View original fileNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR CREATION OF ARLINGTON TOURISM PUBLIC IM- PROVEMENT DISTRICT, CITY OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF CHAPTER 372, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Arlington, Texas, will hold a public  hearing on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of  City Hall, 101 W. Abram Street, Arlington, Texas, to receive public comment and consider desig- nating a public improvement district to be known as the Arlington Tourism Public Improvement  District (the “District”), pursuant to the Public Improvement District Assessment Act, Chapter  372, Texas Local Government Code for the purpose of providing the funding for certain public  improvements described in Section 2 below to serve the property designated in Section 1 below.  At the hearing, the City Council will make findings regarding: (i) the advisability of the proposed  public improvements, (ii) the estimated cost of the proposed public improvement projects, (iii)  the methods of assessment, and (iv) the apportionment of cost between the District and the  City as a whole; and approving the Services and Assessment Plan for the Arlington Tourism  Public Improvement District.  
Section 1: Proposed District Boundaries 
The boundaries of the proposed District shall solely include non-contiguous hotel properties with  75 or more rooms within the City of Arlington as shown on the attached list marked Exhibit “A”. 
Section 2:  General Nature and Cost of Proposed Improvements 
The general nature of the proposed public improvements and services are designed to enhance  services, undertake certain improvements, in particular, special supplemental services relating  to district marketing, business recruitment and promotional activities for the improvement and  promotion of the District, including the provision of incentives to organizations to encourage  them to bring their large and city-wide meetings to Arlington and to fund marketing to increase  hotel stays within the City.  
Section 3:  Proposed Method of Assessment 
The establishment of the District shall have a term of twelve years, and that during this twelve- year term of the District, assessments against qualifying property in the District will be two  percent of the price paid to hotels for a room in a hotel.  Assessments will be paid in the same  manner as local hotel occupancy taxes are paid. 
Section 4:  Estimated cost of the proposed public improvements 
The total costs of the noted public improvement projects and programs identified in Section 2  herein are approximately $62,751,690.   
Section 5:  Apportionment of Costs between the District and the City 
All costs of the District will be apportioned to the District.  All of the costs of the proposed public  improvements and programs will be paid by assessments of the property owners of hotels with  more than 75 rooms in the City of Arlington. 
All residents and property owners within the District, and all other persons, are hereby invited to  appear in person, or by their attorney, and contend for or contest the creation of the Arlington  Tourism Public Improvement District.   
EXHIBIT “A”