THENCE South 09 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds East, continuing
along said line, 1,387.00 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the right;
THENCE around said curve to the right having a central angle of 09
degrees 00 minutes 01 second, a radius of 5,000.00 feet, an arc
length of 785.41 feet, and a chord bearing South 04 degrees 33
minutes 16 seconds East, 784.60 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 00 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds East, continuing
along a line being 2,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 778.25 feet to the Point of Curvature
of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 09
degrees 04 minutes 35 seconds, a radius of 20,918.31 feet, an arc
length of 3,313.70 feet, and a chord bearing South 04 degrees 35
minutes 33 seconds East, 3,310.24 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 09 degrees 07 minutes 50 seconds East, continuing
along a line being 2,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 3,206.83 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 38
degrees 51 minutes 27 seconds, a radius of 1,050.00 feet, an arc
length of 712.12 feet, and a chord bearing South 28 degrees 33
minutes 34 seconds East, 698.55 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 47 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds East, continuing
along a line being 2,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 2,538.59 feet to a point for the
southeast corner of the herein described tract, said point being in
a line being 2,000.00 feet northwesterly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, same being the northwesterly line of
an adjoining 6,683.04 acre tract (Tract A) surveyed by the
undersigned this date, and being in a curve to the left;
THENCE around said curve to the left having a central angle of 01
degree 35 minutes 03 seconds, a radius of 24,918.33 feet, an arc
length of 689.02 feet, and a chord bearing South 46 degrees 36
minutes 02 seconds West, 689.00 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 45 degrees 48 minutes 31 seconds West along the
southeasterly line of the herein described tract, same being the
northwesterly line of said adjoining Tract A, 225.00 feet to the
Point of Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 11
degrees 13 minutes 47 seconds, a radius of 5,639.49 feet, an arc
length of 1,105.33 feet, and a chord bearing South 51 degrees 25
minutes 24 seconds West, 1,103.56 feet to a point on said curve
being at the intersection of the centerline of Spur Highway 10 with
a line being 2,000.00 feet northwesterly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, said point having coordinates of X =
2,961,091.27, Y = 13,752,525.81;
THENCE continuing along said curve to the right having a central
angle of 03 degrees 45 minutes 22 seconds, a radius of 5,639.49
feet, an arc length of 369.69 feet, and a chord bearing South 58
degrees 54 minutes 59 seconds West, 369.63 feet to the Point of
Tangency of said curve;
THENCE South 60 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds West, continuing
along the common line of the herein described tract and said
adjoining Tract A, 53.90 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 03
degrees 50 minutes 02 seconds, a radius of 24,918.33 feet, an arc
length of 1,667.33 feet, and a chord bearing South 58 degrees 52
minutes 39 seconds West, 1,667.01 feet to a point on said curve for
the southwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 47 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds West along a line
being 2,000.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the centerline of
Spur Highway 10, 1,667.03 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 38
degrees 51 minutes 27 seconds, a radius of 5,050.00 feet, an arc
length of 3,424.88 feet, and a chord bearing North 28 degrees 33
minutes 34 seconds West, 3,359.62 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 09 degrees 07 minutes 50 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 3,194.23 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 09
degrees 04 minutes 35 seconds, a radius of 24,918.31 feet, an arc
length of 3,947.35 feet, and a chord bearing North 04 degrees 35
minutes 33 seconds west, 3,943.23 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 00 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds West, continuing
along a line being 2,000.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 778.25 feet to the Point of Curvature
of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 09
degrees 00 minutes 01 second, a radius of 1,000.00 feet, an arc
length of 157.08 feet, and a chord bearing North 04 degrees 33
minutes 16 seconds West, 156.92 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 09 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds West, continuing
along a line being 2,000.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 1,387.00 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 00
degrees 51 minutes 37 seconds, a radius of 20,918.31 feet, an arc
length of 314.04 feet, and a chord bearing North 09 degrees 29
minutes 04 seconds West, 314.04 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 09 degrees 54 minutes 53 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 1,007.00 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 07
degrees 47 minutes 13 seconds, a radius of 4,864.79 feet, an arc
length of 661.12 feet, and a chord bearing North 06 degrees 01
minute 16 seconds west, 660.61 feet to the Point of Tangency of said
curve;
THENCE North 02 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, 2739.89 feet to a point for the
northwest corner of the herein described tract, said point being
the point of intersection of said line with a line being 2,000.00
feet southerly of and parallel to the centerline of State Highway
36, same being the southerly line of said adjoining Tract C;
THENCE South 75 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds East, along the
northerly line of the herein described tract, same being the
southerly line of said adjoining Tract C, 2,082.89 feet to the Place
of Beginning and containing 1,619.63 acres of land, more or less.
TRACT C - STATE HIGHWAY 36
FIELD NOTES FOR A 3,581.82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE YANDELL FERRIS
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 376, THE B. B. B. & C. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY
SECTION 21, ABSTRACT 136, THE NANCY SPENCER SURVEY, ABSTRACT 88,
THE GRIFFIN WILGUS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 381, THE GRIFFIN WILGUS SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 382, THE B. B. B. & C. RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY SECTION 17,
ABSTRACT 134, THE YANDELL FERRIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 377, THE YANDELL
FERRIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 375, THE B. B. B. & C. RAILROAD COMPANY
SURVEY SECTION 15, ABSTRACT 133, THE J. F. DYER SURVEY, ABSTRACT
371, THE HENRY SCOTT LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 83, AND THE SAMUEL ISAACS
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 36, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS
BEING GRID AND COORDINATES BEING TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH CENTRAL
ZONE, NAD-83 (1993) BASED ON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY OF
ROSENBERG MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE FACTOR USED =0.99987165.
BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of State Highway 36 at its
intersection with the west most line of the city limits of the City
of Rosenberg, said point having coordinates of X = 2,948,119.61, Y =
13,773,672.81;
THENCE North 16 degrees 50 minutes 07 seconds east along the
northwesterly line of the herein described tract, 2,000.00 feet to
a point for the northwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 73 degrees 09 minutes 53 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of
State Highway 36, 5,402.23 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 02
degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds, a radius of 9,516.38 feet, an arc
length of 466.88 feet, and a chord bearing South 74 degrees 34
minutes 13 seconds East, 466.84 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE South 75 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of State Highway 36, 7,925.72 feet to an angle point on
said line;
THENCE South 75 degrees 58 minutes 16 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of State Highway 36, 17,419.98 feet to the beginning of a
non-tangent curve to the right having a radius bearing South 15
degrees 11 minutes 36 seconds West;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 06
degrees 41 minutes 04 seconds, a radius of 2,956.76 feet, an arc
length of 344.96 feet, and a chord bearing South 71 degrees 27
minutes 52 seconds East, 344.76 feet to a point on said curve for a
corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 01 degree 47 minutes 59 seconds East along the upper
east line of the herein described tract, at 1,818.80 feet pass a
fence corner post found on said line at its intersection with the
north right-of-way line of Walnut Street, and continuing for a
total distance of 1,921.58 feet to a point in the centerline of the
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe railroad right-of-way for a reentry
corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE South 75 degrees 57 minutes 53 seconds East along the
centerline of said railroad, 2,572.36 feet to a point for a reentry
corner to the herein described tract, said point being at the
intersection of the centerline of said railroad with a line within
the right-of-way of Mulcahy Street, said point having coordinates
of X = 2,981,787.91, Y = 13,765,101.83;
THENCE North 02 degrees 45 minutes 32 seconds West along a line
within the right-of-way of Mulcahy Street, 1,997.03 feet to a point
for a corner of the herein described tract, said point being on the
southerly bank of the Brazos River;
THENCE North 65 degrees 28 minutes 06 seconds East along the
southerly bank of the Brazos River, 1,115.10 feet to an angle point
on said line;
THENCE North 84 degrees 20 minutes 33 seconds East continuing along
the southerly bank of the Brazos River, 1,021.25 feet to a point for
the northeast corner of the herein described tract, said point
being at the intersection of said line along the southerly bank of
the Brazos River with a line being within the right-of-way of 4th
Street;
THENCE South 02 degrees 49 minutes 09 seconds East along a line
within the right-of-way line of 4th Street, at 2,240.00 feet pass a
point on said line at its intersection with the centerline of the
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad (X = 2,983,832.41, Y =
13,765,422.87), same being the lower northwest corner of an
adjoining 2,572.01 acre tract (Tract D) surveyed by the undersigned
this date, at 4,114.64 feet pass a point on said line at its
intersection with a line within the right-of-way of Avenue J, same
being the southwest corner of said adjoining Tract D, and
continuing for a total distance of 10,742.73 feet to a point for the
southeast corner of the herein described tract (X = 2,983,832.41, Y
= 13,765.422.87), said point being at the intersection of the east
line of the herein described tract with a line being 2,000.00 feet
northerly of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59, same
being the north line of an adjoining 6,683.04 acre tract (Tract A)
surveyed by the undersigned this date;
THENCE South 86 degrees 10 minutes 32 seconds West along the common
line of the herein described tract and said adjoining Tract A, same
being a line 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, 1,936.12 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE around said curve to the right having a central angle of 00
degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds, a radius of 20,648.79, an arc length
of 131.03 feet, and a chord bearing South 86 degrees 21 minutes 26
seconds West, 131.03 feet to a point on said curve for the lower
southwest corner of the herein described tract, said point being at
the intersection of said curve with the extension of a line within
the right-of-way of Mulcahy Street;
THENCE North 02 degrees 45 minutes 32 seconds West along the
extension of a line within the right-of-way line of Mulcahy Street,
at 3,058.40 feet pass a point on said line within the intersection
of Southgate Street, and continuing for a total distance of
6,759.59 feet to a point on said line at its intersection with a
line within the right-of-way of Avenue J (X = 2,981,682.94, Y =
13,763,544.97) for a reentry corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE South 87 degrees 11 minutes 35 seconds West along a line
within the right-of-way of Avenue J, 2,470.43 feet to the point of
intersection of said line with the east line of a called 3.0 acre
tract described in deed recorded under County Clerk's File Number
2000025113, Official Public Records, Fort Bend County, Texas, same
being the west right-of-way line of Bamore Road, for a reentry
corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE South 02 degrees 01 minute 41 seconds East along the east
line of said called 3.0 acre tract, same being the west right-of-way
line of Bamore Road, 161.29 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found at the
southeast corner of said called 3.0 acre tract, same being the
northeast corner of Encapsulate Subdivision as recorded under Slide
Number 2140B, Plat Records, Fort Bend County, Texas
THENCE South 03 degrees 07 minutes 01 second East continuing along
the west right-of-way line of Bamore Road, same being the east line
of Encapsulate Subdivision, 296.85 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod (X =
2,979,417.64, Y = 13,762,966.45) found for the upper southeast
corner of the herein described tract, said point being the
southeast corner of Encapsulate Subdivision;
THENCE South 87 degrees 12 minutes 33 seconds West along the upper
south line of the herein described tract, 789.67 feet to a 5/8 iron
rod found for the middle southwest corner of the herein described
tract, same being the southwest corner of said Encapsulate
Subdivision, said point also being in the east line of an adjoining
called 25.647 acre tract in deed to CenterPoint Energy in
instrument recorded under County Clerk's File Number 2002094441,
Official Public Records, Fort Bend County, Texas, described in
Volume 1908, Page 207, Official Records, Fort Bend County, Texas;
THENCE North 06 degrees 21 minutes 51 seconds East along the west
line of said Encapsulate Subdivision, same being the east line of
said adjoining called 25.647 acre tract, and leaving said line and
crossing said called 25.647 acre tract, 757.97 feet to a point on
said line at its intersection with a line being 2,000.00 feet
southerly of and parallel to the centerline of State Highway 36, for
a reentry corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE North 75 degrees 58 minutes 16 seconds West along a line
being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the centerline of
State Highway 36, 18,220.86 feet to an angle point on said line;
THENCE North 75 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds West, continuing
along a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of State Highway 36, at 2,057.99 feet pass a point on
said line for the northeast corner of an adjoining 1,619.63 acre
tract (Tract B) surveyed by the undersigned this date, at 4,140.18
feet pass a point on said line at its intersection with the
centerline of Spur Highway 10, at 6,222.37 feet pass a point on said
line for the northwest corner of said adjoining Tract B, and
continuing for a total distance of 7,925.55 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE around said curve to the right having a central angle of 02
degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds, a radius of 13,516.38 feet, an arc
length of 663.13 feet, and a chord bearing North 74 degrees 34
minutes 13 seconds West, 663.06 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 73 degrees 09 minutes 53 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of State Highway 36, 5,402.23 feet to a point for the
upper southwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 16 degrees 50 minutes 07 seconds East along the
northwest line of the herein described tract, 2,000.00 feet to the
Place of Beginning and containing 3,581.82 acres of land, more or
less.
TRACT D - U.S. HIGHWAY 90-A
FIELD NOTES FOR A 2,572.01 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE HENRY SCOTT
LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 83, THE JAMES LOWERY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 275, THE
JOHN W. MOORE SURVEY, ABSTRACT 61, THE JOHN G. EDWARDS SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 23, THE WILLIAM MORTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT 63, THE WILLIAM
MORTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT 62, THE RANDALL JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT 42,
THE JANE LONG LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 55, AND THE JANE WILKINS LEAGUE,
ABSTRACT 96, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS BEING GRID
AND COORDINATES BEING TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE, NAD-83
(1993) BASED UPON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG
MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE FACTOR USED =0.99987165.
BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of the Burlington Northern &
Santa Fe Railroad at its intersection with a line within the
right-of-way of 4th Street (City of Rosenberg), said point having
coordinates of X = 2,983,832.41, Y = 13,765,422.87, for the lower
northwest corner and Place of Beginning of the herein described
tract, said point being in the east line of an adjoining 3,581.82
acre tract (Tract C) surveyed by the undersigned this date;
THENCE North 80 degrees 59 minutes 39 seconds East along the
centerline of said railroad, 3,562.24 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 39
degrees 10 minutes 15 seconds, a radius of 5,729.58 feet, an arc
length of 3,917.09 feet, and a chord bearing North 61 degrees 24
minutes 31 seconds East, 3,841.25 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 41 degrees 49 minutes 23 seconds East, continuing
along the centerline of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe
Railroad, 7,635.61 feet to a point being at the intersection of the
extension of the centerline of said railroad with the centerline of
Preston Street (City of Richmond), from which point a nail (X =
2,995,810.37, Y = 13,773,506.30) found at the intersection of the
centerline of Preston Street with the centerline of Tenth Street
bears South 65 degrees 13 minutes 31 seconds West, 3.67 feet;
THENCE North 65 degrees 13 minutes 31 seconds East along the
centerline of Preston Street, at 1,676.33 feet pass a nail found on
said line at its intersection with the centerline of 4th Street
(City of Richmond), and continuing for a total distance of 4,565.64
feet to an angle point on said line, said point being at the
intersection of the extension of the centerline of Preston Street
with the northwest line of Richmond Landing II Subdivision recorded
under Slide Numbers 2557A and B, Plat Records, Fort Bend County,
Texas;
THENCE North 52 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds East along the
northerly line of the herein described tract, same being the
northwesterly line of said Richmond Landing II Subdivision,
2,864.54 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe with cap marked "Kalkomey
Surveying" (X = 3,002,244.83, Y = 13,777,146.14) found for corner
of the herein described tract, said point being the lower north
corner of said Richmond Landing II Subdivision;
THENCE South 37 degrees 02 minutes 25 seconds East along the west
most northeasterly line of said Richmond Landing II Subdivision,
50.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found for reentry corner to the
herein described tract, same being a reentry corner to said
Richmond Landing II Subdivision;
THENCE North 52 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds East continuing along
the northwesterly line of said Richmond Landing II Subdivision,
670.17 feet to a point on said line for reentry corner to the herein
described tract, from which point a found 1/2 inch iron pipe with
cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying" bears North 52 degrees 57 minutes
35 seconds East, 265.97 feet, said point being the north most corner
of said Richmond Landing II Subdivision;
THENCE North 15 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds West establishing the
upper west line of the herein described tract, 481.79 feet to an
angle point on said line;
THENCE North 29 degrees 52 minutes 14 seconds West continuing along
the upper west line of the herein described tract, 566.48 feet to an
angle point on said line;
THENCE North 02 degrees 54 minutes 53 seconds West continuing along
the upper west line of the herein described tract, 1,181.11 feet to
a point for the upper northwest corner of the herein described
tract, same being the lower southwest corner of an adjoining 693.80
acre tract (Tract E) surveyed by the undersigned this date, said
point being in a curve to the right;
THENCE around said curve to the right having a central angle of 25
degrees 56 minutes 25 seconds, a radius of 7,492.00 feet, at an arc
length of 1,341.90 feet pass a point on said curve at its
intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway 359, at an arc
length of 2,880.68 feet pass a point on said curve at its
intersection with the lower east line of said adjoining Tracts E,
and continuing for a total arc length of 3,391.97 feet, and a chord
bearing North 68 degrees 29 minutes 25 seconds East, 3,363.07 feet
to the Point of Tangency of said curve;
THENCE North 81 degrees 27 minutes 38 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the baseline of
U.S. Highway 90-A, 13,589.24 feet to a point in the common line of
the Jane Wilkins League, Abstract 96 and the J. H. Cartwright
League, Abstract 16, for the northeast corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE South 03 degrees 05 minutes 57 seconds East along the common
line of the Jane Wilkins League, Abstract 96 and the J. H.
Cartwright League, Abstract 16, 1,883.48 feet to a point in the
northerly line of the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way for
corner;
THENCE South 81 degrees 27 minutes 38 seconds West along the
northerly line of the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way, 1,343.92
feet to a point for a reentry corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE South 02 degrees 59 minutes 40 seconds East, at 50.24 feet
pass the centerline of the Union Pacific Railroad, at 274.71 feet
pass a 3/4 inch iron rod found in the southerly right-of-way line of
U.S. Highway 90-A at the northwest corner of a Levee Improvement
Drainage Easement west of and adjacent to High Meadows Subdivision,
Section One, Partial Replat (Slide Nos. 784A&B, 785A, Plat Records,
Fort Bend County, Texas), and continuing for a total distance of
1,679.11 to a 5/8 inch iron rod found on said line, said point being
the northwest corner of Restricted Reserve A, New Territory Austin
Ridge Subdivision (Slide Nos. 1218A&B, Plat Records, Fort Bend
County, Texas);
THENCE South 02 degrees 01 minute 13 seconds East along the west
line of said Restricted Reserve A, 456.71 feet to the point of
intersection of said line with a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly
of and parallel to the baseline of U.S. Highway 90-A for the
southeast corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 81 degrees 27 minutes 38 seconds West along a line
being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the baseline of
U.S. Highway 90-A, 12,653.37 feet to a point for reentry corner to
the herein described tract;
THENCE South 44 degrees 39 minutes 34 seconds West along the
southerly line of the herein described tract, 2,233.60 feet to a
point for a corner of the herein described tract, said point being
within the right-of-way of Edgewood Drive;
THENCE North 24 degrees 32 minutes 53 seconds West along a line
within the right-of-way of Edgewood Drive, 1,276.25 feet to a point
on said line for a reentry corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE South 44 degrees 39 minutes 34 seconds West along the
southerly line of the herein described tract, said line being
800.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the baseline of U.S.
Highway 90-A, 3,380.43 feet to point for a corner of the herein
described tract, said point being within the right-of-way of Damon
Street (City of Richmond);
THENCE North 45 degrees 24 minutes 03 seconds West along a line
within the right-of-way of Damon Street, 267.90 feet to a point on
said line for a reentry corner to the herein described tract;
THENCE South 65 degrees 13 minutes 31 seconds West along the
southerly line of the herein described tract, at 2,943.93 feet pass
a point on said line at its intersection with the centerline of 4th
Street (City of Richmond), and continuing for a total distance of
3,783.93 feet to a point for a reentry corner to the herein
described tract, said point being at the intersection of the
centerline of Houston Street with the centerline of 7th Street;
THENCE South 24 degrees 46 minutes 29 seconds East along the
centerline of 7th Street, 875.00 feet to a point for a corner of the
herein described tract, same being the upper northeast corner of an
adjoining 755.95 acre tract (Tract G) surveyed by the undersigned
this date, said point also being at the intersection of the
centerline of 7th Street with the centerline of Austin Street;
THENCE South 65 degrees 13 minutes 31 seconds West along the
centerline of Austin Street, 1,837.59 feet to a point on said line
within the intersection of Union Street and Austin Street;
THENCE South 82 degrees 22 minutes 47 seconds West, continuing
along the centerline of Austin Street, 1,003.47 feet to a point for
reentry corner to the herein described tract, said point being at
the intersection of the centerline of Austin Street with the
extension of the easterly right-of-way line of the Burlington
Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, same being the upper northwest corner
of said adjoining Tract G;
THENCE South 37 degrees 02 minutes 44 seconds East, along the
extension of the easterly right-of-way of said railroad, 1,375.26
feet to the point of intersection of a line being 1,600.00 feet
southeasterly of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway
90-A with the easterly right-of-way line of said railroad for
corner;
THENCE South 41 degrees 49 minutes 50 seconds West along a line
being 1,600.00 feet southeasterly of and parallel to the centerline
of U.S. Highway 90-A, 7,983.02 feet to a point for a corner of the
herein described tract, being at the intersection of said line with
the extension of a line with the right-of-way of Avenue J (City of
Rosenberg);
THENCE South 87 degrees 41 minutes 42 seconds West along the
southerly line the herein described tract within the right-of-way
of Avenue J, 3,144.52 feet to a point on said line at its
intersection with the centerline of Damon Street (City of
Rosenberg);
THENCE South 87 degrees 27 minutes 03 seconds West continuing along
a line within the right-of-way of Avenue J, 1,952.50 feet to a point
on said line within the intersection of 8th Street;
THENCE South 87 degrees 10 minutes 08 seconds West continuing along
a line within the right-of-way of Avenue J 1,360.07 feet to a point
on said line in the intersection of 4th Street for the southwest
corner of the herein described tract, said point being in the east
line of said adjoining Tract C;
THENCE North 02 degrees 49 minutes 09 seconds West along the west
line of the herein described tract, same being the east line of said
adjoining Tract C, and being within the right-of-way of 4th Street,
1,874.64 feet to the Place of Beginning and containing 2,572.01
acres of land, more or less.
TRACT E - F.M. HIGHWAY 359
FIELD NOTES FOR A 693.80 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE WILLIAM MORTON
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 62, AND THE RANDALL JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT 42,
FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS BEING GRID AND
COORDINATES BEING TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE,
NAD83(1993) BASED UPON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG
MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE FACTOR USED = 0.99987165.
BEGINNING at the point of the intersection of a line being 1,200.00
feet westerly of and parallel to the centerline of F.M. 359 with the
northerly line of an adjoining 2,572.01 acre tract (Tract D)
surveyed by the undersigned this date, for the lower southwest
corner and Place of Beginning to the herein described tract, said
point also being the upper northwest corner of said adjoining Tract
D, said point having coordinates of X = 3,002,336.92, Y =
13,779,644.12;
THENCE North 02 degrees 54 minutes 53 seconds West along a line
being 1,200.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 359, 3,759.09 feet to the Point of Curvature of
curvature of a curve to the left;
THENCE around said curve to left having a central angle of 03
degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds, a radius of 4,553.95 feet, an arc
length of 316.60 feet, and a chord bearing North 04 degrees 54
minutes 24 seconds West, 316.55 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 06 degrees 53 minutes 53 seconds West continuing along
a line being 1,200.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of F.M. Highway 359, 1,896.67 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE around said curve to the right having a central angle of 04
degrees 27 minutes 22 seconds, a radius of 6,921.42 feet, an arc
length of 538.30 feet, and a chord bearing North 04 degrees 40
minutes 13 seconds West, 538.17 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 02 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds West continuing along
a line being 1,200.00 feet westerly of and parallel to the
centerline of F.M. Highway 359, 3,018.61 feet to a point for reentry
corner to the herein described tract, said point being in the north
line of the Replat of Pecan Lakes Subdivision, Section 3, recorded
under Slide Numbers 1866B and 1867A, Plat Records, Fort Bend
County, Texas, from said point the northeast corner of the Replat of
Pecan Lakes Subdivision, Section 3 bears North 87 degrees 17
minutes 11 seconds East, 732.08 feet;
THENCE South 87 degrees 17 minutes 11 seconds West along the upper
south line of the herein described tract, same being the north line
of said Replat of Pecan Lakes Subdivision, Section 3, 2,365.50 feet
to a point for the upper southwest corner of the herein described
tract;
THENCE North 02 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds West along the upper
west line of the herein described tract, at 690.15 feet pass a point
on said line at its intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway
359 at the crossing of Jones Creek, and continuing for a total
distance of 1,890.67 feet to a point for the northwest corner of the
herein described tract, said point being the point of intersection
of said line with a line being 1,200.00 feet northerly of and
parallel to the centerline of F.M. Highway 359 (East-West);
THENCE North 89 degrees 14 minutes 28 seconds East along a line
being 1,200.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 359 (East-West), 4,567.45 feet to a point for the upper
northeast corner of the herein described tract (X = 3,003,841.87, Y
= 13,790,984.92), said point being the point of intersection of a
line being 1,200.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the
centerline of F.M. Highway 359 (East-West) with a line being
1,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of F.M.
Highway 359 (North-South);
THENCE South 02 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds East along a line
being 1,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 359, 4,763.90 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve
to the left;
THENCE along said curve to left having a central angle of 04 degrees
27 minutes 22 seconds, a radius of 4,721.42 feet, an arc length of
367.20 feet, and a chord bearing South 04 degrees 40 minutes 13
seconds East, 367.11 feet to the Point of Tangency of said curve;
THENCE South 06 degrees 53 minutes 53 seconds East along a line
being 1,000.00 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 359, 851.15 feet to a point for reentry corner to the
herein described tract, said point being in the south line of
Plantation Place Subdivision recorded under Slide Numbers 1016B and
1017A, Plat Records, Fort Bend County, Texas;
THENCE North 85 degrees 49 minutes 30 seconds East along the south
line of said Plantation Place Subdivision, 572.02 feet to a point
for the lower northeast corner of the herein described tract, said
point being the southeast corner of said Plantation Place
Subdivision, and being in the west line of the adjoining The Grove
Subdivision, Section 2, recorded under Slide Numbers 351A & B, Plat
Records, Fort Bend County, Texas;
THENCE South 03 degrees 08 minutes 13 seconds East along the west
line of said adjoining The Grove Subdivision, Section 2, 859.32
feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod found on said line for angle point;
THENCE South 02 degrees 30 minutes 28 seconds East continuing along
the west line of said adjoining The Grove Subdivision, Section 2,
769.98 feet to 5/8 inch iron rod with cap marked "1535/4035" (X =
3,004,828.08, Y = 13,783,429.80) found on said line for angle point
in the lower east line the herein described tract, said point being
the southwest corner of said adjoining The Grove Subdivision,
Section 2;
THENCE South 02 degrees 54 minutes 53 seconds East along a line
being 1,480.79 feet easterly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 359, 2,649.60 feet to a point for the southeast corner
of the herein described tract, said point being in the northerly
line of said adjoining Tract D, and being in a curve to the left;
THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of 22
degrees 01 minute 49 seconds, a radius of 7,492.00 feet, at an arc
length of 1,538.78 feet pass a point on said curve at its
intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway 359, and
continuing for a total arc length of 2,880.68 feet, and a chord
bearing South 66 degrees 32 minutes 07 seconds West, 2,862.97 feet
to the Place of Beginning and containing 693.80 acres of land, more
or less.
TRACT F - F.M. HIGHWAY 2218
FIELD NOTES FOR A 588.94 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE JOHN W. MOORE
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 61, THE JAMES LOWERY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 275, THE
FRANCIS H. DEMAY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 350, THE ANTHONY P. DEMAY SURVEY,
ABSTRACT 349, THE ROBERT HANDY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 187, AND THE JANE
LONG LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 55, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL
BEARINGS BEING GRID AND COORDINATES BEING TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH
CENTRAL ZONE, NAD83(1993) BASED UPON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY
OF ROSENBERG MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE FACTOR USED = 0.99987165.
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of a line being 1,900.00 feet
southwesterly of and parallel to the centerline of the Burlington
Northern & Santa Fe Railroad with a line being 2,000.00 feet
northwesterly of and parallel to the centerline of F.M. Highway
2218 for the north corner and Place of Beginning of the herein
described tract, said point being the west corner of an adjoining
755.95 acre tract (Tract G) surveyed by the undersigned this date,
and having coordinates of X = 2,996,026.47, Y = 13,766,107.95;
THENCE South 37 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds East along a line
being 1,900.00 feet southwesterly of and parallel to the centerline
of said railroad, same being the common line of the herein described
tract and said adjoining Tract G, at 2,063.15 feet pass a point on
said line at its intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway
2218, and continuing for a total distance of 4,126.30 feet to a
point on said line for the east corner of the herein described
tract;
THENCE South 38 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds West along a line
being 2,000.00 feet southeasterly of and parallel to the centerline
of F.M. Highway 2218, 460.58 feet to an angle point on said line;
THENCE South 22 degrees 17 minutes 04 seconds West continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet southeasterly of and parallel to the
centerline of F.M. Highway 2218, 2,560.01 feet to the point of
intersection of said line with a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly
of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59, for the
southeast corner of the herein described tract, same being on the
northerly line of an adjoining 6,683.04acre tract (Tract A)
surveyed by the undersigned this date, and having coordinates of X =
2,997,253.76, Y = 13,760,087.57;
THENCE South 62 degrees 27 minutes 31 seconds West along the common
line of the herein described tract and said adjoining Tract A, being
a line 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of
U.S. Highway 59, at 3,100.22 feet pass a point on said line at its
intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway 2218, and
continuing for total distance of 3,685.79 feet to the Point of
Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 13
degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds, a radius of 9,465.15 feet, an arc
length of 2,226.49 feet, and a chord bearing South 69 degrees 11
minutes 44 seconds West, 2,221.36 feet to a point on said curve for
the southwest corner of the herein described tract, said point
having coordinates of X = 2,991,909.82, Y = 13,757,594.65;
THENCE North 22 degrees 17 minutes 04 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet northwesterly of and parallel to the centerline
of F.M. Highway 2218, 6,975.52 to feet to the Point of Curvature of
a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 16
degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds, a radius of 3,434.23 feet, an arc
length of 985.92 feet, and a chord bearing North 30 degrees 30
minutes 32 seconds East, 982.54 feet to the Point of Tangency of
said curve;
THENCE North 38 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds East continuing along
a line being 2,000.00 feet northwesterly of and parallel to the
centerline of F.M. Highway 2218, 1,555.43 feet to the Place of
Beginning and containing 588.94 acres of land, more or less.
TRACT G - F.M. 762 NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 59
FIELD NOTES FOR A 755.95 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE JANE LONG LEAGUE,
ABSTRACT 55, THE JOHN G. EDWARDS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 23, THE JOHN W.
MOORE SURVEY, ABSTRACT 61, THE ROBERT HANDY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 187,
AND THE SIMON JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT 271, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS,
WITH ALL BEARINGS BEING GRID AND COORDINATES BEING TEXAS STATE
PLANE, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE, NAD83(1993) BASED ON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF
THE CITY OF ROSENBERG MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE FACTOR USED
=0.99987165.
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the centerline of 7th
Street with the centerline of Austin Street (City of Richmond) for
the upper northeast corner and Place of Beginning of the herein
described tract, said point also being a corner of an adjoining
2,572.01 acre tract (Tract D) surveyed by the undersigned this
date, said point having coordinates of X = 2,997,532.47, Y =
13,771,779.29;
THENCE South 24 degrees 46 minutes 29 seconds East along the
extension of the centerline of 7th Street, same being the upper
easterly line of the herein described tract, 4,240.35 feet to a
point for reentry corner to the herein described tract, said point
being within the right-of-way of Golfview Drive;
THENCE North 61 degrees 15 minutes 44 seconds East along a line in
Golfview Drive, 183.91 feet to the point of intersection of said
line with a line being 2,000.00 feet northeasterly of and parallel
to the centerline of Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad for the
lower northeast corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 37 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet northeasterly of and parallel to the centerline
of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, 6,091.43 feet to a
point for the southeast corner of the herein described tract, said
point being in a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel
to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59, same being the north line of
an adjoining 6,683.04 acre tract (Tract A) surveyed by the
undersigned this date, said point having coordinates of X =
3,003,140.46, Y = 13,763,157.39;
THENCE South 62 degrees 27 minutes 31 seconds West along the
southerly line of the herein described tract, same being the
northerly line of said adjoining Tract A, same being a line 2,000.00
feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway 59,
at 2,027.89 feet pass a point on said line at its intersection with
the centerline of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, and
continuing for a total distance of 3,954.38 feet to a point on said
line for the southwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 37 degrees 03 minutes 15 seconds West along a line
being 1,900.00 feet southwesterly of and parallel to the centerline
of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, at 1,862.43 feet
pass a point on said line at the point of intersection with a line
being 2,000.00 feet southeasterly of and parallel to the centerline
of F.M. Highway 2218, said point also being the east corner of an
adjoining 588.94 acre tract (Tract F) surveyed by the undersigned
this date, at 3,925.58 feet pass a point on said line at the point of
intersection with the centerline of F.M. Highway 2218, and
continuing for total distance of 5,988.73 feet to a point for the
lower northwest corner of the herein described tract, said point
being the point of intersection of said line with a line being
2,000.00 feet northwesterly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 2218, and being the north corner of said adjoining
Tract F;
THENCE North 38 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds East along a line
being the extension of a line being 2,000.00 feet northwesterly of
and parallel to F.M. Highway 2218, 330.95 feet to a point for the
lower northwest corner of the herein described tract, said point
being in the north line of a called 3.495 acre tract of land
described in deed recorded in County Clerk's File No. 2000018947,
Official Public Records, Fort Bend County, Texas, same being the
south line of an adjoining Centerpoint Energy (formerly Houston
Lighting and Power Company) 80-foot wide strip (Volume 384, Page
572, Deed Records, Fort Bend County, Texas);
THENCE North 87 degrees 48 minutes 11 seconds East along the common
line of said called 3.495 acre tract and said adjoining 80-foot wide
strip, the common line of Clairmont Acres Subdivision (Volume 5,
Page 38, Plat Records, Fort Bend County, Texas) and said adjoining
80-foot wide strip, at 564.92 feet pass a 1/2-inch iron rod found (X
= 2,996,797.96, Y = 13,766,387.73) at the northeast corner of
Clairmont Acres Subdivision, same being the northwest corner of
that certain Wharton County Junior College called 25.00 acre tract
(Volume 1535, Page 616, Official Records, Fort Bend County, Texas),
at 1,863.05 feet pass a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the northeast
corner of said called 25.00 acre tract, same being in the westerly
line of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, and continuing
for a total distance of 1,984.83 feet to a point for reentry corner
to the herein described tract, same being the point of intersection
of said line with the easterly right-of-way of the Burlington
Northern & Santa Fe Railroad;
THENCE North 37 degrees 02 minutes 44 seconds West along the
easterly line of said railroad, at 4,180.92 feet pass a point on
said line being the point of intersection of the easterly
right-of-way of said railroad with a line being 1,600.00 feet
southeasterly of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Highway
90-A, said point also being a corner of said adjoining Tract D, and
continuing for total distance of 5,556.18 feet to a point for the
upper northwest corner of the herein described tract, same being a
reentry corner to said adjoining Tract D, and being the point of
intersection of the extension of the easterly line of said railroad
with the centerline of Austin Street (City of Richmond);
THENCE North 82 degrees 22 minutes 47 seconds East along the
centerline of Austin Street, same being the common line the herein
described tract and said adjoining Tract D, 1,003.47 feet to a point
on said line within the intersection of Austin Street and Union
Street;
THENCE North 65 degrees 13 minutes 31 seconds East continuing along
the centerline of Austin Street, same being the common line of the
herein described tract and said adjoining Tract D, 1,837.59 feet to
the Place of Beginning and containing 755.95 acres of land, more or
less.
TRACT H - F.M. HIGHWAY 762 EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 59
FIELD NOTES FOR A 976.98 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE ROBERT HANDY
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 187, THE WILLIAM LUSK SURVEY, ABSTRACT 276, THE
WILEY MARTIN LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 56, THE JOSEPH KUYKENDALL LEAGUE,
ABSTRACT 49, AND THE JANE LONG LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 55, FORT BEND
COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS BEING GRID AND COORDINATES BEING
TEXAS STATE PLANE, SOUTH-CENTRAL ZONE, NAD83(1993) BASED UPON GPS
OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG MONUMENTATION SYSTEM, SCALE
FACTOR USED = 0.99987165.
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of a line being 2,000.00 feet
southwesterly of and parallel to the centerline of F.M. Highway 762
with a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the
centerline of U.S. Highway 59, for the southwest corner and Place of
Beginning of the herein described tract of land, said point being in
the southerly line of an adjoining 6,683.04 acre tract (Tract A)
surveyed by the undersigned this date, said point having
coordinates of X = 3,002,461.40, Y = 13,758,292.63;
THENCE North 62 degrees 27 minutes 31 seconds East along the common
line of the herein described tract and said adjoining Tract A, at
2,429.44 feet pass a point on said line at its intersection with the
centerline of F.M. Highway 762, and continuing for a total distance
of 5,251.12 feet to the Point of Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 02
degrees 39 minutes 29 seconds, a radius of 9,453.51 feet, an arc
length of 438.56 feet, and a chord bearing North 65 degrees 42
minutes 56 seconds East, 438.52 feet to a point on said curve for
the northwest corner of the herein described tract, being the point
of intersection of a line being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and
parallel to the centerline of F.M. Highway 762 with a line being
2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the centerline of U.S.
Highway 59;
THENCE South 83 degrees 11 minutes 51 seconds East along a line
being 2,000.00 feet northerly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 762, 6,126.08 feet to a point for the upper northeast
corner of the herein described tract, said point being in the
westerly line of the adjoining Brazos Village Subdivision, Section
1, recorded under County Clerk's Slide No. 2289B, Plat Records,
Fort Bend County, Texas;
THENCE South 20 degrees 56 minutes 09 seconds West along the
westerly line of said adjoining Brazos Village Subdivision, Section
1, 369.19 feet an angle point on said line;
THENCE South 21 degrees 46 minutes 36 seconds West continuing along
the westerly line of said adjoining Brazos Village Subdivision,
Section 1, at 566.79 feet pass the southwest corner of said
adjoining Brazos Village Subdivision, Section 1, same being the
northwest corner of the adjoining Brazos Village Subdivision,
Section 2, recorded under Slide No. 2444A&B, Plat Records, Fort
Bend County, Texas, at 1,609.31 feet pass the southwest corner of
Lot 9, Block 1, Brazos Village Subdivision, Section 2, same being
the northwest corner of Restricted Reserve "C", and continuing for
a total distance of 1,635.19 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe (X =
3,012,860.24 Y = 13,758,312.11) found for reentry corner to the
herein described tract, same being the southwest corner of said
adjoining Brazos Village Subdivision, Section 2, and being in the
northerly right-of-way of F.M. Highway 762;
THENCE South 83 degrees 10 minutes 25 seconds East along the
northerly right-of-way of F.M. Highway 762, 3,677.59 feet to a 5/8
inch iron rod found for reentry corner to the herein described
tract, same being the southwest corner of Crabb River Center
Subdivision recorded under Slide Number 2052B, Plat Records, Fort
Bend County, Texas;
THENCE North 07 degrees 04 minutes 23 seconds East along the
westerly line of said Crabb River Center Subdivision, 277.95 feet
to a point for a corner of the herein described tract, same being
the northwest corner of said Crabb River Center Subdivision;
THENCE South 67 degrees 30 minutes 03 seconds East along the
northerly line of said Crabb River Center Subdivision, 325.66 feet
to a point for the northeast corner of the herein described tract,
same being the northeast corner of said Crabb River Center
Subdivision, and being in the westerly right-of-way of Crabb River
Road;
THENCE South 22 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds West along the
easterly line of said Crabb River Center Subdivision, same being
the westerly right-of-way line of Crabb River Road, at 109.47 feet
pass the east cut-back corner of said Crabb River Center
Subdivision, and continuing along the extension of said line, at
260.81 feet pass a point on said line at its intersection with the
centerline of F.M. Highway 762 (Northwest-Southeast), and
continuing for total distance of 313.96 feet to a point for reentry
corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 20 degrees 40 minutes 09 seconds East along the
westerly right-of-way line of F.M. Highway 762 (North-South),
2,196.62 feet to a point on said line for the southeast corner of
the herein described tract, said point being the point of
intersection of the westerly right-of-way of F.M. Highway 762
(North-South) with a line being 2,000.00 feet southerly of the
centerline of F.M. Highway 762 (Northwest-Southeast);
THENCE North 83 degrees 11 minutes 51 seconds West along a line
being 2,000.00 feet southerly of and parallel to the centerline of
F.M. Highway 762 (Northwest-Southeast), 11,817.23 feet to the Point
of Curvature of a curve to the right;
THENCE along said curve to the right having a central angle of 26
degrees 38 minutes 16 seconds, a radius of 7,641.90 feet, an arc
length of 3,552.86 feet, and a chord bearing North 69 degrees 52
minutes 43 seconds West, 3,520.95 feet to the Place of Beginning and
containing 976.98 acres of land, more or less.
SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds
that:
(1) proper and legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished by
the constitution and laws of this state, including the governor,
who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality;
(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has
filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
within the required time;
(3) the general law relating to consent by political
subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
districts has been complied with; and
(4) all requirements of the constitution and laws of
this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with
respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have
been fulfilled and accomplished.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the Senate on
May 12, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
______________________________
Date
______________________________
Governor