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Annexation Issues Hot in Issaquah

ISSAQUAH, WA-Annexation is whipping up controversy on the plateau. While the city of Issaquah appears ready to welcome the residents of one developer's growing senior housing project, it seems bent on pushing an 11,000-resident master planned community toward Sammamish citizenship.

By Janet Parker | Updated on May 19, 2002

ISSAQUAH, WA-Issues regarding the annexation of two plateau communities, now set within pockets of unincorporated King County, are embroiled in controversy and hold the potential to change the political climate here.

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.

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