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At a public hearing on the draft boundary, Matt Bentley, who identified himself as manager of Bendabout Properties, asked the committee to exclude portions of his family’s farm from the growth boundary. Bentley said he was concerned that inclusion could make it easier for adjacent properties to secure city services and for infrastructure such as sewer lines to be extended in ways that would affect his private land. \"I just want to make sure that I'm not giving up any rights that I don't already have currently by agreeing to it,\" Bentley said during public comment.

Committee members and city staff responded by explaining how annexation and infrastructure extensions have operated locally, including that easements and, in narrow cases, eminent domain can be used to extend utilities but that current Tennessee law forbids forced annexation — property owners must request annexation to become city residents. Committee members also said the map could be updated to reflect Bentley’s request before the map goes to the cities and the county commission.

After public comment, Cindy Slater moved to approve the 2025 urban growth boundary map with the changes requested by Bentley; Mayor David Lattimore seconded the motion. The committee approved the map by voice vote and recorded affirmative votes from the majority of members present. The motion explicitly allowed the map to be updated to exclude the Bendabout area before it is presented to the three legislative bodies for formal adoption.

The committee’s approval advances a 20-year urban growth boundary plan that staff said meets statutory requirements for a 20-year planning horizon. The draft interlocal agreement that accompanied the map also includes provisions on how future annexations and plan-of-service reviews will be handled; the committee asked counsel and staff to refine those provisions when the documents are sent to each legislative body.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","3/13/25 - Growth Plan Coordinating Committee","oneSentenceSummary","After a public hearing and a public comment from Matt Bentley asking to exclude his Bendabout property, the Bradley County committee approved the 2025 urban growth boundary map with a pending amendment to remove the Bendabout area per the request of the owner.","taxTitle","Bradley County, Tennessee","taxId",54286,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6278408,"Committee approves annexation interlocal agreement with Cleveland after debate over referendum language and road annexations",1853,1196000,3049000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2641190-d82c97f66f3957024ccbbc65c1c22325&start=1196&end=3049","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2641190-d82c97f66f3957024ccbbc65c1c22325/thumbnail_1196000.jpg","/articles/6278408/Bradley-County/Tennessee/Committee-approves-annexation-interlocal-agreement-with-Cleveland-after-debate-over-referendum-language-and-road-annexations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6278408-710c4de449f2484c6ed4be64f5ac451c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770853048&Signature=iBfBOs7O302MRSfL~8OtC0cnPV~CdbMyU87MdlBxzPGK3SQAx1AC0OhEWYfrvJnQ8ZnTRYniFvM5HNAMtVGfgjeB9m-NMnYm~M5nj0qIvaq4SgAtwy5vpws-BDSUZ~u1DA3xlZDedK9xBjfPKaTH9x2m0GHNCA7qLnc7vTRxPZSMFhB3PY2oiWMlTBagolJL-AXobroQONKayZ1c9-tlSKZ10nWjliKnW4vO4PxFV43seFKc9kh9vOupjPcJhXGW8n4sF-XPMBxUOGII5QoxrOx9CPYtb0n88kMWye7CwpGLmFbWfz9fKD9M5EWPtONDwn06~ANb61-YDnHQHCDDxg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bradley County Urban Growth Boundary Committee voted Thursday to approve the proposed annexation interlocal agreement with the City of Cleveland after committee members debated language tied to annexation by referendum and a newly added section addressing annexation of roads.

The committee’s substitute motion to remove the phrase “outside its urban growth boundary” from sections 2(a) and 2(b) — which would have prevented referendum annexations both inside and outside the mapped growth boundary for the term of the agreement — did not receive a second and was not considered. \"I offer a substitute motion to amend section 2 a and section 2 b of the proposed annexation interlocal agreement by striking outside the urban growth boundary from both sections,\" said Mr. Kreis, a committee member, during the discussion.

Why it matters: Committee members said the contested phrase is linked to how the Tennessee annexation-by-referendum statute has been used locally. Leaving the language unchanged means the agreement as written would clearly bar referendum-based annexations outside the mapped urban growth boundary for the agreement’s term; changing it, some members argued, would broaden the restriction and could alter how future annexation petitions proceed.

Committee discussion focused on two linked items: the text that governs referendum annexations and a new Section 5 that clarifies how and when the city may annex roads tied to property annexations. A committee member described the Section 5 addition as spelling out criteria for annexing a road when a contiguous or noncontiguous annexation includes a development that requires annexing the adjoining road, and gave Freewill Road as a local example.

County and city staff told the committee that plan-of-service reviews and intergovernmental coordination would remain part of the annexation process. Committee members asked whether the Tennessee code triggers annexation-by-referendum specifically for property outside an urban growth boundary; staff answered that the provision has been used in that manner in local practice, but committee members said any legal uncertainty should be resolved by counsel at the legislative level.

A substitute motion from Mr. Kreis also proposed adding plan-of-service requirements for all annexations — including detailed fire protection plans and a section addressing maintenance of county roads and bridges serving annexed areas — but the proposed substitute motion lacked a second.

Votes and outcome: The committee approved the interlocal agreement as presented by voice vote. Recorded votes included multiple committee members voting yes, one no vote and one abstention; the chair indicated a yes vote when counting. The committee directed staff to forward the agreement and the draft map to the legislative bodies for final action and to allow counsel to refine any legal language before each governing body approves a final document.

The committee’s approval does not itself finalize interlocal agreements or annexations; each city council and the Bradley County legislative body must adopt their own resolutions or ordinances and may refine the agreement wording during those processes.","Bradley County committee voted to approve an annexation interlocal agreement with the City of Cleveland as written after debate over language on annexation by referendum and a newly added road-annexation section. A substitute motion to strike language referencing property \"outside the urban growth boundary\" failed to gain a second.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee approves 2025 urban growth boundary map, agrees to update map to exclude Bendabout at owner’s request

Committee approves annexation interlocal agreement with Cleveland after debate over referendum language and road annexations