Annexations

ANNEXATIONS Sultan's Annexation GOALS & POLICIES Also see: 10% Annexation method 60% Annexation Method Annexation FAQ's	LINKS & INFORMATION The 2003 Legislature hopes to clarify last year's court decision (see below). Here are the reports on each bill: HB-1231 (house) and SB-5409 (These are "compansion" bills, which usually means that one or the other will be seriously worked on; in this case it looks as if it will be HB-1231) Articles of Interest 2002 State Supreme Court ruling (word, text, Acrobat) Annexation Handbook Fiscal Impact Studies (Examples) Compare these to our "impact analysis" Aannexation activist organization (seeking a voice in annexations) Annexations: How other cities/states analyze, review and approve annexations: State of California's process outlined Boulder, Colorado Jackson Hole, Wyoming: A town that knows you must FIGHT to protect "free" God-given natural beauty. (These are articles; because there was little help at the city's official website.) Porter estate (Hereford Ranch) annexation; Billings, Montana's view of annexation, lawsuit filed and final result Cincinnati, Ohio Kirkland's Analysis Study Locust, NC (an interesting editorial) Medford, Oregon (Primary criteria: City's demonstrated need.
Van Wyngarden's annexation request.... CTED's 2004 legislative-mandated study on annexations: Letter to legislature re study (in Word); and the complete study in a large.pdf. We will attempt to find the time to break this Godzilla-size (10 mb) study down into more smaller-sized manageable parts for downloading and viewing PREVIOUS SULTAN ANNEXATIONS INTO THE CITY (The City performed no Land Use analyses as required by law on Osprey Park, Botting, Green, Arndt-Bean or York annexations, nor on the proposed Morris annexation): Osprey Park Annexation (Feb., 2000 through December, 2002) See also: Osprey Park Timeline, as webpage, as a Word document and Acrobat file) - ALSO: Letter from Jeff Kirkman to the City of Sultan, the city attorney and Hearing Examiner John Galt (as webpage , Word and Acrobat) Botting 33-acre Annexation east of Rice Road (1996) Tom Green's 80-acre annexation south of 132nd St. SE (1997) Arndt-Bean 110-acre annexation north of 132n St. SE (1998) York's 124th ST.SE annexation (40 acres approved under protest by citizens, 10 additional acres annexed in without any public oversight or input) Proposed Cliff Morris 160-acre Trout Farm Road annexation proposal (Review city's Scrutiny of the Morris 160-acre annexation proposal) (2003) Proposed 60-acre Van Wyngarden Annexation documents (May, 2005, all are in Acrobat pdf): 10% Annexation Petition Application (295 kb)....SEPA performed (203 kb).....City Agenda Cover Sheet presented at 6/8/05 council meeting (15 kb)
CLIFF MORRIS' ATTEMPTED ANNEXATION & "deal": Despite firm review and acceptance criteria required before an annexation can be considered, the City of Sultan always finds there's no fiscal impact. In our opinion, that's like saying there's no long-term impact when a family adopts a child into their family. REVIEW THE CITY'S SCRUTINY OF THE MORRIS' 160-ACRE ANNEXATION PROPOSAL (During the 1-15-03 council meeting, Councilman Jimmy Porter actually said, "We are not required by law to do a study."