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Lynnwood staff urges updated annexation fiscal study; council has $250,000 on hand to scope options
Summary
City planning staff briefed the Lynnwood City Council on the history of past annexation efforts and recommended updating the prior 2009 fiscal study. Staff said an updated analysis (about $250,000) would look at service levels, capital needs and growth scenarios and help the council decide whether to pursue targeted annexations or a larger UGA study.
City planning staff told the Lynnwood City Council on Feb. 8 that conditions have changed since the city's last major annexation push in 2008–2009 and urged the body to authorize an updated fiscal and feasibility study to evaluate whether annexing unincorporated areas in the Lynnwood urban growth area (UGA) now "pencils out." Staff said council previously budgeted about $250,000 toward that work and recommended scoping an RFP this year.
The presentation reviewed 20th‑century planning context, legal underpinnings (including the Growth Management Act and SEPA), and the city's annexation history. Staff reviewed the 2009 effort and the subsequent boundary‑review and court challenges that delayed implementation, and…
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