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15-25-00086-Cv
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
8/15/2025 3:41 PM
No. 15-25-00086-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS CLERK
FOR THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS FILED IN
AT AUSTIN, TEXAS 15th COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
_______________________________________________________
8/15/2025 3:41:01 PM
CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, CITY OF ALEDO, CITY OF ANGLETON , CITY
CHRISTOPHER
Clerk
A. PRINE
OF
AUBREY, CITY OF BULVERDE, CITY OF CLYDE, CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, CITY
OF CRANDALL, CITY OF DENISON, CITY OF DENTON, CITY OF EDCOUCH, CITY OF
ELSA, CITY OF FATE, CITY OF HUTTO, CITY OF KAUFMAN, CITY OF LA VILLA,
CITY OF LOCKHART, CITY OF MCKINNEY, CITY OF NAVASOTA, CITY OF PARKER,
CITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, AND AUBREY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Appellants – Plaintiffs
CITY OF ANNA, CITY OF BONHAM, CITY OF BROWNSVILE, AND CITY OF
CIBOLO
Appellants – Intervenor Plaintiffs
2020 LONG TAIL TRAIL INVESTMENTS, LLC
Appellant – Intervenor Defendant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, ATTORNEY GENERAL KENNETH PAXTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL
CAPACITY, ACTING TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS KELLY
HANCOCK, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND THE OFFICE OF THE TEXAS
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Appellees – Defendants
_______________________________________________________

BRIEF OF APPELLANT – INTERVENOR PLAINTIFF CITY OF ANNA
_____________________________________________________________
Wolfe, Tidwell & McCoy, LLP
David Overcash
ORAL ARGUMENT David.overcash@wtmlaw.net
REQUESTED SBN 24075516
Clark McCoy
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Frisco, Texas 75034
972.712.3530 telephone
972.712.3540 facsimile

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IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL

Appellant: City of Anna, Texas
Plaintiff-Intervenor in court below

Appellant’s Counsel: Wolfe, Tidwell & McCoy, LLP

David Overcash
David.overcash@wtmlaw.net
SBN 24075516
Clark McCoy
SBN 90001803
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Frisco, Texas 75034
972.712.3530 telephone
972.712.3540 facsimile

Other Appellants: City of Grand Prairie, City of Aledo, City of
Angleton, City of Aubrey, City of Bulverde,
City of Clyde, City of College Station, City
of Crandall, City of Denison, City of
Denton, City of Edcouch, City of Elsa, City
of Fate, City of Hutto, City of Kaufman, City
of La Villa, City of Lockhart, City of
McKinney, City of Navasota, City of Parker,
City of Van Alstyne, Aubrey Municipal
Development District
Original Plaintiffs in court below

Other Appellants’ Counsel: Messer, Fort, PLLC

Timothy A. Dunn
William Andrew Messer
andy@txmunicipallaw.com
Bradford E. Bullock
Arturo D. Rodriguez
6371 Preston Rd Ste 200
Frisco, Texas 75034
972.668.6400 telephone
972.668.6414 facsimile
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Additional Appellants: City of Brownsville, City of Cibolo
Plaintiff-intervenors in court below, joined in
original plaintiff filings on appeal

Counsel: Messer, Fort, PLLC

Timothy A. Dunn
William Andrew Messer
andy@txmunicipallaw.com
Bradford E. Bullock
Arturo D. Rodriguez
6371 Preston Rd Ste 200
Frisco, Texas 75034
972.668.6400 telephone
972.668.6414 facsimile

Staff Counsel, being:
Lena Chaisson-Munoz
Jennifer Avendano
Guillermo S. “Will” Trevino

Hyde Kelley LLP
George E. Hyde
Matthew L. Weston

2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC
Defendant-intervenor in court below

Counsel: Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP

William T. Thompson
Todd Disher
Joshua P. Morrow
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408 W. 11th St.
Austin, TX 78701
will@lkcfirm.com
512.693.8350 telephone

City of Bonham, Texas
Plaintiff-Intervenor in court below

Counsel: Wolfe, Tidwell & McCoy, LLP
Filing separately from City of Anna

David Overcash
David.overcash@wtmlaw.net
SBN 24075516
Clark McCoy
SBN 90001803
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Frisco, Texas 75034
972.712.3530 telephone
972.712.3540 facsimile

Appellees: State of Texas, Attorney General Kenneth
Paxton (in his official capacity), Acting
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Kelly Hancock (in his official capacity) 1,
and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts

Appellees’ Counsel: Office of the Texas Attorney General

Cole P. Wilson
Cole.wilson@oag.texas.gov
General Litigation Division
P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
512-936-1309 telephone
512-320-0667 facsimile

1 As replacing former Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

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Table of Contents

IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL .................................................. ii
INDEX OF AUTHORITIES........................................................................ vii
STATEMENT OF THE CASE ..................................................................... 1
STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT ....................................... 3
ISSUES PRESENTED ................................................................................ 5
STATEMENT OF FACTS ........................................................................... 5
1. Adoption by reference of the SB 2038 legislative history, procedural
history, and content applicable to all Texas municipalities in co-
Appellant filings. ................................................................................... 5
2. Distinctions in Anna’s Posture as Compared to Other Appellants. ....... 6
3. State Agency Reliance on SB 2038 Injures the City of Anna. .............. 8
4. County Agency Reliance on SB 2038 Injures City of Anna. ............... 12
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT .................................................................... 13
ARGUMENT ............................................................................................. 15
Standard of Review ............................................................................... 15
Issue 1:Order On State’s Plea Was Overbroad With Respect To
Separate Pleadings Of Anna .............................................................. 17
A. Content and Substance of State’s Plea to Jurisdiction was
Limited to Pleadings of Other Plaintiffs. ................................... 19
B. Anna’s Unique Claims Were Never Challenged by State’s
Plea. ........................................................................................ 21
C. April 14 Order Should Not Have Closed Entire Case. .............. 23
Issue 2: Remand is warranted for consideration of pending motions,
pleading amendments, and joinder of additional State
defendants to forestall ongoing injuries injuring Texas
municipalities via SB 2038. ...................................................... 24
A. Pending motions in court were implicitly denied, or deemed
overruled by passage of time. .................................................. 24
B. Anna is entitled to amend pleadings, and potentially join
additional necessary parties, before closure of the case. ......... 26
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Issue 3+: Anna incorporates by reference the Issues Presented by co-
appellants City of Grand Prairie, et al., as to all those matters
applicable to all Texas municipalities. ..................................... 29
PRAYER................................................................................................... 33
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE.................................................................... 35
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ........................................................... 35
APPENDIX ............................................................................................... 36

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INDEX OF AUTHORITIES

Cases
Abbott v. City of El Paso, 677 S.W.3d 800 (Tex. 2023) vacated on other

grounds by 677 S.W.3d 914 (Tex. 2023) ......................................... 19, 28

Ball v. Cundiff, 127 S.W.2d 502 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1939, writ

dism’d judgm’t cor.) ............................................................................... 27

Bland Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Blue, 34 S.W.3d 547 (Tex. 2000) ..................... 17

Brown Cracker & Candy Co. v. City of Dallas, 137 S.W. 342 (Tex. 1911) 19,

City of Floresville v. Nissen, 654 S.W.3d 11 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2022,

pet. denied) ........................................................................................... 22

City of New Braunfels v. Stop the Ordinances Please, et al., 2013 WL

692446 (Tex. App.—Austin, Feb. 21, 2023, no pet.) .............................. 21

County of Cameron v. Brown, 80 S.W.3d 549 (Tex. 2002).................. 19, 29

Dohlen v. City of San Antonio, 643 S.W.3d 387 (Tex. 2022) ............... 18, 19

Elliott v. City of College Station, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2025 WL 1350002 (Tex.

May 9, 2025) ......................................................................................... 22

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Auth. v. Four Seasons Equip., Inc., 321 S.W.3d

168 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, no pet.)................................. 17

Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. State, 381 S.W.3d 468 (Tex. 2012). ..... 16

Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 US. 555 (1992)................................... 28

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Mattox v. County Comm’rs Court, 389 S.W.3d 464 (Tex. App.—Houston

[14th Dist.] 2012, pet. denied) ................................................................. 18

Mi Familia Vota v. Ogg, 105 F.4th 313 (5th Cir. 2024) ................................ 33

Tex. Dep’t of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda, 133 S.W.3d 217 (Tex. 2004). .. 16,

Tex. Prudential Ins. Co. v. Dillard, 307 S.W.2d 242 (Tex. 1957) ............... 18

Texas A&M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu, 167 S.W.3d 374 (Tex. App.—Waco

2005, aff’d in part, rev’d in part by 233 S.W.3d 835) .............................. 28

Texas A&M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu, 233 S.W.3d 835 (Tex. 2007) ...... 19, 28

Thomas v. Long, 207 S.W.3d 334 (Tex. 2006).......................................... 17

West End API Ltd. v. Rothplez, 732 S.W.2d 371 (Tex. App.—Dallas, writ

ref’d n.r.e.) ............................................................................................. 18

Statutes
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, Art. 1, Sec. 10, cl. 1.; TEXAS CONSTITUTION,

Art. 1, Sec. 16 ........................................................................................ 31

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 37.006 ..................................................... 25

Tex. Gov’t Code § 311.032(c) ................................................................... 23

Tex. Loc. Gov’t § 42.023 ....................................................................... 9, 19

Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code § 42.105(c) ............................................................. 22

Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code § 42.105(d) ............................................................. 13

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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.155(a) ............................................................. 22

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.155(b) ............................................................. 13

Tex. R. App. P. 38.7 ................................................................................. 30

Tex. R. Civ. P. 329b(c).............................................................................. 24

Tex. R. Civ. P. 33.1(b) .............................................................................. 25

Texas Water Code § 54.016(e) ............................................................. 9, 11

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STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Nature of the case. This is an appeal from grant of a plea to the

jurisdiction by the State of Texas, and certain officials and offices thereof,

asserting immunity from suit and liability against and action for declaratory

judgment and other relief from unconstitutional statutes created by SB 2038.

Course of proceedings. The suit’s original plaintiffs, City of Grand

Prairie et al., filed their Original Petition seeking relief by declaratory

judgment against the State of Texas in the Travis County district court. 2 At

various later dates, they were joined by plaintiff-intervenors City of Anna, City

of Bonham, City of Brownsville, and City of Cibolo. 3 The State of Texas timely

answered and filed a plea to the jurisdiction on various grounds. 4 A

landowner who had submitted a petition to plaintiff City of Denton, 2020 Long

Tail Trail Investments, LLC, (“LTTI”) also intervened in the suit as a

defendant, seeking declaratory judgment that SB 2038 was constitutional

2 C.R. at 3-62 (Vol. 1, p. 3-62) (Plaintiff’s Original Petition for Declaratory Relief, filed
Oct. 25, 2023).
3 See C.R. at 124-146 (Vol. 1, p. 124-146)(City of Anna’s Original Petition in Intervention,
filed January 12, 2024).
4 C.R. at 147-151 (Vol. 1, p. 147-151)(Defendant’s Answer and Affirmative Defenses to
City of Anna’s Original Petition in Intervention, filed February 5, 2024) and C.R. 233-
255 (Vol. 2, p. 59-81)(The State of Texas’s Plea to the Jurisdiction, filed Apr. 22,
2024)(as later amended, “State’s Plea” herein).

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and enforceable. 5 Plaintiffs amended their pleadings to join as defendants

the Texas Attorney General and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (in

their official capacities only), along with their offices. 6 In addition to the

State’s Plea being amended to include those defendants, answers were filed

on behalf of those parties, and the State moved to strike the intervention of

LTTI. 7 Various parties filed motions for summary judgment, believing that the

merits of SB 2038 were ripe for decision without lengthy discovery as not

involving any disputed issues of fact. Plaintiff-intervenors City of Anna and

City of Bonham filed motions seeking to join additional parties and make

accompanying amendments to their petitions. 8

5 C.R. at 263-276 (Vol. 2, p. 89-102)(Plea in Intervention of 2020 Long Tail Trail
Investments, LLC, filed May 1, 2024).
6 See., e.g, C.R. at 6123-6186 (Vol. 24, p. 3-67)(“Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amended Original
Petition for Declaratory Relief”, filed Oct. 10, 2024, encompassing Grand Prairie and
other original plaintiffs); C.R. 8236-8332 (Vol. 33, p. 1-99)(“City of Anna’s Second
Amended Petition in Intervention”, filed December 23, 2024); and C.R. 8446-8494
(Vol. 35, p. 3-52)(“City of Bonham’s First Amended Petition in Intervention”, filed Dec.
23, 2024).
7 C.R. 6212-6218 (Vol. 25, p. 91-98)(“Defendants’ Answer and Affirmative Defenses”,
filed Nov. 15, 2024); C.R. 8624-8652 (Vol. 36, p. 67-95)(“The State Defendants’
Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction”, filed Jan. 2, 2025); and C.R. 2404-2497 (Vol. 12,
p. 101-194)(Defendant’s Verified Plea in Abatement and Motion to Strike 2020 Long
Tail Trail Investments, LLC’s Original Petition in Intervention, filed May 24, 2024).
8 C.R. 8209-8233 (Vol. 32, p. 143-167)(“Joint Motion for Leave to Amend Petition to
Join Additional Parties by City of Bonham and City of Anna”, filed Dec. 23, 2024).

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Trial court disposition. Multiple hearings were held to consider the

merits of the State’s Plea. 9 Ultimately, the trial court granted the State’s

motion to eject LTTI from the case and granted the State’s Plea as to all

named defendant parties, denied those motions for summary judgment set

for simultaneous hearing as moot, and closed the case. 10 All parties seeking

a ruling on the merits of SB 2038 elected to pursue this appeal. 11

STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT
Appellant believes that the decisional process of the Court of Appeals

will be aided by oral argument, as this appeal deals with a variety of issues

as to whether the trial court erred in finding that the State-affiliated parties-

defendant were entirely immune from suit based on a constitutionality

challenge to SB 2038. Appellant-affiliated parties contend that suits of this

nature must be permitted where the Texas Legislature adopts laws which

are in conflict with the Texas Constitution but they are ostensibly required to

observe, especially where, as here, the Legislature deliberately omits any

9 Hearings were conducted on jurisdictional pleas at issue on Jan. 8 and Jan. 16, 2025.
See, e.g. C.R. 8653 (State’s notice of hearing for Jan. 8).
10 C.R. at 9081-9082 (Vol. 40, p. 60-61)(“Order on Pending Motions”, filed Apr. 14,
2025)(“Apr. 14 Order” herein).
11 See, e.g., C.R. 9134-9138 (Vol. 41, p. 113-117)(“Plaintiff-Intervenor City of Anna’s
Notice of Appeal”, filed May 8, 2025). Also in the docket of the trial court was “City of
Anna’s TRCP 329b Motion to Modify Judgment and Alternative Motion for New Trial
and Other Relief.” C.R. 9153-9198 (Vol. 41, p. 3-48)(filed May 14, 2025)(“Anna 329b
Motion”).

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actual assignments of power-to-enforce in favor of a magic incantation “by

operation of law.” Separate and apart from those issues, this appeal also

involves the premature closure of the case in the court below while motions

relating to joinder of necessary parties remained pending. As this appeal

involves issues central to municipal governing bodies identifying their

territory, is contributing to conflicting and confusing maps being adopted by

different agencies, and causing unjustifiable actions by Texas governmental

agencies, apparently in unfounded reliance or improper interpretation of SB

2038 provisions. Accordingly, Appellant requests oral argument.

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ISSUES PRESENTED

Issue 1: Trial court erred by construing State’s Plea as applicable to
the entirety of Anna’s pleadings and issued an overbroad
ruling.

Issue 2: Remand is warranted for consideration of pending motions,
pleading amendments, and joinder of additional State
defendants to forestall ongoing injuries to Texas
municipalities via SB 2038.

Issue 3(+): Anna incorporates by reference the Issues Presented by co-
appellants City of Grand Prairie, et al., as to matters in their
brief applicable to all Texas municipalities.

STATEMENT OF FACTS
1. Adoption by reference of the SB 2038 legislative history12, procedural
history, and content applicable to all Texas municipalities in co-
Appellant filings.
In an effort to reduce repetition as between filings by municipalities, the

City of Anna (“Anna”) focuses its brief on the facts distinguishing its position

in this suit from other appellants. In accordance with Texas Rule of Appellate

Procedure (“TRAP”) 9.7, Anna adopts by reference, and incorporates herein

as if set forth in full, all of that Statement of Facts presented in the live brief

12 While this suit was pending, the 89th Legislature adopted a bill which amended various
provisions first created by SB 2038. However, it does not become effective until
September 1, 2025 (after the due date for this brief), and would not have any effect
on petitions submitted to Anna prior to that date—those would be controlled solely by
the original statute. In addition, the new changes do not modify many of the clauses
giving rise to the instant challenges to the original statutory language, which is
challenged as being void ab initio—if Anna or other cities prevail in this suit, there
might be nothing to amend. As such, the new legislation (HB 2512) should not affect
the handling of this appeal.

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of appellants City of Grand Prairie, et. al., save and except for those facts

which are specific to a different Texas municipality, and except as amended

or modified by the paragraphs below. 13

2. Distinctions in Anna’s Posture as Compared to Other Appellants.
A. Anna’s Independent Pleadings

At the time of the hearings on the State’s Plea, most of the plaintiff

municipalities were joined in one pleading led by the City of Grand Prairie;

their live pleading as of the Apr. 14 Order was their Fourth Amended Petition

(collectively, “Grand Prairie Group” or “GP Group”). 14 Anna was one of

several plaintiff-intervenors who have separate legal counsel and filed

independent pleadings from the GP Group.15

Anna’s live pleading featured claims with substantial overlap to those

made by the GP Group (by either replication or express incorporation), but

13 See “Brief of Appellant Cities” filed by City of Grand Prairie, et al. in this cause
(submission deadline Aug. 15, 2025). Anna does not adopt any content specific to the
Aubrey Municipal Development District and takes no position on any factual matters
specific to any other municipality.
14 C.R. 6123-6186 (Vol. 24, p. 3-66, not inclusive of exhibits); as supplemented by C.R.
8767-8772 (Vol. 37, p. 110-115).
15 See C.R. at 124-146 (Vol. 1, p. 124-146)(City of Anna’s Original Petition in Intervention,

filed January 12, 2024); C.R. 8236-8332 (Vol. 33, p. 1-99) “City of Anna’s Second
Amended Petition in Intervention”, or “2nd Am. Pet.”, filed December 23, 2024). The
latter was Anna’s live pleading for purposes of this appeal.

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Anna did not adopt anyone else’s pleadings as its own.16 Further, Anna’s

pleadings included various claims which were not advanced by the GP

Group, distinctions in authority or argument with respect to other parties’

claims, and factual context that was not raised or addressed by the GP

Group’s live pleading. 17

B. Anna’s Pending Motions When Case Closed Below.

Anna attempted to forestall premature disposal of its claims—both on

the merits of the State’s Plea, and with respect to the overly broad order of

April 14—through motions which never received any ruling in the court

below. Specifically, Anna had pending in the court’s docket:

1) “Joint Motion for Leave to Amend Petition to Join Additional Parties
by City of Bonham and City of Anna”18;

2) “City of Anna’s TRCP 329b Motion to Modify Judgment and
Alternative Motion for New Trial and Other Relief.”19

16 See generally id; see also C.R.8245 at ¶ 24 (limiting Anna’s incorporation to “authority
and legal argument” in Section VI of the 4th Am. Petition, “with refinements and
additions noted [by Anna’s 2nd Am. Pet.]”); and C.R. 8783-84 at ¶ 2 (City of Anna’s
and City of Bonham’s Joint Response to Defendants’ Pleas to the Jurisdiction)(again
providing for limited incorporation).
17 See Issue #2 below.
18 C.R. 8209-8233 (Vol. 32, p. 143-167)(filed Dec. 23, 2024).
19 C.R. 9153-9198 (Vol. 41, p. 3-48)(filed May 14, 2025)(“Anna 329b Motion”).

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The State’s Plea limited its discussion of plaintiffs’ pleadings to the specific

contents of the GP Group’s live pleading (their Fourth Amended Petition). 20

Its internal plaintiff-pleading-quotations were exclusively lifted from the GP

Group petition, and various arguments and claims raised by Anna were not

substantively discussed or adequately briefed by the State for trial court

determination. 21

3. State Agency Reliance on SB 2038 Injures the City of Anna.
Anna discovered additional facts since the briefing on the State’s Plea

was submitted in the court below, and hearings held on same. These matters

were therefore not fully considered in the trial court’s assessment of

jurisdictional issues, but were raised by Anna in a timely motion to modify,

correct, or reform the Apr. 14 Order. 22 Anna incorporates these factual

matters into this brief by reference as if set forth in full, and would summarize

the relevant timeline as follows:

a. July 11, 2024: Anna receives a request from local landowner GRBK
Edgewood, LLC (“GRBK”) seeking consent to creation of a municipal

20 See generally C.R. 8624-8652 (Vol. 36, p. 67-95). The word “Anna” does not appear
therein. Taking the most generous view of this filing, Anna might be considered as
part of the undefined term “the Cities”—which would also include Brownsville, Cibolo,
and Bonham, also with pleadings independent from the GP Group, but there is no
discussion of Anna’s unique facts or claims. See id.
21 See generally id.; see also Issue 2, Sec. B, infra.
22 See Anna 329b Motion at p. 3-4 and Exhibit 1 ((C.R. 9155-9156; 9159-9194) (Vol. 41,
p. 5-6; 9-44).

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utility district to include a portion of Anna’s ETJ within its total territory
of 405.654 acres.

b. Sept. 24, 2024: The City Council of the City of Anna adopts Resolution
2024-9-1680 in response GRBK’s request for Anna’s consent. 23 In
accordance with Texas Water Code § 54.016(e) and other Texas law,
Anna’s consent to GRBK’s request included conditions (right to inspect
facilities being constructed, restrictions on the terms and provisions of
bonds and notes issued by the district, and the purposes for which such
bonds may be issued.24

c. Dec. 4, 2024: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”)
issues a “Notice of District Petition” from GRBK seeking to create the
Seven Springs Municipal Utility District (“SSMUD”). 25 The “vicinity
map” associated with the GRBK petition shows land within the Anna
ETJ as part of the proposed SSMUD territory.26 The GRBK petition
notice includes, as declarative factual statement, the assertion that
“none of the land within the proposed District is within the
corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city.”27 As of
this filing, Anna has never taken any action providing the governing
body’s consent to the reduction of its ETJ as relates to this property. 28
This TCEQ publication appears to reflect blind reliance by that state
agency on false assertions, or fraudulent claims, by petitioner GRBK

23 C.R. at 9185-9193 (Vol. 41, p. 35-43)(Res. 2024-9-1680 and exhibits). The GRBK
property is depicted in the Collin County Appraisal District (“CCAD”) GIS map in C.R.
9194 (Vol. 41, p. 44). GRBK’s parcel is the central irregular polygon (CCAD Property
ID# 2852956). The portions within Anna ETJ are colored green; the portions colored
amber show ETJ of the City of Weston.
24 See id. at Exhibit B, C.R. 9191-9193 (Vol. 41, p. 41-43).

25 See C.R. at 9162-9164 (Vol. 41, p. 12-14).

26 Compare C.R. 9164 (Vol. 41, p. 14)(SSMUD “General Vicinity Map”) with C.R. 9194

(Vol. 41, p. 44)(GIS depiction of GRBK territory with Anna and Weston ETJs shaded
green and amber, respectively).
27 Id. at 9162 (Vol. 41, p. 12).

28 See C.R. at 9164; also see generally Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code 42.023.

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regarding the territory covered by the petition, or some manner of
unilateral, un-noticed action by TCEQ employees to change the
boundaries of Anna’s ETJ.

d. Dec. 13, 2024: Texas Secretary of State publishes online regarding a
petition from GRBK Edgewood, LLC, seeking to create a new
municipal utility district which would include territory in Anna’s ETJ. The
City of Anna was not supplied with any specific notice of this
proceeding. The online notice promulgated by TCEQ repeats the
declaration that “none of the land within the proposed District is
within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of any
city.” 29

e. Feb. 21, 2025: TCEQ issues an order granting the GRBK petition to
create the SSMUD. 30 The SSMUD Creation Order includes exhibits
describing its subject area as a precise match to the Anna resolution
described above.31 Within Exhibit B of the SSMUD Creation Order is
TCEQ Technical Memorandum dated February 6, 2025, which
includes multiple assertions by TCEQ staff that the land at issue is
outside of any ETJ. 32 Although said memorandum shows that the
petitioner was required to provide certification of ownership from the
appraisal district, it is devoid of any notation suggesting any type of
inquiry into the ETJ status of the territory beyond reference to the

29 See “Notice of District Petition TCEQ Internal Control No. D-10292024-053”, available
at
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/December132024/In%20Addition/In%20A
ddition.html#51 (last visited August 8, 2025)(notice issued Dec. 4, 2024).
30 C.R. at 9165-9184 (Vol. 41, p. 15-34)(“SSMUD Creation Order”).

31 Compare C.R. 9167-9174 (Vol. 41, p. 17-24, being Exh. A. to the SSMUD Creation
Order and providing metes & bounds description of two parcels totaling 405.654
acres) and C.R. 9175 (Vol. 41, p. 25, being part of Exh. B to SSMUD Creation Order,
stating the “proposed District contains two tracts of land totaling 405.654 acres”) with
C.R. 38-40 (legal description of GRBK territory totaling 405.654 acres from Res. 2024-
9-1680).
32 See C.R. at 9175-76 (Vol. 41, p. 25-26).

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petitioner’s application. 33 In apparent reliance on the unilateral
assertions of GRBK with respect to the ETJ status of the territory
covered by its petition, in a section relating to “City Consent,” the
TCEQ Technical Memorandum declares “requirements of Texas
Local Government Code Section 42.042 and [Texas Water Code]
Section 54.016 are not applicable.” 34

f. April 1, 2025: Anna receives correspondence from Collin County
Engineering seeking information regarding whether “the city officially
approved the removal of the portion of this parcel from the Anna
ETJ[.]”35 This constitutes the first hint to Anna that the SSMUD
application included territory still within Anna ETJ, and leading to the
discovery that TCEQ had unlawfully failed to include the conditions of
municipal consent required by Texas Water Code § 54.016(e) when it
approved the creation of SSMUD. 36

g. April 3, 2025: The trial court issues a letter announcing the substance
of its rulings on the State’s Plea and related matters. 37

33 See generally Exhibit B to the SSMUD Creation Order (C.R. 9175-9184 (Vol 41 at p.
25-34)).
34 Id. at 9176 (Vol. 41, p. 26). Anna also notes that the memorandum section on “Notice
Requirements” does not indicate that municipalities which have ETJ included in the
petitioner area did not receive any individualized notice or opportunity to be heard. Id.
at 9177. Further, TCEQ notes that the opportunity for “the public” (presumably
including concerned municipalities such as Anna) to request a contested case hearing
expired on January 21, 2025—months prior to Anna’s discovery of GRBK presenting
false information regarding ETJ status in its SSMUD creation petition. See C.R. at
9177 (Vol. 41, p. 27).
35 Anna is still trying to determine the first date it became aware of the TCEQ’s action to
ignore the ETJ status of the GRBK territory. Cf. Appx. 3 (C.R. 9160, 9162, 9166, 9175,
9176)(TCEQ document references).
36 See generally C.R. at 9165-9166 (main body of TCEQ order, which does not
incorporate any of Anna’s conditions to consent).
37 C.R. 9079-80 (Vol. 40, p. 58-59)(Letter from Hon. Maria Cantú Hexsel to counsel for
all parties, dated April 3, 2025).

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4. County Agency Reliance on SB 2038 Injures City of Anna.

Anna also discovered additional facts relating to actions by Collin

County after the trial court hearing on the State’s Plea. These matters were

therefore not fully considered in the assessment of jurisdictional issues. The

relevant timeline is summarized as follows:

a. March 24, 2025: In conjunction with review of a plat submitted by
GRBK, Collin County Engineering sends email to GRBK
representatives stating: “This parcel is showing to be partially in
Weston and Anna ETJ”, presumably per county maps. 38

b. April 1, 2025: Anna receives correspondence from Collin County
Engineering seeking information regarding whether “the city
officially approved the removal of the portion of this parcel from the
Anna ETJ[.]” 39 Anna was forwarded copies of earlier
correspondence to Collin County staff from agents of GRBK, which
included statements like “the TCEQ’s position is that the
property is not located within the ETJ of any city.”40

c. April 1, 2025: Collin County staff notifies Anna staff of the following:
“If the county deems that the removal petition was submittal per
the state law (as we understand it), we have been instructed (by
county administration and [county commissioner’s] court) to
officially remove them from the ETJ on our map.”41

Anna was still collecting information and assessing the actions of

TCEQ and Collin County at the time the trial court’s final order was signed

38 Appx. at p. 49 (emphasis added).
39 Anna has not yet been able to pinpoint the earliest date it became aware of the TCEQ’s
action to ignore the ETJ status of the GRBK territory.
40 See Appx. at p. 48.

41 See Appx. at p. 46 (emphasis added).

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April 14, 2025. As such, it was not feasible to have these matters fully

considered by the district judge prior to the ruling on the State’s Plea and this

appeal which followed.

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

Many of the arguments in this lawsuit boil down to whether the Texas

Legislature may use the clause “by operation of law” as a magic spell which

prevents any meaningful judicial review of whether a statute containing those

words conforms to the Texas Constitution.42 The State Defendants achieved

dismissal on the basis of a plea to the jurisdiction which, in essence, says

that this clause has miraculous and unlimited power to wreak havoc in the

governance of municipalities, destroy contractual exchanges of

consideration, and nullify other statutes in a manner which prevents timely

issuance of any declaratory judgment: it is the failure of the statute to provide

enforcement authority to anyone at all which, per the State, makes it

impossible to challenge SB 2038 in this suit. The State Defendants therefore

substituted prevarication and waffling whether or not State agency or officials

42 See Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code §§ 42.105(d) and 42.155(b) (both newly created by SB 2038
and containing phrase “released by operation of law.”)

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had yet taken actions to enforce SB 2038, without ever denying that per the

statute, any of them can (and some have been) enforcing its provisions. 43

In addition to the grounds for appeal that are common to all of the

municipal plaintiffs and intervenors, 44 the trial court erred in issuing an

ambiguous order on the State’s Plea and closing the case without resolution

of other pending matters specific to plaintiff-intervenor City of Anna.

First, despite a timely motion by Anna to reform or modify the judgment,

the trial court effectively and erroneously disposed of claims not directly

contested by the State’s Plea, without any known grounds.

Second, presuming arguendo that the trial court’s determination

regarding jurisdiction over the State Defendants was correct on the live

pleadings, it was manifest error to close the case without first allowing Anna

and other plaintiffs an opportunity to amend to resolve whatever jurisdictional

defect might have been identified.

43 See, e.g., C.R. 9153-9198 (“City of Anna’s TRCP 329b Motion to Modify Judgment
and Alternative Motion for New Trial and Other Relief”). Within the City shows that
prior to April 14, 2025, the TCEQ had been promulgating documents, conducting
hearings, and creating new utility districts affecting territory within municipal ETJ in a
manner which could only be justified through (unspoken) reliance on SB 2038. See,
e.g., id. at 9165-66 (TCEQ order of Feb. 21, 2025, declaring land within MUD creation
order to be outside of any municipal ETJ).
44 See Issue 3+ content below.

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Third, closure of the case was improper in light of Anna’s pending

motions for leave to join additional parties and modification of the Apr. 14

Order (or alternative relief such as a new trial) under Texas Rule of Civil

Procedure (“TRCP”) 329b, particularly after newly discovered information

shows that the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (or rogue

officials acting under color of that agency’s authority) have been de facto

enforcing SB 2038’s provisions without statutory authority—including altering

maps, issuing official documents making erroneous statements about

property locations, and injuring cities such as Anna without any effective

notice or opportunity to be heard.

Each of these reasons would independently warrant reversal or

abrogation of the Apr. 14 Order, and reversal in favor of Anna and/or remand

to the trial court for further proceedings.

ARGUMENT
As a preliminary matter, the central issues of the instant appeal do not

require deep analysis of if the Texas Legislature has authority over how

municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction is determined or governed. Anna

recognizes that since ETJ was a creation of statute in the first instance, the

Legislature enjoys great power to change the laws it has adopted. However,

all statutes are subject to constitutional limitations and requisites with respect

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to how that legislative power is utilized, and ultimately it may be that the

Legislature must modify some of the particulars of legislation such as SB

2038 in order to achieve lawful objectives of the original statute. These and

other issues constitute the merits of Anna’s claims, and this appeal is

intended to allow those matters to be fully developed and considered in the

trial court.

Standard of Review
The determination of whether a court has subject-matter jurisdiction

over a claim is a question of law, which is reviewed by appellate courts de

novo. 45 Governmental immunity deprives a trial court of subject matter

jurisdiction for lawsuits unless the state has consented to suit. 46 “In reviewing

a grant or denial of a plea to the jurisdiction by the trial court, the appellate

courts must determine if the plaintiff’s pleadings, construed in favor of the

plaintiff, allege sufficient facts affirmatively demonstrating the court’s

jurisdiction to hear the case. 47 Evidence submitted with a plea to the

jurisdiction is to be considered if it is central to a jurisdictional issue. 48 The

45 Tex. Dep’t of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda, 133 S.W.3d 217, 226 (Tex. 2004).

46 Id. at 224.

47 Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. State, 381 S.W.3d 468, 476 (Tex. 2012).

48 Id. at 476.

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party claiming immunity may submit evidence to rebut the pleadings and

undermine any claimed waiver of immunity. 49

“In sum, a court deciding a plea to the jurisdiction is not required to look

solely to the pleadings but may consider evidence and must do so when

necessary to resolve the jurisdictional issues raised.” 50 A plaintiff bringing a

claim against a government entity bears the burden of alleging facts that the

trial court has subject matter jurisdiction over a case.51 Only where the

pleadings affirmatively negate the existence of jurisdiction may a plea to the

jurisdiction be granted without allowing the plaintiff an opportunity to

amend.52 If a petition contains multiple claims, it should not be dismissed just

because the court lacks jurisdiction over some of them. 53

Issue 1: ORDER ON STATE’S PLEA WAS OVERBROAD WITH
RESPECT TO SEPARATE PLEADINGS OF ANNA
Nearly fifty years ago, Texas’ Fifth Court of Appeals put it quite plainly:

“What can be better established than the proposition that relief that has

49 Miranda, 133 S.W.3d at 227.

50 Bland Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Blue, 34 S.W.3d 547, 555 (Tex. 2000), overruled on other

grounds by Tex. Dep’t of Parks Wildlife v. Miranda, 133 S.W.3d 217 (Tex. 2004).
51 Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Auth. v. Four Seasons Equip., Inc., 321 S.W.3d 168, 173
(Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, no pet.).
52 See Tex. Dep’t of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda, 133 S.W.3d 217, 226 (Tex. 2004).
53 See generally Thomas v. Long, 207 S.W.3d 334 (Tex. 2006).

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not been prayed cannot be granted?” 54 Even under briefing rules which

call for liberal construction of filings under principles of doing substantial

justice, it is appropriate for courts to limit their grants of relief to the contours

of what the litigants actually seek by their pleadings. 55 Each plaintiff’s claims

must be assessed by reference to their own live pleadings, not through

arguments or dispositive motions targeting those of another party. 56

Also, under the applicable standards of review discussed supra, Anna

must only allege facts which demonstrate jurisdiction—e.g., that it has

suffered concrete injuries that are redressable by relief against a named

defendant—in order to remain in the proceeding and to engage in further

litigation. The merits of the plaintiff’s claims—matters such as whether the

events described by pleadings actually occurred, or whether they justify the

relief requested as to particular defendants—are not before any court

considering something like the State’s Plea. “In deciding a plea to the

jurisdiction, a court may not weigh the claims’ merits but must consider only

54 West End API Ltd. v. Rothplez, 732 S.W.2d 371, 374 (Tex. App.—Dallas, writ ref’d
n.r.e.).
55 Id. (citing Tex. Prudential Ins. Co. v. Dillard, 307 S.W.2d 242 (Tex. 1957)); see also
Mattox v. County Comm’rs Court, 389 S.W.3d 464 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.]
2012, pet. denied)(finding error where trial court granted relief not requested by any
party or supported by any summary-judgment ground).
56 Dohlen v. City of San Antonio, 643 S.W.3d 387, 398 (Tex. 2022) (not addressing
standing issues in light of immunity defense requiring plaintiff be given opportunity to
replead).

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the plaintiffs’ pleadings and the evidence pertinent to the jurisdictional

inquiry.”57

Recent Texas Supreme Court decisions have emphasized that “Texas

law does not favor striking defective pleadings without providing plaintiffs an

opportunity to replead.”58 In order for a plea to be granted without providing

an opportunity for the plaintiff to amend as some jurisdictional deficiency

which was found, a defendant must provide evidence demonstrating that it

is “incurably” defective. 59

A. Content and Substance of State’s Plea to Jurisdiction was Limited
to Pleadings of Other Plaintiffs.

57 County of Cameron v. Brown, 80 S.W.3d 549, 555 (Tex. 2002). Anna believes it has
raised multiple meritorious challenges to the constitutionality of SB 2038, but as this
appeal arises from a ruling on a plea to the jurisdiction (rather than summary
judgment), it appears untimely to brief them in detail. This includes, but is not limited
to, the unconstitutional delegation of authority to suspend Tex. Loc. Gov’t § 42.023 to
private parties. See generally Abbott v. City of El Paso, 677 S.W.3d 800 (Tex. 2023)
vacated on other grounds by 677 S.W.3d 914 (Tex. 2023) (finding appeal moot as
executive order at issue had expired); Brown Cracker & Candy Co. v. City of Dallas,
137 S.W. 342 (Tex. 1911). Anna is willing to provide whatever additional briefing this
court might find warranted, but concurs with the Grand Prairie Group that it would
likely necessitate additional time for drafting and suitable motions for leave to exceed
word count limitations if all constitutional challenges are to be argued in detail.
58 Dohlen v. City of San Antonio, 643 S.W.3d 387, 397 (Tex. 2022).
59 See Texas A&M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu, 233 S.W.3d 835, 839-840 (Tex. 2007). A
notable exception was discussed where pleadings alone demonstrate that a claim
incurably falls outside any waiver of sovereign immunity. Id. at 840.

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The only dispositive motion before the trial court which presented by

the State Defendants was their Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction. 60 The

prayer for relief within that filing was quite simple: “[State Defendants]

respectfully reques[t] that this Court grant their Plea to the Jurisdiction and

dismiss the Cities’ claims in their entirety with prejudice.” 61 The term “the

Cities” utilizes a capitalization format which is well understood to reference

a specially defined term, but the State’s Plea provides no definition or

explanation. 62 Other than the case style, and one passing comment that “the

Cities do not allege that the Attorney General has enforced or threatened to

enforce SB 2038 against any Plaintiff City, Intervenor, or any other Texas

municipality”, there is no mention of Anna or any other plaintiff who were in

the suit on pleadings independent of the Grand Prairie Group. 63 Anna made

direct efforts to ensure the trial court was mindful of its separate pleadings

prior to the issuance of the Apr. 14 Order by its filings. 64

60 C.R. at 9081-9082 (Vol. 40, p. 60-61) (Apr. 14 Order, listing matters before the court)
herein); C.R. 8624-8652 (Vol. 36, p. 67-95)(amended plea to jurisdiction filed Jan. 2,
2025); see also C.R. 8653 (notice of hearing for same, filed Jan. 2, 2025).
61 C.R. 8647 (Vol. 36, p. 90)(italics added).
62 See generally State’s Plea.
63 Id.; see also C.R. 8626 (quoted passage, italics added).
64 See, e.g., C.R. 8786 at ¶ 6 and n. 11 (p. 5 of “City of Anna’s and City of Bonham’s
Response to Defendants’ Pleas to the Jurisdiction”). “When evaluating the State’s
Plea, its merits must be considered with respect to each live pleading separately, as
it should not be presumed that any pleading deficiencies (especially incurable defects)

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B. Anna’s Unique Claims Were Never Challenged by State’s Plea.

There are numerous material differences in the live pleadings of Anna

as compared to the Grand Prairie Group; it is not merely a matter of the same

issues and arguments being presented by different counsel in alternative

sequences or differing levels of detail.65 While there is substantial overlap

and various commonalities between these two pleadings—particularly

where, as here, Anna directly adopted certain arguments and authority

presented by its co-plaintiff cities—entirely distinct and unique grounds for

suit were also in Anna’s live pleading. 66

The State’s Plea is replete with references to other parties’ live

pleadings, including a number of direct quotations. 67 But it contains zero

references to Anna’s live pleading or any quotations from Anna’s filings,

which inherently clouded the issues before the trial court by conflating the

various parties’ true positions.68 The following claims and issues presented

would be applicable to different documents.” Id., citing City of New Braunfels v. Stop
the Ordinances Please, et al., 2013 WL 692446 (Tex. App.—Austin, Feb. 21, 2023,
no pet.).
65 Compare Anna’s Second Amended Petition in Intervention, C.R. 8236-8332 (Vol. 33,
p. 3-99) with [Grand Prairie Group’s] Fourth Amended Original Petition for Declaratory
Relief, C.R. 6123-6186 (Vol. 24, p. 3-66).
66 See generally id.; C.R. 8245 (at ¶ 24, Anna’s limited incorporation of material from
Fourth Amended Petition by reference)
67 See, e.g., C.R. 8625 (two citations to 4th Am. Pet.); C.R. 8625 (three citations to same).

68 See generally State’s Plea.

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in Anna’s live pleading but not within the 4th Am. Petition should have been

outside the scope of the State’s Plea, for lack of any appropriate request for

relief or actual argument to the trial court when the matters were being heard:

• SB 2038 cannot be “self-executing” in the manner the State suggests
(Sec. A);69
• SB 2038 is void for vagueness of clause “by operation of law” (Sec. C(i));70
• SB 2038 impermissibly intrudes on home rule authority (Section C(iii)); 71
• SB 2038 election provisions are void local and special laws due to cost-
shifting provisions (Section C(iv))72;
• SB 2038 cost-shifting provisions are void as improper private gifts of
public funds (Sec. D)73;

69 C.R. 8246-8248. Anna recognizes that since the briefing in this case was submitted to
the trial court, an opinion was issued in by the Texas Supreme Court in a different suit
related to SB 2038. See generally Elliott v. City of College Station, ___ S.W.3d ___,
2025 WL 1350002 (Tex. May 9, 2025). While that opinion discusses the clause “by
operation of law” as part of its reasoning, the question of whether such clauses
function as magic spells which prevent judicial review for constitutionality was not
before the Elliott court, and any implicit support for that conclusion should be
considered merely dicta. Id. Anna also notes that the opinion conflates declarative
statutory statements regarding an action by a “municipality” (Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code §
42.105(c) and § 42.155(a)), with “impos[ing] a mandatory duty on City officials”—
despite there being no reference in those statutes to any municipal officials. Anna
would dispute that SB 2038 attempts to dictate the votes of individual members of its
City Council, or that the Texas Legislature has the power to do so. See generally SB
2038; City of Floresville v. Nissen, 654 S.W.3d 11 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2022, pet.
denied)(intent to limit power of home rule cities must “appear with unmistakable
clarity”). Voting by municipal officials is a form of speech and would subject to First
Amendment protections, even if there might be consequences for their municipality if
they failed to accomplish some result called for by statute.
70 C.R. 8250, ¶ 32 at bullet 3.
71 C.R. 8252.
72 C.R. 8252-8254.
73 C.R. 8254-8255.

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As is noted extensively throughout the plaintiffs’ filings throughout this case,

SB 2038 was adopted without any savings/severability clauses. 74 As such, if

any single component of the law is found to be unconstitutional, the entire

statute should be declared unenforceable as void ab initio. 75 Whether or not

the State’s jurisdictional challenges are valid with respect to some of them,

so long as one ground survives, its merits must be considered by the trial

court in the first instance.

C. April 14 Order Should Not Have Closed Entire Case.

In keeping with its filings in the court below seeking modification of the

Apr. 14 Order, Anna does not contend that no part of the State’s Plea

addressed matters raised in its Second Amended Petition, and recognizes

that it was reasonable for the trial court to issue rulings on those claims

common between the parties-plaintiff.76 As such, Anna does not argue it was

error for some portions of its pleadings to be addressed through a trial court

74 See, e.g, C.R. 8255-8266 (Sec. E and F of Anna’s live pleading); see generally SB
2038.
75 See generally Tex. Gov’t Code § 311.032(c). All of the adopted SB 2038 provisions
are interdependent and part of the same statutory framework; even if a court should
find the statute to be constitutional and enforceable in some respects, a constitutional
infirmity in any part is fatal to the entire scheme.
76 C.R. 9154-9155 (TRCP 329b Motion at p. 2-3).

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ruling on the State’s Plea, but it was error to grant relief beyond the scope of

the defendant’s actual requests for relief or arguments. 77

Anna had claims within its live pleading that were not effectively

challenged by the State’s Plea, making the clause of the Apr. 14 Order

reading “[t]his order resolves and pending claims and closes the case”

premature.78 This is particularly important where, as here, the order

purporting to dispose of the case on a plea to the jurisdiction did not

simultaneously deny all pending motions, and parties-plaintiff have motions

for leave to amend pleadings and join additional parties awaiting decision in

the court’s docket. Accordingly, the Apr. 14 Order should be reversed in

whole or in part and this case remanded for further proceedings. 79

Issue 2: Remand is warranted for consideration of pending motions,
pleading amendments, and joinder of additional State defendants to
forestall ongoing injuries injuring Texas municipalities via SB 2038.
A. Pending motions in court were implicitly denied, or deemed
overruled by passage of time.

77 Anna has proposed this error be corrected by specifying that the State’s Plea targeted
the 4th Am. Pet., as supplemented, and that the claims by intervenor-plaintiffs
(including Anna) as “asserted therein” were the matters subject to dismissal. C.R.
9154-9155.
78 See C.R. 9082 (conclusion of Apr. 14 Order).
79 Anna’s timely motion to modify the judgment to address this issue (see C.R. 9156 at ¶
6) is subject to deemed denial by TRCP 329bc).

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Anna timely made the following requests and motions in the trial court

(collectively, “Pending Motions”):

• Joint Motion for Leave to Amend Petition to Join Additional Parties by
City of Bonham and City of Anna; 80
• Motion to Modify, Correct, or Reform Judgment 81;
• Alternative Motion for New Trial82

These Pending Motions stated the grounds for the ruling sought with

sufficient specificity to make the trial court aware of Anna’s complaints. 83 The

trial court has implicitly denied the Pending Motions requests by failing to

provide any of the relief requested prior to these appellate proceedings. The

Pending Motions included a motion for a new trial which was not determined

by written order signed within 75 days from the Apr. 14 Order, as such, it is

deemed overruled, and error has been properly preserved. 84

80 C.R. 8209-8233 (Vol. 32, p. 143-167). While it is represented in this appeal by common

legal counsel, issues unique the City of Bonham are beyond the scope of this brief.
81 C.R. 9153-9156 (Vol. 41, p. 3-6) (filed May 14, 2025).
82 C.R. 9156-57 (Vol. 41, p. 6-7)(filed May 14, 2025).
83 Namely, that the Apr. 14 Order was overly broad in finding no jurisdiction existed over
any of Anna’s claims, and that no additional proceedings were warranted to join
necessary parties before closing the case. See generally Pending Motions; Tex. Civ.
Prac. & Rem. Code 37.006 (mandating joinder of all interested parties in declaratory
judgment cases).
84 C.R. 9156-57 (Vol. 41, p. 6-7). The 75th day after the signing of the Apr. 14 Order was
June 28, 2025. See TRAP 33.1(b) (civil case preservation of error for both motions for
new trial and motions to modify judgment if overruled) and TRCP 329b(c)(providing
that motions for new trial are overruled unless “determined by written order signed
within 75 days after the judgment is signed”).

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B. Anna is entitled to amend pleadings, and potentially join
additional necessary parties, before closure of the case.

Anna cannot concede that the trial court was correct in finding that it

lacked jurisdiction over the claims before it in the live pleadings, whether they

were raised in the Grand Prairie Group’s Fourth Amended Petition or were

within Anna’s alone. 85 In part, it is unavoidable due to the lack of detail in the

Apr. 14 Order. 86

But even presuming arguendo that jurisdictional defects existed as to

each and every claim raised by Anna, all Texas plaintiffs are entitled to

amend their pleadings prior to a final dismissal. If the absence of a necessary

party—such various subordinate agencies and officials within the State of

Texas who are enforcing, or threatening to enforce, SB 2038 in a manner

more direct than the instant appellees—it is long-established that a trial court

85 As noted infra, Anna adopts and incorporates the authorities and legal reasoning set
forth in the Grand Prairie Group’s brief in this appeal with respect to the claims
common between the Fourth Amended Petition and Anna’s independent pleading. In
the interests of judicial economy, it does not repeat them here.
86 The trial court used the single word “GRANTED” as the decision, followed by the
direction that “all claims by Plaintiffs and Intervenor-Plaintiffs against [named
defendants] are DISMISSED without prejudice.” C.R. 9081 (Vol. 40, p. 60). The Grand
Prairie Group’s motion for summary judgment was denied “as moot because the court
lacks jurisdiction”, but it is impossible to determine what aspect of the various plaintiffs’
separate pleadings was lacking. See generally C.R. 9081-82.

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“may and will” by its own motion stay proceedings until such parties are

brought in “to properly adjust equities and prevent multiplicity of suits.”87

Even if the appellate court might agree that the live pleadings of Anna

or other plaintiff municipalities do not expressly name enough State agencies

or officials to establish jurisdiction, since the hearings underlying the Apr. 14

Order, new facts have come to light showing that the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) has taken multiple actions to enforce SB

2038 and injured Anna. 88 This includes, but is not limited to, TCEQ usurping

the role of the judiciary and promulgating documents that amount to

declaratory judgments regarding the status of territory—specifically, that land

to be included in a proposed utility district was not actually within Anna’s ETJ,

despite being in the appropriate proximity to the city limits, and there never

being any consent from Anna to a reduction of its ETJ.89 Only the Texas

Legislature is constitutionally authorized to suspend the statutes it enacts,

and any statute which purports to allow such behavior by private parties,

87 Ball v. Cundiff, 127 S.W.2d 502 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1939, writ dism’d judgm’t
cor.)
88 See C.R. 9159-9194 (Exhibit 1 to Anna’s motion for new trial).
89 C.R. 9175-76 (Feb. 6, 2025 “Technical Memorandum” by TCEQ)(highlights added).

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TCEQ, or any other party by their own election or discretion is therefore

void. 90

The standing elements regarding TCEQ are met and would likely be

set forth in amended pleadings by Anna and/or other plaintiff municipalities

upon remand of this case: (1) it has suffered an injury-in-fact (e.g., loss of

conditions of MUD approval, state promulgation of erroneous documents re:

ETJ status); (2) that injury is traceable to TCEQ; (3) this harm can be

redressed by a decision declaring SB 2038 unconstitutional. 91

It has been long established by the Texas Supreme Court that unless

the pleadings “affirmatively demonstrate an incurable jurisdictional defect” it

is appropriate to reverse and remand the case to provide an opportunity to

amend pleadings. 92 Plaintiffs are entitled to amend after a court rules on

a plea to the jurisdiction.93 If the issue is merely a pleading deficiency, an

90 See Brown Cracker & Candy Co. v. City of Dallas, 137 S.W. 342 (Tex. 1911) (finding
no power for Legislature to delegate power to municipality to suspend statute); see
also Abbott v. City of El Paso, 668 S.W.3d 800 (Tex. 2023), vacated on other grounds
by 677 S.W.3d 914 (Tex. 2023) (finding appeal moot as executive order at issue had
expired).
91 See generally Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 US. 555 (1992).

92 County of Cameron v. Brown, 80 S.W.3d 549, 558-59 (Tex. 2002).
93 Texas A&M Univ. Sys. V. Koseoglu, 233 S.W.3d 835, 839-840 (Tex. 2007) (agreeing
with court of appeals that “a plaintiff may stand on his pleadings in the face of a plea
to the jurisdiction unless and until a court determines that the plea is
meritorious.”)(emphasis added); see also 167 S.W.3d 374 (Tex. App.—Waco 2005,
aff’d in part, rev’d in part by 233 S.W.3d 835) (remanding case to trial court for further
proceedings).

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opportunity to amend is described as “a matter of right.” 94 As such, the Apr.

14 Order should be reversed in whole or in part and the case remanded for

further proceedings. 95

Issue 3+: Anna incorporates by reference the Issues Presented by co-
appellants City of Grand Prairie, et al., as to all those matters
applicable to all Texas municipalities.

Contemporaneously with Anna’s submission of this brief, the Grand

Prairie Group is filing its appellant brief in this case, which discusses at length

the facts and authority relating to the jurisdictional (standing) arguments of

the State’s Plea which were granted in the Apr. 14 Order. Rather than restate

those matters herein (and in hopes of reducing the length of filings in a case

which already features a quite voluminous record), Anna adopts by

reference, in accordance with TRAP 9.7, the following aspects of the Grand

Prairie Group filings:

94 County of Cameron v. Brown, 80 S.W.3d 549, 555 (Tex. 2002) (everything except
demonstration of incurable defects in jurisdiction is “an issue of pleading sufficiency”);
see also Brown at 558-59. (citing 7 William V. Dorsaneo III, Texas Litigation Guide §
70.03[4][f]).
95 Anna also served interrogatories and requests for admissions on the State of Texas
in an effort to end the prevarication regarding whether any agency or official has power
to enforce SB 2038 (in similar fashion to the City of Grand Prairie’s attempt to obtain
such information through mandatory disclosures). Pursuant to a TRCP 11 agreement,
it was agreed no answers were due until 10 days after the trial court’s ruling on the
State’s Plea. C.R. 9017-18 (Vol. 39, p. 108-09)(Jan. 22, 2025). Should this case be
remanded, the State’s responses would hopefully issue without undue delay.

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A. All factual allegations common to all Texas municipalities (i.e., to the

exclusion of factual allegations specific to certain municipalities joined

in the GP Group brief);

B. Arguments and legal authorities relating to all issues of standing and

sovereign immunity, including without limitation the “one-party

standing” rule, but excluding those matters specific to the Aubrey

Municipal Development District (“AMDD”).

Should it appear necessary to avoid confusion of party positions and issues

as the appellate proceedings continue, Anna would file an amendment or

supplement to this brief which provides greater specificity regarding the

content it adopts herein once the referenced filing has been submitted by its

co-plaintiff-appellants.96

To those incorporated arguments, Anna would add or clarify the

following particulars which relate to the standing and immunity issues

implicated by this appeal:

96 See generally TRAP 38.7 (brief may be amended or supplemented whenever justice
requires, on whatever terms the court may prescribe). Anna respectfully requests that
the court specify appropriate terms for additional briefing if further detail regarding its
incorporation of other party’s arguments is desired.

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1. Anna does not claim status identical to the “Contract Cities” within the

GP Group (Burleson, Aledo, and Hutto) 97, but does have a variety of

delayed-annexation agreements with local property owners. In

addition, Anna contends that parallel and similar injuries are arising

from SB 2038 with respect to ultimate boundary agreements and

interlocal agreements which relate to ETJ matters. 98 Anna therefore

adopts the arguments and authority presented in the GP Group’s

briefing with respect to Contract Cities, but in the context of its own

separate pleading. 99

2. Anna does not adopt the arguments specific to the AMDD, but Anna is

suffering analogous injuries due to the conduct of TCEQ, as that

agency administers utility district creation procedures in a manner

97 In particular, Anna does not believe that to date it has received an ETJ release petition
which would affect a property currently subject to a delayed annexation agreement,
which may set it apart from the GP Group “Contract Cities” in that sense.
98 See C.R. 4248-4250 (Anna’s live pleading at Sec. B); see, eg., C.R. 8295-8318
(resolution and exhibits for Anna-Melissa boundary adjustment agreement); C.R.
8319-8330 (Anna-Weston “Boundary Contract”).
99 See C.R. 8248-8250 (declaratory judgment claim re: Contracts Clause in Anna’s 2nd
Am. Pet.). The most salient differences are likely to be that Anna alleges a violation of
the “Contracts Clause” in terms of the parallel components of the United States
Constitution in addition to the Texas Constitution, Article 1, Section 16. See id at n.
22; see also C.R. 8242 (Vol. 33, p. 9 at ¶ 17 and n. 11)(discussing U.S. CONST. Art. 1,
§ 10, cl. 1).

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which unlawfully deprives Anna of rights provided by Texas law.100

Similar to the Texas Comptroller’s ministerial duties with respect to

distribution of sales tax proceeds, TCEQ has ministerial duties to

properly recognize municipal authority to impose conditions to its

consent to creation of districts in its ETJ. Anna adopts and incorporates

the arguments and authority relating to AMDD subject to these

distinctions.101

3. Anna emphasizes that with respect to the applicable standards of

review for Article III standing and the Ex parte Young immunity

analysis, discussed in detail in the GP Group brief, that the standing

threshold applicable to this appeal is least demanding of them. As

such, the prevarications of the Texas Attorney General and artful

100 See C.R. 8213-8214 (pending motion for leave to join parties, including additional
Texas officials and agencies, providing list of quotations). The State obfuscates its
relationship with its constituent agencies and officials, regarding which it has exclusive
knowledge and supervisory powers, by repeated reference to “the State itself” and
reliance on SB 2038’s silence. See id. (italics added). The State’s filings in this case
also carefully limit themselves to the past/present (at least through the date of filing)
when it claims to not have any interest in enforcing SB 2038 and does not “currently”
enforce it. See, e.g., C.R. 8216-17 (quote from State’s disclosure stating it is “currently
unaware of any potential parties”)(italics added). All of these statements are extremely
hard to credit in light of TCEQ conduct in Anna ETJ.
101 Anna will provide supplemental or amended briefing as necessary to provide greater
detail as needed.

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temporal phrasing in their filings should not be sufficient to eliminate

standing. 102

4. Anna would emphasize that the posture of this case requires

allegations in plaintiffs’ pleadings to be taken as true, which it believes

should include the allegations that constitutional injuries have

occurred. Unless evidence is supplied by a defendant to that would

negate the existence of jurisdiction, the Court need only look to the

plaintiffs’ pleadings. Stated another way: determinations of the

constitutionality of SB 2038 are the merits of this case, which have yet

to be considered by the trial court. 103

5. Anna substitutes its own Prayer for relief, provided below.

PRAYER

Anna respectfully requests that this Court reverse the judgment of the

trial court embodied by the Apr. 14 Order, and either render judgment

denying the State’s Plea in its entirety or in part, and/or remand the case to

the court below for further proceedings regarding the claims outside of the

102 Further, the TCEQ conduct affecting Anna’s ETJ should be considered “some
affirmative action” towards enforcement of SB 2038. See Mi Familia Vota v. Ogg, 105
F.4th 313, 330-31 (5th Cir. 2024) (italics in original).
103 See generally “Standard of Review”, supra. By analogy, a defendant should not be

able to negate jurisdiction in a Fourth Amendment excessive force case merely by
arguing that the plaintiff’s pleadings do not conclusively prove that the acts of violence
alleged actually occurred and resulted in plaintiffs’ injury, or failing to carry some
burden of persuasion regarding the merits of their claims.

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State’s Plea, resolution of the Pending Motions, and to provide Anna and

other plaintiffs with their right to amend their pleadings, and ultimately for

determination of the enforceability of SB 2038.

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ David Overcash
David Overcash

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that counsel of record who are

deemed to have consented to electronic service are being served with a

copy of Appellant’s Brief, via the Court’s CM/ECF system on August 15,

2025.

/s/ David Overcash
David Overcash

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

I certify that this document was produced on a computer using

Microsoft Word and contains less than 7,700 words, as determined by the

computer software’s word-count function, excluding the sections of the

documents listed in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i)(1).

/s/ David Overcash
David Overcash

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APPENDIX
SB 2038 ............................................................................. 1

Order on Pending Motions (Apr. 14, 2025) ........................ 2

Exhibit 1 to Anna’s TRCP 329b Motion

.......................................................................................... 3

Correspondence between Anna and Collin County (Apr. 1,

2025)…….. ........................................................................ 4

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Appendix 1

Eighty-Eighth Texas Legislature, 2023 Regular Session
S.B. No. 2038
RELEASE OF AN AREA FROM A MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BY PETITION OR
ELECTION

AN ACT
relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapters D and E to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER D. RELEASE OF AREA BY PETITION OF LANDOWNER OR RESIDENT FROM
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.101]

Sec. 42.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an area located:

(1) within five miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program is
conducted;

(2) in an area that was voluntarily annexed into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:

(A) in which the population grew by more than 50 percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal
decennial census conducted in 2020; and

(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;

(3) within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 million that is:

(A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training
program is conducted; and

(B) in a county with a population of more than two million;

(4) in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044; or

(5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.102]

Sec. 42.102. AUTHORITY TO FILE PETITION FOR RELEASE. (a) A resident of an area in a municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction may file a petition with the municipality in accordance with this subchapter for the area to be released from the
extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(b) The owner or owners of the majority in value of an area consisting of one or more parcels of land in a municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction may file a petition with the municipality in accordance with this subchapter for the area to be
released from the extraterritorial jurisdiction.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.103]

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Sec. 42.103. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 277, Election Code, applies to a petition requesting removal
under this subchapter.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.104]

Sec. 42.104. PETITION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A petition requesting release under this subchapter must be signed by:

(1) more than 50 percent of the registered voters of the area described by the petition as of the date of the preceding
uniform election date; or

(2) a majority in value of the holders of title of land in the area described by the petition, as indicated by the tax
rolls of the applicable central appraisal district.

(b) A person filing a petition under this subchapter must satisfy the signature requirement described by Subsection (a) not
later than the 180th day after the date the first signature for the petition is obtained.

(d) The petition must include a map of the land to be released and describe the boundaries of the land to be released by:

(1) metes and bounds; or

(2) lot and block number, if there is a recorded map or plat.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.105]

Sec. 42.105. RESULTS OF PETITION. (a) A petition requesting removal under this subchapter shall be verified by the
municipal secretary or other person responsible for verifying signatures.

(b) The municipality shall notify the residents and landowners of the area described by the petition of the results of the
petition. The municipality may satisfy this requirement by notifying the person who filed the petition under Section 42.102.

(c) If a resident or landowner obtains the number of signatures on the petition required under Section 42.104 to release the
area from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction, the municipality shall immediately release the area from the
municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(d) If a municipality fails to take action to release the area under Subsection (c) by the later of the 45th day after the date the
municipality receives the petition or the next meeting of the municipality's governing body that occurs after the 30th day after
the date the municipality receives the petition, the area is released by operation of law.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, an area released from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction under this section may
not be included in the extraterritorial jurisdiction or the corporate boundaries of a municipality, unless the owner or owners of
the area subsequently request that the area be included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction or corporate
boundaries.

SUBCHAPTER E. RELEASE OF AREA BY ELECTION FROM EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.151]

Sec. 42.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an area located:

(1) within five miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training
program is conducted;

(2) in an area that was voluntarily annexed into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:

(A) in which the population grew by more than 50 percent from the previous federal decennial census in
the federal decennial census conducted in 2020; and

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(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;

(3) within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 million
that is:

(A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active
training program is conducted; and

(B) in a county with a population of more than two million;

(4) in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044; or

(5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.152]

Sec. 42.152. AUTHORITY TO REQUEST ELECTION FOR RELEASE. (a) A resident of an area in a municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction may request the municipality to hold an election in accordance with this subchapter to vote on the
question of whether to release the area from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by filing with the municipality a
petition that includes the signatures of at least five percent of the registered voters residing in the area as of the date of the
preceding uniform election date.

(b) A resident may not request another election on the question of releasing the same or substantially same area from the
municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction before the second anniversary of the date the municipality receives a petition filed
under Subsection (a).

(c) The petition must include a map of the land to be released and describe the boundaries of the land to be released by:
(1) metes and bounds; or

(2) lot and block number, if there is a recorded map or plat.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.153]

Sec. 42.153. ELECTION. (a) Except as provided by Section 42.156, a municipality shall order an election on the question of
whether to release an area from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to be held on the first uniform election date that
falls on or after the 90th day after the date the municipality receives a petition that complies with Section 42.152.

(b) The municipality shall hold the election ordered under this section in the area described by the petition at which the
qualified voters of the area described by the petition may vote on the question of the release.

(c) An election ordered under this section must be held in the same manner as general elections of the municipality. The
municipality shall pay for the costs of holding the election.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.154]

Sec. 42.154. RESULTS OF ELECTION. (a) The governing body of a municipality shall canvass the election returns for an
election held under this subchapter in accordance with Chapter 67, Election Code.

(b) Not later than 48 hours after the canvass of an election held under this subchapter, the municipality shall notify the
residents of the area proposed to be released from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction of the results of the election.
The municipality may satisfy this requirement by notifying the person who filed the petition under Section 42.152.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.155]

Sec. 42.155. RELEASE OF AREA AS RESULT OF ELECTION. (a) If at the election held under this subchapter a majority
of qualified voters of the area to be released approve the proposed release, the municipality shall immediately release the area
from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

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(b) If the municipality fails to take action to release the area under Subsection (a) by the later of the next meeting of the
municipality's governing body or the 15th day after the canvass date for the election, the area is released by operation of law.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, an area released from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction under this section may
not be included in the extraterritorial jurisdiction or the corporate boundaries of a municipality, unless the owner or owners of
the area subsequently request that the area be included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction or corporate
boundaries.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.156 ]

Sec. 42.156. VOLUNTARY RELEASE. Instead of holding an election under Section 42.153, the municipality may
voluntarily release the area for which the election is to be held from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction before the
date on which the election would have been held under Section 42.153(a).

SECTION 2. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

[ Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.021]

(e) An annexation commenced after January 1, 2023, does not expand the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality unless
contemporaneously with the annexation the owner or owners of the area that would be included in the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction as a result of the annexation request that the area be included in the municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction.

SECTION 3. Section 242.001, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) If an area subject to an agreement under Subsection (c) is removed from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction, the
agreement is terminated as to the area and the county is the political subdivision authorized to regulate subdivisions in the
removed area.

[Note: TX LOCAL GOVT § 42.021]

SECTION 4. A municipality shall release extraterritorial jurisdiction acquired from an annexation commenced after January 1,
2023, as necessary to comply with Section 42.021(e), Local Government Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

Passed the Senate on April 27, 2023: Yeas 20, Nays 11; the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 8, 2023: Yeas 20,
Nays 11; passed the House, with amendments, on May 3, 2023: Yeas 127, Nays 18, one present not voting.

Approved May 19, 2023.
Effective September 1, 2023.

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04/14/2025 09:33:24 AM
Appendix 2 Velva L. Price
District Clerk
Travis County
D-1-GN-23-007785
CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-23-007785

CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE et al., § IN THE DISTRICT COURT
§
Plaintiffs, §
§ TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS
and CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, et al., §
Intervenor-Plaintiffs, §
§
v. § 261ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
§
The STATE OF TEXAS, et al., §
§
Defendants, §
§
and 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, §
LLC, §
Intervenor-Defendant. §

ORDER ON PENDING MOTIONS

Before the Court is State Defendants’ Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction, the State’s

Motion to Strike 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC’s Original Petition in Intervention,

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Petition, Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for

Summary Judgment, and Long Tail’s Amended Motion for Summary Judgment. Upon

consideration of the Motions, the Court has determined each the following:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

• Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Petition is GRANTED;

• The State’s Motion to Strike 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC’s Original
Petition in Intervention is GRANTED;

• State Defendants’ Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction is GRANTED and all claims by
Plaintiffs and Intervenor-Plaintiffs against the State of Texas, Attorney General
Ken Paxton, Comptroller Glenn Hegar, and the Office of Comptroller of Public
Accounts are DISMISSED without prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:

• Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED as moot because
the court lacks jurisdiction.

• Long Tail Trail’s Amended Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED as moot
because the Court grants the State’s Motion to Strike the Intervention.

This order resolves all pending claims and closes the case.

14th day of ___________,
SIGNED on this the ____ April 2025.

______________________________
JUDGE MARIA CANTÚ HEXSEL
AGREED AS TO FORM AND SUBSTANCE:

/s/ Allison Collin by permission_________________
Allison Collins
Assistant Attorney General
State Bar No. 24127467
Counsel for State of Texas
Defendant

AGREED AS TO FORM (ONLY):

/s/ Timothy A. Dunn__________________
Timothy A. Dunn
Attorney
State Bar No. 24050542
Counsel for Plaintiff Cities

/s/ William Thompson by permission________
William Thompson
Attorney
State Bar No. 24088531
Counsel for Intervenor 2020 Long Tail Trail Investments, LLC

_________________________
David Overcash
Attorney
State Bar No. 24075516
Counsel for Intervenors City of Anna and City of Bonham

________________________________
Matthew L. Weston
Attorney
State Bar No. 24037698
Counsel for Intervenor City of Cibolo
/s/ Lena Chaisson-Munoz by permission_______
Lena Chaisson-Munoz
Attorney
State Bar No. 24044743
Counsel for Intervenor City of Brownsville
Appendix 3

EXHIBIT 1

T he City of Anna respectfully requests that the Court take judicial notice of the matters
set forth below pursuant to TRE 201.
Item 1: Obtained from the Texas Secretary of State's online information for the Texas
Register, December 13, 2024, Volume 49 Number 50, Pages 10085-10154
(https ://www.sos.state.tx. us/texreg/arch ive/December132024/index. html , last visited
May 14, 2025). Reflects TCEQ notices regarding GRBK Edgewood, LLC, a petitioner
who sought release from the City of Anna's ET J via petition under SB 2038.
Item 2: Notice of District Petition - TCEQ Internal Control No. D-10292024-053
(obtained from https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eNotice/, !ast visited May 14,
2025)(highlighting added).
Item 3: An Order Granting the Petition for Creation of the Seven Springs Municipal
Utility District of Collin County and Appointing Temporary Directors, issued February 21,
2025. Includes an Exhibit A describing the subject area which matches that of Item 4,
and Exhibit B, a TCEQ Technical Memorandum dated February 6, 2025, which includes
multiple TCEQ assertions that the land at issue is outside any ET J (highlighting added).
Item 4: Resolution 2024-9-1680, adopted by the City Council of Anna, Texas on
September 24, 2024. Reflects that property owned by the applicant for Item 1,
understood to be part of the land affected by D-10292024-053, is actually situated in the
City of Anna's ET J, and was the subject of a request for the City's consent to creation of
the subject Seven Springs Utility District. Exhibit A reflects the legal description of the
subject area; Exhibit B details the conditions imposed on the City Council's consent to
the district's creation.
Item 5: GIS rendering depicting the approximate ET J boundaries in the subject area
prior to any putative effects of any SB 2038 petition(s).

ITEM 1: EXCERPT FROM
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/December132024/ln%20Addition/ln%20
Addition.html#51 (last visited May 14, 2025)(highlighting added)

Notice of District Petition TCEQ Internal Control No. D-10292024-053

December 4, 2024
al Control No. D-10292024-053: GRBK Edgewood, LLC, (Petitioner) filed a
eation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility District of Collin County (District)

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with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). T he petition was filed
pursuant to Article XVI, §59 of the Constitution of the State of Texas; Chapters 49 and
54 of the Texas Water Code; 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 293; and the
procedural rules of the TCEQ. T he petition states that: (1) the Petitioner holds title to a
majority in value of the land to be included in the proposed District; (2) there are no
lienholders on the property to be included in the proposed District (3) the proposed
District will contain approximately 405.654 acres located within Collin County, Texas;
and (4) none of the land within the proposed District is within the corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city. T he petition further states that the proposed
District will: (1) construct, maintain and operate a waterworks system, including to
purchase and sale of water, for domestic and commercial purposes; (2) construct,
maintain and operate a sanitary wastewater collection, treatment and disposal system,
for domestic and commercial purposes; (3) construct, install, maintain, purchase and
operate drainage and roadway facilities and improvements; and (4) construct, install,
maintain, purchase and operate facilities, systems, plants and enterprises such
additional facilities as shall be consonant with the purposes for which the proposed
District is created. According to the petition, a preliminary investigation has been made
to determine the cost of the project, and it is estimated by the Petitioners that the cost of
said project will be approximately $83,730,000 ($63,620,000 for water, wastewater, and
drainage plus $20,110,000 for roads).

INFORMATION SECTION

To view the complete issued notice, view the notice on our website at
www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/cc/pub_notice.html or call the Office of the Chief Clerk at
(512) 239-3300 to obtain a copy of the complete notice. When searching the website,
type in the issued date range shown at the top of this document to obtain search results.
T he TCE Q may grant a contested case hearing on the petition if a written hearing
request is filed within 30 days after the newspaper publication of the notice. To request
a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group
or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number, and
fax number, if any; (2) the name of the Petitioner and the TCEQ Internal Control
Number; (3) the statement "I/we request a contested case hearing"; (4) a brief
description of how you would be affected by the petition in a way not common to the
general public; and (5) the location of your property relative to the proposed District's
boundaries. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the petition. Requests
for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing to the Office of the Chief Clerk

G��J
_AdlSl!Om�ddress provided in the information section below. The Executive Director may
e petition unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within
t; r the newspaper publication of this notice. If a hearing request is filed, the
\ , uti irector will not approve the petition and will forward the petition and hearing

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request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission
meeting. If a contested case hearing is held, it will be a legal proceeding similar to a civil
trial in state district court. Written hearing requests should be submitted to the Office of
the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. For
information concerning the hearing process, please contact the Public Interest Counsel,
MC 103, at the same address. For additional information, individual members of the
general public may contact the Districts Review Team, at (512) 239-4691. Si desea
informaci6n en espafiol, puede llamar al (512) 239-0200. General information regarding
TCEQ can be found at our website at www.tceq.texas.gov.

TRD-202405884

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: December 4, 2024

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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICE OF DISTRICT PETITION
TCEQINTERNAL CONTROL NO. D-10292024-053

PETITION. GRBK Edgewood, LLC, (Petitioner) filed a petition for creation of Seven Springs
Municipal Utility District of Collin County (District) with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The petition was filed pursuant to Article XVI, §59 of the
Constitution of the State of Texas; Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code; 30 Texas
Administrative Code Chapter 293; and the procedural rules of the TCEQ.
The petition states that: (1) the Petitioner holds title to a majority in value of the land to be
included in the proposed District; (2) there are no lienholders on the property to be included in
the proposed District (3) the proposed District will contain approximately 405.654 acres located
within Collin County, Texas; and (4) none of the land within the proposed District is within the
corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city.
The territory to be included in the proposed District is depicted in the vicinity map designated
as Exhibit "A", which is attached to this document.
The petition further states that the proposed District will: (1) construct, maintain and operate a
waterworks system, including to purchase and sale of water, for domestic and commercial
purposes; (2) construct, maintain and operate a sanitary wastewater collection, treatment and
disposal system, for domestic and commercial purposes; (3) construct, install, maintain,
purchase and operate drainage and roadway facilities and improvements ;and (4) construct,
install, maintain, purchase and operate facilities, systems, plants and enterprises such
additional facilities as shall be consonant with the purposes for which the proposed District is
created.
According to the petition, a preliminary investigation has been made to determine the cost of
the project, and it is estimated by the Petitioners that the cost of said project will be
approximately $83,730,000 ($63,620,000 for water, wastewater, and drainage plus $20,110,000
for roads).
CONTESTED CASE HEARING. The TCEQ may grant a contested case hearing on this petition if
a written hearing request is filed within 30 days after the newspaper publication of this notice.
To request a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a
group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number, and
fax number, if any; (2) the name of the Petitioners and the TCEQ Internal Control Number; (3)
the statement "I/we request a contested case hearing"; (4) a brief description of how you would
be affected by the petition in a way not common to the general public; and (5) the location of
y relative to the proposed District's boundaries. You may also submit your
ustments to the petition which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a
e hearing must be submitted in writing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the
ided in the information section below.

Page 9162
The Executive Director may approve the petition unless a written request for a contested case
hearing is filed within 30 days after the newspaper publication of this notice. If a hearing
request is filed, the Executive Director will not approve the petition and will forward the
petition and hearing request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled
Commission meeting. lf a contested case hearing is held, it will be a legal proceeding similar to
a civil trial in state district court.
INFORMATION. Written hearing requests should be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk,
MC-105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087. For information concerning the hearing
process, please contact the Public Interest Counsel, MC-103, at the same address. General
information regarding TCEQ can be found at our web site hLLp://\\'\\" .lceq.ll'xas.gO\'/.
Issued: December 4, 2024

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Project Name: 6 000
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Seven Springs MUD
Creation
Project Number:
0685-002
Date:
September 2024
THE STATE OF Tl:XAS
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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEB 2, 7 Wl5

AN ORDER GRANTING THE PETITION FOR CREATION OF
SEVEN SPRINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF COLLIN COUNTY
AND APPOINTING TEMPORARY DIRECTORS

A petition by GRBK Edgewood LLC, a Texas limited liability company (Petitioner) was
presented to the Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
for approval of the creation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility District of Collin County
(District) pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59 of the TEXAS CONS1TI1JTION and TEX. WATER CODE
Chapters 49 and 54.

The TCEQ, after haVing considered the petition, application material, and memorandum
from the fa:ecutive Director dated February 6, 2025 (Memorandum), attached as Exhibit "B,"
finds that the petition for creation should be approved.

The TCEQ finds that the creation of the proposed District as set out in the application is
feasible, practicable, and necessary, and would be a benefit to the land to be included in the
proposed District.

The TCEQ further finds that the proposed District and its system and subsequent
development within the proposed District will not have an unreasonable effect on land
elevation, subsidence, groundwater level within the region, recharge capability of a groundwater
source, natural runoff rates and drainage, water quality, or total tax assessments on all land
located within the proposed District.

All of the land and property proposed may properly be included within the proposed
District.

All statutory and regulatory requirements for creation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility
District of Collin County have been fulfilled in accordance with TEX. WATER CODE § 54.021 and
30 TEX. AoMIN. CODE§§ 293.11-293.12.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAl
QUALITY THAT:

l. The petition for the creation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility District of Collin
County is hereby granted.

2. The District is created under the terms and conditions of Article XVI, Section 59
of the TEXAS CONS1TI1JTION and TEX. WATER CODE Chapters 49 and 54.

3. The District shall have, and shall be subject to, all of the rights, duties, powers,
privileges, authority, and functions conferred and imposed by the TCEQ and the general laws of
f Texas relating to municipal utility districts, including road powers under TEX. WATER
34, subject to the requirements of the TCEQ and the general laws of the State of
ing to the exercise of such powers.

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4. The District shall be composed of the area situated in Collin County, Texas and
¼•hol ly outside of the corporate limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city, as
described by metes and bounds in Exhibi t "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein for all
purposes .

5. The Memorandum dated February 6, 202 5 , attached as Exhibit "B," is hereby
incorporated as part of this Order.

6. The persons listed in Recommendation No. 4 of the Memorandum are hereby
named and appointed as temporary directors and shall, as soon as practicable after the date of
entry of this Order, execute their official bonds and take their official oaths of office. All such
bonds shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the District, and each bond and oath shall
be filed with the District and retained in its records.

7. This Order shall in no event be construed as an approval of any proposed
agreements or of any particular items in any documents provided in support of the petition for
creation, nor as a commitment or requirement of the TCEQ in the future to approve or
disapprove any particular items or agreements in future applications submitted by the District
for TCEQ consideration.

8. The Chief Clerk of the TCEQ shall forward a copy of this Order to all affected
persons.

9. If any provision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Order is for any reason held
to be invalid, the invalidity of any portion shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of the Order.

Issue Date: February 2 1 , 202 5

For the Commission

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EXHIBIT "A"
DISTRICT EXHIBIT

TRACT 1

BEING A 355.651 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND SIT UATED IN T HE JAM E S R. SAVAGE
S U RVE Y , ABS T RAC T NO. 845 , COLLIN COU NTY , T EXAS, AND BEING ALL OF A
355.65 1 AC RE T RACT OF LAND, CONVEYED AS " T RAC T 1", TO GRBK
EDGE WOOD LLC, AS RE CORDED IN COU N TY C LE RK'S FILE NO. 2024000029991,
OFFICIAL PUBLIC RE CORDS, COLLIN COU NTY, T E XAS. SAID 355.651 ACRE
T RAC T , WI T H BEARING BASIS BEING GRID NOR T H , T E XAS STATE PLANE
COORDINATES, NORT H CE N T RAL ZONE NAD83, DE T E RM INED BY GPS
OBSE RVATIONS UTILIZING T HE ALLT E RRA R T KNE T AND BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DE SCRIBED BY ME T E S AND BOU NDS AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR T HE WE S TE RN MOS T
NOR T HWE S T CORNE R OF SAID 355.651 ACRE T RACT AND T HE COMMON
SOU T HWEST CORNE R OF A 25. 513 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEYED TO
MICHAE L DRUE FRAN KLIN AS RE CORDED IN COU N TY CLE RK'S FILE NO.
20 1 60421000482270, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RE CORDS, COLLIN COU N T Y , T EXAS .
SAID POIN T BEING ON T HE EAST LINE OF A 90.85 ACRE T RACT OF LAND
CONVEYED AS " T RAC T II" TO JOAN SPE CK RAM SE Y AND TONY LY N N SPE CK,
AS RE CORDED IN VOLUME 4065, PAGE 1 397 AND COU N T Y CLE RK'S FILE NO.
97-0 1 09126, OFFICIAL P U BLIC RE CORDS COLLIN COU N T Y , T E XAS;

T HE NCE , ALONG A NOR T HE R LY LINE OF SAID 355.651 AC RE T RACT AND T HE
SOU T H LINE OF SAID 25. 5 1 3 ACRE T RAC T , T HE FOLLOWING COU RSE S AND
DISTANCE S :

NOR T H 89 DEGREE S 32 M IN U T E S 50 SE CONDS EAS T , A DIS TANCE O F
5.14 FEE T TO A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD FOU ND FOR CORNE R;
SOU T H 73 DE GREE S 57 M IN U T E S 46 SE CONDS EAS T , A DISTANCE OF
550.54 FEE T TO A POI N T FOR CORNE R ;
SOU T H 73 DEGRE E S 4 9 MIN U TE S 5 7 SE CONDS EAS T , OVE R AND
ACROSS THE REMAINDE R OF A 101 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEY E D
TO JIMMY DON VAN HOOZE R A S RE CORDE D IN COU N T Y C LE RK'S FILE
NO. 2005-0060559 AND VOLUM E 5914, PAGE 99, OFFICIAL P U B LIC
RE CORDS, COLLIN COU N T Y , T E XAS A DISTANCE OF 924.80 FE E T TO A
POINT FOR CORNE R;
T HE NCE , CON TIN UING ALONG A NOR T HE RLY LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE
ND OVER AND ACROSS SAID 1 01 ACRE TRACT, THE FOLLOWING
ES AND DIS TANCE S :

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SOU T H 02 DE GREES 02 MIN U T E S 1 4 SE CONDS EAST , A DISTANCE OF
30.33 FEE T TO A POIN T FOR CORNE R;
NORTH 73 DEGRE ES 05 MIN U T ES 43 SECONDS EAST , A DISTANC E O F
28. 1 3 F E E T T O A POIN T FOR CORNER;
SOU T H 68 DEGREE S 05 MIN U T E S 06 SE CONDS EAST , A DISTANCE OF
20.42 FEET TO A POI N T FOR CORNE R;
SOUTH 34 DEGREES 16 MIN U T ES 16 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF
67.88 FEET TO A POIN T FOR CO RNE R;
NORTH 67 DEGRE ES 1 7 MIN U T ES 25 SECONDS EAST , A DISTANCE OF
4 1 .35 FEET TO A POI N T FOR CORNER;
SOU T H 70 DEGREES 1 5 MIN U T ES 27 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANC E OF
48. 23 FEET TO A POI N T FOR CORNE R;
SOU T H 8 1 DEGRE ES 30 MIN U T ES 43 SECONDS EAS T , A DISTANC E OF
38.98 FEE T T O A POI N T FOR AN IN T E RIOR ELL CORNER OF SAID 355.65 1
ACRE T RAC T ;
T HENCE , NORT H 0 1 DEGREE S 1 1 MIN UT ES 3 8 SECONDS EAST, ALONG A
WE STE RLY LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACR E T RAC T A DISTANCE OF 1713.70 FE E T
T O A POIN T FOR T HE N O R T HWE S T CORNER O F SAID 355.651 AC RE T RAC T .
SAID POI N T BEI N G ON T HE SOU T H LIN E O F A 33. 978 ACRE T RACT O F LAND
CONVEYED TO C. KEN T ADAMS, AS RECOR D E D IN COU N T Y CLERK'S FILE NO.
20060613000811920, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS , COLLI N COU N T Y , TEXAS.
SAID POI N T BEING WIT HIN COUNTY ROAD NO. 1 77 (A VARIABLE WIDT H RIGH T
OF-WAY ) ;
T HENCE, NORT H 8 9 DE G REES 4 5 MIN U TE S 0 8 SECONDS EAST , ALON G T H E
NOR T H LINE O F SAID 355.651 ACRE T RAC T , T HE COMMON SOU T H LINE O F SAID
33.978 ACRE T RAC T AND WI T H SAID COUN TY ROAD NO. 177, A DISTANCE O F
362.52 FEET T O 1/2" IRON ROD FOUND FOR T H E SOU T H EAST CORNER O F SAID
33.978 ACRE T RAC T AND T H E COMMON SOU T HWEST CORNER OF AN 11.297
ACRE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEY ED TO CLAY T ON RUDY HAU K AND LINDSAY
KIMBALL HAUK, AS RECORDED IN COU N TY CLERK'S FILE NO.
20210104000001430, O F FICIAL PUBLIC RE CORDS, COLLI N COU N T Y , TEXAS;
T HENCE, NOR T H 88 DEGRE ES 26 MIN UTES 22 SE CONDS EAS T , CONTI N UING
ALONG T HE N O R T H LIN E O F SAID 355.651 ACRE T RAC T , T HE COMMON SOUTH
LIN E OF SAID 1 1.297 ACRE TRAC T , T H E COMMON SOU T H LINE OF TU RBYFILL
ADDI TIO N , AN ADDITION TO T HE COUN TY OF COLLI N , AS RECORDED IN
CLERK'S FILE NO. 20200603010001920, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS,
OUNTY, T EXAS AND WIT H SAID COU N TY ROAD NO. 177, A DISTAN CE
FEET T O A POIN T FOR T H E NORT HWEST CORNER OF SAID 355.651

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AC RE TRACT AND TH E COMMON NORTHWEST CORNER OF A 23.90 ACRE
TRACT OF LAND CON V EY ED TO KELLIE SUE FIERRO, AS RECORDED IN
COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 2003-0050069 AND V OLUME 5378, PAGE 4922 ,
OFFICIAL PU BLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COU NTY, TEXAS ;
THENCE, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID 355.65 1 ACRE TRACT AND THE
COMMON WEST LINE OF SAID 23. 90 ACRE TRACT, THE FOLLOWING COU RSES
AND DISTANCES:
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MIN UT ES 41 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF
61 9.56 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER ;
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MIN UTES 33 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE EAST
LIN E OF A 8.453 ACRE T RACT OF LAND CON V EY ED AS "T RACT ONE" TO
JUDITH M. HANSO N , TRUSTEE OF THE J UDITH M. HANSON LIV IN G TRUST,
AS RECORDED IN COUNTY C LE RK'S FILE NO. 201 1 1 1 0900 1 2 1 2590,
OFFICIAL P U BLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COU NTY , TEXAS , A DISTANCE OF
637.02 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER;
THENCE, SOUTH 00 DEGREES 32 MIN UTES 49 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE
EAST LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE TRACT AND THE COMMON WEST LIN E OF
SAID 8 .453 ACRE TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 220.75 FEET TO A POINT FOR THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 8.453 ACRE TRACT AND THE COMMON
NORTHWEST CORNER OF A 0.844 AC RE TRACT OF LAND CON V EY ED AS
"TRACT THREE" TO J UDITH M. HANSO N , AS RECORDED IN COU NTY CLERK'S
FILE NO. 201 20307000252 1 80, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COUNTY ,
TEXAS;
THENCE, SOUTH 09 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST, CONTIN UING
ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE TRACT AND ALON G THE
COMMON WEST LINE OF SAID 0.844 ACRE TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 1 29. 1 3 FEET
TO A POINT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 0.844 ACRE TRACT;
THENCE, NORTH 85 DEGREES 1 1 MIN UTES 02 SECONDS EAST, ALONG AN
EASTERLY LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE TRACT THE COMMON SOUTH LIN E O F
SAID 0.844 ACRE TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 28.90 FEET TO A POINT F O R AN
EXTERIOR ELL CORNER OF SAID 355.65 1 ACRE TRACT AND THE COMMON
NORTHWEST CORNER OF A 26.26 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONV EY ED TO
DANIEL DUANE OLSEN AND CH RISTINE LYN N OLSEN, AS RECORDED IN
COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 202 1 070800 1 379340, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS ,
COLLIN COU NTY , TEXAS;
TH ENCE, SOUTH 00 DEGREES 1 8 MIN UTES 59 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE
E OF SAID 355 .65 1 ACRE T RACT AND THE COMMON WEST LIN E OF
o AC RE TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 725.83 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD
OR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 26.26 ACRE TRACT AND THE

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COMMON NORT HWE S T CORNE R OF A 1 3. 1 3 AC RE T RAC T OF LAND CONVE YED
TO RE BECCA SUE LE STER, LOU IS JEAN FLE T CHER AND HELEN E LAINE
DEFRANCE, AS RE CORDED I N COU N TY CLE RK'S FILE NO. 201 90204000 1 1 771 0,
OFFICIAL PUBLIC RE CORDS, COLLI N COU NTY, TEXAS;
T HENCE, CON TIN U I NG ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID 355.65 1 ACRE T RACT
AND T HE COMMON WE S T LI NE OF SAID 1 3. 1 3 ACRE T RAC T , T HE FOLLOWING
COURSE S AND DISTANCE S :
SOU T H 0 1 DEGREES 0 1 MIN U TES 3 3 SECONDS EAS T , A DISTANCE OF
1 7.65 FEE T TO A 1 /2 INCH IRON ROD FOU ND FOR CORNE R;
SOU T H 00 DE GREES 47 M I N U TES 1 7 SE CONDS EAS T , A DISTANCE OF
1 2 1 . 33 FEE T TO A POI N T FOR CORNER ;
SOU T H 00 DE GREE S 00 M I N U T E S 49 SE CONDS EAS T , A DI STANCE OF
3 1 8. 1 8 FEE T TO A 1 /2 I N CH I RON ROD FOUND FOR T HE SOU T HWEST
CORNE R OF SAID 1 3. 1 3 ACRE T RACT AND T HE COMMON NORT HWES T
CORNE R OF A 1 3.1 3 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEYED TO RE BE CCA
SUE LESTER, LOIS J EAN FLETCHER AND HELEN ELAIN E DEFRANCE, AS
RE CORDED I N COU N T Y CLE RK'S FILE NO. 201 90204000 1 1 7720, OFFICIA L
P U BLIC RE CORDS, COLLIN COU N TY, T E XAS ;
T HE N CE, SOU T H 00 DE G REE S 04 M I N U TES 0 1 SECONDS EAST , CON TIN U I N G
ALONG T HE EAS T LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE T RAC T AND T HE COMMON WEST
LINE OF SAID 1 3.1 3 ACRE TRAC T , A DISTANCE OF 478. 1 4 FEE T TO A 1 /2 INCH
I RON ROD FOR T HE SOU T HWE S T CORNE R OF SAID 1 3. 1 3 ACRE T RAC T AND
T HE COMMON NORT HWE S T CORNE R OF A 26.77 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND
CONVE YED TO KEN NET H W. HENDRIX, AS RECORDED I N COU NTY CLE RK' S
FILE NO. 96-00 1 9 1 3 1 , OFFICIAL P U B LIC RECORDS, COLLI N COU N TY, TEXAS;
T HENCE , CON T I N U I NG ALONG T HE EAST LINE OF SAID 355.651 AC RE T RAC T
AND T HE COMMON WEST LINE OF SAID 26.77 ACRE T RAC T , T HE FOLLOWIN G
COU RSES AND DISTANCES :
SOU T H 0 1 DEGREES 09 M I N U TES 25 SECONDS EAS T , A DISTANCE OF
265.56 FEET TO A POI N T FOR CORNER ;
SOU T H 0 3 DE GREE S 1 9 M I N U T E S 45 SECONDS EAS T , A DISTANCE OF
306 . 57 FEE T TO A POI N T FOR AN E X T E R IOR E LL CORNE R OF SAID
355.651 AC RE T RAC T AND T HE COMMON NORT HEAST CORNER OF A
73.33 ACRE TRACT OF LAN D CONVEYE D TO WI LLIAM PRE ST ON STALEY
I ll, AS RECORDED IN COU NTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 2003-0 1 38532 AND
OLUME 5463, PAGE 3530, OFFICIAL P U BLIC RECORDS, COLLI N COU NTY,
S;

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THENCE, ALONG A SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 355.651 AC RE T RACT AND THE
COMMON NORTH LINE OF SAID 73.33 ACRE TRACT, THE FOLLOWING COURSES
AND DISTANCES:
SOU T H 89 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WES T , A DISTANCE OF
145 . 26 FEET TO A POI N T FOR CORNER;
NOR T H 73 DEGREES 10 MIN U T ES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF
526.08 FEET TO A POINT FOR AN INTERIOR ELL CORNER OF SAID 355.65 1
AC RE TRACT AN D THE COMMON NOR T HWEST CORNER OF SAID 73.33
ACRE TRAC T;
THENCE, SOU T H 06 DEGREES 17 MIN UTES 09 SECONDS WES T , ALONG A
EASTERLY LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE TRACT AND THE COMMON WEST LINE
OF SAID 73.33 ACR E TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 1623.59 FEET TO A POINT FOR
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID 355.651 AC RE T RACT, FROM WHICH A 1/2
INCH I RON ROD FOU ND BEARS SOUTH 82 DEG REES 10 MIN UTES 23 SECON DS
WEST, A DISTANCE OF 0.44 FEET;
THENCE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 40 SECON DS WEST, ALONG THE
SOUTH LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE TRACT, A COMMON NORTH LINE OF SAID
73.33 AC RE TRACT AND THE COMMON NORTH LINE OF A 16.00 ACRE T RACT OF
LAN D CONVEYED TO DAVID E. GOLDEN AN D WIFE JEN NIFER L. GOLDEN, AS
RECORDED IN COUNTY C LERK'S FILE NO. XX-XXXXXXX, OFFICIAL P U B LIC
RECORDS, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, A DISTANCE OF 965.79 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH
IRON ROD FOUN D FOR CORNER;
THENCE, SOU T H 09 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 45 SECON DS WES T , CON TIN UING
ALONG THE SOU T H LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE TRACT AND T HE COMMON
NOR T H LINE OF SAID 16.00 ACRE T RACT, A DISTANCE OF 35.21 FEET TO A
POINT FOR CORNER. SAID POI N T BEING WIT HIN WEST ON RIDGE TRAIL (A
PRESCRIPTIVE RIG H T-OF-WAY BY U SE AND OCC U PATION) ;
T HENCE, NORTH 89 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 47 SECON DS WES T , ALONG SAID
COMMON LINES AND WITH SAID WESTON RIDGE TRAIL, A DISTANCE OF
1906.05 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER . SAID POINT IN T HE NORTH RIGHT-OF
WAY LINE OF COU N T Y ROAD NO. 175, (A VARIABLE WIDTH RIG HT-OF-WAY);
THENCE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 31 MIN UTES 51 SECON DS WEST, ALONG THE
SOUTH LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE T RACT AND THE COMMON NORTH RIGHT
OF-WAY LINE OF SAID COU N T Y ROAD NO. 175, A DISTANCE OF 1524.65 FEET
TO A MAG NAIL FOUND FOR T HE SOU T HWEST CORNER OF SAID 355.651 ACRE
T RAC T AN D THE COMMON SOUTHEAS T CORNER OF A 22.43 ACRE TRAC T OF
N V EY ED TO ARA ESTATES, LLC , AS RECORDED IN COU NTY C LERK'S
2023000039659, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS;

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T HE NCE, NOR T H 01 DE G REES 32 MIN U TE S 04 SE CON DS WE ST, ALONG T HE
WE ST LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE T RACT AN D T HE COMMON EAS T LINE OF
SAID 22.43 ACRE T RAC T AND T H E COMMON EAST LINE OF LIT CHFORD
HEIG H T S ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO T HE COU N TY OF COLLIN , AS RE CORDE D
IN CABINET M ,SLI DE 621, PLAT RECORDS, COLLIN COUN TY, T EXAS, A
DISTANCE OF 11 66.06 FEET TO A POINT FOR AN EXTE RIOR ELL CORNER OF
SAID 355.651 AC RE T RAC T AN D T H E COMMON SOU T HWEST CORNE R OF LONE
STAR RANCH SOU T H , PHASE 1 , AN ADDITION TO T HE COU N T Y OF COLLIN, AS
RE COR D E D IN COU NTY CLE R K'S FILE NO. 2021031 7010000840, OFFICIAL
PUBLIC RE CORDS, COLLIN COU N T Y , TEXAS;
T HE NCE, NOR T H 89 D EGRE ES 30 M I N U TE S 58 SE CON DS EAST , ALONG A
NORT HERLY LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE T RAC T , THE COMMON SOU T H LIN E OF
SAID LON E STAR RANC H SOU T H , PHASE 1, T HE COMMON SOU T H LINE OF A
5.00 ACRE T RAC T OF LAN D CONVEYE D TO TIMOTHY E. WOODARD AND
KIM BE RLY A. WOODARD , AS RE CORDE D IN COU N TY CLERK'S FILE NO.
202300002 1 582, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COU N T Y , TEXAS AN D THE
SOU T H LINE OF A 30.27 ACR E T RAC T OF LA N D CON V E Y E D TO DARRE LL
ASHMANSKAS AND MIN LOU , AS RE CORDE D IN COU N T Y CLERK'S FILE NO.
202 1 060900 1 162740, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, COLLI N COU NTY , TEXAS, A
DISTANCE OF 1763.70 FEE T TO A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD FOU N D FOR AN IN TE RIOR
E LL CORNE R OF SAID 355.651 AC RE T RAC T A N D T HE COMMON SOUTHEAST
CORNE R OF SAID 30.27 ACRE T RAC T ;
T H ENCE, NORT H 09 DEGREES 4 3 MIN U T E S 01 S ECON DS EAST , ALONG T H E
WE ST LINE OF SAID 355.651 ACRE T RACT AN D T HE COMMON EAST LIN E OF
SAID 30.27 ACRE T RAC T , A DISTANCE OF 730. 2 1 FE E T TO A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD
FOU N D FOR T HE NOR T H EAST CORNE R OF SAID 30.27 ACRE T RAC T AND T HE
COMMON SOU T H EAST CONE R OF LONE STAR RANC H , AN ADDITION TO T HE
COU NTY OF COLLIN, AS RE CORDED IN COU NTY CLERK'S FILE NO.
2 0 1 6 1 207010005180, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD S , COLLIN COU N TY , T EXAS;
T HE NCE , NOR T H 09 DE G RE E S 57 MIN U TE S 39 SECON DS EAS T , CON TIN UING
ALONG T HE WE S T LINE OF SAID 355.65 1 AC RE T RAC T AN D T HE COMMON EAS T
LINE OF SAID LONE STAR RANCH, A DISTANCE OF 1 76 1 .55 FEE T TO A 1/2 INCH
IRON ROD FOU N D FOR TH E NOR T H EAS T CORNE R OF SAID LONE STAR RANCH
AN D T HE COMMON SOU T HWEST CORNE R OF AFORE SAID 90.85 ACRE T RAC T ;
T HE NCE , NORT H 09 DEGRE E S 57 MINU T ES 32 SECON DS EAST, CON TIN UING
ALONG T HE WE S T LINE OF SAID 355.65 1 ACRE TRAC T AN D THE COMMON EAS T
LINE OF SAID 90.85 ACRE TRAC T , A DISTANC E OF 468.25 FEE T TO T HE POINT
OF BEGINNING AN D CON TAINING A CALC U LAT E D AREA OF 1 5 ,492, 1 79 SQUARE
355.651 ACRES OF LA N D.

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TRACT 2
BEING A 50.003 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND SIT UA T ED IN T H E JAM ES R. SAVAGE
S U RVEY , ABS T RAC T NO. 845, COLLIN COU N T Y , T EXAS , AND BEING ALL OF A
50.003 ACR E T RACT OF LAND, CONVEYED AS ''T RAC T 2", T O GRBK EDG EWOOD
LLC , AS RECORDED IN COU N TY CLERK'S FILE NO. 202400002999 1 , OFFICIAL
PUBLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COU N T Y , T EXAS. SAID 50.003 ACR E T RACT , WI T H
BEARING BASIS BEING GRID NOR T H , T EXAS S TATE PLANE COORDINAT ES,
NOR T H C EN T RAL ZONE NAD83, DE T ERMIN ED BY GPS O BSERVA T IONS
U TILIZING T H E ALL T ERRA R T KN E T AND BEIN G MORE PAR T IC U LARLY
DESC RIBED BY M E T ES AND BOU NDS AS FOLLOWS :

BEGNNING AT A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD WI T H PLAST IC CAP S TAMP ED "BRENNAM
5560" FOU ND FOR THE NOR T H EAST CORNER OF SAID 50.003 ACRE T RAC T .
SAID POINT BEING I N T H E SOU T H RIG H T -OF-WAY LIN E O F COU NTY ROAD NO.
1 75 (A VARIABLE WIDT H RIGH T-OF-WAY);

T H ENCE, SOU T H 00 DEGREES 26 MIN U T ES 48 SECONDS EAST , ALONG T H E
EAS T LIN E O F SAID 50.003 ACRE T RAC T, T H E COMMON WES T LIN E O F A 1 6. 00
AC RE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEY ED T O DAVID E. GOLDEN AND WIF E JEN NIFER
L. GOLDEN , AS RECORDED IN COU NTY CLERK'S FILE NO. XX-XXXXXXX, OFFICIAL
PU BLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COU N T Y , T EXAS, T HE COMMON WEST LIN E OF A
15.26 ACRE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEY ED T O AMIR JASIN AND G HADA ZAATARI,
AS RECORDED IN COU N TY C LE RK'S FILE NO. 201 1 04 1 9000405870, OFFICIAL
PU BLIC RECORDS, COLLIN COU NTY, T EXAS, T H E COMMON WEST LIN E OF A
37.26 AC RE T RAC T OF LAND CONVEY ED AS " T RAC T 4" T O J UANITA L. HAYES,
AS RECORDED IN COU N T Y CLE RK'S FILE NO. 2023000003369, OFFICIAL P UB LIC
RECORDS, COLLIN COUN TY, T EXAS AND WIT H SAID C O U N T Y ROAD NO. 1 75, A
DIS TANCE OF 1079. 1 6 FEE T T O A POINT FOR CORNER;

T H E NCE, SOU T H 00 DEG REES 34 MIN U T ES 25 SECONDS EAS T , CON TINUING
ALONG THE EAS T LIN E O F SAID 50.003 ACRE T RAC T AND T H E COMMON WES T
LIN E OF SAID 37.26 ACRE T RACT AND WIT H SAID COUN TY ROAD NO. 1 75 A
DIS TANCE OF 475.37 F E E T T O A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD WIT H PLAS T IC CAP
S TAMPED "BRENNAM 5560" FOUND FOR T H E SOU T H EAST CORNER OF SAID
50.003 AC RE T RAC T AND T H E COMMON N OR T H EAST CORNER OF A 1 00 ACR E
T RAC T O F LAND CONVEY ED T O PAU L LEH NER AND VIRGINIA R . LEH N ER,
T RU S T EES OF T H E LEHNER FAMILY R EVOCABLE T R U S T , AS RECORDED IN
COU NTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 20200928001 659370, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS,
COLLIN COU NTY, T EXAS;

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TH ENCE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 53 MIN UTES 56 SECONDS WEST, ALONG TH E
SOUTH L I N E OF SAID 50. 003 ACRE TRACT AND THE COMMON NORTH LI N E OF
SAI D 1 00 ACRE TRACT, A D ISTANC E OF 1401 .31 FEET TO A 1/2 I N C H SQUARE
IRON PIPE FOUND FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAI D 50. 003 AC RE
TRACT AND THE COMMON SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A 42.945 ACRE TRACT OF
LAND CO NVEYED TO CARL C. RASOR OR ANG I E A. RASOR, TRUSTEES OF THE
RASOR LIVI NG TRUST, AS RECORDED IN COU NTY C LERK'S FILE NO.
20090331000368880, OFFICIAL PU BLIC RECORDS, COLLI N COU NTY, TEXAS;

THENCE, NORTH 00 DEGREES 30 MIN UTES 34 SECO N DS WEST, ALONG TH E
WEST LINE OF SAI D 50.003 ACRE TRACT AND THE COMMON EAST LI N E OF SAID
42 . 945 AC RE TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 1 554.31 F EET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD
WITH P LASTIC CAP STAM PED "BRE N NAM 5560" FOU N D FOR THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF SAI D 50.003 AC RE TRACT AN D THE COMMON NORTH EAST
CORNER OF SAI D 42. 945 ACRE TRACT. SAI D POINT BEI N G IN THE SOUTH
RIGHT-OF-WAY L I N E OF AFORESAI D COU NTY ROAD NO. 175;

TH ENCE, NORTH 89 DEGREES 53 MIN UTES 22 SECONDS EAST, ALONG TH E
NORTH LINE O F SAID 50.003 AC RE TRACT AN D THE COMMON SOUTH RIGHT
OF-WAY LI N E OF SAID COUNTY ROAD NO. 175, A DISTANC E OF 1 401 .96 FEET
TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AN D CONTAI N I N G A CALC U LATED AREA O F
2,178 , 1 1 8 SQUARE FEET OR 50.003 ACRES OF LAND.

A PARCEL PLAT OF EQUAL DATE HEREWITH ACCOMPANIES THIS PROPERTY
DESCRIPTION.

Chris Matteo, R.P.L.S. 08/27/2024
Registered Professional Land Surveyor
Texas Registration No. 6501
LJA Surveying, Inc. . ............ .
6060 North Central Expressway, S uite 400 ..............
RIS MATT
Dallas, Texas 75206 6501
469-484-0778

T.B. P.E. L.S. Firm No. 1 0 1 94382

3941200SURVEY\230 Legal Descriptions\0394EX02.docx

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TECHNICAL MEMORA DUM

To: Justin P. Taack, Manager fy;o r Date: February 6, 2025
Districts Section
�)2 025
Thru: Michael Briscoe, Team Lead
Districts Creation Review Team

From: Jacob Houston
Districts Creation Review Team

Subject: Petition by GR.BK Edgewood LLC for Creation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility
District of Collin County; Pursuant to Texas Water Code Chapters 49 and 54.
TCEQ Internal Control No. D- 1 0292024-053 (TC)
CN: 60632 1 6 5 1 RN: 1 12076773

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) received a petition within the
application requesting approval for the creation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility District of
Collin County (District). The petition was signed by Bobby Samuel, Vice President of GR.BK
Edgewood LLC, a Texas limited liability company (Petitioner). The petition states that the
Petitioner holds title to a majority in value of the land in the proposed District. A separate
affidavit regarding no lienholders was provided stating that there are no lien.holders on the
land to be included in the proposed District.

The District is proposed to be created and organized according to the terms and provisions of
Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution, and Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water
Code (TWC).

Location and Access

The proposed District is located in northern Collin County (County), approximately seven miles
west of the City of Anna, 0.5 miles north of the City of Weston, and generally northeast of the
City of Celina. The proposed District is south of County Road (CR) 1 77 and east of CR 1 76, with
a contiguous tract of land south of CR 1 75. The proposed District is located wholly outside the
corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city, town, or village. Access to the
proposed District will be provided by CR 1 75, CR 1 77, Weston Ridge: Trail, and Lone Star Road.
Metes and Bounds Description

The proposed District contains two tracts of land totaling 405.654 acres. The metes and bounds
description of the proposed District has been checked by TCEQ's staff and has been found to
form an acceptable closure.

Exhibit "B"

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City Consent
The proposed District is located outsid e the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of
any city, town, or village. Therefore, requirements of Texas Local Government Code Section
42.042 and TWC Section 54.0 1 6 are not applicable.

County Notification
In accordance with TWC Section 54.0 1 6 1 , a certified letter, dated November 1 8 , 2024, was sent
to the Commissioners Court of Collin County which provided notice of the proposed District's
pending creation application and provided them an opportunity to make their
recommendations. To date, the county has not responded to this notification.

Statements of Filing Petition

Evidence of filing a copy of the petition v.ith the Collin County Clerks' office, the TCEQ's
Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, the Texas state representative, and the Texas state senator
was included in the application.

Type of Project

The proposed District will be considered a "developer project" as defined by 30 Texas
Administrative Code (30 TAC) Section 293.44(a). Therefore, developer cost participation in
accordance with 30 TAC Section 293.4 7 will be required.

Developer Qualifications

Application material indicates that GRBK Edgewood LLC will be the developer of the proposed
District . GRBK Edgewood LLC has one sole member, Green Brick Partners, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (GRBK). GRBK is the third largest homebuilder in Dallas-Fort Worth. GRBK owns
five subsidiary homebuilders in Texas (CB JENI Homes, Normandy Homes, Southgate Homes,
Trophy Signature Homes, and a 90% interest in Centre Living Homes), as well as a controlling
interest in a homebuilder in Atlanta, Georgia (The Providence Group) and 80% interest in a
homebuilder m Port St. Lucie, Florida (GHO Homes). GRBK delivered 82 1 new homes in 2024
and 76 1 new homes in 2023.

Certificate of Ownership

By signed certificate dated October 1, 2024, the Collin Central Appraisal District has certified
that the appraisal rolls indicate that as of September 2 5, 2024, the Petitioner is the owner of a
maj ority in value of the land in the proposed District.
Temporary Director Affidavits

The TCEQ has received affidavits for consideration of the appointment of the following five
temporary directors:

Spencer Weber Joey Tyner Brittan Chrisman
istina Adamson Ryder Byrne

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Each of the above persons named is qualified, as required by 30 TAC Section 293.32(a), to serve
as a temporary director of the proposed District as each ( 1 ) is at least 18 years old, (2) is a
resident of the State of Texas, and (3) either owns land subject to taxation within the proposed
District or is a qualified voter within the proposed District. Additionally, as required by TWC
Section 54 .022, the majority are residents of the county in which the proposed District is
located, a county adjacent to the county in which the proposed District is located, or if the
proposed District is located in a county that is in a metropolitan statistical area designated by
the United States Office of Management and Budget or its successor agency, a county in the
same metropolitan statistical area as the county in which the proposed District is located.

Notice Requirements
Proper notice of the application was published on December 1 2 and December 19, 2024, in the
Collin County Commercial Record, a newspaper regularly published or circulated in Collin
County, the county in which the district is proposed to be located. Proper notice of the
application was posted on December 1 2, 2024, at the place for posting legal notices at the
Collin County Courthouse. Accordingly, the notice requirements of 30 TAC Section 293.1 2(b)
have been satisfied. The opportunity for the public to request a contested case hearing
(comment period) expired January 2 1, 2025.

B. ENGINEERING ANALYSIS

The creation engineering report indicates the following:
Availability of Comparable Service
The proposed District is located in the water Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) of
Mustang Special Utility District (SUD). Mustang SUD will provide retail water services to all areas
of the proposed District. No other comparable water services are available.
The proposed District is not within the sewer CCN of any entity. A wastewater collection system
and wastewater treatment plant will be constructed and operated to serve the entire proposed
District. The proposed District will provide retail wastewater service within its boundaries. No
other comparable wastewater services are available in the area.
Water Supply and Distribution Improvements
Per the engineering report, it is estimated that the District will contain 1 ,339 equivalent
single-family connections (ESFCs) at ultimate development. Mustang SUD will provide retail
water services to all areas of the proposed District as needed in the future. Mustang SUD
purchases treated surface water from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD).
UTRWD draws surface water from Lewisville Lake, Ray Roberts Lake, and Jim Chapman Lake.
The proposed District will finance the water distribution system serving its residents. The
homebuilders or proposed District will be required to pay connection fees to Mustang SUD for
each water service connection. All water facilities will be designed in accordance with the
TCEQ and the County.
The proposed water distribution system will consist of an offsite line connecting to Mustang
m, plus a network of internal 8-inch and 12-inch main lines providing service to all
roposed District. The design of the proposed water supply and distribution
be based on a projection of the water demand conditions based on service

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connections, and the pressure at which it must be supplied. The proposed water supply and
distribution system design will meet or exceed the minimum standards established by TCEQ.

Wastewater Collection and Treatment Improvements

It is estimated that the District will contain 1 ,339 ESFCs at ultimate development, requiring
40 1 , 700 gallons per day of wastewater treatment capacity, using 300 gallons per day per
connection. The proposed District is not within the wastewater CCN of any entity. A
wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment plant will be constructed and
operated to serve the entire proposed District. The proposed District will provide retail
wastewater service within the proposed District's boundaries. All wastewater facilities will be
designed in accordance with the TCEQ and the County.

The proposed District's wastewater collection system will consist of a network of gravity
wastewater collection lines, plus a lift station and force main, which will collect and transport
flow to the wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater collection and treatment system will
be designed to meet or exceed the minimum state requirements for the land uses and
development plan.

Storm Water and Drainage Improvements

Storm water runoff within the proposed District will be collected in channels then to flumes or
inlets which will convey the flows to a detention pond. Storm water collected from the
proposed storm wastewater and drainage system will typically pass through and be held in
detention ponds before discharging into the tributaries of the East Fork of the Trinity River.

The proposed storm wastewater and drainage system will be designed to accommodate 2-year
and 1 00-year storm events as required for the land uses and development plan. According to
the preliminary engineering report, detention ponds will be designed to prevent impacts to any
downstream landowners. The design of the stormwater and drainage improvements will be
designed and constructed in accordance with applicable ordinances and rules adopted by the
County and TCEQ.
Road Improvements

The proposed District will have five points of access from CR 1 77, Weston Ridge Trail, lone
Star Road, and two from CR 1 7 5. The proposed District intends to use bonds to fund the main
entrances and local streets. The developer will construct a network of collector roads and local
streets to provide access to the areas of the proposed District depending on land use. The
roads will be designed in accordance with County standards.
Floodplain

According to Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map Nos.
48085C004 5J and 48085C0135J, dated June 2, 2009, none of the proposed District lies within
the 1 00-year floodplain.
Topography/Land Elevation
•
ity of the natural drainage is in a southeasterly direction collecting in tributaries of
rk of the Trinity River. Existing elevations within the proposed District range from
ely 7 70 feet above mean sea level (ms]) in the southern portion to approximately
ove msl in the eastern portion.

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The developer has no plans to significantly alter land elevations or the natural topography on
land in the proposed District. Elevations may be lowered or raised as needed to provide positive
drainage. Therefore, development of the proposed District is not expected to have an
unreasonable effect on land elevation.

The proposed District will receive its water from Mustang SUD. Mustang SUD purchases treated
surface water from UTRWD which is sourced from Lewisville Lake, Ray Roberts Lake, and Jim
Chapman Lake. Therefore, according to the preliminary engineering report, the proposed
District is expected to have no unreasonable effect on subsidence.

Groundwater Levels/Recharge

The proposed District will receive treated surface water from Mustang SUD and is not located
within a regulated recharge zone. Runoff from the proposed District will generally follow
existing topographical flow patterns, and the project will include detention ponds, which will
drain to existing streams consistent with existing drainage patterns. Il1erefore, according to the
preliminary engineering report, development of the proposed District is expected to have no
unreasonable effect on ground water levels or aquifer recharge.

Natural Run-off and Drainage

Runoff from the proposed District will be collected in detention ponds before outfalling into
the tributaries of the East Fork of the Trinity River. All drainage facility construction within the
proposed District will be required to obtain plan approval from the\County and will comply
with County or other applicable jurisdictional regulations. Development of the proposed
District will increase the natural runoff rates when compared to the present undeveloped state
of the land; however, the detention ponds will be designed to mitigate any effect on
downstream runoff rates. Therefore, according to preliminary engineering report, the proposed
District is expected to have no unreasonable effect on runoff rates and drainage.
Water Quality

All construction within the proposed District will include erosion control measures which
comply with the Strom Water Pollution Prevention Plans overseen by TCEQ. All wastewater will
be collected and treated in a wastewater treatment facility that is permitted and approved by
TCEQ, which should minimize the effects on surface water quality. All drainage projects will be
designed to comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local regulations, including
regulations related to storm water quality. Therefore, according to the preliminary engineering
report, the proposed District is expected to have no unreasonable effect on water quality.

Dam Safety Analysis

The TCEQ Dam Safety Program personnel reviewed the location of the District and confirmed
by letter dated September 30, 2024, that there appear to be a few small ponds within the
proposed District's boundaries. The ponds will need to be evaluated to determine if they will
remain or be removed. If they will remain and are classified as dams in TCEQ jurisdiction, they
will need to be evaluated for hydraulic adequacy and hazard classification.

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C. SUMMARY OF COSTS

WATER, WASTEWATER, AND DRAINAGE

Construction Costs District Share 111
A. Developer Contribution Items
1 . Water, Wastewater, and Drainage $ 25,787,068
2. Erosion Control 1,32 3 ,298
3. Contingencies ( 1 5% of Item Nos. 1 ·2) 4 ,066,5 5 5
4. Engineering (10% of Item Nos. 1 ·2) 2,711.036
Total Developer Contribution Items $ 33,887,957
B . District Items
1. Off site Water $ 227, 500
2. Wastewater Treatment Plant 12,024,000
3 . Contingencies (15% o f Item Nos. 1 ·2) 1 ,837, 7 2 5
4. Engineering ( 1 0% of Item Nos. 1 ·2) 1.22 5, 1 50
Total District Items $ 1 5, 3 1 4,375

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS (77.34% of BIR) $ 49,202 ,332

Non·Construction Costs
A. Legal Fees $ 1 ,908,600
B. Fiscal Agent Fees 1 , 590,500
C . Interest Costs
1. Capitalized Interest (1 years @ 5%) 3,1 8 1 ,000
2. Developer Interest (2 years @ 5% of Construction Costs) 4,920,23 3 121
D. Bond Discount (3%) 1 ,908,600
E. Bond Issuance Expenses 236,065
F. Bond Application Report Costs 200,000
G. Creation/ Organization 1 00,000
H. Ad.ministration and Operations 1 50,000
I. Attorney General Fee (0.1%) 63 , 620
J. TCEQ Bond Issuance Fee (0.25%) 159. 050
TOTAL NON·CONSTRUCTION COSTS $ 1 4,417,668

TOTAL W, WW. & D BOND ISSUE REQUIREMENT $ 63,620,000
Notes:
( 1 ) Assumes 1 00% funding of anticipated developer contribution items, where applicable.
(2) Based on developer advancing funds approximately two years prior to reimbursement.

Eli "bility of costs for District funding and 3096 developer contribution requirements will be
d in accordance with TCEQ rules in effect at the time bond applications are reviewed.

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ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Construction Costs Distri�t Share 111
A Roads $ 12,591 ,462
B. Contingencies ( 1 5% of Item No. 1) 1 ,888,720
C. Engineering ( 1 0% of Item No. 1) l,259,11Q
Total Construction Costs $ 1 5,739,328

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS (78.27% of BIR) $ 15, 739,328

Non-Construction Costs
A Legal Fees $ 603,300
B. Fiscal Agent Fees 502,750
C. Interest Costs
1 . Capitalized Interest (1 years @ 5%) 1,005,500
2. Developer Interest (2 years @ 5% of Construction Costs) 1,573,93 3 (l)

D. Bond Discount (3%) 603,300
E. Bond Issuance Costs 51,779
F. Bond Engineering Costs 10,000
G. Attorney General Fee (0.1%) 20,110
TOTAL NON-CONSTRUCTION COSTS $ 4,3 70,672

TOTAL ROAD BOND ISSUE REQUIREMENT $ 20,1 10,000

Notes:
( 1 ) Assumes 1 00% funding of anticipated developer contribution items, where applicable.
(2) Based on developer advancing funds approximately two years prior to reimbursement.

A preliminary layout of roads proposed for funding has been provided, and they appear to
benefit the proposed District and the land included within the proposed District. TCEQ's review
of eligibility of costs may be determined in accordance with TCEQ rules in effect at the time
bond applications are reviewed.

D. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Land Use

The land use for the proposed District is intended to accommodate single-family residential
development. Planned ultimate development in the proposed District, as shown in the land use
plan provided in the engineering report, is as follows:

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Land � Acreage ESFCs
Single Family/Residential 286.90 1 ,336
Amenity Center 5.00 2
Parks/Open Space 71 .44 0
Floodplain 38.20 0
Wastewater Treatment Plant 4.00 l
Total 405.54 1,339

Market Study

A market study, prepared in August 2024 by Residential Strategies, Inc., was submitted in
support of the creation of the proposed District. The proposed District is expected to include
approximately J ,339 ESFCs on a tract totaling approximately 405.54 acres. The home values are
expected to be approximately $435,000 to $ 52 5,000 for SO-foot lots and $485,000 to $ 57 5,000
for 60-foot lots. The study indicates single-family homes for that price range within the study's
market area are expected to be absorbed at a rate of approximately 163 homes/year over the
first five years.

Project Financing

Per the engineering report, the projected taxable assessed valuation (AV) for the proposed
District is as follows:

Developed Unit Value
Development Description Lots (per home per lot) Total Buildout Value
SO-foot single-family lots 999 $ 480,000 5 479,520,000
60-foot single-family lots 337 $ 530,000 $ 178,6 10,000
Total Assessed Valuation $ 658,1 30,000

Considering the issuance of a total of $ 83, 730,000 (S63,620,000 for utilities and $20,110,000
for roads) in bonds, assuming 100% financing, a bond coupon rate of 5%, and a 30-year bond
life, the average annual debt service requirement would be $ 5,940,849 ($4, 5 1 3,995 for utilities
plus $ 1 ,426,854 for roads). Assuming a 98% collection rate and an ultimate AV of $ 658, 130,000,
a projected ultimate tax rate of approximately $0.92 ($0. 70 for utilities and $0.22 for roads) per
$ 1 00 AV was indicated to be necessary to meet the annual debt service requirements for the
proposed District. An additional $ 0.05 per $ 1 00 AV is projected to be levied for maintenance
and operating expenses, for a combined proposed District tax rate of S0.97.

Based on the information provided and assuming 100% financing, the total year 2024
overlapping tax rates on land within the proposed District are shown as follows:

Tax Rates
Taxing Jurisdiction (Collin County) 11 1
Seven Springs MUD (District) $ 0.9711 CIK31
Collin County $ 0.1493
Collin College $ 0.08 12
Celina !SD $ 1 .235 8
TOTAL TAX per $ 100 AV: $ 2.4374

rate per $ 1 00 assessed valuation.

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(2) Represents SO. 70 for utilities, $0.22 for roads, and $0.05 for operation and maintenance tax.
(3) Assuming 1 0096 funding of anticipated developer contribution items, where applicable.

Based on the proposed District tax rate and the year 2024 overlapping tax rate on land within
the proposed District, and assuming 1 00% financing, the project is considered economically
feasible.

Water and Wastewater Rates

According to information provided, Mustang SUD will provide retail water service and the
proposed District will provide wastewater services to the proposed District's customers. The
estimated monthly fee for 10,000 gallons of water and wastewater service would be $133.06.

Comparative Water District Tax Rates

A tax rate of $0.97 ($0.70 for utiliti.es, $0.22 for roads, and $ 0.05 for operation and
maintenance tax) for the proposed District is comparable to other districts in the target market
area. Based on the requirements and intent of 30 TAC Section 293.59, this project is considered
economically feasible. Each particular bond issue will be evaluated based on its own economic
feasibility merits and the rules and regulations in place at the time prior to the issuance of any
bonds by the proposed District.

E. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

Request for Road Powers

A request for approval of road powers was included in the petition for creation of the proposed
District. Pursuant to TWC Section 54.234, approval of road powers may be requested at the
time of creation. The engineering report provided with the application included a summary of
the estimated costs. The proposed roads appear to benefit the proposed District, and financing
appears feasible.

F. CONCLUSIONS

1 . Based on TCEQ policy, compliance with TCEQ rules, and review of the engineering report
and supporting documents, the proposed District is considered feasible, practicable, a
benefit to the land within the proposed District, and necessary as a means to finance
utilities and to provide utility service to future customers.

2. Based on a review of the preliminary engineering report; market study; the proposed
District's water, wastewater, drainage facilities, and road facilities; a combined projected tax
rate of $0.97 per $100 AV when assuming 1 00% financing; the proposed District obtaining a
5% bond coupon rate; and other supporting data, the proposed District is considered
feasible under the intent of the feasibility limits prescribed by 30 TAC Section 293.59.

3. The recommendations are made under authority delegated by the Executive Director of the
TCEQ.

NDATIONS

petition for creation of Seven Springs Municipal Utility District of Collin County.

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2. Grant the District's request to acquire road powers in accordance with TWC Section 54.234
and 30 TAC Sections 293 . ll (d)( l l), 293.201, and 293.202 subject to the requirement
imposed by the TCEQ and the general laws of the state relating to the exercise of such
powers.

3. The Order granting the petition should include the following statements:
"This Order shall in no event be construed as an approval of any proposed agreements or of
any particular items in any documents provided in support of the petition for creation, nor
as a commitment or requirement of the TCEQ in the future to approve or disapprove any
particular items or agreements in future applications submitted by the District for TCEQ
consideration."
4. Appoint the following five persons to serve as temporary directors until permanent
directors are elected and qualified:

Spencer Weber Joey Tyner Brittan Chrisman
Christina Adamson Ryder Byrne

H. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Petitioner's professional representatives are:
Attorney: Mr. Ross Martin - Winstead, PC
Creation Engineer: Mr. Ken Heroy, P.E. - Jones-Heroy & Associates, Inc.
Market Analyst: Ms. Cassie Gibson - Residential Strategies, Inc.

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C IT Y OF A]';:\A, TEXAS

REsoLLTtol\ �o. f).o�t./- Cf - I" WO
RESOLUTION OF T H E CITY OF A N l\A, TEXAS CONSEl\TING TO T H E CREA TING
OF POL ITICAL S U B D I V I S IO:\ L THE EXTRATERRITORIAL J U RISDICTIOl\
OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS

WHEREAS, GRBK Edgewood LLC. a Texas limited liability company (''Petitioner'") has submitted
to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Anna (the "'City"), a Petition for Consent to Creation of
Political Subd1v1sion in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Anna, Texas: and

WHEREAS, said political subdiv ision ( the "District") is proposed to be created and organized under
the terms and provisions of Article XVI, Section 59 and Article I l l. Section 52 of the Texas Constitution and
Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code, a. amended, together with all amendments and additions
thereto: and

WHEREAS, the District is proposed to contain an area of approximately 405.654 acres of land.
situated within Col lin County, Texas, described by metes and bounds in Exh ibit "A". which is attached hereto
and made a part hereof for all purposes. The described property is partially located within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the City of Anna. Texas; and

WHEREAS, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "B" and made a part hereof are certain tenns and
conditions to such annexation as authorized by Sections 54.0 1 6{c) and 54. 1 65 , Texas Water Code, as
amended. and Section 7929A.0305 of the Act; and

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to consent to the requested addition of land to the District:

NO" . THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AN'.'IA. TEXAS:

I . That all of the matters and facts set out in the preambles hereof arc true and correct and
incorporated herein as if fully set forth herein.

2. That the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas hereby specifically gives its written consent,
as provided by Chapter 54, Texas Water Code. and Section 7929A.0305 of the Act, to the addition of a certain
area of land located within the proposed area of the District and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
the C'ity of Anna. Texas. subject to the terms and conditions attached hereto and incorporated herein as
Exhibit "B"

3. That this resolution tukc effect immediately from and after its passage and is accordingly so
resolved.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anna. Texas on the 24th day of September
2024.

APPROVED:

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EXIIlBIT A

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT

LEGAL DESCRIPTION ITRACT 1)
355.65 1 ACRES

BEING all of that certain tract of land situated In the Joseph Mitchum Survey, Abstract
No. 590, the James R. Savage Survey, Abstract No. 845, and the Thomas Allen Survey,
Abstract No. 12, Collin County, Texas, llOd being oil ofa called 355.559 acre tract oflond,
described as Tract One, in the deed to Celina Seven Springs, LP, recorded in Instrument
No. 202200008965 1, Officilll Public Records of Collin County, Texas, and being more
particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a PK nail found at the Southeast comer of a called 22.43 acre tract ofland,
described in deed to Ara Estales, LLC, recorded in Instrument No. 2023000039859, said
Official Public Records, and in the right of way limits of sllid County Rood 1 75 (Variable
Width right-of-way) lllld in the right ofway limits ofLone Star Road (Variable Width right
of-way);

THENCE North 01 ° 32' 04" West, a distance of 1 166.06 feet to a PK nail set in the right
of way limits of Lone Star Road (Variable Width right-of-way);

THENCE North 89° 30' 58" East, passing a 1/2-ioch iron rod found at a distance of25.04
feet, with the south line of Lone Star Ranch South Phase 1 , Lot 2, recorded in Cabinet
202 1 , Slide 1 29, Plat Records of Collin County, Texas, continuing with the south line ofa
called 5.00 acre tract of land, described in deed to Timothy E. Woodard and Kimberly A.
Woodard, A married couple, recorded in lostrument No. 2023000021 582, Official Public
Records of Collin, County, Texas, continuing with the South line of a called 10.01 acre
tract ofhmd, described in deed to Darrell AshmllJISkos 1111d Min Luo, recorded in Docwm:nt
No. 20210609001 162740, said Official public records, for a total distance of 1 763.70 feet
to a 5/8-iron rod found at the southe11St comer of said Dmcll Ashmanskas and Min Luo
tract;

THENCE North 09° 43' 01" East, with the east line of said Darrell Ashmanskas and Min
Luo tract, a distance of730.21 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the Northeast comer of
said Darrell Ashmanskas and Min Luo tract and at the common Southeast comer of Lone
Star Ranch, Lot 1 0, Cabinet 20 1 6 , Slide 869, Pint Records of Collin County, Texas;

THENCE North 09° 57' 39" East, with the cast line of said Lone Star Ranch, Lot 1 0,
passing Lot 10, Lot 9, Lot 8, and Lot 7, a distance of 1 761.55 feet to a S/8-inch iron rod
found at the Northeast comer of sllid Lone Star Ranch, Lot 7 and the common Southeast
comer ofa caned 67.95 acre tract of land, conveyed to Tony L Speck, according to Collin
County Appraisal Website, (No Deed Information found),

11-IENCE North 09° ST 32" East, with the east line of said 67.95 acre tract of land, o
distance of 468.25 feet to a capped iron rod set;

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THENCE North 89° 32' SO" East, a distance ofS. 14 feel to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the
Southwest comer of a called 25.5 1 3 acre tract of land, described as Tract One, in deed to
Mkhael Drue Franklin, recorded in Document No. 20160421 000482270, said Official
Public Records;

THENCE South 73 ° 57' 46" East, continuing with the south line of said 25.5 1 3 acre tract,
u distance of SS0.54 feet to a capped iron rod set;

THENCE South 73 ° 49' 57" East, continuing partially with the south line of said 25.5 1 3
acre tract and with the south line o fa remainder ofa called 10 I acre tract oflund, described
in deed to Jimmy Don Vanhoozer, recorded in Volume 5914, Page 99, said Officio.l Public
Records, a distance of924.80 feet to a capped iron rod set;

THENCE with the south line and partially with the east line of said called I O I acre tract of
111.11d, the following courses and distances:

1. South 02" 02' 14" East, a distance of 30.33 feet to a capped Iron rod set;

2. North 73" OS' 43" East, a distance of 28.13 feet to a c;ipped ircn rod set;

3. South 68" OS' 06" East, a distance of 20A2 feet to a capped Iron rod set;

4. South 34" 16' 16" East, a distmce of 67.88 h:et to a capped Iron red set;

5. North 67" 17' 2S" East, a distance of 41.35 feet to a capped lron rod set;

6. South 70" 15' 27" East, a distance of 48.23 feet to a capped iron rod set;

7. South 81" 30' 43" East, a distance of3B.98 feet to a capped iron rod set;

8. North 01• 11' 38" East, a dist;,nQ! of 1713.70 feet to a capped iron rod set in tile right
of way limits of County Road 177 (Varlable width right-of•way);

THENCE North 89° 45' 08" East, a distnnce of 362.52 feel to 11 1/2-inch iron rod foWld;

THENCE North 88° 26' 22" East, B distance of877.45 feet to B point for comer, from which
a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the Northwest comer of a called 23.90 acre lnlct of land,
described in deed to Kellie Sue Fierro, recorded in Volume 5378, Page 4922, bears North
70° 5 1 ' 26� West, a distance of2.92 feet;

Page 9187
THENCE South 00° 04' 4 1 " East, with lhc west line of said 23.90 acre tract, a distance of
619.56 feet to 11 capped iron rod set;

THENCE South 00° 04' 33" West, panially with the west line of said 23.90 acre tract and
the west line of a called 3.000 acre tract, conveyed to Donald R. Hanson & Judith M.
Hanson, according to Collin CoWlty Appraisal Website, (No Deed Information found), 11
distance of637.02 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found;

THENCE South 00° 32' 49" East, with the west line of said 3.000 acre tract, 11 distance of
220. 75 feet to a capped iron rod set;

THENCE South 09° 30' 2 1 '' East, pW'lially with the west line of said 3.000 acre 1.ract and
the west line of a called 0.844 acre tract of land, described in deed to Judith M. Hanson,
Trustee of the Judith M. Hanson Living Trust, recorded in Document No.
20 1203020002521 80, said Offici11l Public Records, o. distance of 129, 1 3 feet to a c11pped
iron rod set;

THENCE Nonh 85 ° 1 1 ' 02" East, with a southerly line of said 0.844 acn: tract, a distance
of28.90 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a southerly corner of said 0.844 acre tract and
the common northwest comer of a called 26.26 acre tract of land, described in deed to
Daniel Duane Olsen 1111d Christine Lynn Olsen, recorded in Document No.
202 1 0708001 379340, said Official Public Records;

THENCE South 00° 1 8' 59" East, with the west line of said 26.26 acre trnct of land, a
distance of725.83 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the Southwest comer of sllid 26.26
acre tract and the common northwest comer of a called 1 3 . 1 3 acre tract of land, described
in deed to Rebecca Sue Lester, Lois Jean Fletcher and Helen Elaine Defrance, recorded in
Document No. 201 90204000 1 1 77I O, said Official Public Records;

THENCE with the west line of said 1 3. 1 3 acre tract of land, the following courses and
distances:

1. South 01" 01' 33" East, a distance of 17 .65 feet to a 1/2-lnch Iron rod found;

2. South oo• 47' 17" East, a distance of 121.33 feet to a capped Iron rod set;
3. South oo• 00' 49• East, a distance of 318.18 feet to a 5/8-lnch Iron rod found for the
southwest comer of said 13.13 acre tract of land and the common northwest corner
of a 13,13 acre tract of land, described in deed to Rebecca Sue lester, Lois Jean
Fletcher and Helen Elaine Defrance, recorded in Document No. 20190204000117720,
sa Id Official Public Records;

THENCE South 00° 04' 01" East, with the west line of said 1 3. 1 3 acre tract of land, a
distance of 478.14 feet to 11 1/2-inch iron rod found for thc Southwest comer of said 13. 1 3

Page 9188
acre tract of land nnd nt the common northwest comer ofa coiled 26.77 acre tract ofland,
described in deed to Kenneth W. Hendrix, recorded in Document No. 9&-00 1 9 1 3 1 , said
Officinl Public Records;

THENCE with the west line of said 26.77 acre tract of IWld, the following courses and
distances:
1. South 01• 09' 25" East, a distance of 265.56 feet to a capped Iron rod set;

z. South 03" 19' 45" East, a distance of 306.57 feet to a capped Iron rod set for corner,
same being a northerly corner of a called 75.69 acre tract of land, described In deed
to Staley Revocable Trust, recorded In Document No. 2003-0138532, said Official
Public Records;

THENCE with the north and west line ofsnid 7S.69 acre tract ofhmd, the following courses
nnd distances:
1. South 89" 15' SZ- West, a distance of145.26 feet to a c:apped iron rod set;

2. North 73• 10' 32" West, a distance of 526.08 feet to a capped Iron rod set;

3. South 06" 17' 09" West, a distance of1623.59 feetto a 1/2·1nch Iron rod found for an
Internal comer ln said 75.69 acre tract, within the right-of-way limits of Weston Ridge
Trail (Variable width rlght-of-wav);

THENCE South 89° 26' 40" West, panially \\ith a northerly line of said 75.69 ecrc tract
and with a northerly line of a called 16.00 acre tract ortand, described in deed to David
and Jennifer Golden, recorded in Document No. 1992-00S6072, said Official Public
Records, a distance of 965. 79 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod fowid;
THENCE South 09° 08' 45" West, with the north line of said 16.00 acre tract, a distance of
35.21 feet to a capped iron rod set;

TI IENCE North 89° 21' 47" West, partially with the north line of said 16.00 acre tract, a
distance of 1906.0S feet to a point in the righl-of-way limits ofCounty Rood 175 (Varinblc
width right-of-way);

TIIENCE South 89° 3 1 ' 5 1 " West, a distance of 1524.65 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING ond enclosing 355.651 acres (15,492,179 squan: feet) oflond, more or less.

l.F.GAI, DESCRIPTION (TRACT 2)
50.003 ACRES

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BEING all of that certain tract of land situated in the Williams \Varden Survey, Abstract
No. 965, Collin County, Texas, and being nil ofo called 49.985 ocre lrllct ofland described
as Tract Two, in the deed to Celina Seven Springs LP, recorded in Instrument No.
202200008965 1 , Official Public Records of Collin County, Tcxns, and being more
particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a 5/8-inch iron rod found in the right-of-way limits of County Road 1 75
(Variable width right-of-way), al the southc:nst comer of said 49.985 acre lracl and in lhe
common north line of a called 75.83 acre tract of land described in the deed 10 The Lehner
Fwnily Revocable Trust, recorded in Document No. 20200928001 6S9370, said Official
Public Records;

THENCE South 89° 53' 56" West, with the south line of said 49. 985 acre tracl of land ond
the common north line of said 75.83 acre tract ofland, o distance of 1 401.3 1 feel to o I /2-
inch iron rod found al the Southeast comer of a called 42.945 acre tract of land, in deed lo
Corl C. Rasor and Wife, Angie A. Rasor, of the Rasor Living Trust, recorded in Instrument
No. 2009003 1000368880, said Official Public Records;

THENCE North 00° 30' 34" West. partially with the east line of said 42.945 acre tract of
land, a distance of l 554.3 1 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found nt lhe Northwest comer ofsaid
49.985 acre tract, in the south right ofway line of County Road 1 75 (Variable Width right
of-way);

THENCE North 89° 53' 33" East. with the South right of way line of County Road 1 75
(Variable width right-of-way), a distance ot: 1401 .96 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found al
the Northeast comer of said 49.985 ncrc tracl, in the right of way limits of County Road
1 75 (Variable width right-of-way), within the right-of-way limits of Weston Ridge Trail;

THENCE with the right-of-way limits of County Road 175 and the east line ofsaid 49.985
acre tract, the following courses:
1. South oo• 26' 48" Cast. e distence of 1079.16 feet to a 5/B•inch Iron rod found;

2. South oo• 34' ZS" East, a distance of 475.37 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
enclosing S0.003 acres (2,178,118 square feet) of land, more or less.

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EXHIBIT B

(a) To the extent authorized by law, the District will issue bonds only for the purpose ofpurchasing
and constructing, or purchasing, or constructing under contract with the City of Anna, or otherwise
acquiring waterworks systems, sanitary sewer systems, storm sewer systems, drainage facilities,
recreational facilities, road facilities, law enforcement facilities, fire-fighting facilities, emergency medical
services or medical transport services facilities, and animal control facilities, or parts of such systems or
facilities, and to make any and all necessary purchases, construction, improvements, extensions, additions,
and repairs thereto, and to purchase or acquire all necessary land, right-of-way, easements, sites, equipment,
buildings, plants, structures, and facilities therefor, and to operate and maintain same, and to sell water,
sanitary sewer, and other services within or without the boundaries of the District. Such bonds will
expressly provide that the District reserves the right to redeem the bonds on any interest payment date
subsequent to the tenth ( I 0th) anniversary of the date of issuance without premium and will be sold only
after the taking of public bids therefor, and none of such bonds, other than refunding bonds, will be sold for
less than 95% of par; provided that the net effective interest rate on bonds so sold, taking into account any
discount or premium as well as the interest rate borne by such bonds, will not exceed two percent (2%) above
the highest average interest rate reported by the Daily Bond Buyer in its weekly "20 Bond Index" during
the one month period next preceding the date notice of the sale of such bonds is given, and that bids for the
bonds will be received not more than forty-five (45) days after notice of sale of the bonds is given. The
resolution authorizing the issuance of the District's bonds will contain a provision that any pledge of the
revenues from the operation of the District's water and sewer and/or drainage system to the payment of the
District's bonds will terminate when and if the City of Anna, Texas, annexes the District, takes over the
assets of the District and assumes all of the obligations of the District. No additional land located within
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Anna will be added or annexed to the District until the City of
Anna has given its written consent by resolution or ordinance of the City Council to such addition or
annexation.

(b) ( 1) Before the commencement of any construction within the District, its directors, officers,
or developers and landowners will submit to the Director of Public Works of the City of Anna, Texas or to
his designated representative, all plans and specifications for the construction of water, sanitary sewer,
drainage and road facilities, law enforcement facilities, fire-fighting facilities, emergency medical services
or medical transport services facilities, and animal control facilities, and related improvements to serve
the District and obtain the approval of such plans and specifications therefrom. All water wells, water
meters, flushing valves, valves, pipes, hydrants, and appurtenances thereto, installed or used within the
District, will conform exactly to the specifications of the City of Anna. All water service lines and sewer
service lines, lift stations, sewage treatment facilities, and road facilities, and appurtenances thereto,
installed or used within the District will comply with the City of Anna's standard plans and specifications
as amended from time to time. Prior to the construction of any water, sanitary sewer, drainage or road
facilities, law enforcement facilities, fire-fighting facilities, emergency medical services or medical
transport services facilities, and animal control facilities within or by the District, the District or its engineer
will give written notice by registered or certified mail to the Director of Public Works, stating the date that
such construction will be commenced. The construction of the District's water, sanitary sewer, drainage
and road facilities, law enforcement facilities, fire-fighting facilities, emergency medical services or
medical transport services facilities, and animal control facilities-will be in accordance with the approved
plans and specifications, and with applicable standards and specifications of the City of Anna; and during
the progress of the construction and installation of such facilities, the Director of Public Works of the City
of Anna, or an employee thereof, may make periodic on-the-ground inspections.

(2) Before the expenditure by the District of bond proceeds for the acquisition, construction
r ent of recreational facilities, the District shall obtain and maintain on file, from a registered
chitect, registered professional engineer or a design professional allowed by law to engage in
• 1te a certification that the recreational facilities, as constructed, confonn to any applicable
r facilities design standards and specifications of the City of Anna's Parks and Recreation
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Page 9 1 9 1
Department and shall submit a copy of the certification and the "as built" plans and specifications for such
recreational facilities to the Director of the City of Anna Parks and Recreation Department.

(3) Before the expenditure by the District of bond proceeds for the acquisition, construction
or development of facilities for fire-fighting services, the District shall obtain and maintain on file, from a
registered architect, registered professional engineer or a design professional allowed by law to engage in
facility design and construction, a certification that the facilities for fire-fighting services, as constructed,
conform to any applicable fire-fighting facilities design standards and specifications of the City of Anna's
Fire Department and shall submit a copy of the certification and the "as built" plans and specifications for
such facilities for firefighting services to the Chief of the City of Anna Fire Department.

(c) The District will agree to engage a sewage plant operator holding a valid certificate of
competency issued under the direction of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or such
successor agency as the legislature may establish ("TCEQ"), as required by Section 26.0301 , Texas Water
Code, as may be amended from time to time. The District will agree to make periodic analyses of its
discharge pursuant to the provisions ofOrder No. 69- 1 2 1 9- 1 of the Texas Water Quality Board (predecessor
agency to the TCEQ) and further to send copies of all such effluent data to the Departmen; of Public Works,
City of Anna, as well as to the TCEQ. The District will agree that representatives of the City of Anna may
supervise the continued operations of the sewage treatment facility by making periodic inspections thereof.

(d) The District, its board of directors, officers, developers, and/or landowners will not permit the
construction, or commit to any development within, the District that will result in a wastewater flow to the
serving treatment facility which exceeds that facility's legally permitted average daily flow limitations or
the District's allocated capacity therein.

(e) As required by Section 7929 A.0 104 of the Act, the District and the Petitioner agree to enter into
a contract with the City for sewer treatment services and adequate supplemental police, fire, emergency,
and animal control services for the District. Such contract shall be subject to review and approval by the
Commissioners Court of Collin County in accordance with subsection 7929A.0 104(c) of the Act but shall
not be subject to voter approval as described in subsection 7929A.01 04(b) of the Act. Said contract shall
include a fire protection plan to meet the needs of the District and other portions of the service areas of the
City and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Said fire protection plan shall designate within the District a site
suitable for fire protection, emergency medical services or medical transport services facilities, which site
shall be donated to the City by the District regardless of whether a fire protection plan is finally approved.
Tne City will agree to maintain any fire hydrants that are a part of the public water system serving the
District and are conveyed to the City. The District agrees that there will be restrictive covenants
(declarations of covenants, conditions, and restrictions applicable to land within the District, which will be
enforced by a homeowners or property-owners association) and will require that any privately-owned fire
hydrants, such as those located within commercial developments, including apartment complexes, that are
located outside of a water and wastewater easement conveyed to the City will be owned, operated, and
maintained by the owner of the property on which the hydrants are located. Said restrictive co,venants will
also require that commercial property owners perfonn maintenance ofall privately-owned fire hydrants on
their property in accordance with the City's maintenance recommendations applicable to City-owned fire
hydrants. The City agrees to include a note on the construction plans for any commercial property within
the District that identifies any fire hydrants on that property that will be owned and must be maintained by
the property owner. The City will have no responsibility for maintenance of privately-owned hydrants, but
may require the reservation of appropriate easements on all properties on which privately-owned fire
_,,.a.;tXtZ�a;: ants will be located in order to allow the applicable fire service provider to access the fire hydrants for
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t;� � City and the Petitioner agree that it is in their mutual best inte�est and in the bes� inter�st �f the
·� � 1c If ovide adequate supplemental police, fire, emergency, and arumal control services within the
'%\. i � provided in this section. The District agrees, as part of its development process, to plan and
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acilities in close coordination with the City. As consideration for the City's agreement to provide
Exhibit B

Page 9192
supplemental police, fire, emergency, and animal control services within the District, the Petitioner agrees
to pay to the City, on behalf of the District, the following sums: (i) within 30 days hereof, the sum of
$200,000; (ii) on the second anniversary of the date hereof, the sum of $ 1 50,000; and (iii) at the time of
each District bond sale out of which the Petitioner receives reimbursement, a sum equal to 3% of the of the
reimbursement to the Petitioner approved under applicable TCEQ rules and payable to the Petitioner
pursuant a report of reimbursable costs prepared by a certified professional accountant on behalf of the
District at the time of the closing of each District bond issue (the "Public Safety Fee"); provided, however,
that if the TCEQ approves the reimbursement of the payments made by the Petitioner under this section out
of District bonds, then the Public Safety Fee will be increased to 4%.]

(t) Prior to the sale of any lot or parcel of land, the owner or the developer of the land included
within the limits of the District will obtain the approval of the City Council of the City of Anna of a plat
which will be duly recorded in the Real Property Records of Collin County, Texas, and otheIWise comply
with the rules and regulations of the Department of Planning & Development and the Department of Public
Works of the City of Anna.

Exhibit B

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Appendix 4

From: Tracy Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 12:18 PM
To: Lauren Mecke <lmecke@annatexas.gov>; Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Greg Peters <gpeters@annatexas.gov>; Wes Lawson <wlawson@annatexas.gov>; Michael
Sullivan <msullivan2@co.collin.tx.us>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]: RE: [EXTERNAL]: FW: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat
Application

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Lauren,
If the county deems that the removal petition was submittal per the
state law (as we understand it), we have been instructed (by county
administration and court) to officially remove them from the ETJ on
our map.
I just wanted to let you all know.
I am double checking on this but I believe we will be officially
removing them from your ETJ.

Tracy Homfeld, PE, CFM
Assistant Director

Collin County | Engineering
4690 Community Ave., Ste. 200 | McKinney, TX 75071
telephone 972.548.3733
thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us | www.collincountytx.gov

From: Lauren Mecke <lmecke@annatexas.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 11:50 AM
To: Tracy Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>; Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Greg Peters <gpeters@annatexas.gov>; Wes Lawson <wlawson@annatexas.gov>; Michael
Sullivan <msullivan2@co.collin.tx.us>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL]: FW: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

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Hello Tracy,

Per the attached letter from 2022, the City of Anna deferred all platting jurisdiction to Collin County
for this development. Please let me know if you need an updated letter or if there were any additional
parcels not included previously.

Lauren Mecke
Planning Manager
City of Anna, Texas
972-924-2616
Visit: AnnaTexas.gov. Like us on Facebook.

From: Tracy Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 10:17 AM
To: Wes Lawson <wlawson@annatexas.gov>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]: FW: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

Hey Wes,
Do you know if the city officially approved the removal of the
portion of this parcel from the Anna ETJ?

Tracy Homfeld, PE, CFM
Assistant Director

Collin County | Engineering
4690 Community Ave., Ste. 200 | McKinney, TX 75071
telephone 972.548.3733
thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us | www.collincountytx.gov

From: Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 10:11 AM
To: Tracy Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Michael Sullivan <msullivan2@co.collin.tx.us>
Subject: FW: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

Tracy can you confirm this is adequate for ETJ removal? There has been so much talk about what we
can accept, I want to make sure.

Dawn Redwine
Office Administrator
Collin County Engineering
dredwine@co.collin.tx.us
972-548-3727

From: Jamie Shelton <jshelton@lja.com>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 10:01 AM
To: Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>; Daniel Betten <dbetten@lja.com>; Michael Sullivan
<msullivan2@co.collin.tx.us>; Tracy Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Brian Hunnicutt <bhunnicutt@greenbrickpartners.com>; Philip Janco
<phjanco@greenbrickpartners.com>; Courtney Harris <charris@lja.com>; Kevin Kessler
<kkessler@lja.com>; 0394 - Seven Springs <NTX0394@lja.com>; Scott Eidman
<seidman@greenbrickpartners.com>; Brad Williams <brad.williams@greenbrickpartners.com>;
Bobby Samuel <bsamuel@greenbrickpartners.com>
Subject: RE: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

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Dawn,

Attached are the letters from Winstead to the cities explaining the property was released by
operation of law in June.

I have also attached the Creation Order from TCEQ, which has the memo from TCEQ Staff explaining
that the TCEQ’s position is that the property is not located within the ETJ of any city. Thanks!

JAMIE SHELTON l Senior Project Manager
Land Development
C: 860.543.5699
6060 N Central Expway, Suite 400
Dallas, TX
EMPLOYEE-OWNED. CLIENT FOCUSED.
www.lja.com
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From: Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>
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<thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Brian Hunnicutt <bhunnicutt@greenbrickpartners.com>; Philip Janco
<phjanco@greenbrickpartners.com>; Jamie Shelton <jshelton@lja.com>; Courtney Harris
<charris@lja.com>; Kevin Kessler <kkessler@lja.com>; 0394 - Seven Springs <NTX0394@lja.com>
Subject: RE: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

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This parcel is showing to be partially in Weston and Anna ETJ. Do you have letters from the cities
either removing the ETJ or deferring to the County for platting?

Dawn Redwine
Office Administrator
Collin County Engineering
dredwine@co.collin.tx.us
972-548-3727

From: Daniel Betten <dbetten@lja.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 2:01 PM
To: Michael Sullivan <msullivan2@co.collin.tx.us>; Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>; Tracy
Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Brian Hunnicutt <bhunnicutt@greenbrickpartners.com>; Philip Janco
<phjanco@greenbrickpartners.com>; Jamie Shelton <jshelton@lja.com>; Courtney Harris
<charris@lja.com>; Kevin Kessler <kkessler@lja.com>; 0394 - Seven Springs <NTX0394@lja.com>
Subject: RE: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

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Thank you for the information Mike! We will be on the lookout for any correspondence related to this
final plat application.

Thank you,

Daniel J. Betten, P.E. l Project Manager
Land Development
O: 214.451.0872 l C: 214.457.9475
6060 N. Central Expressway, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75206
EMPLOYEE-OWNED. CLIENT FOCUSED.
www.lja.com

From: Michael Sullivan <msullivan2@co.collin.tx.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 1:09 PM
To: Daniel Betten <dbetten@lja.com>; Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>; Tracy Homfeld
<thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Brian Hunnicutt <bhunnicutt@greenbrickpartners.com>; Philip Janco
<phjanco@greenbrickpartners.com>; Jamie Shelton <jshelton@lja.com>; Courtney Harris
<charris@lja.com>; Kevin Kessler <kkessler@lja.com>; 0394 - Seven Springs <NTX0394@lja.com>
Subject: RE: PLAT25-0320-0015 || Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application
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Good afternoon Dan iel. As soon as the application is processed, you will receive an
invoice for the submittal. I will take this opportunity to inform you that we are utilizing a
3rd party for all reviews at this time. Those review fees will be passed along to the
developer/owner. The application fee will be deducted from the initial review.

Thank you,

Mike Sullivan, CFM
Environmental Construction Specialist
Collin County - Engineering
office hrs. 7:30 - 4:00

Ifyou fail to plan, you plan to fail.

From: Daniel Betten <dbetten@lja.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 8:51 AM
To: Michael Sullivan <msul livan2@co.collin.tx.us>; Dawn Redwine <dredwine@co.collin.tx.us>; Tracy
Homfeld <thomfeld@co.collin.tx.us>
Cc: Brian Hunnicutt <bhunnicutt@greenbrickpartners.com>; Philip Janco
<phjanco@greenbrickpartners.com>; Jamie Shelton <jshelton@lja.com>; Courtney Harris
<charris@lja.com>; Kevin Kessler <kkessler@lja.com>; 0394 - Seven Springs <NTX0394@lja.com>
Subject: PLAT25-0320-0015 1 1 Seven Springs Phase 1 Final Plat Application

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Good Morning,

I wanted to notify you and your team that we have submitted a Final Plat application on the CSS
portal this morning for our Seven Springs Phase 1 project. The assigned plan number is PLAT25-
0320-0015. Can you please confirm you have everything you need from us to process this
submission?
Additionally, please let us know when the application fee has been invoiced so we can make this
payment in a timely manner. If there are any questions or comments, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Thank you,

Daniel J. Betten, P.E. l Project Manager
Land Development
O: 214.451.0872 l C: 214.457.9475
6060 N. Central Expressway, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75206
EMPLOYEE-OWNED. CLIENT FOCUSED.
www.lja.com

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