Talk:Meyers Chuck, Wrangell

Which county-equivalent?

With the recent expansion of Ketchikan Gateway, I looked at this KGB map and inattentively

Wait, I've realised my error. As I was about to say, I looked at the KGB map (and this POW-H map) and saw that all of POW-OK between the old KGB and Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area boundaries had been incorporated as KGB expanded to the northwest. Knowing that Meyers Chuck was in POW-OK (see the original data for the page), I naturally believed that it was in KGB. Not until comparing this Census Bureau map from 2000 with the KGB map, and then consulting the Wrangell map did I realise that Wrangell has also annexed part of the old POW-OK boundaries, including Meyers Chuck. Because census-designated places can't exist in municipalities, it's plainly not a CDP anymore. Nyttend (talk) 14:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Distinction between borough formation and annexation.

The article currently states that Meyers Chuck was annexed by Wrangell.

That is technically & legally incorrect.

The incorporation of a municipality & annexation by a municipality are two different legal processes in Alaska. What Wrangell did, was to form a borough, the boundaries of which included the community of Meyers Chuck.

See this article: Wrangell files a petition to form own borough | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper http://juneauempire.com/stories/052606/sta_20060526026.shtml#.ViEbrSs2ckJ

See also, the information here, on the website of the Local Boundary Commission, which regulates municipal boundary changes, including incorporation, annexation & dissolution: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/LocalBoundaryCommission/Information.aspx

To create a borough, after the petition is approved by the Local Boundary Commission, an election must be held, with the eligible voters consisting of the registered voters residing in the proposed municipality.

To annex an area into an existing municipality, two elections must be held. One for the voters within the existing municipality and another for the voters in the area to be annexed. Both initiatives must pass, for the annexation to proceed.

In reviewing the Division of Elections website, there are only results for one election with regards to Wrangell, the proposal to incorporate the city and borough of Wrangell and nothing for an election in Meyers Chuck: Past Special Local Elections http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ei_sle_scle.php

I suggest changing it from: "On June 1, 2008, it **was annexed into** the newly created City and Borough of Wrangell ..."

to

"On June 1, 2008, it **became part of** the newly created City and Borough of Wrangell ,.."

The reason I raise this issue, is that it is being argued that the residents of Prince of Wales Island need to form a borough, to prevent annexation by a neighboring borough and some are pointing to the "annexation" of Meyers Chuck as an example. When, in fact, it was not annexed, but included in the initial incorporation of a borough, facts that do not apply in our situation. The current wording only serves to "fuel the fire" of the misconception.

Thanks for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.237.158.4 (talk) 17:12, 16 October 2015 (UTC)