Annexation A25-02

Speaking for the applicant, confirmed the property meets all statutory requirements and construction drawings are underway.

Argued the underlying rezoning lacked factual evidence and is void, and that 12 apartment buildings and townhomes sit in the protected natural area.

Claimed a dedicated right-of-way strip on his Avent Ferry Road parcel was never compensated and the annexation is forced; threatened to take the matter to the Attorney General.

Argued the non-contiguous annexation serves private advantage, not a documented public purpose, and requires sewer expansion in an environmentally sensitive area.

Owner of a connecting 50-acre farm in conservation programs asked Council to reconsider, saying development lighting will disrupt his NRCS bat habitat contract.