Item 2C: Resolution Calling for Public Hearing on Withdrawal of Territories from Special Districts

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Adoption of Resolution 4901 Calling For a Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Withdrawal of Territories from the River Road Water District and River Road Park and Recreation District and from the Santa Clara Water District Meeting Date: January 22, 2007 Agenda Item Number: 2C Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Ann Siegenthaler www.ci.eugene.or.us Contact Telephone Number: (541) 682-5452 ISSUE STATEMENT Pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 222, territories annexed to cities are withdrawn from special service districts through a separate process after the annexation of those areas becomes effective. The council is asked to adopt the attached resolution initiating the withdrawal from special service districts of recently annexed territory by setting the date for a public hearing. The hearing is currently scheduled for February 20, 2007. BACKGROUND Withdrawals routinely come before the council on an annual basis. Properties annexed during the previous year are batched together to facilitate this process. The 2006 batch consists of 32 annexations. In accordance with State law, withdrawals from special districts are initiated by the council passing a resolution setting a time and place for a public hearing for the purpose of hearing objections to the withdrawals. The resolution directs that notice of the hearing be published and posted. An ordinance describing the affected properties and withdrawing them from special districts will be forwarded to the council prior to the public hearing. After the public hearing, the council will be asked to find that the withdrawals are in the City’s best interest and enact the ordinance making the withdrawals effective. Withdrawals are time-sensitive. The Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 222, provide that, if the withdrawal is not enacted or approved prior to March 31, 2007, the withdrawal does not become effective until July 1 of the following year. If the withdrawal is not effective by July 1, these properties will remain on the tax roll of the special service districts that no longer provide services. Enacting the withdrawal ordinance prior to March 31, 2007, will result in the withdrawals taking effect on July 1, 2007. To meet this deadline, staff will request that the council take action in February 2007 . Annexation of the subject parcels was initiated by the property owners, in most cases to facilitate development. The inclusion of subject parcels on City tax rolls, and withdrawal from special districts taxation was anticipated by the applicants as part of the annexation process. Legal descriptions and maps showing the location of each annexed property subject to withdrawal from a special district will be included in the council packet for the public hearing. The attached resolution L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070122\S0701222C.doc