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Residents tell council annexation covenants tied to water service are coercive; council proceeds with first reading
Summary
Homeowners at the public-comment period said the city's practice of requiring annexation covenants to obtain city water leaves residents little choice; councilors heard examples and approved a first reading of an annexation ordinance after a planning-commission recommendation.
Residents urged the Westminster City Council to reconsider a policy that ties access to city water to signing annexation covenants.
"This is not a real choice," said Leticia Marsengill, who told the council that county and city practices require homeowners outside the city to sign annexation covenants to get city water service and that the practice effectively forces annexation. She said many residents did not understand that paperwork for water service included a legal agreement enabling future annexation and said those disclosures are not clearly explained.
Leticia cited state…
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