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LUEET-5. ANNEXATION (B) (cont'd) <br />served by a city and encourages local governments to adopt agricultural <br />preservation policies and ordinances. <br />Even if thce;c steps are taken, a great deal of development will still occur <br />in the fringe areas surrounding cities. The state statutes regulating <br />annexation must be changed to make it easier for cities to annex this developed <br />or developing land, in order to insure the integrity of our governmental <br />systems. <br />It is unfair to city residents to have individuals avoid paying their fair <br />share for municipal services by living in the fringe area around a city. The <br />League recommends amending the annexation and planning laws to provide for arban <br />expansion districts which would be designated as exclusive urban growth zone:. <br />No urban development would be allowed outside these areas or outside existing <br />cities. Upon development or the extension or urban services to these areas, <br />annexation would occur upon passage of an ordinance of the city council. This <br />method would provide a new, simple, and straight -forward procedure for cities to <br />plan and grow by annexation consistent with soind land uEe management goals and <br />maintain the integrity of our governmental system which provides that urban <br />areas should be governed by the city form of government and rural areas should <br />be governed by the township form of government. <br />LUEET-6. EMINENT DOMAIN LAW (B) <br />The League recommends that the legislature undertake a thorough study of <br />the eminent domain statutes. <br />The League believes the entire eminent domain process should be critically <br />reviewed and streamlined. This examination 1 d include a reevaluation of the <br />advisability of an alternative system of review, for example a professional <br />referee, a hearing examiner, etc., using a professional referee in lieu of three <br />commissioners to establish the value of the land; the public purposes for which <br />the law may be aised, including its use to encourage economic development; and <br />the legality and feasibility of collecting property taxes on property for <br />several years in instances where the award is substantially in excess of the <br />market value of the property for tax purposes. <br />LUEET-7. ADVERSE POSSESSION (B) <br />The League supports legislation making it clear that no adverse possession <br />can bps had against the state and its political subdivisions. <br />-29- <br />