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Tonight
we
are
asking
you
to
resume
the
city's
proposed
annexation
process
that
was
begun
four
years
ago
tonight.
We
will
outline
resolutions
to
update
the
fiscal
plans
for
each
of
the
eight
areas
adjacent
to
the
city
proposed
for
annexation,
and
then
amendments
to
update
the
previously
adopted
annexation.
Ordinances
tonight
involves
no
final
votes,
but
rather
is
picking
up
where
we
left
off
in
2017
to
update
information,
a
step
that
is
required
because
of
the
state
legislature's
precipitous
interruption
midway
through
that
orderly
process
four
years
ago,
as
most
are
fair.
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A
few
months
ago,
the
indiana
supreme
court
ruled
that
that
interruption
violated
our
state
constitution
illegally,
targeting
one
community
and
interfering
in
our
ability
to
manage
our
affairs.
That
decision
by
the
court
allows
us
to
be
here
tonight
to
resume
the
process
from
the
point
at
which
it
was
interrupted.
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Now
annexation
is
a
legal
process
to
adjust
a
city's
borders
to
reflect
changes
in
population
and
development.
We've
done
it
many
many
times
in
bloomington's,
long
history.
Indeed,
almost
everyone
living
in
bloomington
today
lives
on
property
that
was
once
outside
city
limits.
That
was
at
some
point
annexed
into
the
city
on
our
website.
You
can
see
detailed
maps
summarizing
decades
of
annexation,
since
1950
regular
annexation
has
been
essential
to
bloomington's
thriving
city.
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The
residential
density
of
these
areas,
next
to
our
boundaries
among
other
attributes,
makes
them
often
indistinguishable
from
the
city
put
another
way.
Our
existing
city
boundaries
are
out
of
date.
They
no
longer
represent
the
on
the
ground
realities
of
our
community
and
if
a
growing
thriving
community
doesn't
keep
our
borders
current,
then
disparities
inefficiencies
and
imbalances
arise.
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It
is
important
to
note
as
well
that
the
annexation
is
proposed
to
become
effective
in
2024,
with
property
taxes
payable
the
following
year
in
2025,
a
timeline
designed
to
allow
adequate
transition
time,
as
we
pick
up
where
we
left
off
four
years
ago.
Thank
you
for
your
stewardship
of
our
thriving
growing
community.