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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 6 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).' SS 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 . -, C 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.