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Cornelia commission rejects ordinance letting city acquire property for private development

The ordinance would have let the city acquire real property interests to assist private development, and the commission voted it down.

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December 2, 2025: Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance

At a glance

What this means now

Where it stands

The commission decided the ordinance should not be approved, and a summary of the December meeting recorded it as Not Approved on a 4-0 vote.

The story

The Cornelia Commission placed a Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance on its November agenda.

SourcesCommission Agenda November 2025 83.4 KB

At a December 2 workshop, a speaker addressed the commission about what they called "the proposed eminent domain ordinance tied to private development."

SourcesDecember 02-25 Cornelia Workshop Minutes 225.0 KB

The commission decided the ordinance should not be approved, and a summary of the December meeting recorded it as Not Approved on a 4-0 vote.

SourcesDecember 02-25 Cornelia Workshop Minutes 225.0 KBCommission Agenda Summary December 2025 98.1 KB

What happened

How this issue got here

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Discussed
discussed

Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance

they decided that the Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance should not be approved

Discussed
discussed

Proposed eminent domain ordinance tied to private development

I want to speak briefly and plainly about the proposed eminent domain ordinance tied to private development.

Not approved
confirmed

Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance

Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance Tab C Not Approved 4 - 0

Appeared on agenda
proposed

Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance

Development Assistance Real Property Interest Acquisition Ordinance

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