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Resolution No. 09-12 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON TIGARD CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 09-/ A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 07-13 TO E '.TEND THE INCENTIVES FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED LANDS TO THE MUNICIPAL CITY LIMITS TO F'EBRUAR'Y'2010. WHEREAS, Resolution 07-13 establishes policy to guide City actions pertaining to annexation of unincorporated lands to the municipal City limits,and provides incentives to annex,including waiver of the City annexation application fee until July1, 2008 and phasing in of increased property taxes over a three-year period at the tate of 33 percent, 67 percent, and 100 percent, for properties that annex during the period of March 13, 2007,to February 2008 per Oregon Administrative Rule(OAR 150-222.111);and WHEREAS, Resolution 07-47 amends Resolution 07-13 to expand the incentives to include City payment of the Metro mapping/ filing fee until July 1,2008;and WHEREAS, the City's operational and:administi- t ve procedures have been to assist in the preparation of legal descriptions as longus they do not require field:survey work and to waive the pre-application conference fee for individual property owners interested in voluntary annexation;and WHEREAS, Resolution 08-12 amends Resolution 07-13 to extend the offer of incentives to annex until February,2009;and WHEREAS, the City Council discussed the incentives to annex at its annual review of the annexation policy at the February 10, 2008 wont session and agreed to continue to offerincentives to property owners who voluntarily annex to the City until February 2010;and WHEREAS; it is desirable, for the purposes of administrative ease and clarity, to have one resolution that addresses all the above mentioned incentives to annex. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that: SECTION 1: Resolution 07-13 is hereby amended to extend the offer of incentives to annex until February 2010,including: ■ Waiver of the City annexation application fee; ® Phasing in of increased property taxes for properties that annex during the period of March 13, 2007, to February,2010,per Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR 10- 222.111); ■ City payment of the Metro mapping/filing fee; ® Assistance in the preparation of legal descriptions,not to include field survey wort-;and ■ Waiver of the pre-application conference fee for individual property owners interested in voluntary annexation. SECTION 2 An annual review of the annexation policy and associated incentives shall occur concurrently. RE,SOLUTION NO. 09 - J Page'1 SECTION 3: This resolution is effective irmnediately upon passage. k" ?0 PASSED: This t day ofrZ tCi9. Ma ity of Tigard ATTEST: F City Recorder-City..of Tiga�:d RESOLUTION NO. 09 - Page 2