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February 24, 2020, Meeting – Item 2C EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Adoption of An Ordinance Providing For Withdrawal of Annexed Properties From the Following Special Districts: River Road Park & Recreation District; River Road Water District; Santa Clara Rural Fire Protection District; Santa Clara Water District; and Willakenzie Rural Fire Protection District. Meeting Date: February 24, 2020 Agenda Item Number: 2C Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Althea Sullivan www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5485 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is scheduled to take action on this request for the annual withdrawal of 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 River Road Park & Recreation District, River Road Water District, Santa Clara Rural Fire Protection District, Santa Clara Water District, and Willakenzie Rural Fire Protection District. 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 City Council over the period of 2019 through early 2020, at the request of the property owners. Withdrawals come before the City Council on an annual basis. Properties annexed during the previous year are batched together to facilitate this process. The 2020 batch contains 10 annexations approved by City Council in 2019 and early 2020—for a total of 11 tax lots. Withdrawals are time sensitive. State law provides that, if a withdrawal is not approved prior to March 31, the withdrawal does not become effective until July 1 of the following year (i.e., 2021 for these properties). This delay would mean that the properties will remain on the tax roll of the special service districts that no longer provide services to the property for more than a year. Approving the withdrawal ordinance prior to March 31, 2020, will result in the withdrawals taking effect on July 1, 2020, and those properties being included on the City tax roll immediately thereafter. The City Council held the required public hearing on this item on February 18, 2020. Public notice of the hearing was published and posted as required by state law and local code requirements, including notice to the affected special service districts. The inclusion of these properties on City CC Agenda - Page 19