Resolution No. 89-22 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 89-�.
A RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL CONSENTING TO THE GRAJiTING TO THE
UNIFIED SEWERAGZ AGENCY THE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE DRAINAGE AND SURFACE WATER
WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS, the City Council has a Strong intcrest in the proper management of
surface water; and
WHEREAS recent events, including the adoption by the Environmental Quality
Commission of new Tualatin River water quality criteria, necessitate prompt and
effective action to address drainage throughout the Tualatin River Basin; and
WHEREAS the Steering Committee for surface Water Management in Washington
County, composed of elected officials from numerous Washington County cities,
has recommended that the authority of the Unified Sewerage Agency (USA) bex
expanded to include drainage and surface water management; and
WHEREAS the City has worked effectively with the USA to meet the sanitary sewer
needs of our citizens and the Council hereby finds that expanding that
partnership to include surface water management is desirable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that:
Section 1. Pursuant to ORS 198.720(1) and ORS 199.462, the City of Tigard
hereby consents to granting the Unified Sewerage Agency, an ORS
Chapter 451 county service district, the authority to manage
drainage and surface water within the boundaries of said agency
and consents to being within the boundaries of said agency.
Section 2. The City Recorder is hereby directed to forward a certified copy
Of this resolution promptly to the Board of Directors of the
Unified Sewerage Agency for submittal with the requisite
pstition to the Portland Area Local Government Boundary
Commission. A
PASSED: This �� f'S�day of 'J �IC.C�'9
Z- , 1989. �f
ATTEST z Payor m City of Tigard
D uty Recorder -- City of Tigard
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