Officials to take look at annexation
De-annexation of county areas located between Gilispie Road and Todd Lane may be on the horizon for affected residents after the Board of Mayor and Aldermen met Monday.
After a motion was made by Alderman Patti Nunley, officials voted to explore de-annexation of the two areas known as areas five and six and authorized the city administrator and city attorney to prepare documents to start the process. Alderman Rickey Jones voted no.
The city’s annexation of five and six is one issue that complicated the Public Chapter 1101 20-year growth plan requirement mandated by the state, which appeared to be resolved after an unprecedented agreement was reached by three different governments in the same night last week. The plan has been sent to the state for approval.
The possibility of de-annexing five and six came about in those 1101 negotiations, where officials proposed de-annexation as well as an agreement that neither McMinnville or Morrison annex five and six for five years before agreement on 1101 would be possible.
However, city officials said they didn’t have enough time to file public notices relative to de-annexation in time for last week’s last-minute approval of the 1101 plan and instead declared their intent to explore it in their official resolution, which they passed last week before it was sent to the 1101 Coordinating Committee for ratification.
Nunley indicated Monday she wanted to follow up on what officials said they would do. The areas are listed as county planned growth areas on the 1101 map.
Area four, located between current city limits and Gillespie Road, is considered McMinnville’s urban growth boundary on the 1101 map. Officials voted to annex that area more than a year ago and at last report, the issue was unresolved in court.
Since Monday’s meeting, officials appeared to have started the process of de-annexation. A request to de-annex is to be heard by the Planning Commission on July 9 at 5:15 p.m. at city hall.