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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: 3rd of December, 2019 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request by the Kittitas County Fire District No. 2, dba Kittitas Valley <br />Fire & Rescue, to approve the annexation of approximately 95.70 acres <br />of one petitioning landowner and no non-petitioning landowners, into the <br />fire district. Upon annexation, the property owners will pay current <br />annual levy per mil of assessed valuation to the fire district in exchange <br />for fire protection to include wild land and structural fire responses. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: RCW 52.04.021 Annexation by Petition method - Alternative to <br />election method. Under the petition method, one property owner <br />submitted a petition for annexation into the Kittitas County Fire District <br />No. 2 dba Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue. This method allows a petition <br />for annexation of an area adjacent to a fire district to be signed by the <br />owners of not less than 60% of the area of land included in the <br />annexation petition and submitted to the Board of Fire Commissioners. <br />The Board of Fire Commissioners may then hold a public hearing to <br />consider public comment on the proposed annexation. If they choose to <br />approve the annexation by resolution, then the proposed annexation is <br />subject to action by the county legislative authority. <br /> <br />Since Kittitas County does not have a Boundary Review Board, the <br />petition must be acted upon by the County according to statute. Chapter <br />52.04 RCW governs annexations for fire protection districts. The petition <br />method of annexation is governed by RCW 52.04.021, .031, .041, and <br />.051, as well as by other statutes to which reference is made within those <br />statutes. <br /> <br />In accord with RCW 52.04.031, the annexation petition was filed with <br />the board of fire commissioners of Fire District No. 2, signed by the <br />owners of at least 60% of the area of land to be annexed, and included a <br />legal description and a plat outlining the boundaries of the proposed <br />annexation. In accord with RCW 52.04.041, the District No. 2 fire <br />commissioners by Resolution approve the annexation following notice <br />and a public hearing. <br /> <br />PROPOSED PROPERTIES: Township 17, Range 18, Section 27 <br /> <br />These sections are located in the unincorporated area of the County off <br />Umptanum Road. The proposed annexation area is north of __ and east <br />of ___ . The maps attached in Exhibit A and Exhibit B indicate the <br />properties being considered and show the continuity with current <br />properties in Fire District No. 2. <br /> <br />These rural parcels are comprised of 95.7 acres or 0.15 square miles of a <br />single-family residence and rangeland. The total assessed valuation of