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REQUEST BY MINNEHA TOWNSHIP TO CHANGE ITS BOUNDARIES.
Presented by: Robert W. Parnacott, Assistant County Counselor.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Consider request.
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The Woodlawn Heights Addition, Eastborough, Kansas, platted in 1923, was originally part of Wichita Township. Eastborough, as a city of the third class, is considered part of the township where it is located. The part of Eastborough east of Woodlawn is part of Minneha Township.
The Wichita Township was disorganized by order of the Board in 1963.Under state law at the time, when disorganizing a township, the Board had the authority to attach any remaining area from the disorganized township to other existing nearby townships. Although most of the remaining area of Wichita Township was attached to other townships by the Board, the Addition does not appear to have been officially attached to any existing township.
However election precinct maps and tax records show that over the years, the Addition has been considered part of the Minneha Township. Minneha also has provided street sweeping and storm debris removal services to the Addition under an agreement with the City of Eastborough.
In reviewing tax unit boundaries in 2014, the Clerk determined that because the Addition had never been officially attached to Minneha Township, the Clerk could not certify the Addition as part of the Minneha Township tax unit boundary. After Minneha was notified of this, the Trustee requested the County Commission formally attach the Addition to the Minneha Township.
The Board, under K.S.A. 19-212 Seventh has the authority, at any meeting, to change the boundaries of any township in Sedgwick County. There is no formal process required, nor any specific notice requirements. However, the Township, City and each individual landowner in the Addition were notified by letter in January that the Board would consider the request of the Township to attach the Addition to the Township at the February 18, 2015, board meetin...
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