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Council signals it will not support owner request to detach 40‑acre annexed parcel
Summary
Staff briefed the council on a late‑2024 inquiry from Mr. Gunsbury asking whether the city would consider a detachment of roughly 40 acres annexed in 2015. After reviewing the annexation purpose and documents, council members agreed with staff that the request should be declined and that owners may pursue statutory detachment through state hearings.
Staff opened the work session by summarizing a late‑2024 inquiry from Mr. Gunsbury, a representative of Hillsbury Force Ventures and Bure Design & Construction, who asked whether the city would consider detaching about 40 acres near the southwest corner of Englewood and County Road 77 (Pine Beach Road).
Staff said the parcel was annexed in 2015 in conjunction with a driveway reconstruction negotiation with the county and that the governing memo (dated May 16) and packet documents show the annexation’s public purposes were street improvements, utilities, environmental…
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