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NO. 1997 - 319 A
CLEARANCES Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned To
Orig. Dept.: County Council
9/8/97
9/9/97
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SUBJECT:
Resolution submitting to voters annexation of Glacier Green into Glacier Water
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Related County Contract #: I Should the Clerk schedule a hearing? (YIN Y Requested Date: 9118/97
The Whatcom County Council received a request for water district annexation via petition and certificate of concurrence from
the Glacier Water District Commissioners. This resolution forwards the request for annexation to the Whatcom County Auditor
for inclusion on the November 4 general election ballot.
RECOMMENDED MOTION (for final action):
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN
9/9/97: Introduction
9/18/971 Approved 5 �4 0. Imhof & Starkenburg absent.
belated File Numbers:
Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
I watdisres9 /18/97 SPONSORED BY: Consent
2 PROPOSED BY: Citizen
1 INTRODUCTION DATE: 9/9/97
2 RESOLUTION NO. 97 -058
3 SUBMITTING PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE GLACIER GREEN AREA
4 INTO THE GLACIER WATER DISTRICT TO THE VOTERS AT THE NOVEMBER
5 GENERAL ELECTION
6 WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of RCW 57.24 the Whatcom County Council
7 received a request for water district annexation via petition containing signatures of at least ten
8 percent of the registered voters in the Glacier Green area, along with a certificate of concurrence
9 from the Glacier Water District Commissioners; and
10 WHEREAS, receipt of this petition and certificate of concurrence began the process for
11 annexation into a water district as outlined in RCW 57.24; and
12 WHEREAS the Whatcom County Council held a public hearing on the matter of
13 annexation of the Glacier Green area into the Glacier Water District on September 18, 1997.
4 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council finds the
.5 proposed annexation to be conducive to the public health, welfare, and convenience and to be of
16 special benefit to the land proposed to be annexed and included within the boundaries of the
17 district; and
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council submits the proposed
19 annexation of the Glacier Green area into the Glacier Water District to the Whatcom County
20 Auditor for inclusion on the ballot for the November 4, 1997 general election; and
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the election on this matter will take place within the
22 boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed to the Glacier Water District as outlined in
23 Exhibit A to this resolution; and
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposition to the voters shall be expressed on
25 ballots which contain the words:
26 For Annexation to District
27 or
28 Against Annexation to District
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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council shall name the
2 persons to act as judges at the election.
3 APPROVED this 18 day of septemberl997.
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5 ATTEST:,
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7 ro - avis, Clerk of the Council
8 APPRO ED AS TO FORM:
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10 Civil Deputy Prosecutor
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
L. Ward Nelson, Council Chair
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EXHIBIT A
2 The election on the matter of annexation of the area known as Glacier Green into the Glacier
3 Water District shall take place within the following boundaries:
4 That portion of Government Lots 8, 9, and 10 of Section 34, Township 40 North,
5 Range 6 East, W.M., whose boundaries are:
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Beginning at the most southerly point of Lot 16 of Glacier Greene Subdivision,
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thence north 02 degrees 02'30" west a distance of 2208.10 feet to the northerly
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line of Government Lot 9, thence south 88 degrees 38'18" west a distance of
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1443.02 feet to the most westerly corner of Lot 1, Glacier Greene Subdivision,
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thence in a southeasterly direction along the southwesterly right -of -way line of the
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Glacier Greene Subdivision, along the northeasterly right -of -way line of the Mt.
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Baker Highway (State Highway #542) a distance of 2652.55 feet more or less to
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the point of beginning.
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