City of Moses Lake v. Grant County Boundary Review Board

The Grant County Boundary Review Board1 and Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 appeal a peremptory writ of prohibition preventing the boundary review board from assuming jurisdiction over an annexation proposal submitted by the City of Moses Lake. We conclude the City failed to exhaust its administrative remedy and reverse the superior court’s decision.

On November 22, 1999, the City hand-delivered to the boundary review board’s clerk a notice of intention to annex the Wheeler Corridor, a 2,100-acre area adjacent to the city. The clerk forwarded the proposal to the county’s public…