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Grant Park Residents Considering Annexation

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By Kathy Steele The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 7, 2007

TAMPA - Grant Park residents in unincorporated Hillsborough County have taken their first tentative steps toward a proposal to move into the city.

It's far from a done deal and will require community meetings before a vote is taken through mailed ballots, said Cynthia Miller, the city's growth management and development services director. The meetings likely will be scheduled by early 2008.

She spoke to more than 40 city and county residents at the monthly Grant Park Civic Association meeting earlier this week.

About five blocks are within unincorporated Hillsborough. Nearly two years ago during a community meeting to create the association, some county residents said they would like to be annexed into the city.

In August, the city announced plans to study a possible annexation of about 75 acres within a triangle bordered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Interstate 4 and North 56th Street. The 2000 census showed the area had 238 properties, including 196 residences, with a taxable value of more than $18 million, city officials said.

Miller said the city would review neighbors' wishes in deciding whether to proceed with annexation in whole or to exclude certain streets.

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