 However, since the affirmative vote was over 50%, the city council could and did vote to accept the annexation, without the assumption of debt.The annexation added 33,000 residents (combined total population of around 80,000) and nearly  to Kirkland on June 1, 2011.Kirkland is bordered to the west by Lake Washington, to the east by Redmond, to the south by Bellevue, and to the north by Kenmore, Woodinville, and Bothell.