The public hearing for the H Street annexation has been pushed to the May 10 Blaine City Council meeting after residents contacted the city concerned about little public notice. The hearing was previously scheduled for the April 26 council meeting.
If approved by council, the proposed annexation could add two east Blaine properties totaling 4.8 acres to city limits. This could be the first annexation since 1996, according to city documents.
Council first discussed the annexation during a January 25 work-study session and then approved two resolutions at its February 22 meeting authorizing the city to hold a public hearing, mandatory in the annexation process.
Landowner Patrick Rooney, who owns a 3.2-acre property at 4455 H Street Road, submitted his annexation application last November. Councilmembers can also vote to annex an adjacent 1.6-acre property at 2221 Cedarwood Lane because of an agreement the property owner made with the city in 2002.
Residents were concerned that the city of Blaine did not publish a notice in The Northern Light and that residents did not have enough time to add comments before the hearing, according to an email community development director Stacie Pratschner sent to councilmembers on April 23. Pratschner said in the email that delaying the hearing will give residents more time to review the proposal.
The city of Blaine had scheduled notices in The Bellingham Herald and had three signs advertising the hearing in the proposed H Street annexation area.
City clerk Sam Crawford said during the council meeting that the city had received over a handful of written comments for the public hearing.
Written comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 10. For more information on submitting a written comment, visit bit.ly/3gLfyH5.
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