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Hearing held on proposal to fold growth‑boundary agreements into service delivery strategy to reduce annexation disputes
Summary
Representatives heard a hearing-only presentation on House Bill 387, a concept to pilot growth-boundary agreements within the Service Delivery Strategy framework to reduce annexation disputes; the Georgia Municipal Association and Association County Commissioners of Georgia asked for more time to vet details.
The House Governmental Affairs Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 387, a proposal to enable or pilot “growth boundary agreements” between counties and cities as part of the state’s Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) framework to reduce annexation disputes, speakers said.
Chairman Thomas presented the idea as a policy born from experience in Cherokee County, where local governments negotiated a growth-boundary agreement that participants say has prevented annexation disputes for about four years. Thomas said the agreement aligns planning and density expectations between cities and counties and helps plan services for a 10-year horizon. He described the proposal as a “beginning” and said…
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