Two neighborhoods totalling about 34 acres have decided they don’t want to annex to the City of Renton.

It’s unlikely the city will attempt to annex the two areas in the near future, said Alex Pietsch, the administrator of the city’s Department of Community and Economic Development.

The idea was to straighten out the city’s boundary by annexing areas that are most logically served by Renton.

The city has learned a lesson, too, that may apply to the upcoming Fairwood annexation. The city needs to improve its outreach to neighborhoods considering annexing, Pietsch said.

“Clearly, in these areas we didn’t do an effective job of communicating with the residents about the benefits of annexing to the City of Renton,” he said.

That applies to the Fairwood area, which will vote on annexing to Renton this fall, he said.

The City of Renton will engage the Fairwood area more directly and provide factual information more directly, something the city had already planned to do, he said.

The neighborhoods, Honey Creek Estates and Sunset East, are in northeast Renton. In the Feb. 9 special election, Honey Creek Estates’ 79 registered voters opposed annexation 39 to 9. Sunset East, with 26 registered voters, opposed annexing 6 to 1.