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Bradley County signs onto interlocal agreement as Cleveland seeks noncontiguous annexation on Dalton Pike
Summary
County and city documents show a proposed noncontiguous annexation of roughly 42.5 acres on Dalton Pike South; the city’s plan of services estimates nearly $2.0 million in sewer work to connect the site and expects to add about 32 schoolchildren to local zones.
Cleveland and Bradley County are preparing an interlocal annexation agreement to allow the City of Cleveland to bring about 42.5 acres on Dalton Pike South into city limits, county and city documents show.
The property, owned by Steve Williams and Aaron Ware, lies inside Cleveland’s Urban Growth Boundary but is not contiguous to the city. The County Commission resolution authorizes the county mayor to execute an annexation interlocal agreement under Tennessee Code Annotated § 5-1-113 and § 6-51-104(d).
Under the draft agreement, the city will provide municipal services to the annexed area and the county and city agreed there are no interceding parcels that require the city to provide emergency services for other county properties. The agreement also states the city will not assume maintenance responsibility for county roads or bridges on the primary route to the site for this annexation.
The plan of services attached to the agreement lists water, sewer, fire and police services the city plans to supply. Cleveland Utilities already has a 12-inch water main along Dalton Pike that can serve the site, the plan says; however, no sanitary sewer presently serves the property. The city’s engineering estimate calls for roughly 4,850 feet of sewer line to reach the site and an Opinion of Probable Construction Cost of about $1.97 million to install the gravity sewer/force-main connection to a manhole at Treasury Drive and Dalton Pike. The POS also includes a $10,000 hydrant allowance.
The city’s POS notes electric service is available and that refuse, street maintenance and stormwater services would be provided under Cleveland policies and the existing city contract with Waste Connections. The POS projects roughly 32 school-age children could live in the development and lists an annual education impact estimate of $35,874.24.
The resolution and agreement direct the county mayor to sign the interlocal annexation agreement if the commission approves the resolution. The city ordinance and county resolution are preparatory steps under state law; annexation proceeds only after the city acts and follows the statutorily required notices and municipal processes.
County documents attached to the draft show the legal metes-and-bounds description of the parcels being annexed and an exhibit labeled ‘‘Plan of Services’’ that details the water, sewer and public-safety assumptions used in the city’s cost estimates.
If the annexation proceeds, the sewer connection and other capital improvements described in the POS will require engineering design and separate funding decisions; the POS estimates provided in the city materials are preliminary and carry the customary estimate tolerances.
Next procedural steps noted in county paperwork include public notice and the public hearing listed on the commission work session agenda; the county’s resolution authorizing the mayor to sign the interlocal agreement appears on the county’s June 8 work-session materials.
