City targets 3 areas for annexation
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The area not recommended for annexation is near Jackson Street and consists of 31 acres. City water is provided there and some of the area has sewer. Annexing the area would give those residents city police and fire protection but would not extend the sewer. Annexing the area would not develop it whatsoever, the commission determined.
The annexation isn?t something the residents who live there want. All eight residents were present to contest annexation.
?We don?t want it,? said Tommy Foster who spoke for the residents and presented the commission with a petition signed by all eight. ?We understand that we would get city police and fire protection. If we get annexed into the city we want sewer and the roads developed. At this time, we would rather not be annexed into the city. We won?t gain anything from it.?
The commission agreed unanimously that annexing this area wasn?t something it wanted to pursue.
The remaining three areas total 871.8 acres. The areas that will be recommended for annexation include 9.8 acres in the Beersheba Highway area, 302 acres in the Nashville Highway area and 560 acres in the Manchester Highway area.
Given that those areas already have some city services, they received commission support for annexation. Although the commission makes suggestions, the city board will still have to vote on the areas for annexation. Areas to be voted on:
? Area 1 ? Not approved by the commission, is off Sparta Street and behind Bluff Street on the bend of the Barren Fork River.
? Area 2 ? Approved, is along the Highway 8 split with Beersheba Highway.
? Area 3 ? Approved, is in Newtown along Bridge Builders Road.
? Area 4 ? Approved, is toward Morrison and north of Karate Lane.