Special Meeting - Public Hearing Regarding Annexation

NOTICE OF SPECIAL 
COMMISSIONER MEETING ON
March 9, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Location: Remotely via Zoom, Lake Stevens WA 98258

1.    CALL TO ORDER
2.    AGENDA ITEMS:
        A.    Public Hearing Regarding Annexation – Joint Meeting with the City of Lake Stevens and Snohomish County
        B.    Resolution No. 996: Southeast Annexation Support
3.    EXECUTIVE SESSION 
4.    CONCLUDE

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RESOLUTION NO. 996

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAKE STEVENS SEWER DISTRICT, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FORMALIZING SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHEAST INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO RCW 35A.14.296.


WHEREAS, the Lake Stevens Sewer District operates a system of sewerage in the vicinity of Lake Stevens, Snohomish County, Washington; and

WHEREAS, the Lake Stevens Sewer District is a special purpose district organized under Title 57 RCW; and

WHEREAS, the City of Lake Stevens And Lake Stevens Sewer District Unified Sewer Services And Annexation Agreement, dated May 23, 2005, among many terms, specifically established in 4.3.B that the District cannot oppose lawful annexation proceeding commenced by the City of Lake Stevens at any time under the Agreement; and,

WHEREAS, the Board of Sewer Commissioners recognizes that it is within the jurisdictional authority of the City of Lake Stevens to pursue annexation of unincorporated territory pursuant to an interlocal agreement with the County of Snohomish; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Sewer Commissioners recognizes that to not approve of the interlocal agreement process under RCW 35A.14.296, the annexation may not proceed under that section which would not be consistent with the existing City of Lake Stevens And Lake Stevens Sewer District Unified Sewer Services And Annexation Agreement; and 

WHEREAS, the District has provided the City of Lake Stevens with notice of interest in being a party to the interlocal agreement; and

 WHEREAS, the Interlocal Agreement Between Snohomish County, The City of Lake Stevens, And The Lake Stevens Sewer District For The Southeast Interlocal Annexation identifies that the District must pursue another annexation method under Chapter 57.24 RCW to annex the “Sewer Expansion Area” at a future date and that there is no change to the existing terms and conditions of the City of Lake Stevens And Lake Stevens Sewer District Unified Sewer Services And Annexation Agreement.

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAKE STEVENS SEWER DISTRICT:

    The Board of Commissioners approves and authorizes the President of the Board of Commissioners to sign the Interlocal Agreement Between Snohomish County, The City of Lake Stevens, And The Lake Stevens Sewer District For The Southeast Interlocal Annexation.

ADOPTED by the Board of Sewer Commissions, Lake Stevens Sewer District, Snohomish County, Washington at a regular open public meeting held on the 9th day of March 2021, at which the following Commissioners being present and voting.

LAKE STEVENS SEWER DISTRICT:

                        ____________________________________
                        Dan Lorentzen, President and Commissioner

                        ____________________________________
                        Kevin Kosche, Secretary and Commissioner

                        ____________________________________
                        Jennifer Stevenson, Commissioner