The proposed annexation area is the existing Shoshone Avenue right-of-way, located immediately west of Tanner Drive.  The annexation area encompasses City owned right-of-way that was purchased in 2007 from the adjacent landowner when Shoshone Ave was extended from Tanner Dr. to Enzi Dr. For whatever reason, the Shoshone Ave. right-of-way was excluded from the 2009 Legacy Ridge Addition Annexation.  The proposed annexation area is 100% contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Gillette; the entire parcel is surrounded by the City’s corporate limits.

In accordance with Wyoming Statute 15-1-407, the City may annex territory without conducting a Public Hearing per W.S. 15-1-405 and without preparing the annexation report or estimates required by W.S. 15-1-402(c) and (e) and 15-1-404(a)(ii)(C) and (D), since the City is the sole owner of the territory being annexed.

The proposed annexation area is a logical extension of the City Limits and fulfills a goal of the City’s 2013 Comprehensive Plan Update and Future Land Use Plan by annexation of County “Islands.”