File #: 2013-0523    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/16/2013 In control: Metropolitan King County Council
On agenda: Final action: 12/16/2013
Enactment date: Enactment #: 17724
Title: AN ORDINANCE establishing February 11, 2014, as the date of a special election on the question of annexation to the city of Issaquah, and assumption of indebtedness, of an unincorporated area known as the Klahanie annexation area and appointing a committee to write the voters' pamphlet statement for the February 11, 2014, special election; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Annexations, Elections
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17724.pdf, 2. A. Klahanie Legal Description, 3. A. Klahanie Legal Description
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AN ORDINANCE establishing February 11, 2014, as the date of a special election on the question of annexation to the city of Issaquah, and assumption of indebtedness, of an unincorporated area known as the Klahanie annexation area and appointing a committee to write the voters' pamphlet statement for the February 11, 2014, special election; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The city of Issaquah, Washington, by Resolutions No. 2013-07 and 2013-20, has determined that it is in the public interest and general welfare to provide for the annexation of for the annexation of an area known as the Klahanie annexation area, in accordance with chapter 35A.14 RCW.
B. City of Issaquah Resolutions No. 2013-07 and XXX satisfy the provisions of chapter 35A.14 RCW for qualification for annexation.
C. The King County boundary review board received a request for review under chapter 36.93 RCW, and on November 6, 2013, the board, in file 2347, deemed the proposed city of Issaquah Klahanie annexation file approved.
D. The statutory deadline for placing such a proposition on the February 11, 2014 ballot is December 27, 2013. The last council meeting of 2013 is a special meeting on December 16, 2013.
E. Pursuant to chapters 29A.04 and 35A.14 RCW, the metropolitan King County council deems an emergency exists for the purpose of calling a special election to be held on the question of this annexation on February 11, 2014.
SECTION 2. A special election shall be held on the 11th day of February 2014 in accordance with chapter 35A.14 RCW within the territory of the proposed annexation, Attachment A to this ordinance, for the purpose of submitting the question of annexation of the Klahanie annexation area and whether or not all property in the annexation area will assume its proportional share of existing city bonded indebtedness.
SECTION 3. The number of registered voters within the subje...

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