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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Action: An Ordinance Providing for Withdrawal of Annexed Properties from the <br />River Road Park & Recreation District, and the River Road Water District <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: January 28, 2013 Agenda Item Number: 4 <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Becky Taylor <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541- 682-5437 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />The City Council is scheduled to take action on this request to withdraw previously annexed <br />properties from special districts. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City Council held the required public hearing on this item on January 22, 2013. No public <br />testimony was received at the public hearing. The purpose of the ordinance is to remove annexed <br />properties from the tax rolls of special service districts, which in this case are the River Road Park <br />and Recreation District and the River Road Water District. <br /> <br />Annexation of these properties was approved by the City Council in 2012, at the request of the <br />property owners. The City is now providing urban services to these properties; however, they <br />remain on the tax rolls of special service districts until withdrawn. <br /> <br />These withdrawals come before the council on an annual basis. This year, the batch contains the <br />three annexations approved in 2012 (for a total of five tax lots). Timing for adoption of the <br />ordinance is critical. State statutes provide that any properties to be withdrawn must be <br />withdrawn by March 31, 2013; otherwise those properties will remain on the tax rolls of special <br />service districts until July 2013. <br /> <br />If the council finds that the withdrawals are in the City's best interest, the council is asked to adopt <br />the attached ordinance, which provides for the withdrawal from special service districts of these <br />annexed properties. Maps and legal descriptions of the properties to be withdrawn are provided <br />as exhibits to the ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />The approval criterion for withdrawal from public service districts following annexation is <br />contained in EC 9.7835, and corresponding statutory provisions at ORS 222.524, which require <br />the City Council to find that approval of the withdrawal is in the best interest of the City. <br /> <br />S:\CMO\2013 Council Agendas\M130128\S1301284.doc <br />