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Willow Park City Council Agenda July 21, 2008

Randy Keck — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:25:08 -0500

WILLOW PARK CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
516 RANCH HOUSE ROAD, WILLOW PARK, TEXAS 76087
MONDAY, JULY 21, 2008 at 6:30 P.M.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Quorum Check

III. Invocation

IV. Pledge of Allegiance

V. Approval of Minutes
A. Regular City Council Meeting of June 16, 2008
B. Special City Council Meeting of June 26, 2008

VI. Community Announcements

VII. Citizens Presentations

Fate of subdivision residents' back taxes in limbo

Saerom Yoo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:39:22 -0500

By Saerom Yoo

The resolution of Willow Park Village residents' back taxes could develop in multiple ways.

Conflicting statutes and gray areas in the state tax code are not making the situation any clearer -- and the different arguments could come down to the semantics of the law.

Raymond Gray, a partner of a property tax law firm Popp, Gray & Hutcheson LLP, says the city of Willow Park is ineligible to collect back taxes because it failed to protest the appraisal district's failure to identify the subdivision as property taxable to the city as stated in 41.03 of the tax code.

Attorneys disagree on Willow Park Village residents' back taxes

Saerom Yoo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:43:48 -0500

By Saerom Yoo

An Austin-based property tax law attorney said he believes the Willow Park Village residents' back taxes beginning from 2004 are void under the state tax code, but the city attorney disagrees.

Raymond Gray, a partner of Popp, Gray & Hutcheson LLP, a property tax law firm, cited state tax code 41.03.05, which reads that a taxing unit has the right to challenge the appraisal district's "failure to identify the taxing unit as one in which a particular property is taxable."

Delayed filing cause for annexation confusion in Willow Park

Saerom Yoo — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:53:24 -0500

By Saerom Yoo

Parker County records reveal a delay in document filing was the culprit behind the time gap between Willow Park’s 2003 annexation of Willow Park Village and the first-time assessment of property taxes in the subdivision.

Records indicate the city submitted a plat outlining the annexation in February, 2004. But the property still was not taxable until the county clerk and appraisal district received the annexation ordinance signed by the council, because only the ordinance made the change official, Wayne Thompson, director of mapping for the appraisal district, said last Monday.

Willow Park sales tax to be applied to Willow Park Village businesses

Saerom Yoo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:37:56 -0500

The state comptroller's office didn't receive the notification of the 2003 annexation of Willow Park Village until this month, a spokesman for the office said Friday.
The notification package the office received is still under review and the sales taxes from Willow Park Village due to the city of Willow Park will be applied starting tentatively in October, spokesman RJ DeSilva said. The reviewing process includes "canvassing the area to see what businesses are out there," he said.

Councilman plans meeting for Willow Park Village residents

Saerom Yoo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:16:16 -0500

Councilman Ken Hawkins said Wednesday afternoon that he hopes to meet with Willow Park residents in the next couple weeks to inform them about their property taxes.
This year was the first time Willow Park Village residents were billed for property taxes due to the city even though the development had been annexed in 2003.
For more information, contact Hawkins at 817-919-7337.

Joint workshop of city council and planning and zoning

Erin Cooper — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:49:33 -0500

JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE WILLOW PARK
CITY COUNCIL AND
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
516 RANCH HOUSE ROAD, WILLOW PARK, TEXAS 76087
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008 AT 6:30 PM

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

A. City Council
B. Planning and Zoning Commission

3. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

A. Introduction of Council and P&Z Members, City Staff, department directors
B. Protocol between Council & Commission – Rider Scott

Willow Park City Council Regular Meeting on Monday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Erin Cooper — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:08:10 -0500

WILLOW PARK CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
516 RANCH HOUSE ROAD, WILLOW PARK, TEXAS 76087
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008 at 6:30 P.M.
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Quorum Check
III. Invocation
IV. Pledge of Allegiance
V. Approval of Minutes
A. Regular City Council Meeting of April 21, 2008
B. Special City Council Meeting of May 6, 2008
C. Special City Council Meeting of May 12, 2008
VI. Community Announcements

Both bond issues pass - City issues settled

Randy Keck — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:36:34 -0500

Both Aledo school bond issues passed in voting Saturday, May 10.
Proposition 1, a bond package of 59,060,000, passed 1315-926,

Proposition 2, a smaller package of $7,965,000, passed 1353-873.

In school board races, incumbent Connie Suchocki was defeated by David Davis 1107-766. In place 7, incumbent Leanne Osgood held off challenger Jay Stringer, 1012-960.

Aledo ISD
Bond Proposition 1

Voting set for Saturday

Randy Keck — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:30 -0500

VOTEVoters head to the polls Saturday for a variety of issues, including an alcohol sales option in Hudson Oaks, city council races in Willow Park, A school bond and trustee election in the Aledo ISD, and a mayor’s race and economic development sales tax in Aledo. Voting times Saturday, May 10 are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations: