Drafter
Clerk 05/14/2012
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the annexation of approximately 1904 acres of land into fire district 38, known as Rattlesnake Ridge Annexation, for the purpose of providing fire suppression and emergency medical services.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Fire district 38 accepted petitions requesting annexation of approximately 1,904 acres of land into fire district 38, known as Rattlesnake Ridge Annexation, Parcels A, B, C, D, E, F and G ("the annexation area") for the purpose of providing fire suppression and emergency medical services in Resolution No. 227, adopted on October 4, 2011.
2. Pursuant to the state Environmental Policy Act, fire district 38 made a determination of nonsignificance on the proposed annexation in Resolution 227, adopted on October 4, 2011.
3. The King County director of elections issued a certificate of sufficiency of the signatures on the petition under the provisions of RCW 52.04.011 on October 24, 2011. The annexation petition was determined to bear the signatures of more than sixty percent of the registered voters residing in the annexation area.
4. The Washington state Boundary Review Board has completed the required evaluation of the proposed annexation and found the proposed annexation to meet the necessary requirements.
5. Because the annexation petition was signed by more than sixty percent of the registered voters in the annexation area, the board of fire commissioners has exercised its right under RCW 52.04.011(3) to dispense with an election and to proceed directly to annexation.
6. A notice of intention proposing the annexation of the annexation area was filed with the county council on October 31, 2011.
7. RCW 52.04.011(2) requires the county council to determine whether and the extent to while the annexation area shall be subject to the existing indebtedness of the district. The fire district has indicated there is no existing indebtedness to which the annexation area should be subject.
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