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the proposed area is $801,850. Single family residences and rangeland surround the area. PREPARATION: At the regularly scheduled August 2019 meeting, the Board of Fire Commissioners set a public hearing date of September 12, 2019 to consider the annexation of the properties in in the Umptanum Road area. Letters were sent to each landowner of the affected parcels to notify them of the public hearing. Legal notices were published in The Daily Record on August 26, 2019, September 2, 2019, and September 9, 2019. Additionally, signs advertising the public hearing were posted in two places in the vicinity of the properties in question as well as one sign posted at the Fire District headquarters at 400 E. Mountain View. The public hearing was held as scheduled at which a staff report was presented, public comment was taken, and the Board of Fire Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the annexation with Resolution 19- 18. BENEFITS OF Benefits to Kittitas County Fire District No. 2: Property owners are ANNEXATION AND BOCC participating in financially supporting the fire district for services they RESOLUTION: are likely to receive anyway. Benefits to Property Owners: Lower insurance rates, possible increased flexibility in development options, and emergency fire response without a bill for services. The area contains a single-family residence and rangeland, and is in an unincorporated area with no projected incorporation during the next ten (10) years, with unknown growth projection. The annexation will provide fire protection to include wild land and structure fire responses, which will help protect and ensure the well-being of the community. The annexation will be conducive to the public safety, welfare and convenience. BOCC Resolution: Pursuant to RCW 52.04.051, the next step in the process is to submit the fire commissioners' resolution to the Kittitas County BOCC. Where there is no BRB, the BOCC must hold a public hearing. After notice duly given, the matter has been set for the BOCC's approval on November _, 2019. Pursuant to RCW 52.02.070, the BOCC has the following authority at the public hearing: • Consider the petition and receive evidence in favor of or opposed to the annexation. • The BOCC may consider only those areas located within the County, and cannot include any lands outside the boundaries of the proposed annexation. • The BOCC cannot exclude any lands from the boundaries described in the petition unless the BOCC finds that certain lands will receive no benefit from the proposed annexation. • If finding no benefit, the BOCC will deny the petition. • If finding that the lands will receive a benefit, the BOCC just issue a Resolution finding that the lands described will be