Kingwood was founded in and opened its first village a year after. It then saw a 40 to 70 percent growth from to By the s, the community continued to bloom, having over 19, residents and businesses. In , it was around 37, and nearly doubling to 65, in Mayor Bob Lanier deemed that incorporating Kingwood can bring about multimillion dollars gain for the city when added to its tax base. Newly formed municipalities will begin to develop their own city halls, their own convention centers and facilities.
And sooner or later outlying communities will compete with Houston for convention business. Negative advertising will appear, contrasting the "Livable Forest" with the "Home of the Homeless" downtown Houston, with unhealthy consequences for all parties.
The vision, foresight and tolerance of Houston city forefathers allowed private developers to create projects in areas not served by city utilities by permitting them to create their own municipal utility districts. This process has contributed heavily to growth and development, fast enough to respond to the boom cycles we experienced. This same process was used by Friendswood Development Co. If the past is an indication, the annexation of the Clear Lake area is a good example of what the future may hold for Kingwood.
It makes no difference now for a homeowner whether Clear lake is a city of its own or a part of Houston. Clear Lake and other annexed neighborhoods did not suffer by becoming part of Houston.
Market demand has proven that values are not necessarily impacted by the overall city, but by the surrounding neighborhood. River Oaks is more expensive than the incorporated villages; Royden Oaks and Tanglewood are more expensive than West University or Bellaire; and even within Memorial itself, Sandalwood and Whispering Oaks have values comparable to the adjacent Bunker Hill homes.
Many tax dollars were wasted in Clear Lake's failed fight against annexation and other past territorial clashes. The extension of Chimney Rock through to Memorial, for example, currently flourishes with high-end homes and no reasonable citizen would conceive of this newly extended thoroughfare being closed today.
Yet, the original dispute over this extension cost taxpayers much time and money. The experiment that is Houston has flourished beyond the wildest expectations, much of it due to visionary leadership, "can do" spirit and the tolerance to allow growth within guidelines beneficial to all.
This formula should not change, nor be put to the test. Kingwood residents should realize what made Houston strong and understand that any change in current policy could cause reverberations detrimental to the entire area. The SPA identifies which regulations and services, if any, are imposed in the area annexed.
It also identifies the amount of sales tax to be levied and how much, if any, will be shared with the district. For the years —, the City of Houston proposes to annex for general purposes two areas made up of certain territory located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston, save and except those properties that have entered into valid and binding Industrial District agreements.
Area one is located east of the city limit line and west of the San Jacinto River and is generally identified as the San Jacinto River Industrial District. Area two is located just north of the Navigation District, as defined by the City of Houston Ordinance dated April 13, B3, P , and is generally identified as the Jacintoport Industrial District.
Both areas are more fully described in Exhibit A of this document. Houston Annexation History. For more information, contact Rupesh Koshy at Koshy houstontx.
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