HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1993-033WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 93 -181
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Date Received in Council Office:
Agenda date
Assigned to:
' -Onator. Warner
Division Head:
5 /18
5/25/93
P&D /Council
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor.
Purchasing/Budget:
Executive:
SUBJECT:
Resolution stating the Whatcom County Council's intent to seek review of all annexation requests
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
RCW 36.93.100 (2) (showing the Council's authority to initiate the review process explained below)
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Increasingly the small cities of Whatcom County are receiving requests to have land annexed in to their city
' ;.ts. For example, the City of Lynden has four annexation" proposals in the works (one has received
1,= climinary approval, two are before Lynden's Planning Commission, and one has been tabled), while Everson's
City Council has one proposal before it, two proposals in the planning stages, and rumors of others to come.
It is difficult to plan the Urban Growth Boundaries for these cities effectively when their boundaries are being
adjusted, so it is recommended that the Council ask the Boundary Review Board to review each request for
annexation until the Urban Growth Boundaries are in place.
When a city sends notice of its intent to annex property into the city limits, the Boundary Review Board
notifies local agencies and citizens, and gives them 45 days to request that the Boundary Review Board review
the proposal. If no one requests a review State law says that the annexation is automatically approved. If
someone does request a review the Boundary Review Board has a public hearing and can either modify, approve
or disapprove of the request for annexation.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Passage of the resolution is recommended.
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
5/25/93: Council approved a substitute resolution. 6 -0 with Henderson absent.
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only): R93 -033
annexcom ms 5/25/93 SPONSORED BY: Warner
SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED BY: Warner
(from P &D Committee 5/25) INTRODUCTION DATE: 5125/93
1 RESOLUTION NO. 93 -033
2 STATING THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL'S INTENT TO SEEK
3 REVIEW OF ALL ANNEXATION REQUESTS
4 WHEREAS, the cities of Whatcom County are receiving petitions to have
5 unincorporated property annexed into the city limits, even as the cities and Whatcom County
6 are working together to define urban growth boundaries; and
7 WHEREAS, it is difficult to plan effectively when cities are in the process of
8 adjusting their borders to accommodate these requests;
9 WHEREAS, once a city approves of a petition for annexation, it is sent to the
10 Boundary Review Board which notifies other agencies of the notice of intent to annex the
11 property; and
12 WHEREAS, if a period of 45 days elapses without the Boundary Review Board being
13 asked to review the proposed annexation, it is deemed approved; and
14 WHEREAS, Chapter 36.93.100 (2) of the Revised Code of Washington provides that
the County may file a request that the Boundary Review Board thoroughly review the
16 proposed annexation;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council-MR
25 APPROVED this 25th day of May 1993.
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27 ATTEST: WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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29 Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk Marge laidlaw, Chair
30 APPROVED as to forme
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Civil Deputy Pros. Atty.