Warden council OKs annexation

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WARDEN — Warden is getting 34 acres bigger thanks to a unanimous vote of the Warden City Council on Tuesday. During a regular meeting, the Warden City Council voted to annex 33.89 acres currently owned by the Port of Warden immediately west of Madison Avenue between 8th Street and 11th Street. The land is currently part of Warden’s urban growth area and is zoned residential. The land, which the port bought from a local farmer several years ago, sits between the city and the port’s Industrial Park 5, which is currently landlocked and cannot be developed. “We’d prefer to have it annexed,” Port of Warden Executive Director Pat Millard told the council before the vote. “We can’t do anything with it, and we would like to sell it and continue to have it zoned residential.” ...