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Trustees table Newman pre‑annexation after residents press for cleaner annexation package
Summary
After two hours of public comment and extensive board scrutiny over park placement, the Banigan property and traffic and fiscal impacts, the Village Board voted to table consideration of a 120‑acre pre‑annexation agreement with Newman Companies pending a revised annexation package.
The Village of Cottage Grove Board of Trustees voted Dec. 1 to table consideration of a pre‑annexation agreement with Newman Companies for a proposed roughly 120‑acre subdivision east of Ford Ridge after trustees and residents pressed the developer for a cleaner annexation map and clearer answers about the Banigan property.
Developer Stevie Clean told the board Newman has reached out to the Banigans and offered to pay for an appraisal and "stand behind" the property value for 10 years, and said the company would pay to connect that house to water and sewer and cover tax differences for a decade if the landowner chose to annex. "It's my belief their property will go up in value. And if it doesn't, I'm happy to stand behind that prediction,"…
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