This is the way Lake Sammamish State Park is annexed, not with a bang but a — well, not even a whimper. Silence.

The Issaquah City Council voted unanimously Monday night to annex Lake Sammamish State Park into city boundaries, following a public comment period that saw no citizens weigh in on the subject.

“I feel bad when we don’t have much discussion or lively turnout on an issue,” Councilmember Tola Marts said, because it can make an important piece of legislation seem insignificant.

“This is something that has been in the works a long, long time,” agreed Mayor Fred Butler.

Annexation of the park “has been in the works” in some form or another for the better part of 2014.

Washington State Parks officially approached the city in March with the suggestion of annexing Lake Sammamish State Park, in part to make permitting of in-park construction projects easier — City Hall Northwest, home of the city Permit Center, is fewer than 1,000 feet from the park.

So what will the city get out of annexation? Stormwater fees imposed on the park are expected to bring in approximately $57,000 for the city. In exchange, the city will pay approximately $10,000 to the King County Sheriff’s Office to contract shore patrols from the Sheriff’s marine unit.

City officials began working in earnest toward annexation after the council gave the go-ahead in September and affirmed the zoning of the park’s land parcels.

Councilmember Joshua Schaer gave the lone dissenting vote in September against the zoning of the parcels, noting that he felt the “Community Facilities – Facilities” designation given to two of the parcels was too broad. While he voted for the annexation of the park Monday night, he repeated his concerns regarding “significant projects with significant traffic and other effects on our community.”

Councilmember Stacy Goodman said she hoped city involvement in the park would return it to its “glory days.”

Councilmember Eileen Barber concurred, adding that she believed in the park’s value as an educational place for students to spend time after school.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to provide some guidance and some finances,” Barber said.