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Annexation - Boundary Survey Results

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CARE Annexation Committee
PO Box 2936
Renton WA 98056

  • 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 ask each property whether they wanted to be annexed. On July 7th and 9th, we mapped the responses. On July 18, the results were posted to this site.
  • The Survey Results Map is HERE

  • The Counts Shown on the Survey Results Map:
Map Block
% Red of Estimated Adult Population
% Yellow of Estimated Adult Population
% Green of Estimated Adult Population
% No Response of Estimated Adult Population
1
10.68
4.40
0.00
84.93
2
6.28
5.28
0.66
87.78
3
11.08
1.73
1.39
85.8
4
11.50
1.80
1.70
84.91
5
11.85
4.88
2.79
80.49
6
10.65
3.63
1.21
84.50
7
6.90
4.27

0.82
88.01
8
7.84
4.48
1.49
86.18
9
12.61
14.29
0.00
73.11
10
6.44
3.92
3.08
86.55
11
26.52
5.68
0.95
66.85
12
9.75
3.79
1.35
85.10
13
9.32
6.62
0.75
83.31
14
9.32
2.84
0.41
87.44
15
26.17
10.91
1.74
61.18
Summary
11.05
4.85
1.18
82.92

  • Color Codes:
    Red = I want to stay King County
    Yellow = I haven't decided yet
    Green = I want to join Renton
  • Assumptions
  • All analysis presented here is based on hand counting of votes and parcels
  • Some easements have been counted above as parcels due to no ability for GIS* analysis of this data (another hand counting problem).
  • Some non-voting parcels (school/fire/park properties) counted above as parcels due to no ability for GIS* analysis of this data (another hand counting problem).
  • Based on actual responses, we estimate an average of 1.75 adults per parcel.
  • Percentages presented above DO NOT INCLUDE any sewer covenanct related data - people, parcels and survey responses only.
  • Total Estimated Adult Population is NOT EQUAL to the Total Registered Voter Population. Only registered voters will have a final official voice at an election.
  • Known sources of accidental or unavoidable error in our methoology include (but are not limited to):
    - A few addresses that should not have been included (outside potential affected area) were included on the mailing list.
    - A few addresses that should have been included where not included on our mailing list
    - The post office returned some cards as undeliverable when they should have been delivered.
    - Responses are a self-selected sample instead of a more scientifically valid random sample set.
  • Special Notes:
    - Dotson the associated map ARE NOT perfectly positioned on the responding parcels.
    - Dots ARE, as nearly as possible by manual process, positioned on the block from which they were mailed.
  • Conclusions:
    - The low response rate (<18%) combined with the erro inherenet in a self-selected sample reneders this data insufficient for proposding an annexation boundary.
    - This survey did not provide the data that we had hoped. Nonetheless, the data that had been generated is instructive.
    - Our efforts to share the recent changes in policy and regulations on the part of both King County and Renton have been far less effective that we had hoped.
    - We will spend the next months in a new information distribution project with several components in an effort to get more data to the community.
    - The majority of comments prompted by this survey came from addresses where we have never had contact before. and generally reflect the following types of out-of-date or erroneous understanding our our current situation:
    -- This area is rural, always has been and always will be
    -- King COunty zoning is rural and requires a lower development density that Renton
    -- When/If King County reduces expenditures for services in this area, our taxes will be lowered to match
    -- King County will not reduce expenditures in this area
    -- If we do nothing, this issue will simply go away, and King County and Renton will both let things stay things the way it has always been

* GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. It is a set of disciplines and electronic tools for map analysis. We lack the programs (up to $10s of thousands of dollars to license) or the background datasets (streets, parcels, boundaries) so that we can do it ourselves. We do the best we can with papers and eyeballs.

 

 

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Last Updated November 5, 2005 -gh