The Klahanie-area Transition Committee will meet for the first time Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Sammamish City Hall at 6 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

The group’s goal for its first meeting is to find out what annexation-area residents want the city to prioritize after it annexes the roughly 2-square mile area, along with 11,000 people, Jan. 1, 2016.

The Sammamish City Council unanimously established the committee at its July 7 regular meeting. The now 16-member team, all volunteers, will act as a liaison for the city, in order to communicate with Klahanie-area residents and to advise the city regarding Klahanie-area parks, streets and other issues of concern.

The council voted to replace a member who is moving away from Sammamish and to add another person who represented an additional homeowner association July 21 . The volunteers represent about 95 percent of the Klahanie area, Sammamish Communications Director Tim Larson estimated. Larson took the lead in creating the committee.

If there are any future vacancies, the homeowner association may recommend the replacement without the approval of the city council.

The committee will also appoint a chair and vise chair Wednesday, as well schedule the November meeting.

The tentative plan is to meet the second Wednesday once a month, Larson said.

The committee will dissolve after the new year, unless the city council extends its existence.

The Sammamish City Hall is located at 801 228th Ave. S.E.