Several of us have preached that the reason we became a Special Taxing District instead of a city, was for the benefit of The Developer. Below is the answer. See GOV Code.

 

As a city we would have had elections not appointments.

 

Ordinances instead of covenants.

 

Building codes instead of appointed RDRC with developer members.

 

A police department not security, Pretty Horses paid for by us.

 

Accountability on the way the money was spent.

 

Basically the only things done in the residential areas are marketing points for new home buyers. Like Creekside.

 

All things the Developer should have paid for.

 

PROP I II III gave that away. Read the code and think, Horses, boats, trolleys, fountains with $50,000 music,art, Koi pond…………………………………………………………………………..

 

So you pay for what normally would have been paid for by The Developer (who owns the Mall and commercial properties) until build out was complete.

 

 

 

 

§ 372.003. AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS.  (a) If the governing
body of a municipality or county finds that it promotes the
interests of the municipality or county, the governing body may
undertake an improvement project that confers a special benefit on
a definable part of the municipality or county or the
municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.  A project may be
undertaken in the municipality or county or the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(b)  A public improvement project may include:                                
(1)  landscaping;                                                            
(2)  erection of fountains, distinctive lighting, and
signs;               
(3)  acquiring, constructing, improving, widening,
narrowing, closing, or rerouting of sidewalks or of streets, any
other roadways, or their rights-of-way;
(4)  construction or improvement of pedestrian malls;                        
(5)  acquisition and installation of pieces of art;                          
(6)  acquisition, construction, or improvement of
libraries;               
(7)  acquisition, construction, or improvement of
off-street parking facilities;
(8)  acquisition, construction, improvement, or
rerouting of mass transportation facilities;
(9)  acquisition, construction, or improvement of
water, wastewater, or drainage facilities or improvements;
(10)  the establishment or improvement of parks;                             
(11)  projects similar to those listed in Subdivisions
(1)-(10);           
(12)  acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of real
property in connection with an authorized improvement;
(13)  special supplemental services for improvement
and promotion of the district, including services relating to
advertising, promotion, health and sanitation, water and
wastewater, public safety, security, business recruitment,
development, recreation, and cultural enhancement; and
(14)  payment of expenses incurred in the
establishment, administration, and operation of the district.
(c)  A public improvement project may be limited to the
provision of the services described by Subsection (b)(13).
(d)  A county may establish a public improvement district
unless within 30 days of a county's action to approve such a
district, a home rule municipality objects to its establishment
within the municipality's corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended
by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, § 76(c), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1341, § 3, eff. June 16, 2001.

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