WHEREAS at the present time an urban municipality is not required to prove the need for additional lands prior to an annexation request; and

WHEREAS an urban municipality is not required to develop the annexed land within a specific time frame; and

WHEREAS no provisions exist to negotiate revenue sharing among municipalities regarding ant annexed lands; and

WHEREAS no provisions exist to negotiate a compensation formula for existing rural municipal infrastructure;

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM create a working committee to include SARM, SUMA and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs with the mandate to create guidelines to be followed in cases of application by urban municipalities to annex rural municipal lands.