PRESENTER: Presenter
Jeff Jewell, Economic and Community Development Director
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SUBJECT: Title
Public hearing and first reading of an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2024-90 that designated Reinvestment Zone No. 2024-01 for tax abatement purposes, by correcting the property description in Exhibit A.
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DEPARTMENT: Economic and Community Development
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 4
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Staff recently discovered a clerical error embedded in the exhibit of approved Ordinance No. 2024-90 which designated Reinvestment Zone No. 2024-01 for tax abatement purposes, pursuant to Ch. 312 of the Texas Tax Code. An incorrect metes and bounds document was attached to the file. This public hearing is an attempt to rectify the mistake with a new public hearing and the appropriate exhibit.
A required step in the creation of a Reinvestment Zone is to run a public hearing notice in the newspaper detailing the address, acreage, and/or boundaries of the proposed zone. Staff included the correct acreage (47.497) and address (approximately 440 Kohlenberg Road, New Braunfels, TX) in the newspaper ad, which originally ran for publication in the November 2-3, 2024 Herald-Zeitung.
Staff ran a public hearing notice in the Herald-Zeitung newspaper notifying of this Ordinance Amendment on September 9, 2025.
Original Agenda Background Information
City Council held a public hearing and first reading of this ordinance on November 12, 2024 and voted to unanimously approve (7-0). City Council held a second and final reading of this ordinance on November 25, 2024 and voted to unanimously approve (7-0).
ISSUE:
Staff discovered an error embedded in the exhibit of approved Ordinance 2024-90 and are recommending a correction to provide the proper metes and bounds for the zone.
STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☒Economic Mobility ☐Enhanced Connectivity ☐Community Identity
☐Organizational Excellence ☐Community Well-Being ☐N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the correction to Ordinance 2024-90.