City Moves to Annex Areas in Special Meeting

Kelly Drive, FM 506, Rabb Road & West Business 83 Areas Annexed

In a special meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, the La Feria City Commission met to vote on the proposed annexation of four areas. The hotly contested annexation plans had drawn record numbers to the public hearings on the proposed areas, with many local residents voicing their concerns about having to adjust to new regulations and taxes should they become part of the city of La Feria. A total of two public hearings were held for each of the proposed areas.

The four areas identified annexed are:

Rabb Road Annexation – Approximately 272 acres of land with its north, east and south boundary on the current city limit lines. The west boundary is the drainage ditch west of Rabb Road (AN-49), south of Business Highway 83, ad the west boundary of Citrus Grove Subdivision, north of Business Highway 83.

Kelly Drive Annexation – The general boundaries of which are between the south right-of-way line of US Business Highway 83 and the south boundary of Block 6, Beakley Subdivision, from existing city limits on the west (curve in Kelly Drive), to the west ROW line of White Ranch Road.

FM 506 Annexation – The northern boundary of this area is the south boundary of Citrus Village Subdivision. The eastern boundary is east of FM 506 right-of-way line (current city limits). The west boundary is the west boundary of FM 506 and the south boundary is the line between Blocks 23 and 25 of the Minnesota Texas Land and Irrigation Co. Subdivision.

West Business 83 Annexation – The northern boundary of this area is the current city limit line. North of Business 83, the west boundary is the eastern right-of-way line of Mile 3 East and Kubiski road. The east boundary is the eastern ROW of FM 2556. South of Business 83, the west boundary is the eastern ROW line of FM 2556 and the east boundary is the east boundary of L&D Ranch Subdivision.

With Mayor Steve Brewer away on vacation, Mayor Pro-Tem Commissioner Lori Weaver conducted the meeting. After the prayer and Pledge of Alligiance, the Commission immediately went into closed session at the behest of City Attorney Richard Talbert before voting on the proposed annexation.

The Commission remained in closed session for twenty minutes before returning to continue the meeting.

Only a handful of residents were in attendance as the Commission proceeded to vote on the annexation of the four proposed areas, each in succession. Attendees were silent as one by one the areas were favorably approved for annexation by commission members.

Two more proposed annexation areas remain to be considered at a meeting scheduled for October 1st.