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Clerk 06/18/2019
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AN ORDINANCE establishing November 5, 2019, as the date of a special election on the question of creating a public hospital district on Vashon-Maury Island; establishing the boundary lines of the proposed public hospital district; and determining the number of commissioners of the proposed district and the manner of their election.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. On April 22, 2019, a petition for the formation of a new public hospital district in King County encompassing all the territory of Vashon-Maury Island was filed with the King County director of elections. The director of elections has examined the signatures on the petition, compared them with the voter registration records of the King County department of elections and certified their sufficiency in compliance with RCW 70.44.020 and 70.44.030.
2. The date and time for a hearing on the petition, along with the text of the petition, without signatures, was published in the Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber on June 6, 2019 and June 13, 2019, in compliance with RCW 70.44.030.
3. A public hearing on the properties to be included in the proposed hospital district was held by the committee of the whole on June 17, 2019, in compliance with RCW 70.44.030.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The proposed public hospital district shall be known as the King County Public Hospital District No. 5.
SECTION 2. The boundary lines of the King County Public Hospital District No. 5 shall be as follows:
All of the islands and line of extreme low tide surrounding the islands known as Vashon Maury Islands which lie in Township 21,22 and 23 N and Range 2 and 3E, W.M., King County, State of Washington. The boundaries of the proposed District follow existing precinct boundaries and do not divide any voting precinct, all required by RCW 70.44.030.
SECTION 3. In accordance with RCW 29A.04.321 and 70.44.020 a special election is called for November 5, 2019, within the su...
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