City of Richland v. Franklin County Boundary Review Board

The City of Richland appeals from a decision of the Franklin County Boundary Review Board (Board) approving the City of Pasco's application to annex 4,500 acres of unincorporated territory. Richland contends that the Board's decision should be reversed because it erred in accepting into evidence an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that was inadequate as a matter of law, it failed to combine the Richland and Pasco annexation hearings and it decided to approve the Pasco proposal without finding that it satisfied the relevant statutory criteria. It further argues that the trial court erred…