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The Omaha City Council gave Mayor Jean Stothert almost everything she wanted in her annexation package Tuesday, but not without raising concerns over the cost of westward growth.

The council voted to annex 18 of the 19 areas Stothert had sought to take into the city. The one exception: Miracle Hill Golf Course, an on-again, off-again annexation target for more than 15 years.

The annexation brings in 13 residential neighborhoods, four business parks and a piece of farm ground. It will add more than 8,700 people and about $930 million in property tax valuation to the city.

Miracle Hill had been controversial, but drew no discussion Tuesday. The council voted 7-0 to reject it. The council also voted unanimously in favor of most of the other annexations.

Only one engendered debate: Pacific Springs, a residential and business development northeast of 180th and Pacific Streets.

Traffic already is tangling that intersection. The City of Omaha and Douglas County are working on a plan to add right-turn lanes there in 2015. But more expensive work will be needed: the widening of sections of 180th and Pacific Streets.