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VI. ANNEXATION PLAN A. PLANNING ANALYSIS As previously mentioned in this study, annexation is a planning process involving a variety of traditional planning elements such as being comprehensive in nature and systematic in application. It is designed to implement certain policies and a physical plan. The annexation policies, goals and objectives were presented in the previous section of this study. This section presents the physical plan for the City's growth through annexation. In order to identify territory for future growth of the City by annexation, the major planning criteria previously developed in the study was consolidated for a final planning analysis. Two planning perspectives were formulated. The first is a development or physical planning perspective generally involving opportunistic conditions related to existing land use and major municipal services. The second is a strategic planning perspective incorporating certain guidelines of the annexation policy. Both of these planning analyses focus upon the need for initiating annexation and thus, attempt to establish positions where positive benefit/cost situations can occur and where the City can advance toward certain locations in order to establish and maintain management control over existing and new development areas. 1. Development Planning All City departments will require fiscal expenditures for providing their services to newly annexed territory. The major City expenditures will be the capital costs for sanitary sewers, water mains and fire protection. Some locations within the study area are either (1) presently being served by sewer and water, (2) can easily be served by sewer and water with minor low-cost extension projects, or (3) are within the minimum 1-1/2 mile service area of a City fire station. Taking advantage of these beneficial service situations should be a priority consideration for annexation. Because annexation has a cost, it therefore is desirable to identify where possible benefits in the form of income -generating revenues can occur. All annexed territories will provide benefits in the long term, however, short-term benefits will enable the City to recapture initial annexation costs at a faster return and, thus, provide the impetus to continue the advancement of an annexation program. Existing industrial and commercial businesses will provide this cost return. Areas containing major concentrations or individual large scale industrial or commercial businesses should be a priority consideration for annexation. 54