As a result of deannexation, the City of Memphis will reallocate resources that serve the deannexed areas to other areas of the city resulting in better service to the rest of the city. when the property was a part of the city of Memphis. Links to government, residents, visitors, business, children. Memphis sprawling landscape happened over several decades, so it would be reasonable not to expect the unfurling of these corrections to happen overnight. The de-annexation It is all part of a longstanding process to de-annex the three areas of the city. Here's what you should know about de-annexation. If their recommendations on de-annexation are approved, such actions would not be enacted until 2021, after the next municipal election. Following the de-annexation, property owners in the areas would be required to pay toward debt on Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's team will recommend Thursday that a task force study seven areas for de-annexation. CORDOVA, Tenn. As of New Years Day 2021, the City of Memphis got a bit smaller. 17. This transition will start on Jan 2020 and be complete by Jan 2021 As a result of deannexation, the City of Memphis will gradually forgo I want Memphis to thrive, Possel said. De-annexing means deliberately shrinking down the citys footprint. For too long, Memphis grew only by annexation. The proposed date of de-annexation for the areas is Jan. 1, 2021. What is land de-annexation? The South Cordova de-annexation area means about 4,146 people, 1,806 houses and about 2.3 acres of land are no longer in Memphis. January 1, 2021, all applicants for zoning entitlements in the Rocky Point, Southwind-Windyke, and South Cordova de-annexation areas will be heard by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners. said the council probably wouldn't enact any de-annexations until 2021 Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Representative Mike Carter, Chairman 226 Anne Dallas Dudley Boulevard Suite 508 Nashville, TN 37243 (615) 741-3012 tacir@tn.gov The de-annexation bill affecting Memphis and its neighboring community, Cordova, failed in the senate. Memphis may well be the first city in the country to voluntarily explore and propose de-annexation. Landmarks Commission Meeting. Map of annexations by the City of Memphis, 1819-2014 2021. The neighborhoods of South Cordova, Southwind-Windyke and Rocky Point are no longer part of the city of Memphis. De-annexation survey results presentation, March 23, 2017 De-annexation survey results others were drafted by the Mapping Bureau of the City of Memphis Engineering Division. City of Memphis website. In the past couple of years, cities like Memphis have made headlines for plans to de-annex city property.