Tomorrow, the 1,400 residents of Providence Point will cast their yea or nay ballots on the retirement community's annexation into the city of Issaquah. And, just a few miles south on the Issaquah Plateau, the master-planned community of Klahanie is stuck in a in push-me pull-you battle between its 11,000 residents, Issaquah and the four-year-old city of Sammamish.
Last July, more than three-quarters of Providence Point's seniors participated in a straw pole. The results--91% of those voted in favor of jointing ranks with Issaquah. But a more controversial question on the ballot is whether the 18-year-old gated community's property owners should take on a share of the city's $7.8-million bond debt. If the proposition passes, assessed valuation of Providence Point properties will jump 50 cents per $1,000.
As for the construction of the last few buildings slated for Providence Point, developer Swanson Dean's project manager, Lamar Hansen, says an Issaquah change of address "won't affect us." The permitting process has already been completed through King County.
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