MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) – As Mobile County continues to grow, the City of Mobile is having discussions about how best to protect Big Creek Lake, the City of Mobile’s primary water source.
A spokesperson for the City of Mobile told FOX10 News that there have been discussions with the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) about incorporating Big Creek Lake and surrounding properties into the City of Mobile.
It is unclear how much land around the lake will be annexed, but FOX10 News has reached out to MAWSS for more information.
Meanwhile, the city announced that there are no official plans for incorporation yet and that these are preliminary discussions. However, this could change on Monday.
On the agenda of the MAWSS public board meeting is a resolution approving the annexation.
Some residents in the Big Creek Lake area have now heard about what is happening and started their own petition.
It was posted on social media and calls for the annexation vote to be postponed until citizens have a chance to learn about what is happening. It states:
“We, the undersigned citizens of the Big Creek Lake area and surrounding land owned by the Mobile Water Company, request that the vote on authorizing the City of Mobile to annex the land be postponed until we the citizens have had an opportunity to learn the consequences of such action.
According to news reports, the vote is scheduled for August 12, 2024, and citizens did not learn about the annexation plan until August 7, 2024. Citizens did not have time to learn the pros and cons of the proposed annexation for them as neighbors of Big Creek Lake.
As you may recall, the citizens of the so-called ‘Airport Blvd. Corridor’ rejected incorporation into the City of Mobile in the July 17, 2023 referendum. Therefore, encroaching on their surroundings by another route not approved by the citizens may be considered detrimental unless it is clearly evident that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.”
The MAWSS public board meeting will be held on Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the MAWSS Park Forest Plaza on Moffett Road.
“As Mobile County continues to grow, we have had some discussions about how best to protect Big Creek Lake, the city’s water source. In those discussions, the idea came up to bring it into the city, where zoning and land use regulations are more stringent.
We reached out to MAWSS to get their feedback and from that conversation a solution was derived that was on their current agenda. No official annexation plans or proposals have been presented. This is a preliminary discussion.”
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