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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY H Action: An Ordinance Providing for Withdrawal of Annexed Properties from the Santa Clara Rural Fire Protection District, the Santa Clara Water District, the Willakenzie Rural Fire Protection District, the Lane Rural Fire/Rescue District, the Junction City Water Control District, the River Road Park & Recreation District, the River Road Water District, and the Eugene Rural Fire Protection District 1 Meeting Date: March 13, 2017 Department: Planning and Development www.eugene-or.gov ISSUE STATEMENT Agenda Item Number: 4 Staff Contact: Erik Berg -Johansen Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5437 The City Council is scheduled to take action on this request to withdraw previously annexed properties from special districts. BACKGROUND The purpose of the ordinance is to remove annexed properties from the tax rolls of special service districts, which in this case are the Santa Clara Rural Fire Protection District, the Santa Clara Water District, the Willakenzie Rural Fire Protection District, the Lane Rural Fire/Rescue District, the Junction City Water Control District, the River Road Park & Recreation District, the River Road Water District, and the Eugene Rural Fire Protection District 1. State law and local code require annexed properties to withdraw from special service districts through a separate process after the annexation of those properties becomes effective. Annexation of these properties was approved by council over the previous year, at the request of the property owners. The City is now providing urban services to these properties; however, they remain on the tax rolls of special service districts until withdrawn. These withdrawals come before the council on an annual basis. This batch contains ten annexations previously approved by City Council (for a total of 16 tax lots). Timing for adoption of the ordinance is critical. State statutes provide that any properties to be withdrawn must be withdrawn by March 31, 2017; otherwise those properties will remain on the tax rolls of special service districts until July 2018. The City Council held the required public hearing on this item on February 21, 2017. No public testimony was received at the public hearing. Following the hearing, Councilor Clark asked for staff to provide what percentage of the special districts' budgets these represent and how many properties are within each special district. In consultation with Lane County Assessment and Taxation, staff has provided this information in Attachment A.