Quincy annexes 77 acres

QUINCY - Quincy annexed about 77 acres south of the city aimed at adding more industrially-zoned land.

The city council approved the annexation of the land partially owned by Quincy Port Commissioner Curt Morris.

The approval followed a series of questions from Danna Dal Porto.

The Quincy resident has challenged the addition of diesel back-up generators to the Microsoft data center.

Dal Porto questioned a section of the annexation proposal, which stated the land would be changed from residential zoning to light industrial zoning when it was brought into the city.

"That will happen in a separate process," Building Official Carl Worley said. "It's coming in as residential ... Then that other process will be an entirely (different process.)"

City Administrator Tim Snead said it's easier to annex the land as residential, and change it once it's included in the city.

Morris wants the property to be consistent with the land directly north, which is zoned as light industrial, he said.

"To have it be what was originally anticipated as residential, multiple apartment buildings, that was not consistent with what's already out there," he said. "The part that's already annexed is zoned business and light industrial."

Snead and Morris said the people developing the property would pay to have utilities brought to the land.

After the explanation, Dal Porto agreed with the annexation, she said.

"It sounds like there's some kind of useful purpose to rezone and to include that piece of property in the city as long as developers pay for their own infrastructure," she said.