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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/8/2020 3:09 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rob@hctc.com">rob@hctc.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">And, serendipitously, see, Pokorny v.
Judd, today’s date, unpub, at around page 19. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Robert D. Wilson-Hoss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Hoss & Wilson-Hoss, LLP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">236 West Birch Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Shelton, WA 98584<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">360 426-2999<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><a
href="http://www.hossandwilson-hoss.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">www.hossandwilson-hoss.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:rob@hctc.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">rob@hctc.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rob@hctc.com">rob@hctc.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rob@hctc.com"><rob@hctc.com></a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 7, 2020 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com"><wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [WSBARP] Quiet Title Action and
Boundary Line Agreements Pursuant to RCW 58.04.007<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">There is an old AG opinion, AGO 2005
no. 2, March 7, 2005, that says that cities and counties
can review these agreements. It is wrong, in my opinion.
Regardless, many municipalities do make some sort of
agreement requirements, but they are very inconsistent.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Any agreement will leave you with the
need to still require with density and other planning
requirements such as set backs when approval is sought for
a project in the future on both lots. Lawyers should
screen for these issues.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">An interesting question is, if we start
with a nonconforming use (small lot size in development
pre-existing minimum lot size regulations, for example),
and then we shrink that lot size by another amount based
on a boundary line agreement, are we now in a place where
we are violating minimum lot sizes, and future project
approvals will be impacted?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">If your agency with authority
insists, and you don’t want to deal with them (some of
them charge outrageous amounts for the process of
approving these), then perhaps a friendly lawsuit, and
name the city or county as a defendant. Probably cheaper
and more in your control than the permitting process in
some places. And you may not even need a survey if you
can accurately describe where the new line is.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">If they appear and want to argue,
then they have to show that they have some sort of
interest in the matter. I don’t think they can do that.
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Robert D. Wilson-Hoss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Hoss & Wilson-Hoss, LLP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">236 West Birch Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Shelton, WA 98584<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">360 426-2999<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><a
href="http://www.hossandwilson-hoss.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">www.hossandwilson-hoss.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:rob@hctc.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">rob@hctc.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a
href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Bartlett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 7, 2020 9:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a
href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Quiet Title Action and
Boundary Line Agreements Pursuant to RCW 58.04.007<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have run into this as well. On at least
on occasion notifying the City it would need to be made a
party to the quiet title litigation made it back off. But, it
was clear it was going to take this heavy-handed action in the
future. Have you threated to make the city a party to the
quiet title action? And if so, what was its response?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’d all like to know.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--Rob<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a
href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Terrance Wilson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 7, 2020 9:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <<a
href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Quiet Title Action and Boundary
Line Agreements Pursuant to RCW 58.04.007<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Good Morning
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I have been working
with Adverse Possession Quiet Title cases and Boundary
Line Agreements pursuant to RCW 58.04.007 since the mid
1990's, originally in the capacity as the owner of a Land
Surveying busines, and since 2005 as a Real Estate
attorney. I have worked on cases with some of you on this
listserv. Over the years, different jurisdictions have
pushed back on the use of Boundary Line Agreements, and
also threatened whether they would recognize the
reconfigured lot lines from either process if the
properties did not also go through the Lot Boundary
Adjustment process with the jurisdiction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Currently, I am
working with City of Seattle Legal (Patrick Downs) and
SDCI Planning Staff to delineate their policy on this
matter. They are threatening to require all properties
that have been reconfigured via Quiet Title Actions and
Boundary Line Agreements to additionally be subjected to
the City's Lot Boundary Adjustment process in order to be
recognized. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This proposed policy
is absurd. Apart from the fact that future owners who
have relied upon the Quiet Title Action Judgments and/or
Boundary Line Agreements will not be willing to work
together on a Lot Boundary Adjustment process, I believe
the City's proposal to require such action exceeds their
authority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mr. Downs has asked
me for any appellate decisions that would preclude the
City from requiring a Lot Boundary Adjustment under these
circumstances. I am not sure if there are any cases on
point, but the idea that the City could deny recognition
of lot boundaries that have been properly reconfigured via
the Quiet Title of Boundary Line Agreement process seems
an overreach and impractical as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Does anyone have
experience with the City of Seattle in this area? Also,
any ideas for a response to Mr. Downs regarding the City's
proposed denial of lots that have been adjusted by these
methods would be appreciated. I feel the consequences of
the City's policy in this matter will have far reaching
ramifications for many of us who practice in this area. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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