GLENROSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION v. City of Spokane

This appeal involves a dispute between the City of Spokane and Glenrose Associates, both of which favor annexation of the Muirfield area of Glenrose Prairie, and Glenrose Community Association, which opposes annexation. The superior court concluded that because the City of Spokane did not have a comprehensive plan that covered the Muirfield area, the City, in considering its annexation, was required to comply with Spokane County’s comprehensive plan for the area. It relied upon the Washington Growth Management Act (GMA) which requires “[e]ach county and city . . . [to] perform its activi ties…