January 31, 2009
In this issue:
- City of
Issaquah CERT Training Beings Soon
Property Taxes would be 12.8% higher if we had not annexed to
Issaquah
City of Issaquah CERT Training Beings
Soon
As a follow up to
our November SLSA meeting.
Issaquah Citizen Core:
Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness
Learn how you can work together with neighbors to prepare for the
next big emergency! The next "Community Emergency Response Team"
training sessions soon.
CERT Training
Age 18 +
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program promotes
responsibility and self-sufficiency by creating an awareness of all
kinds of disasters, and trains individuals to be better prepared to
respond to emergency situations in their neighborhoods. CERT members
also give critical support to first responders, provide immediate
assistance to victims, help suppress small fires and perform light
search and rescue.
• 8 Wednesdays, Mar.18- May 6
• 6:30 -9:30 p.m.
or
• all day 3 Saturdays, Feb. 28- Mar. 14
• Issaquah Public Works Bldg, 670 1st Ave NE, Issaquah
• $35
• Contact • Brenda.bramwell@issaquahcitizencorps.com or
www.Issaquahcitizencorps.com
Property Taxes would be 12.8% higher if we had not annexed
to Issaquah
Some people have expressed the concern
that the property tax savings promised with Annexation to Issaquah
never materialized.
Actually, as of 2008, South Lake Sammamish residents are enjoying
substantially lower propert tax rates that their counterparts still
in unincorporated King County.
This can be shown by examaning the property tax rate breakdown for a
home in South Cove, which was annexed to Issaquah
in 2006, with one in Klahanie, whose bid to join
Issaquah at the same time failed due to lack of voter support.
Prior to South Cove's annexation into Issaquah, the property tax
rates in the two neighborhoods were identical.
Now, South Cove's overall property tax rate is $9.59 / per thousand
dollars of valuation vs. $10.82 in Klahanie.
So, due to Annexation, the owner of a South Cove home assessed at
$500,000 is saving $615 on property taxes due to
annexation while receiving better services.
It is important to note that we now pay a couple of taxes we didn't
used to pay: A utility tax and a B&O tax charged to revenue of home
based businesses.
Property Tax
Breakdown: Issaquah Incorporated: (South Cove)
|
Levy Code |
District |
Levy Description |
Levy Rate |
|
1431 |
1431 |
ISSAQUAH |
1.30654 |
|
1431 |
|
Consolidate |
3.56362 |
|
1431 |
411 |
School |
3.70806 |
|
1431 |
|
Fire |
0.03194 |
|
1431 |
|
Library |
0.45336 |
|
1431 |
|
EMS LESS SE |
0.30000 |
|
1431 |
|
KING COUNTY |
0.10000 |
|
1431 |
|
Ferry |
0.05500 |
|
1431 |
|
Other |
0.07551 |
|
Total Levy Rate for levy code 1431 = 9.59403
|
Property Tax Breakdown: Issaquah Area
Unincorporated: (Klahanie)
| Levy Code |
District |
Levy Description |
Levy Rate |
| 6825 |
6825 |
UNINC KING |
1.61081 |
| 6825 |
|
Consolidate |
3.56362 |
| 6825 |
411 |
School |
3.70806 |
| 6825 |
10 |
Fire |
1.03165 |
| 6825 |
|
Library |
0.45336 |
| 6825 |
|
EMS UNICORP |
0.30000 |
| 6825 |
|
KING COUNTY |
0.10000 |
| 6825 |
|
Ferry |
0.05500 |
Total Levy Rate for levy code
6825 =
10.82250
These
figures come from looking up two properties (one in South Cove, one
in Meerwood) on the King County GIS Center,
(http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/GIS/PropResearch/ParcelViewer.aspx)
and clicking Get Property Report, then clicking on the Levy Code.
This e-mail was compiled by David Bangs and sent via the
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