Title
Authorization of Hulbert Notice of Intent to Annex
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Move to authorize the applicants of the Hulbert Notice of Intent to Annex to submit a petition for the proposed annexation with a one-year time limit. Also move to require the adoption of the prezoning and the assumption of the City's bonded-indebtedness upon annexation.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the recommendations from the Land Use and Environment Committee.
Report
Issue:
Applicants submitted an Annexation Notice of Intent to the City on June 15, 2015. Pursuant to RCW 35A.14, upon receiving a Notice of Intention, the City Council must meet with the initiating party to determine whether the Council will:
1. accept the annexation as proposed,
2. geographically modify the proposed annexation, or
3. reject the annexation
Staff Contact:
Tim Smith, Principal Planner, Community Planning & Development, 360.570.3915
Presenter:
Tim Smith, Principal Planner, Community Planning & Development
Background and Analysis:
Under the petition method of annexation, an interested party may propose an annexation by submitting a 'Notice of Intent to Annex.' A Notice of Intent may be filed by an initiating party owning only ten percent of the assessed property value of the proposed area. The Hulbert Notice of Intent was submitted by Phillip and Therese Hulbert, Grace Slater, and Trong and Rani Hong, who combined own all of the proposed area.
This Notice of Intent is for a proposed annexation that consists of four parcels totaling approximately 8.5 acres. The parcels are located in the Olympia Urban Growth Area and adjacent to the City in an area zoned single-family residential development (R-4-8). The two westerly parcels are developed with a landscape nursery. The two easterly parcels are developed with single family residences. Land uses in the vicinity consist of single family residences to the east, west and south. The Briggs...
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