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Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Of fice ce
Agenda Date
Assigned to:
Originator:
Citizens
7/6/2016
7/12/2016
Introduction
Division Head:
7/26/2016
Council
Dept. Head:
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Prosecutor.
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Executive:
TITLE OF DOCUMENT:
Ordinance ordering election for Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
SETA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
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Ordinance ordering an election to determine the formation of the Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District
COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION:
7/12/2016: Introduced 7 -0
7/26/2016: Adopted 6 -0, Ordinance 2016 -029
(Donovan absent)
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Ordinance or Resolution
Number: Ord. 2016 -029
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PROPOSED BY: CITIZENS
INTRODUCTION DATE: JULY 12 2016
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-029
ORDERING AN ELECTION TO DETERMINE THE FORMATION OF
THE COLUMBIA VALLEY PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS, on June 22, 2016, a petition proposing the creation of a park and
recreation district in the Columbia Valley was delivered to the County Council Office; and
WHEREAS, the petition met the requirements of RCW 36.69.020; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 2016, the County Council approved Resolution 2016 -023,
officially receiving the petition into the record and scheduling a public hearing on the proposal;
and
WHEREAS, the County Council held a public hearing on the petition on July 26, 2016,
as required by RCW 36.69; and
WHEREAS, the next step in the park and recreation district formation process requires
the Council to establish the boundaries of the proposed park and recreation district, establish
its name, and call for an election of the property owners residing within the proposed district
boundaries to determine whether the district shall be formed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the
proposed district shall be known as the Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the boundaries of the proposed district, as
submitted by the petitioners, shall be as outlined in Exhibit A to this ordinance.
BE IT FINALLY ORDAINED that the proposal to form the Columbia Valley Park and
Recreation District is hereby forwarded to the County Auditor for inclusion on the November
General Election ballot.
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County Exe9titive
EXHIBIT A
(ORDINANCE FORWARDING PROPOSED COLUMBIA VALLEY PARK DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO AUDITOR)
PROPOSED DISTRICT BOUNDARIES:
The point of beginning to be the NW CORNER or the NW QUARTER of the SE QUARTER
of SECTION 9, T40N, R5E, thence EAST 10,560 feet to the NE CORNER of the NE
QUARTER of the SW QUARTER of SECTION 11, T40N, R5E, thence SOUTH 21,120 feet
to the SE CORNER of the SE QUARTER of the NW QUARTER of SECTION 35, T40N,
R5E, thence WEST 10,560 feet to the SW CORNER of the SW QUARTER of the NE
QUARTER of SECTION 33, T40N, R5E, thence NORTH 21,120 feet to the beginning
point.