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Learn the history of past Annexation Studies so we
don't repeat it.
The School of Government
has posted new web pages that may be of interest and use:
Annexation:
ANNEXATION
Open meetings law:
Open Meetings
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The final meeting of the Joint
Commission ended with a bang.
The Commission passed recommendations for a moratorium 12 - 8 and
14 - 6
to give the affected
property owners a vote!
The "vote amendment" was called "the Goforth amendment" by the Commission Chair.
We need to thank and support
Representative Goforth for his firm stand on giving back to the people a vote on
municipal annexation
How they voted on Goforth's
Referendum amendment
ABSENT:
Malone,
Allran,
Goss, Queen,
Brown,
Tucker
ABSTAINED: Clodfelter
FOR: East, Foriest, Goforth,
Luebke, Dollar, Jones, Pate, Starnes,
Steen, Walend, Campen, Hall, Johnson, Aitken
AGAINST: Graham, Rand, Trahos, Barrett, McCarley, Wegner
Joint Commission
recommendations PDF
NCLM "20 Point Proposals" to change annexation laws
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The Joint Study Committee on Municipal Annexation Membership
Read about their background - Get Contact information
HERE
SENATE APPOINTMENTS - Sen. Vernon Malone (Co-Chair)
- Sen. Robert C, Soles, Jr. (Co-Chair)
- Sen. Austin Murphy Allran
- Sen. Daniel Gray Clodfelter
- Sen. Don W. East (?)
- Sen. Anthony E. Foriest
- Sen. Steve Goss
- Sen. Malcolm Graham
- Sen. Joe Sam Queen
- Sen. Anthony Eden (Tony) Rand
- Mr. Ben Campen (Public Member)
- Ms. Tina Hall (County Commissioner)
-
Chief Freddy Johnson, Sr. (NCACC?)
- Ms. Beth Trahos (NCLM)
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HOUSE APPOINTMENTS - Rep. Daniel Bruce Goforth (Co-Chair)
- Rep. Paul Luebke (Co-Chair)
- Rep. Larry R. Brown
- Rep. Nelson Dollar
- Rep. Earl F. Jones
- Rep. Louis M. Pate, Jr.
- Rep. Edgar V. Starnes
- Rep. Fred F. Steen, II
- Rep. Russell E. Tucker
- Rep. Trudi Walend
- Mr. Douglas Aitken (Public Member)
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Mr. Grainger Barrett (NCACC)
- Mr. Dewitt F. McCarley, Jr. (NCLM)
- Ms. Judith Welch Wegner (UNC Law)
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Red: Pro City
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BOLD, real bad
Green, Pro Reform Black, (don't know yet) |
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Committees/Committees.asp?sAction=ViewCommittee&sActionDetails=Non-Standing_6403
CONTACT INFORMATION:
SENATE APPOINTMENTS
Sen. Vernon Malone
(Co-Chair) - Vernonm@ncleg.net
Wake - 2124 Lyndhurst Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610 - (919)
828-5853 -(Retired)
Sen. Robert Charles Soles, Jr.
(Co-Chair) - Rcsoles@ncleg.net
Brunswick, Columbus, Pender - P.O. Box 6, Tabor City, NC
28463
Sen. Austin Murphy Allran -
Austina@ncleg.net
Catawba, Iredell - P.O. Box 2907,
Hickory, NC 28603 - (828) 322-1410 -(Attorney)
Sen. Daniel Gray Clodfelter -
Danielc@ncleg.net
Mecklenburg - 100 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202-4003 - (704)
331-1041 -(Attorney)
Sen. Don W. East -
Done@ncleg.net
Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin - 971 Longhill Road, Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 - (336) 368-4082 -
(Retired Police
Officer)
Sen. Anthony E. Foriest -
Tonyf@ncleg.net
Alamance,
Caswell - PO Box 876, Graham, NC 27253 - (336) 226-8059 - (?)
Sen. Steve Goss -
Steveg@ncleg.net
Alexander, Ashe,
Watauga, Wilkes - 166 Morningside Drive, Boone, NC 28607 - (Ordained
Minister, Baptist)
Sen. Malcolm Graham -
Malcolmg@ncleg.net
Mecklenburg - 3404 Cresta Court, Charlotte, NC 28269 - (704) 547-1193 - (Business Consultant)
Sen. Joe Sam Queen - JoeQ@ncleg.net
Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey 71 Pigeon Street, Waynesville, NC
28786 (828) 452-1688 -
(Architect)
Sen. Anthony Eden (Tony) Rand
- Tonyr@ncleg.net
Bladen, Cumberland - 2014 Litho Place, Fayetteville, NC 28304 - (910)
222-8096 -
(Consultant)
Mr. Ben Campen (Public Member)
(leader in annexation opposition group)
Smiley's Flea Market - Fletcher
5360 Hendersonville Road
Fletcher, NC 28732
Phone: 828-684-3532
Fax: 828-684-5651
email: bhcampen@bellsouth.net
Ms. Tina Hall (Public Member) -
(First term Rowan County Commissioner) NCACC
130 W. Inness Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
P: 704-216-8180
F: 704-216-8195
email: Tina.Hall@rowancountync.gov
Chief Freddy Johnson, Sr. (Public Member) (NCACC pick)
Chief Freddy Johnson, Sr.
Cumberland Co Fire Chiefs Assoc.
7221 Stoney Point Road
Fayetteville, NC 28306
spfd1301@nc.rr.com
Ms. Beth Trahos (Public Member)
(NCLM pick) (I believe Ms. Trahos has been on one past
Annexation Study Commission)
Elizabeth C. Trahos
Two Hannover Square
Suite 2800
434 Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
T (919) 755-8760
F (919) 838-3167
beth.trahos@smithmoorelaw.com
Beth Trahos
(BIO) is a member of the law firm's Land use and
Governmental Regulations Team. She represents developers, builders,
local governments, and advocacy groups in land use and municipal issues.
Beth regularly appears before City Councils, Planning Commissions, and
Boards of Adjustment in rezoning, site plans, special use permits,
subdivisions, annexations, text amendments and code interpretation. Ms.
Trahos is the Town Attorney for Rolesville, North Carolina and Assistant
Town Attorney for Knightdale, North Carolina. She serves as a member of
the Wake County Planning Board, and on the Board of Directors of North
Carolina Municipal Attorney's Association.
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Member: North Carolina League of Municipalities, Technical Advisory
Committee
Wake County Planning Board, Member
HOUSE APPOINTMENTS
(Former House Select Committee)
Rep. Daniel Bruce Goforth
(Co-Chair)
Rep. Paul Luebke (Co-Chair)
Rep. Larry R. Brown
Rep. Nelson Dollar
Rep. Earl F. Jones |
Rep. Louis M. Pate, Jr.
Rep. Edgar V. Starnes
Rep. Fred F. Steen, II
Rep. Russell E. Tucker
Rep. Trudi Walend (retired)
Mr. Douglas Aitken (Public Member) |
Contact information for above members:
LINK HERE
Mr. Grainger Barrett
(Public Member)
Cumberland County Attorney
PO BOX 1829 FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28302-1829
Phone: 910-678-7762
Fax: 910-678-7758
Email: gbarrett@co.cumberland.nc.us
1980 – assistant director for the Institute of
Government
Mr. Dewitt F. McCarley, Jr (Public
Member) (NCLM pick)
City Attorney - Charlotte, NC -
dmccarley@ci.charlotte.nc.us
McCarley has been city attorney for Charlotte
since 1994 and before that was city attorney in Greenville. He is a past
president of the North Carolina Municipal Attorneys Association and is
2nd vice president of the International Municipal Lawyers Association
and is a member of the Board of Directors of the
International Municipal
Lawyers Association.
McCarley was also recently appointed to the Governors panel which Easley
formed to review policies concerning the retention of e-mail messages
under the state's public records law.
(Either McCarley is going to be one busy boy or he doesn't think the committees will take up much of
his time)
Ms. Judith Welch Wegner
judith_wegner@unc.edu (Public
Member) (UNC School of Law) School of
Government
Professor Wegner is a long-time member of the Carolina Law faculty.
Wegner served as dean of the School of Law from 1989 to 1999, after
serving for eight years as a member of the faculty and for two years as
associate dean. She has taught and written in the areas of land use,
property law, state and local government law, and the rights of disabled
persons. She co-authored a book on race and poverty in American Cities.
Ms. Wegner has been appointed to Legislative Annexation Study Committees
in the past.
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WRAL
Report
Citizen-Times article about the Commission meeting
More articles...
Read the SNCA Blog Post on the Commission
StopNCAnnexation's First Letter to
the Commission
NCLM
Bulletin about the Joint Commission
NCLM Bulletin &
Letter to Study Commission *****************************
Talking Points:
- Cities are using forced annexation for the wrong reason - to
take revenue rather than provide services.
- The power to annex is enabling fiscal irresponsibility by
the cities.
- Cities are abusing the law and treating taxpaying landowners
with disrespect.
- It violates American principles of government
- (Tell your personal story about how forced annexation would
affect or has affected you)
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COMMENTS
The Joint Commission met for the last time and
voted for recommendations for changes to the annexation
statutes.
Bills will be submitted to the General
Assembly in the next several weeks for consideration by the
House and Senate.
A moratorium and a recommendation to give the
affected property owners a vote passed a vote of the Commission.
Some other recommendations included changes to the required
services and higher densities to qualify.
If we get the vote, the other changes will be
hardly necessary.
Get ready to push hard on the
Legislators in 2009.
We know what we want and so do they. The Legislators have
studied this before many times.
It's time to act.
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