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Farmland Reserve, an entity with ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has filed to annex roughly 52,450 acres of its Deseret Ranch property from unincorporated Orange County into the city of Orlando.
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This move comes at a time when the county wants veto power to stop cities from annexing property. The county has proposed charter amendments for a November ballot that would allow it to veto voluntary annexations and expand the county’s rural boundary.
Farmland Reserve — an investment auxiliary of the church — said it was making the move after long-term planning efforts with Orange County failed to progress.
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