If the annexation of the Cardinal is approved at Tuesday night's city council meeting, city council districts will have to be realigned to stay within the requirement that the population in each district be within 10% of the other districts.
Item #42 on the agenda is a proposal to comply with that requirement.
* Precinct 14 (St. Andrews Episcopal Church) & Precinct 15 (Peace United Church of Christ) that are currently in District 4 would be shifted into District 5. This would move Lindley Park residents north of Walker Avenue in the same council district (5) as the rest of the neighborhood as well as add Sunset Hills and College Park neighborhoods to District 5.
* Precinct 56 (Archer School, the Rolling Roads neighborhood, Four Seasons area) will be shifted from City Council District 5 into District 1.
These changes would become effective on the date of the annexations, June 30, 2008.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
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Forgive me for being so dumb but I can see no logical reason to annex any more of the surrounding county into the City. They already enjoy better municipal services and faster emergency response times than those of us in the city so why is Council seemingly so dead set on annexation?
Billy,
These 10,000+ people have been enjoying city benefits and programs (parks, libraries, streets, etc.) free of charge for all these years. Following the principle of "what's urban should be urban," it's time to add them to the tax base so they can assist in paying for these services. That boost to the city's tax base will help spread the cost of providing those services.
Great, now I'm confused.
Anonymous,
What do you find confusing? I'll try to do a better job of explaining.
I understand the shifting just fine. I don't, however, see a reason for any of it.
Please vote against it.
If Greensboro is going to remain in compliance with federal voting law requirements, not shifting any districts is NOT an option. If the 9,000+ residents in the Cardinal are annexed into the city, District 4 exceeds the maximum 10% difference in population, thus precincts have to adjusted to keep us legal. Sorry!
"These 10,000+ people have been enjoying city benefits and programs (parks, libraries, streets, etc.) free of charge for all these years."
That can be said for the whole county and not a very good explanation as to why you want to annex. If this is the only reason to annex why not just annex the whole county?
"That boost to the city's tax base will help spread the cost of providing those services."
So you'll be sure to use our increased taxes to pay only for these services? No corporate incentives, Project Homesteads, etc., etc., etc.
If this was such a great thing, people out here would be bending over backward to join your city.
WE'RE NOT!
But as usual, the government does not listen to the people.
The whole county is not urban, only those areas that have developed, mainly due to being hooked onto city water and sewer, as is the case for the vast majority of the Cardinal residents. Only the urban-developed areas are eligible for annexation.
I'm hearing "we want to use your services (water, sewer, parks, libraries) but we don't want to help pay for them -- you can't have it both ways!
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