Planning Council votes against Tierra Verde annexation

St. Petersburg lacks the capacity to provide municipal services to Tierra Verde, according to the Pinellas Planning Council. The 13-member elected body on Thursday voted against a city report that states that St. Petersburg can service North Tierra Verde under its proposed annexation agreement.

The Planning Council’s vote was mostly symbolic and will not legally prevent the City Council from approving the annexation Friday as planned.

“It’s just basically, this is what people in the community think of what you are doing,” said Brian Smith, the county’s planning director.

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