19630702 City Council Minutes0
FOR Annexation to
City -of 6doonds
AGAINST Annexation to
;I ty.-of t4ponds
OFFICIAL CMVA$$
of e
SKCIAL IUCTIOM HILL
IN THE NORTH CHO ANNEXATIONARIA
Proposed to to Annex0d toCity of Edmonds
July 2, 1963
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IMSIDS&A
Jensen
Slirra
Perrin, (part)
Talbot (part)
ROR. Assuaptlon of 3
11 l.
anded 4ndebtadness
3
AGAINST Assumption of
Bonded.I r idebpe
_01-0 3
Procinct2
Pit* Keeton'
Meado (Part) Me-plewood
Sunset
Absentee -
PAlIgts. TOTAL VOTE
93
12
673.5-
D�,� 0
STATE OF WASH INGTON).'
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COUNTY OF Si (MOMI M1
ThO undor9l Stied,!* being the. officers dailgiiated by law as coniti-tuting the
Snohomish County Canvosslpq;Baard 'hersby ,certify that the foregoltjq�- I *- a true. and
correct c ; anvass of theofficial ;'e, rfs of the al'91actlon hold' in''the'z ' 0
No th End
Annexation Arts proposed, ;o!bo annoked, .;to the Clty of,ldmon.ds, County of`;Snehomlsh,
State" of Maihlnqton "66 July 2, ''1'961; and that * k pr6pos I t I i�, For Ahnq4t I on. to the
City of Ediinds rocet'vad �4 aaj;r1ty'-of the. total. --tatat vote
p I I 'on I I - 1 .4 1 4ro4t; and that the
cost on -the 5 ti O�r or A Inst Asswmgitic'n' of the bonded Indebtedness %tat. -equal
or= of thi'.'tota to or exceed d'. I -vote cost In said. North Ond. Annaxotlon,Aroa at the lest
preceding general State. but. that deems thin Eft of the vote cast was favotable
to the assuwptlon of the bonded Indeb $50
WITNOSS our, han' s and seat'. -this 8 day of ' Yly, 1963.
g.. zam Krasta'. Choi rMpq 11006 of' County, cowl soonort
AFFIDAVIT:
The .total number of voters, %Ao voted at the 'last preceding State General
Election,, Nov4n6er6,.,I962,-4n the North End Annexation I Area was
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START Ji,A A18gXATIOM OP 2M SOM XWM AMU
The Question facing the aounail is whether the advantages
to the City of a=owing the &pea north and west of Sdoonde outweigh
the seeming inequity of aoceptitg its vote against assuming its pro-
por6lonate shape of the city's existing indebtedness. At the present
time, the oityls existing debt is principally the cost of -the new
civic seater, which was built on a vote of the people at a cost of
+mmeais�ately a half allllan dollars, the general obligation bonds
for this Plc*Jset are being retired at a present mete of about 3 ails
per year, this rate, Alch was originally about S mils, will continue
to dmep as the city's total ""Seed, valuation increases. Mhether or
not the counaLl accepts the annexation under present conditions will
not increase or decrease that debt.
Because annexation appeared to offer certain obvious benefits,
the eity has made a further study of the cast of servicing the area
and the income to be derived from it throvah tax funds. We find that
the anticipated income will exceed the anticipated cost by a margin
sufficient to offset the amount of paitloipation which the area could
have attributed to retiring the existing 0. O. bond issue.
An advantage In this particular cases of departing from our
standing policy of "quiring annexation areas to assume their share
of existing debt, is the Mediate control vested in the city over a
aaJor Part of its plannins are& in a single annexation. This applies
to sonlss, lone Vaasa+ plan tAM for streets, water and mower system
improvements, and possible acquisition of lands necessary for public
use.
The population increase of Bdmcnds afforded by this annexa-
tion will also assure Bdmonds of the necessary population in the new
MUM to QnalilP the city to be008e a city of the first class if it
so desires. in addition to affording this added choice as to type of
government, the increased site of the city will make passible certain
other Improvements Which the city "Id not presently afford.
While the new area would not participate in the existing
d*bt, its assessed valuation -mould add materially to the tax base
under our new comprehensive plan.
Obviously the .present use of Idesoncls ll parks, library system,
streets and other facilities by persons outside Ndmonds. including
those in the annexation area under consideration, will continue whether
or" not the area is annexed. xed. Obviously, also, the need to plan and
prepare ourselves for probable growth# entailing present costs to over
Qitins will continue. If the area to annexed It will help to defray
those costs.
While extension of the fire protection fteilitieas of the
city will *viintually be necessary to service the area, this will not
be required until the city starts receiving taxes for the area col-
lected by the states after annexation. The existing fir* protection
district is required by rotate law to continue service in the area in
the interim period. When the transition doses occur, under state laws
the city is to receive its pr6portiol share of the assets of the
fire protection district, which can thew be used to help pay the cost
of extending the city's fire protection system*
In deciding is annex the area in question, we day not neces-
sarily propose to let this action become a blanket precedent insofar
as concerns waiving the rwMlroment of assumption of debt in future
annexations. Bach annexation will be considered an its own merits.
In the present case the advantages seen to outweigh the disadvantagfs,
and in our Judgment the annexation should be approved.