Consider and take action on Resolution No. 2025-060,  for consent to the annexation of Heron’s Landing Section 5 into Galveston County Municipal District No. 79.

Heron’s Landing Development, LLC is the developer of the Heron’s Landing  Subdivision pursuant to that certain  Development Agreement dated October 7, 2015, which was assigned to Heron’s Landing Development, LLC on February 12, 2024, and then Amended and Restated by Agreement dated March 20, 2024, for which subdivision the City Commission did give preliminary  zoning approval to change to District I – Planned Unit Development and Masterplan on August 19, 2015, and approved an Amended Planned Unit Development and Updated Master Plan at its meeting on April 3, 2024.  

The Amended and Restated Development Agreement dated March 20, 2024, and approval by the City Commission at its meeting on April 3, 2024, provides for the consent to annexation of the Heron's Landing Subdivision into the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 79 by section as each section received Final Plat approval by the Planning Board.   

The Planning Board of the City of Texas City did approve a preliminary plat and one-line drawings for Section 5 of the Heron’s Landing Subdivision in accordance with the approved Master Plan at its meeting on November 6, 2023; and did approve the final plat and construction drawings for that certain 22.375 acres of Section 5 in accordance with the approved UPDATED Master Plan at its meeting on March 24, 2025.
 

Staff advises consent to the annexation of the 22.375 acres of Heron's Landing Section 5 into Galveston County MUD 79 is in order with the Development Agreement because the Planning Board of the City of Texas City did approve the final plat and construction drawings for Section 5 in accordance with the approved UPDATED Master Plan at its meeting on March 24, 2025.