White Center annexation? Boundary Review Board concludes 2-night hearing with move in that direction

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Meeting for a second night in White Center, the King County Boundary Review Board has just given what amounts to preliminary approval of Seattle’s proposed annexation of White Center. Its members voted 8-1 to prepare an approval motion for a final vote at its next official meeting (in July). This followed two nights of testimony from local residents as well as from representatives of Seattle, King County, and local agencies. Major concerns involved how fire service would be provided to the now-unincorporated area as well as how White Center’s libraries would be managed; the notorious Myers Way encampment/RV area also was brought up often, with questions about how Seattle would manage public safety in North Highline if that situation couldn’t be handled. We have full coverage of both nights on our partner site White Center Now – first night here (with video), second night here (with video to be added).

Space Dust June 15, 2016 (7:15 pm)

I hope the people that are going to be annexed get a public vote on this…

Make sure your neighbors vote…and a NO vote vote is highly recommended!

Don’t make the same mistake that your neighbors to the south made.

All they got was higher taxes and Nothing else changed. Most were told they would have to pay for the 1st ave south improvements, They got annexed and got charged for the 1st ave south improvements.

Space Dust June 15, 2016 (8:01 pm)

I meant most were told they would NOT have to pay for 1st Ave. improvements but were.

AMD June 15, 2016 (9:29 pm)

The area to the south was annexed by Burien. I don’t think it’s entirely fair to suggest people vote against Seattle because of something Burien did.

The people of North Highline will get to vote. And hopefully they’ll base their decisions on what Seattle can offer versus King County rather than how Burien handled a different annexation.

(And for what it’s worth, Seattle’s property tax rate is much lower than White Center’s even with the recent levies. Burien’s is lower, but close to the same.)

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