“Better Together” annexation plan regarding St George

They just can’t accept the results of the election. Below is their plan:

One Baton Rouge will help facilitate annexation for anyone who is interested. We've received an overwhelming response this week (over 500!) from people wishing to annex. We'd like to coordinate these efforts so that we can help the most amount of people do so. We have petitions already drafted by an experienced annexation attorney and are well-versed in this process. We will take care of all of the paperwork, all you have to do is sign! We're currently mapping out all the current requests to see where we have enough support outright and will start with those neighborhoods and work our way through the list. I wanted to clear a couple of things up:

1. There is no timeline to annex. The "30 day clock" does NOT apply to annexations, only election certifications. Unless and until St. George becomes a city, annexations can continue as usual. Over the normal course of events, it would take several months for the city of St. George to actually be formed (and affect the annexation process) or several years if litigation is filed (which is most certainly will be). That being said, since we don't actually know when St. George will be ready, we'd like to move as quickly as possible getting these annexations processed.

2. The process to annex is fairly simple. You file an annexation petition, with 2 plats attached, to the metro council and they vote to approve it. That's it! You can search for news articles for past annexations (Lauberge, Costco, Celtic Studios, etc. and a residential neighborhood called Legacy Court)

3. Anyone can annex! You have to be adjacent to current city limits and each annexation petition must be contiguous, and you need 50%+1 property owners in support, otherwise there are no other parameters. If you are a single home, adjacent to city limits, you can annex your own property. Or just one, adjacent street with 50%+1 signatures can annex. Or a whole neighborhood.

4. We can find you a path to annexation. Not adjacent to city limits? Deep in the heart of St. George? Don't be discouraged, the path to annexation could still be possible. With so much support in just this first week, we could very well find a path to annexation to you. So please encourage everyone you know interested in doing so email us their name, address, and phone number and we'll see what we can do!

5. Annexation Day -- we're working on a community event where those interested in annexing can come and sign the petition at Annexation Day. We're still working on the date and location. Details are forthcoming!

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M.E. Cormier
One Baton Rouge
225-266-6575
OneBatonRouge@gmail.com