HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 95-068-CCBOARD OF COUNTY
Grant County, Washington
IN THE MATTER OF FRENCHMAN HILLS )
WATER DISTRICT )
RESOLUTION NO. 95- 68 -CC
A resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington: finding
that Frenchman Hills Water District will be conducive to the public health, welfare and
convenience; finding that Frenchman Hills Water District will be of special benefit to the
land included within the boundaries of the proposed water district; establishing and
defining the boundaries of Frenchman Hills Water District; directing the County Auditor
to set a special election for the formation of Frenchman Hills Water District and approval
or rejection of a one year levy in excess of the limitations provided by law; directing the
County Auditor to set an election at the same election at which the proposition is
submitted to the voters as to whether such water district shall be formed for the election
of three water district commissioners; and providing for other matters properly relating
thereto.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GRANT
COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as follows:
WHEREAS, Grant County, Washington (the "County"), is a Class 3 county, duly
organized and existing under the Constitution and the laws of the State of Washington;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") of the County is
authorized to conduct proceedings and to create water districts for the acquirement,
construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of a water supply
system pursuant to Chapter 57.04 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a petition from the Marine View
Heights Homeowner's Association for the formation of a water district for the acquirement,
construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of a water supply
system; and
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WHEREAS, said petition was found by the County Auditor to be legally sufficient
and certified to contain a sufficient number of signatures; and
WHEREAS, the Board at a regular meeting set the petition on for hearing pursuant
to law; and
WHEREAS, the Board at a regular meeting caused notice of the hearing on the
petition for the establishment of Frenchman Hills Water District to be published in
accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing on the petition for the establishment of
Frenchman Hills Water District was given by publication in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, the Board conducted a public hearing on May 15, 1995, to consider the
petition for the establishment of Frenchman Hills Water District; and
WHEREAS, during the public hearing, the Board considered written and/or oral
objections to the establishment of Frenchman Hills Water District and/or the proposed
boundary lines thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Board has found and determined that Frenchman Hills Water District
will be conducive to the public health, welfare and convenience; and
WHEREAS, the Board has found and determined that Frenchman Hills Water District
will be of special benefit to the land included within the boundaries of Frenchman Hills
Water District; and
WHEREAS, the Board has established and defined the boundaries of the proposed
Frenchman Hills Water District as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and fully
incorporated as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Board has found and determined that the County Auditor shall set
a special election in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, said special election shall set forth the proposition of whether
Frenchman Hills Water District shall be established; and
WHEREAS, said special election shall also set forth the proposition of whether
Frenchman Hills Water District Hills Water District, if formed, shall be authorized to levy
at the earliest time permitted by law on all property located in Frenchman Hills Water
District, a general tax for one year, in excess of the limitations provided by law, in the
amount of $1.25 per thousand dollars of assessed value, for general preliminary expenses
of Frenchman Hills Water District; and
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WHEREAS, three (3) water district commissioners shall be elected at the same
election at which the proposition is submitted to the voters as to whether such water
district shall be formed. The election of said commissioners for the proposed Frenchman
Hills Water District shall be null and void if the ballot proposition to form the water
district is not approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS FOUND, DETERMINED AND ORDERED, as follows:
Section 1: The Board has found and determined that Frenchman Hills Water District
will be conducive to the public health, welfare and convenience.
Section 2: The Board has found and determined that Frenchman Hills Water District
will be of special benefit to the land included within the boundaries of Frenchman Hills
Water District.
Section 3: The Board has established and defined the boundaries of the proposed
Frenchman Hills Water District as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and fully
incorporated as set forth herein.
Section 4: The County Auditor is hereby directed to set a special election on
February 6, 1996, on the propositions as set forth herein, in accordance with law.
Section 5: The Board has found and determined that said special election shall set
forth the proposition of whether Frenchman Hills Water District shall be established.
Section 6: The Board has found and determined that said special election shall also
set forth the proposition of whether Frenchman Hills Water District Hills Water District,
if formed, shall be authorized to levy at the earliest time permitted by law on all property
located in Frenchman Hills Water District, a general tax for one year, in excess of the
limitations provided by law, in the amount of $1.25 per thousand dollars of assessed
value, for general preliminary expenses of Frenchman Hills Water District.
Section 7: The County Auditor is hereby directed to set an election pursuant to
the general election laws of the State of Washington, for three (3) water district
commissioners, at the same election at which the proposition is submitted to the voters as
to whether such water district shall be formed. The election of said commissioners for the
proposed Frenchman Hills Water District shall be null and void if the ballot proposition to
form the water district is not approved.
Section 8: All actions heretofore taken in connection with Frenchman Hills Water
District by the Board, employees and/or agents of the County that are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Resolution are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.
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Section 9: All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of said conflict. This Resolution shall be in effect from and after its date
of adoption.
ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington,
this 'i()t-h day of May, 1995.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY WASHINGTON
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Helen Fancher, Member
LeRoy C,//Allison, Member
ATTEST:
Peggy OvpClerke Board
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Section 7: Government Lot 4
The South 200 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 7.
The South 200 feet of the Southeast quarter of said Section 7.
Section 17:
The West half of said Section 17, except that portion North of Marine View
Heights Plat, West of Marine View Plat, and South of the Southerly boundary of
state highway 262, and except that portion of Marine View Plat filed under Book
10, Page 5, Auditor's file number 629933, records of Grant County, lying easterly
of the East boundary of a county road known as Highland Drive.
Section 18:
That portion of the East Half of said Section 18 known as Marine View Heights
Plat, Divisions 2 and 3, filed under Book 10, page 67, Auditor's file number
664385, records of Grant County.
That portion of the North half of said Section 18 lying North of the Southerly
boundary of State Highway 262.
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