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Can I keep my chickens inside the city limits? What if I'm adding on to my house?
Deputy Mayor Don Griffin chats with Mary Catherine Carmichael, the City's Director of Public Engagement, about enhanced services, amenities, and everyday concerns if you're in an area proposed for annexation.
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Learn more about annexation at bloomington.in.gov/annex.
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Okay,
I'm
happy
yeah
yeah.
Well,
you
know.
If
you
drive
on
roads,
annexation
is
good
for
you.
If
you
have
roads
in
your
neighborhood,
the
annexation
is
good
for
you,
because
we
have
a
really
good
street
department
and
they
work
all
year
long.
You
know
in
the
winter
they're
busy
clearing
snow,
they
are
filling
potholes
all
year,
long,
thousands
of
them
every
year.
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I
would,
I
would
believe
it.
I
know
it's
in
the
thousands
and
you
know
also
there's
a
regular
rhythm,
a
regular
schedule
of
just
repaving
roads.
So
that's
a
nice
thing.
You
don't
have
to
worry
about
losing
your
tire,
your
rim,
in
a
in
a
pothole-
and
I
say
this
is
no
disrespect
to
the
county
at
all.
It's
just
you
know.
We
have
a
really
big
crew,
because
we
have
a
whole
lot
of
roads
and
we've
gotten
into
the
habit
of
really
keeping
them
up
to
a
high
standard.
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Parks
exactly
you
know,
people
haven't
thought
about
this
a
lot,
or
at
least
I
haven't,
heard
a
lot
of
people
talking
about
it
and
it's
really
exciting,
because
when
you're
a
city
resident,
we
have
standards
for
how
many
residents
and
where
they
live
and
their
proximity
to
a
park.
So
I
imagine
at
least
two
new
parks
will
come
online.
We
don't.
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B
You
know
we
already
cooperate
with
the
county
on
a
lot
of
recreational
facilities.
If
you
think
about
the
trails
around
here,
a
lot
of
them
may
start
in
the
city
and
end
up
in
the
county,
or
vice
versa,
depending
on
which
direction
you're
walking.
But
you
know
it's
very
common,
so
I
think
you
can
count
on
an
increase
in
that
sort
of
thing
as
well.
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Fantastic,
so
there's
a
lot
to
look
forward
to
mary,
katherine.
However,
at
the
same
time,
we
have
questions
about
things
that
people
are
used
to
that
currently
live
outside
of
city
limits
right,
and
so
they
have
concerns
and
questions
about
some
of
the
things
that
they're
they're
they're
used
to
dealing
with.
So
one
is
people
asking:
can
they
burn
their
trash.
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Four
years
ago,
and
so
we
got
a
lot
of
questions
and
it
was
so
helpful
and
so
informative,
and
so
it
helped
us
learn
what
is
on
people's
minds
that
they
are
concerned
about
that
they
may
not.
Maybe
they
shouldn't
be
concerned
about
it,
because
it
may
not
be
that
much
of
a
change
burning
trash
that
one
is
a
change
if
you
currently
burn
your
trash
outside
in
your
yard
in
a
barrel
or
something
along
those
lines,
you're
not
allowed
to
do
that
in
the
city.
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B
Super
easy:
how
do
you,
how
do
you
pay
your
county
taxes
now
same
thing?
You
just
pay
your
county
taxes
and
then
the
county
is
responsible
for
dispersing
this,
the
amount
of
tax
that
the
city
is
owed,
so
you
don't
have
any
extra
steps.
It's
just
going
to
feel
and
look
and
and
be
the
same
as
it
is
now.
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So
really
easy
just
go
to
our
website.
There
is
so
much
more
information
about
annexation
there.
There
are
questions,
answers,
more
questions
and
more
answers.
I
guess
I
should
say
and
email
addresses
if
you
have
a
specific
question
that
you'd
like
to
have
answered
that
you
don't
see
answered
elsewhere
and
phone
numbers
you're
welcome
to
give
us
a
call
too
we're
happy
to
talk
about
this.
We
know
there's
a
fair
amount
of
concern
and
question,
and-
and
you
just
need
to
get
these
questions
answered
and
believe
me.