I guess the City of Harrisburg believes they have growth area rights to the Hwy 106 boundary and have appealed it at UDC meetings, getting denied. The City of Sioux Falls believes that the disputed area was agreed upon 10-20 years ago and that city taxpayers have invested millions to hook up to that growth area with public utilities.
Harrisburg may be seeing this as a tax valuation growth area.
But what makes this story so bizarre is that this fight has been going on for months with little to no knowledge by the public or the media, and the relationship between the two cities is ‘strained’ according to my source with the City of Sioux Falls.
Well, you know my feelings on open government, solutions to issues are NOT solved behind closed doors, and if this was out in the open, it could be resolved by now, instead we have to play petty games behind closed doors so the public doesn’t realize how much we really despise each other 🙂
I wouldn’t know who’s side to take on the issue, but I think if they had public meetings on it, they may come to an amicable solution, or better yet, just split the difference.
I will be getting more information this weekend and will update.