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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 90-093-CCl.Y GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 90-93 -CC A RESOLUTION OF GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON, defining and establishing the boundaries of the area within Grant County to be included in a proposed intra -county public hospital district; providing for the submission of the proposi- tion of forming the intra -county public hospital district to the quali- fied voters of Grant County residing in the area to be included in the pro- posed district for their ratification or rejection at a general election to be held therein on November 6,1990, in conjunction with the State general election to be held on the same date; and establish- ing the size of the district's board of commissioners and the location of the commissioner districts. WHEREAS, Grant County, Washington(the "County"), is a municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington; and WHEREAS, RCW 70.44.010 authorizes the creation of municipal corpora- tions known as public hospital districts within counties, and RCW 70.44.035 provides that "any petition for the formation of a public hospital district may describe an area lying in more than one county;" and WHEREAS, there is a present need to form a public hospital district (the "District"), which district may include areas within the County and within Lincoln County, Douglas County and Okanogan County(the "Other Counties") and will furnish health care facilities and services and pro- vide for the health care needs of the residents of the District and other persons; and WHEREAS,.pursuant to RCW 70.44.035, a petition was filed with the County Auditor containing the signatures of 10% of the voters residing in the area of the County to be included in the District and requesting the formation of the District with boundaries within the County and within the Other Counties as described therein(the"Petition"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Auditor of the County certified the Petition as sufficient and transmitted the Petition, together with the Auditor's certificate of sufficiency, to the Board of Commissioners of the County(the "County Com- mission"); and WHEREAS, the County Commission held a hearing on the Petition( the "Hearing") September 4,1990 at 7:00 p.m. at the Center School in Grand Coulee, Washington, which was continued to September 11,1990 at 3:00 p.m. at the County Commissioners Hearing Room, Ephrata,Washington, which dates were within four weeks of the initial date of the Hearing; and WHEREAS, the County Commission caused the Petition to be published, together with a notice of the Hearing, in The Star Newspaper which is a newspaper published in the portion of the County to be included in the proposed District, and the Grant County Journal Newspaper, of general circulation in the County, for two weeks prior to the date of the hearing; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 70.44.035, the County Commission is re- quired to determine whether any of the land within the County proposed by the Petition to be included within the District is unjustly or im- properly included within the proposed District and to enter an order establishing and defining the boundary lines of the proposed District within the County(the "Order"); and , •1 WHEREAS, the Boards of Commissioners of the Other Counties are also required to determine whether any of the land within their respective counties proposed by the Petition to be included within the District is unjustly or improperly included within the District and to enter an order establishing and defining the boundary lines of the proposed District within their respective counties; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 70.44.020, the County Commission must pro- vide, by resolution, for the submission to the voters residing in the portion of the County to be included in the District of the proposition of forming the District with boundaries within the County as set forth in the Order and boundaries within the Other Counties as determined by the Boards of Commissioners of those Counties(the Resolution"); and WHEREAS, the County Commission must transmit the Resolution to the Grant County Auditor of the County for submission to the voters at the next general election, which will be held on November 6,1990, in con- junction with the State general election, at least 45 days prior to the date of that election; and WHEREAS, the Boards of Commissioners of the Other Counties are also required to provide, by resolution, for the submission to the voters re- siding in the portions of their respective counties to be included in the District of the proposition of forming the District with boundaries with- in each county as determined by its Board of Commissioners(the "Resolutions"), and to transmit such Resolutions to the Grant County Auditor of their Counties for submission to the voters at the next general election; and WHEREAS, the Auditor of Grant County will serve as lead auditor (the "Lead Auditor") for the purposes of forming the District; and WHEREAS, the Auditor of the County must certify the Resolution and the Auditor of each of the Other Counties must certify the Resolutions of their respective Boards of Commissioners to the Lead Auditor; and WHEREAS, based on the Resolutions, the Lead Auditor will formulate the boundaries of the proposed District as they have been determined by, the County Commission and Boards of Commissioners of the Other Counties (the "Boundaries") and will certify the Boundaries to the Auditor of the County and the Auditor of the Other Counties for inclusion in the pro- position submitted to the voters within the County and the Other Counties (the "Proposition"), and WHEREAS, the total vote cast upon the Proposition must be greater than 40% of the total number of votes cast at the next preceding general election in the portion of the County to be included in the District and in the portion of each of the Other Counties to be included in the District; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 70.44.051, any public hospital district created after June 8, 1967, may have three, five or seven commissioners; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 70.44.040, the portion of the District lying within each of the counties included in the District is required to be a separate commissioner district for the purpose of electing the Board of Commissioners of the District (the "Commission"), NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as follows: Section 1. The County Commission hereby enters an order establishing and defining the area of the County to be included in the proposed District with the boundary lines described in Exhibit B attached hereto. The County Commission hereby finds and determines that such boundary lines are reason- able and just and conducive to the welfare and convenience of the residents of the County living within the proposed District. Section 2. The Auditors of the Other Counties are requested to submit to the Auditor of Grant County the boundary lines established in Section 1 of this Resolution as described in Exhibit B hereto. Section 3. The Auditor of the County is further requested to submit at the next general election of the County, which is to be held in con- junction with the State general election on November 6,1990, to the voters residing in the area of the County lying within the District for their approval or rejection, the question of whether or not a public hospital district shall be formed which district shall include that area of the County and those areas of the Other Counties, lying within the boundaries set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto(the "Boundaries"), which Boundaries were formulated and certified to the Auditor of the County by the Auditor of Grant County, and which district shall be known as the Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and Okanogon Counties Public Hospital District No. 6. Section 4. The Prosecutor of Grant County is directed to draft the Proposition that the Auditor of the County shall submit to the voters pursuant to SEction 3 of this Resolution, which Proposition shall conform to provisions of RCW 70.44.020 and this Resolution. Section 5. The Clerk of the Board of the County Commission is dir- ected (a) to certify to the Auditor of the County a copy of this resolution showing its adoption by the Board at least 45 days prior to the date of the general election; (b) to certify to the County Auditor a copy of Exhibit B attached hereto, which establishes the boundaries of the Dist- rict within the County; and (c) to perform such other duties as required by law to the end that the question of whether or not the District shall be formed shall be submitted to the voters at the aforesaid general election. Section 6. The County Commission hereby determines that if the form- ation of the District is approved by the voters, the District shall have five commissioners, who shall be elected at the election at which the Pro- position is submitted to the voters. The County Commission hereby approves the persons listed on Exhibit C attached hereto as candidates for the five commissioner positions as indicated therein and requests the Auditor of the County to transmit such list of candidates to the Lead Auditor to be placed on the ballot. The candidates shall be voted on by the entire District, and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each commissioner position shall serve as the commissioners of the District. The candidates elected from Okanogan and Douglas Counties shall serve for terms of five years each, the candidates elected from Lincoln and Grant Counties shall serve for terms of three years each, and the at -large candidate shall serve a term of one year. If the Proposition does not receive approval by a maj- ority of the voters voting ont he Proposition, the election of the commis- sioners shall be null and void. Section 7. The County Commission hereby further determines that if the formation of the District is approved by the voters, the portion of the District located within each of the counties of the District shall constitute a separate commissioner district, and the remaining positions shall be at large positions. ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Board of Commissioners of Grant County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof this 18th day of September, 1990, the following Commissioners being present and voting in favor of this resolution. Resolution is approved and adopted only upon being provided with exhibit C by 5:00 p.m.,September 21,1990 Dated this 20th of September, 1990 9-04,0't', S�_ —_ Clerk q,&/ / BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EXHIBIT B ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT #6 THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN GRANT COUNTY T.28 -R29 SECTIONS: 12,13,23,24,25,26,28,32,35,36 T.28 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.27 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,5,8,11,12,13,14,15,17,20,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,31, 32,33,34,35,36 T.27 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.26 -R.28 SECTIONS: 25,36 T.26 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4 east of rim, 5 east of rim, 7 east of rim, 8 east of rim, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 east of rim, 19 east of rim, 20,21,22,23,24, 25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36 T.26 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.25 -R.28 SECTIONS: 1,12 T.25 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,23,24,25,26,27, 34,35,36 T.25 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.24 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,NORTH HALF 15 T.24 -R.30 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,23,24 0 EXHIBIT C ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 6 THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN DOUGLAS COUNTY, GRANT COUNTY, LINCOLN COUNTY, AND OKANOGAN COUNTY. DOUGLAS COUNTY: That area within Douglas county enclosed by the city limits of the City of Coulee Dam. Legal description attached. GRANT COUNTY: T.28 -R.29 SECTIONS: 12,13,23,24,25,26,28,32,35,36 T.28 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.27 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,5,8,11,12,13,14,15,17,20,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,32,32,33,34,35,36 T.27 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.26 -R.28 SECTIONS: 25,36 T.26 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4 EAST OF RIM,S EAST OF RIM,7 EAST OF RIM,8 EAST OF RIM, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 EAST OF RIM, 19 EAST OF RIM, 20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36 T.26 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.25 -R.28 SECTIONS: 1,12 T.25 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,23,24,25,26,27,34,35,36 T.25 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.24 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14, NORTH HALF 15 T.24 -R.30 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,23,24 LINCOLN COUNTY: T.28 -R.31 SECTIONS: 7,8,9,16,17,18, N 1/2 OF 19, N 1/2 OF 20, N 1/2 OF 21 OKANOGAN COUNTY: T.28 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS EAST & NORTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER T.29 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS EAST & NORTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER T.29 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS EAST OF COLUMBIA RIVER T.30 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS EAST OF COLUMBIA RIVER T.30 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS T.31 -R.29 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,23,24,25, AND 26,27,34,35,36 NORTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER T.31 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS NORTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER T.31 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS T.32 -R.29 ALL SECTIONS T.32 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.32 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS R.33 -R.30 ALL SECTIONS T.33 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS T.34 -R.30 SECTIONS: 1,2,3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,21,22 AND 23,24,25,26,27,33,34,35,36 T.34 -R.31 ALL SECTIONS CANDIDATES FOR THE FIVE COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS: PAGE 2 - EXHIBIT C DOUGLAS COUNTY - BARBARA MEYER, 201 COLUMBIA, COULEE DAM, WA 99116 SCOTT W. HUNTER, 202 STEVENS, COULEE DAM, WA 99116 GRANT COUNTY - CRAIG SPRANKEL, BOX 12, ELECTRIC CITY, WA 99123 DEBORAH BIGELOW, BOX 415, GRAND COULEE, WA 99133 LINCOLN COUNTY - JAN E. SCHRADER, BOX 461, GRAND COULEE, WA 99133 SCOTT E. DELBRIDGE, RT. 1, GRAND COULEE, WA 99133 OKANOGAN COUNTY - RAY DUCLOS, 1028 CAMAS, COULEE DAM, WA 99116 BONNIE FEMLING, 1022 CAMAS, COULEE DAM, WA 99116 AT LARGE - MELVIN TOULOU, 711 PINE, COULEE DAM, WA 99116 MARTIN JOHN, P.O. BOX 567, GRAND COULEE, WA 99133 .xr-ci �AJ rRi ar• J-7 1u•AIwkNALr,... wl+l,1 1 1LL 111.J•.dU7-L/V•7-J"1CJ1 ML' -,V F_ UC -1 WJ •�I 1.1 „r• ;' M i This is thenwidaeies of the City of Coulee Dam within Douglas County ' also !h,q.. i'ciaries of preciOct 314 . a The plat of Coulee Dam, Douglas County, as delineated hereon, embraces portions of Lots 2,3, and 4, East half of the Southwest quarter (E SWJ) Section; Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter (SW SWI) Section all lying in Section thirig-six C36), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range thirty (30) East�of the Willamette Meridian, being more par•ticuiarily described as follows: Beginning sf the South quarter ( ,T) Section corner of said Section thirty-six (36), thence South 76047'35N East, 252.32 feet; thence North 77°008" East,157.50 feet to the median high-water line on themst bank of the Columbia River, and the true point of beginning; thence South 77'08'18" West, 137.50 feet to the Meander corner; thence North V4735fiftf, 252.32 feet to the South quarter N) Section corner Section thirty-slx S36) said course is also the Douglas -Grant County line; thence continuing .on said County line North 7647 35WWest,' f420.68 feet; thence North S 00'2("West, 471.09 feet; thence North 78"3910"West, 000.45 feet to a point on the Section lino between Sections thirty- five (35) and thirty-six (36), which point bears North 11I7'30� East, 1415.28 feet' from the Southwest corner of Section thirty-six; thence along said Section line - North -11° 17'30" East, 553.51 feet, thence South 78'20`10"East, 82.7.22 feet; theme South 60'48'40 " East, 81,.33 feet; thence North 59'13'30" East, 379.42 feet; thence North 30'g6'30"West, 20.00 feet; thence North 35'04'50« East, 133$.03 feet, thence North 2711'00"East, 212.41 feet; thence Nori h 63°39'00 East, 307.36 feet; thence North MOON fast, 249.19 feet, thence South WNW 12 East, 125.02 feet to the median high-water line of the said West bank of the Columbia ether, thence blowing the median high•weter line, elevation 973.5, in a southerig direction to the said point of beginning. The streets,allsys, and Fiddle Creek as shown hereon belong to the United States of America at the time of platting. The said rights of way are not dedicated for public use by this plaiting.