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An Annexation Report and Plan of Services is a statutorily-mandated document that municipalities must prepare when undertaking involuntary annexation. The Town of Cary Annexation Report and Plan of Services was prepared for 70 separate annexation areas that included 754 parcels; 1.41 square miles; 627 dwelling units; and a population of 1,950 persons. Many of the proposed annexation areas were entirely surrounded by the Cary municipal limits---so called ‘doughnut holes’ or gaps in the corporate limits. Annexation of such areas will enable the Town of Cary to provide more efficient delivery of municipal services as well as to better plan for future municipal service delivery and the development of utility capacities.

The major purposes of the Annexation Report and Plan of Services were to document compliance with the state law regarding involuntary annexation and to develop a plan for providing the major Town of Cary municipal services to the proposed annexation areas. The Report included 120 maps delineating the boundaries, general land use patterns, and the proposed utility improvements within the annexation areas. The Report described the Town of Cary municipal services that would be extended to the proposed annexation areas, estimated the cost of providing such services, and developed a financing plan for the required services. The municipal services plan also addressed, as required by state law, the impact of annexation on rural fire departments and private solid waste collection firms. The Wooten Company also assisted the town staff with presentations at public informational meetings and at public hearings.

The Wooten Company has assisted many other North Carolina municipalities with annexation studies and reports including Chapel Hill, Burlington, Creedmoor, Apex, Eden Louisburg, Shelby, Pink Hill, Four Oaks, La Grange, Mount Airy, Hillsborough, Cape Carteret, Holly Springs, Plymouth, Hamlet, and Elizabethtown.