July 2024 | Vol. 24 Iss. 7
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A map of the unincorporated islands and communities within Sandy City borders. (Courtesy Sandy City)
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hroughout his many years in the unincorporated Granite Community, Vaughn Cox who is chair of the Granite Community Council, has heard stories about how Sandy City forces annexation Scan here to among unincorporated county isshop weekly lands in its borders. But this time it isn’t Sandy’s deals doing, it’s the state’s. New legislation passed in the beginning of 2024 will force either 1860 E 9400 S annexation or incorporation for all unincorporated county land within the next three years leaving many had a policy of takeover of our neighresidents in these “islands” unsure what bors. We are here for those who want to the future holds for them. join Sandy. We are here to answer your Sandy City Mayor Monica Zol- questions. We would love to receive tanski addressed concerns from res- you. We think we’ve got a great city idents in a town hall meeting on June and great opportunities here for people 10 where information was given about to join Sandy, but we are not coming what annexation would look like for after your neighborhoods.” new residents. What is H.B. 330? “I want to make one thing clear,” In three years, according to H.B. she said. “For decades, Sandy has never Continued page 22
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