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Election results: YES: 8566 votes NO: 4247 votes
Seattle Times 08/31/99: Sammamish officially becomes a city today 11/04/98: Frustrated residents make Sammamish a city 11/04/98: King County Ballot Measures 11/04/98: General Election Results 11/03/98: Working to ensure a livable Plateau 10/28/98: Traffic propels Sammamish city vote 10/28/98: What will happen if Sammamish incorporates 10/29/98: Sammamish cityhood impact mistaken 10/16/98: Developers raise $50,000 to fight new Sammamish city 10/09/98: Incorporation foes revealed 09/30/98: Sammamish anti-incorporation group shows up 07/22/98: Sammamish cityhood bid OK'd 07/14/98: No easy answers on Sammamish Plateau incorporation 05/01/98: Study- Proposed city has bright financial outlook 02/02/98: James Vesely- Adventures in cityhood- how a place gets born 04/29/97: Rift on Sammamish Plateau creates new cityhood group 04/24/97: Sammamish incorporators split, clash 04/11/97: Sammamish Plateau cityhood- Now for the details 02/05/97: Plateau residents gear for city drive 01/23/97: Two Sammamish Plateau cityhood groups unite 01/16/97: Two factions vie for Sammamish Plateau cityhood
Seattle Times
08/31/99: Sammamish officially becomes a city today 11/04/98: Frustrated residents make Sammamish a city 11/04/98: King County Ballot Measures 11/04/98: General Election Results 11/03/98: Working to ensure a livable Plateau 10/28/98: Traffic propels Sammamish city vote 10/28/98: What will happen if Sammamish incorporates 10/29/98: Sammamish cityhood impact mistaken 10/16/98: Developers raise $50,000 to fight new Sammamish city 10/09/98: Incorporation foes revealed 09/30/98: Sammamish anti-incorporation group shows up 07/22/98: Sammamish cityhood bid OK'd 07/14/98: No easy answers on Sammamish Plateau incorporation 05/01/98: Study- Proposed city has bright financial outlook 02/02/98: James Vesely- Adventures in cityhood- how a place gets born 04/29/97: Rift on Sammamish Plateau creates new cityhood group 04/24/97: Sammamish incorporators split, clash 04/11/97: Sammamish Plateau cityhood- Now for the details 02/05/97: Plateau residents gear for city drive 01/23/97: Two Sammamish Plateau cityhood groups unite 01/16/97: Two factions vie for Sammamish Plateau cityhood
Eastside Journal 08/31/99: It's official_ Sammamish becomes a city 08/28/99: City of Sammamish celebrates first birthday with party 06/08/99: Sammamish wants piece of annexation 12/18/98: Eastside mayors offer advice for Sammamish 11/10/98: Cityhood may cut Sammamish funds 11/05/98: Traffic, growth top priority list for newest city 11/04/98: City born on Plateau 10/25/98: World of changes on plateau 10/25/98: Sammamish Plateau at a glance 10/25/98: Group: It isn't time to incorporate yet 10/24/98: Plateau project in a traffic jam 10/17/98: Developers donate to anti-incorporation efforts 10/16/98: Opponents of incorporation winning fund-raising battle 10/14/98: Both sides blame county as Sammamish debates cityhood 10/13/98: Incorporation debate slated tonight for Sammamish 09/22/98: Study finds no need to incorporate 09/01/98: Sammamish incorporation on ballot: If OK'd, new city would be larger than Issaquah 07/23/98: Boundary board OKs city of Sammamish 07/22/98: Sammamish bandwagon grows 07/17/98: Incorporation study a waste, critics say
Eastside Journal
08/31/99: It's official_ Sammamish becomes a city 08/28/99: City of Sammamish celebrates first birthday with party 06/08/99: Sammamish wants piece of annexation 12/18/98: Eastside mayors offer advice for Sammamish 11/10/98: Cityhood may cut Sammamish funds 11/05/98: Traffic, growth top priority list for newest city 11/04/98: City born on Plateau 10/25/98: World of changes on plateau 10/25/98: Sammamish Plateau at a glance 10/25/98: Group: It isn't time to incorporate yet 10/24/98: Plateau project in a traffic jam 10/17/98: Developers donate to anti-incorporation efforts 10/16/98: Opponents of incorporation winning fund-raising battle 10/14/98: Both sides blame county as Sammamish debates cityhood 10/13/98: Incorporation debate slated tonight for Sammamish 09/22/98: Study finds no need to incorporate 09/01/98: Sammamish incorporation on ballot: If OK'd, new city would be larger than Issaquah 07/23/98: Boundary board OKs city of Sammamish 07/22/98: Sammamish bandwagon grows 07/17/98: Incorporation study a waste, critics say
Issaquah Press 11/11/98:A Sammamish landslide 10/21/98: Incorporation vote draws debate-and lots of developer's money 10/21/98: Outside contributors pad WAIT's pocketbook 07/29/98: Incorporation 'makes sense,' review board concludes Seattle Post-Intelligencer 08/30/99: County's newest city to be born tomorrow 06/01/99: New city of Sammamish taking its fledgling steps 04/12/97: Balancing past with pocketbook isn't easy 04/12/97: Some think a new city is the answer
Issaquah Press
11/11/98:A Sammamish landslide 10/21/98: Incorporation vote draws debate-and lots of developer's money 10/21/98: Outside contributors pad WAIT's pocketbook 07/29/98: Incorporation 'makes sense,' review board concludes
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
08/30/99: County's newest city to be born tomorrow 06/01/99: New city of Sammamish taking its fledgling steps 04/12/97: Balancing past with pocketbook isn't easy 04/12/97: Some think a new city is the answer
General information Municipal Research & Services Center (RSC) information on local government organization and structure in Washington King County information on Sammamish Incorporation Statutes Municipal Incorporation (from Municipal Research & Services Center) Washington State Constitution Article 11, Section 10 INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES Revised Code of Washington CHAPTER 35.02 RCW INCORPORATION PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 36.93 RCW LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION--BOUNDARIES--REVIEW BOARDS Maps (From Geographic Information Systems Section of King County Department of Development and Environmental Services) City of Sammamish (GIF 105 kb) Map of Voter-Approved City of Sammamish (PDF 138 kb) School District Boundaries (GIF 115 kb) Water District Boundaries (GIF 101 kb) Fire District Boundaries (GIF 115 kb) Legal boundaries of new city Feasibility Study Executive summary Full report (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Governance Study Executive summary Full report (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
General information
Municipal Research & Services Center (RSC) information on local government organization and structure in Washington King County information on Sammamish Incorporation
Municipal Research & Services Center (RSC) information on local government organization and structure in Washington
King County information on Sammamish Incorporation
Statutes
Municipal Incorporation (from Municipal Research & Services Center) Washington State Constitution Article 11, Section 10 INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES Revised Code of Washington CHAPTER 35.02 RCW INCORPORATION PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 36.93 RCW LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION--BOUNDARIES--REVIEW BOARDS
Municipal Incorporation (from Municipal Research & Services Center)
Washington State Constitution Article 11, Section 10 INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES Revised Code of Washington CHAPTER 35.02 RCW INCORPORATION PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 36.93 RCW LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION--BOUNDARIES--REVIEW BOARDS
Washington State Constitution
Revised Code of Washington
Maps
(From Geographic Information Systems Section of King County Department of Development and Environmental Services) City of Sammamish (GIF 105 kb) Map of Voter-Approved City of Sammamish (PDF 138 kb) School District Boundaries (GIF 115 kb) Water District Boundaries (GIF 101 kb) Fire District Boundaries (GIF 115 kb) Legal boundaries of new city
(From Geographic Information Systems Section of King County Department of Development and Environmental Services)
City of Sammamish (GIF 105 kb) Map of Voter-Approved City of Sammamish (PDF 138 kb) School District Boundaries (GIF 115 kb) Water District Boundaries (GIF 101 kb) Fire District Boundaries (GIF 115 kb)
Legal boundaries of new city
Feasibility Study
Executive summary Full report (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Governance Study
King County Voters Pamphlet Proposed City of Sammamish-Proposition No. 1
King County Voters Pamphlet
Proposed City of Sammamish-Proposition No. 1
SHOUT (Sammamish Home Owners/Renters United Together) SING (Sammamish Incorporation Neighborhood Group) Sammamish.org Plateau.org
Citizens for Sammamish Incorporation: Voters Guide FOR the Incorporation of the City of Sammamish Seattle Times Opinions/Editorial/Letters to the Editor 11/01/98: Readers write about Sammamish incorporation and other issues 10/27/98: The city of Sammamish- self-rule on the Plateau 10/26/98: Politics on the Plateau or, the duel in the dust 10/19/98: The legacy and tragedy of the Sammamish Plateau 12/15/97: Rebellion on the Plateau makes me wanna shout Eastside Journal Opinions/Editorial/Letters to the Editor 10/30/98: (Endorsement) Time right for Plateau to incorporate
