fairwood lifestyle: Red Mill Annexation to Renton threatens proposed City of Fairwood
- 04/23/08 10:01 AM
Red Mill Annexation threatens proposed City of Fairwood The City of Renton has authorized circulation of a 60% annexation petition that targets the commercial core of the proposed City of Fairwood. (See map) The petition is not to registered voters. The petition seeks signatures of 60% of the assessed value from the land owners within the annexation area. The petition method of annexation is not one-person-one-vote, but instead weighs each signature by the assessed value of the property. As few as eight signatures, mostly from out of the Fairwood area, could be sufficient for this petition. If the annexation succeeds, the matter of whether the proposed (0 comments)