NO
OVERLAND
PARK
EXPANSION
NOPE
IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION
--OP Chamber of Commerce
--6 pro-annexation postcards from residents
OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION
--471 (99 percent) returned postcards (out of 477 postcards returned, which represents 83 percent of residents in the proposed annexation area)
--THE NO TO ANNEXATION COALITION representing residents of more than 25 percent of the proposed annexation area (on record with BOCC)
--Numerous current Overland Park residents who have gone on record with BOCC
--Johnson County Farm Bureau
--Kansas Farm Bureau
--Kansas Livestock Association
--Miami County Commissioners (expressed concerns on record BOCC response)
--Miami County Fire Department (MI County newspaper 1/4/08)
--Spring Hill (expressed concerns and noted manifest injury on record BOCC response)
--Aubry Township (vehemently opposed on record in BOCC response)
--Stilwell Incorporation Coalition of 200+ residents (on record with BOCC) petitioned for incorporation to avoid possible future Overland Park annexation
--Johnson County Sheriff Dept (safety concern on record in BOCC response)
--Johnson County Fire Dept (safety concerns on record in BOCC response)
--Kansas State Representative Ben Hodge (lives in OP)
--Kansas State Representative Ray Merrick (R) & Representative Ann Mah (D) co-sponsored bill to change Kansas law to require vote of residents
