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Bismarck commissioners send revised ETA map back to Burleigh County, seek small adjustments
Summary
After extended debate, the City Commission directed staff to return a revised extra-territorial area (ETA) map to Burleigh County with two minor adjustments and limited parcel removals while keeping the option to withdraw from the joint-powers agreement if negotiations fail.
The Bismarck City Commission on Oct. 14 debated how to settle a long-running disagreement with Burleigh County over the city’s extra-territorial area and directed staff to present an adjusted ETA map back to county officials.
Mayor Bruce Schmitz and city planning staff said the city’s map included two technical corrections — clarifying floodway and river-management lines and removing the Astor Ridge rural-residential subdivision from the proposed ETA — and proposed a narrower 2-mile-radius alternative that would reduce joint jurisdiction and exclude a small share of parcels. "We need…
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