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Renton, WA 98059

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Annexation

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CARE Annexation Committee
PO Box 2936
Renton WA 98056

  • 10% Petition to Put Annexation On An Election Ballot
    King County Records & Elections Office has certified that we submitted enough valid signatures with our Petition for the election process to procede.

    First Public Hearing on the Preserve Our Plateau Annexation:
    February 13, 2006
    7:00 pm
    7th Floor - City Council Chambers
    Renton City Hall
    1055 S. Grady Way

    Written and oral comments may be presented by all. Further information about the Hearing is available by calling the city at 425.430.6510.
    We will post all the latest news here!
  • Renton has released an Annexation By Election paper which lays out the process defined in the controlling state law (RCW 35A.14.020).
  • We have made it available for your review HERE.
  • This is a very large PDF file. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader (free legal copy available HERE) on your machine, and it will take several minutes to load.
  • We have now completed through Step 3 identified in this document. We are now waiting for King County certification of the 10% Petition signatures.
  • King County suvery results are viewable HERE
  • This is a very large PDF file. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader (free legal copy available HERE) on your machine, and it will take several minutes to load.
  • We are wondering why King County and their hired consultants had an even lower response rate than CAREAC's survey from June... available HERE
  • The Handouts from the King County and Four Creeks UAC hosted Open Houses this year are viewable HERE
  • This is a very large PDF file. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader (free legal copy available HERE) on your machine, and it will take several minutes to load.
  • All the handouts were produced by King COunty and Renton and are in a single file, so we are not able to link directly to the individual topics. Here is a listing of what is available in this file:
    - Why Are We Here: Open House Purpose Statement - page 1
    - East Renton Plateau At A Glance Map - page 2
    - Open House Tables & Questions List - page 3 & 4
    - 2005 Residential Tax Comparision and Zone Map - page 5 & 6
    - Business Taxes & Fees Comparision - page 7
    - Can Renton Afford To Annex Us? - page 8 & 9
    - Sound Transit Taxes - page 10 & 11
    - What Are The Differences Between City & County Finances - page 12
    - Local Service Provider Overview Comparision - page 13
    - Why Can't the Plateau Stay Unincorporated? - page 14 & 15
    - Growth Management Act & Annexation: Overview - page 16 & 17
    - How To Annex To A City - page 18 & 19
    - What Are Our Governance Options? - page 20 & 21
    - King County Annexation Initiative - page 22 & 23
    - Drainage & Surface Water - page 24
    - Sewer & Septic Systems (Regulations & Costs) - page 25 & 26
    - Garbage & Recycling - page 27 & 28
    - Address Change - page 29
    - School District Impact Fees - page 30 & 31
    - Preservaton of Green Spaces - page 32, 33 & 34
    - Development Regulation Comparision - page 35, 36 & 37
    - In Home Business: Regulations & Fees - page 38 & 39
    - Neighborhood Parks & Recreation - page 40 & 41
    - Library Service - page 42 & 43
    - Police Services - page 44 & 45
    - Pets & Livestock - page 46
    - Open House Purpose Statement and Local Organization Contact Information - page 47
    - Open House Feedback Form - page 48
  • The Boundary Survey Results are HERE
    On June 23rd the CARE Annexation Committee mailed a Boundary Survey card to every property that might be included in an proposal for annexation to the City of Renton to aske each property whether they want to be annexed. On July 7th and 9th, we mapped the responses. On July 18, the results were posted to this site.

 

 

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Last Updated January 30, 2006 -gh