BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL HOSTING ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARING THURSDAY
The Brenham City Council will hold a public hearing at a special meeting Thursday, regarding the city’s proposed areas for annexation.
Citizens are invited to attend the meeting to ask questions about the land the city is currently considering for annexation.
At last week’s meeting, the council received a recommendation from City Manager James Fisher to move forward with annexation of 44 acres of land in the Southwest Industrial Park—bounded by Industrial Boulevard, FM 332, and FM 389—and 6/10ths of an acres at Scenic Estates—along the west side of Old Masonic Road.
Fisher recommended waiting until next year to pursue roughly 195 acres on the east side of Farmers Road between FM 389 and Old Mill Creek Road, and the north side of Old Mill Creek Road between the current city limit line and Jackson Creek. The recommendation was made in order to allow city officials more time to visit with residents and better understand costs involved.
Several residents of the sub-195 acre tract have voiced their opposition to annexation, both at town hall meetings in October and at last week’s council meeting. The council’s official vote to postpone annexation of the tract would come at its meeting on December 5th.
The council’s meeting Thursday is set for 1 p.m. at Brenham City Hall.
As part of this annexation grab, I appreciate the city’s rethinking our inclusion. There is no way they will ever provide us with services, so bottom line it would be legal extortion. All of us involved are seniors on fixed income with no plans on developing our properties.
I went to pull a building permit. I had built a new house just six years ago. The building permit fees had more than tripled. I had to wait over an hour to get the new fee costs since the city no longer is there to help the tax payers between 12 and 1 pm. Less service and more money grabbing. Government extortion is running rampant in Brenham government. Do whatever it takes to stay in the county.