The Colusa City Council has continued the public hearing related to the potential annexation of Colusa Industrial Properties into the city limits to their regular meeting on Feb 18, 2020.
City officials intend to amend Colusas General Plan and sphere of influence so that the application for annexation of property currently in Colusa Countys jurisdictions can go to the Local Area Formation Commission for final approval.
The Planning Commission signed off on the project at their February meeting one year ago, but much of the past 10 months has been spent trying to hammer out a tax share agreement that is equitable to both jurisdictions, officials said.
” Hopefully we will have an agreement,” City Manager Jesse Cain said at the Dec. 10 City Council meeting. ” I think we are close.
The proposed 684-acre annexation is comprised primarily of the Colusa Industrial Park, along with the Colusa County Airport, the latter of which the county had originally planned to exclude from the annexation process. About 107 acres on Wescott Road are also included in the proposal, and will be annexed into Colusa as single-family residential property.
City officials said most of the project was anticipated for annexation when LAFCo adopted the City of Colusa sphere of influence in 2012.
Officials said the General Plan amendment is needed to establish allowable land uses that are consistent with the countys existing General Plan, and that no changes in land use are expected.–
