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fool'. b rrl.-.JE .655 SEP 2 4 1991 Joe Dorsky, Town Manager, spoke of the difficulties in determining boundaries between the incorporated and unincorpo- rated area along Jungle Trail and the problems associated with law enforcement. He also noted that the Town's services from the point of view of medical care and transportation have been required in those enclaves as they are closer than the County services. For those reasons, they felt the enclaves should be part of the Town. This was brought up some years previously, but some of the owners were opposed and it was dropped. Now, with the new Growth Management Act and with each entity having developed their own Comprehensive Plan, the Town Council feels it should be pursued. Commissioner Scurlock requested that Mr. Dorsky identify -an enclave, and Mr. Dorsky stated that it would be a county unincorporated area surrounded -by an incorporated area. - Commissioner Scurlock noted that, in other words, it would not be contiguous, and he felt the area along Jungle Trail is contiguous to the County. It is a finger. Mr. Dorsky stated that it is surrounded by the municipality. Commissioner Scurlock then brought up Bobby--Hiers' property and did not think that was surrounded. Mr. Dorsky advised those in the enclaves are the Michaels property - the Jones property - and Morningside Drive Subdivision. Commissioner Scurlock noted that they then are not trying to annex Bobby Hiers' property, and Mr. Dorsky stated that he.had never heard of Mr. Hiers. In further discussion it was noted that Mr. Hiers is a lot owner, and he is saying the residents in the area don't want to be annexed. Mir. Dorsky stated that they have letters from some residents who wish to be annexed. He then cited the policy in the County Comprehensive Plan which states the County would coordinate and help the municipalities with annexations. He felt that everyone agrees, from the standpoint of administrating your local and county government, that enclaves shouldn't be there. Mr. Dorsky continued that they don't like to bring these in if they don't want to come in, and probably they will be more of a problem than a benefit to the Town, but it seems for the orderliness of the government, they ought to be in there. The Town Council, therefore, passed a Motion to ask the Legislative Delegation to put forth an Act to provide for the annexation of the enclaves. He believed some of the property owners in the Morningside Drive area, who are not residents of the Town, are hesitant about being 74