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RECEIVED KITTITAS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO.7 MAY 15 2024 RESOLUTION NO.2024-8 Kittitas County Auditor RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ANNEXATION PETITION AND APPROVING ANNEXATION Background: WHEREAS, Kittitas County Fire Protection District No. 7 is a municipal corporation of the State of Washington organized and existing under Title 52 RCW; and WHEREAS, in accordance with RCW 52.04.11 the District received a petition to annex an area "Horse Jump Road Annexation" into the District signed by registered voters of residing in the annexation petition which is described as follows: SEE EXHIBIT A WHEREAS; it appears that 66.6 percent of the available electors in the proposed annexation area signed the petition, this exceeds the 60% of qualified registered electors of the land included in the annexation petitions as required by RCW 52.04.011; and WHEREAS; upon verification of sufficiency of qualified registered electors presiding within the petitioned territory the Board of Fire Commissioners of Kittitas County Fire Protection District No. 7 requests the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners dispense with the public hearing and elections provided in RCW 52.04.011; WHEREAS. The Board of Commissioners has reviewed and studied the proposal and has considered the Environmental Checklist prepared by the Chief in consultation with District legal counsel provided for under WAC 197-11-960. Resolution: NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with RCW 52.04.011 it is hereby RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Kittitas County Fire Protection District No. 7 as follows: 1. The attached petition for annexation is verified and accepted by the Board of Commissioners. 2. The Board declares itself lead agency for SEPA review; finds that such annexation will not significantly affect the environment; and, therefore, hereby adopts a final Determination of Nonsignificance; District staff is directed to file this Resolution and the annexation petitions with the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners and take all other necessary actions to complete the annexation. 4. Upon approval of the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners under RCW 52.04.011(3) the area described in Exhibit A shall be annexed into and made a part of Kittitas County Fire Protection District No. 7.