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Brainerd council debates orderly annexation for Riverside Drive; motion to annex in urban service district fails
Summary
Council members debated bringing portions of Riverside Drive into Brainerd city limits to require hookups to city utilities; a motion to annex under the city's urban service district failed for lack of a second and council asked staff to take the proposal back to committee.
Brainerd City Council members debated whether to begin an orderly annexation process for properties along Riverside Drive that now have access to municipal utilities, but a formal move to annex under the city's urban service district failed for lack of a second.
The discussion centered on whether newly annexed parcels should be placed into the city's rural service district tax rate or into the standard urban district. Community Development Director James Kramvik told the council that staff had discussed an annexation approach with Crow Wing County and that the map under…
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