Resolution No. 09-40 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
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A RESOLUTION OF THE TIGARD CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF THE
URBANIZATION FORUM AND A COMMITMENT TO UNDERTAKE AND COMPLETE THE
SPECIFIC ACTIONS RECOMMENDED AT THE EART.IEST POSSIBLE TIME.
WHEREAS,in 2008 the Cities of Washington County including Mayors and managers,Board of
Commissioners of Washington County and managers, the largest Special Districts of Washington County
including chief executive officers and board chairs (Tualatin Valley Fire& Rescue (TVF&R); Tualatin Hills
Park and Recreation district (THPRD); Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD); Clean Water Services
CWS), and Washington County Sheriff(with respect to all services provided by the Sheriff including the
Enhanced Sheriff's Patrol District) convened the Washington County Urbanization Forum and held four
(4) public Urbanization Forum meetings in 2008 to discuss key urbanization issues, including receiving
public comments on such issues; and
WHEREAS, during Urbanization Forum discussion the participants explored issues and conditions
pertaining to forming consensus policies for the governance and management of: (1) existing
unincorporated urbanized areas in the County that contain approximately 200,000 residents; and, (2) areas
added to the regional UGB in the County for future urban development and growth in the County, and (3)
imminent growth management issues confronting all Urbanization Forum participants as forecasted
population growth in Washington County takes shape; and
WHEREAS,Washington County citizens and civic organizations participated in the Urbanization
Forum, principally through CPO leadership,in public large group and small group meetings held in April,
June, October, November and December of 2008; and
WHEREAS,it was determined during Urbanization Forum discussions that the following seven (7) urban
unincorporated areas within the existing UGB required an area-by-area approach to determine if any
changes are appropriate or desired in current service and governance solutions, and separate area-by-area
discussions were conducted in each of these areas:
(1) Cedar Hills/Raleigh Hills/West Slope/Garden Home;
(2) Bethany/Rock Creek/North Bethany;
(3) Cedar Mill;
(4) Bull Mt/Areas 63&64;
(5) Metzger;
(6) Reedville; and
(7) Aloha; and
WHEREAS,it was also determined in Urbanization Forum discussions that resolution of matters of
urbanization governance and management of areas added to the Urban Growth Boundary in Washington
County by Metro requires consensus among the Urbanization Forum participants and Metro on a separate
urbanization policy prepared by the Urbanization Forum for these areas; and
WHEREAS,the Urbanization Forum formed a Steering Committee and a working group and conducted a
series of public meetings to formulate and draft proposed policies pertaining to future governance and
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urbanization within existing unincorporated urban areas and areas outside the UGB that are added to the
UGB by Metro; and
WHEREAS,Urbanization Forum participants agree that,while an urbanization policy that assigns to
cities the governance and management of new areas added to the UGB engenders different urbanization
issues and,accordingly, should be considered distinct from an urbanization policy for existing
unincorporated urban areas not likely to become part of a city in the foreseeable future and already
governed by Washington County,both urbanization policies are connected in terms of the quality and
delivery of public services to such areas by their service providers and governing institutions, and the
quality of urban life and amenities of residents and communities in both areas; and
WHEREAS, future actions of the jurisdictions within Washington County and Metro will be well served by
each jurisdiction considering and adopting the consensus recommendations of the Urbanization Forum to
serve as guideposts for decisions of the individual jurisdictions on matters of concern to the Urbanization
Forum; and
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that:
SECTION 1: The Tigard City Council, together with the Cities, County and Special Districts which
participated in the Urbanization Forum (Cities of Banks,Beaverton, Cornelius, Forest
Grove,Hillsboro, King City,North Plains, Sherwood,Tigard and Tualatin;Washington
County; CWS,THPRD,TVF&R;TVWD), hereby adopts this proposed Urbanization
Forum Resolution and hereby commits to undertake and complete the specific actions listed
below at the earliest practicable time:
(1) We expressly recognize and support the process and work of the Urbanization Forum;
(2) We will join fellow Jurisdictions that participated in the Urbanization Forum
in preparing and executing mutually-agreed to amendments by December 2009 to Urban
Planning Area Agreements ("UPANs") and/or executed and pending Urban Service
Agreements ("SB 122 Agreements"), as deemed necessary and appropriate by each
Jurisdiction's counsel, to provide that all future additions to the applicable Urban Growth
Boundary in Washington County during and after 2010 must be governed and urbanized
by the interested City in the County. In this context, "urbanized" means that the interested
City has planning responsibility under state law, and land use decision making authority with
respect to the subject territory. The decision as to how urban services will be delivered shall
be determined by the interested City in consultation with area service providers in
accordance with existing law and applicable agreements. "Interested" in this context includes
but is not limited to designations under UPAA's or SB 122 Agreements. The provisions of
this Resolution also apply to land south of the City of Tualatin and north of the City of
Wilsonville brought into the Urban Growth Boundary in 2002 and 2004;
(3) fn conjunction with paragraph (2),we will join fellow Jurisdictions that participated in
the Urbanization Forum in commonly supporting actions as appropriate to abide by a policy
which ensures jurisdiction of roadways which are deemed by the County to be
part of the county-wide road system, shall be under the jurisdiction of Washington County.
Concurrent with annexation, the relevant City agrees in good faith to engage in the statutory
process for transfer of county roads pursuant to ORS 373.270 and shall request all other
roads that are not part of the Countywide Road System be transferred and the County shall
transfer these roads;
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(4) We will join fellow Jurisdictions that participated in the Urbanization Forum in
commonly urging Metro to expand the existing Urban Growth Boundary only to such areas
as are contiguous to incorporated areas of Washington County;
(5) With respect to those existing areas of urban unincorporated Washington County in
which the interested Cities do not pursue annexation activities such that these areas remain
under the governance of Washington County,we will join fellow Jurisdictions that
participated in the Urbanization. Forum in identifying and developing financial tools for
Washington County to utilize funds collected from urban unincorporated areas or other
funding sources consistent with principles of equity and fairness in aligning services with
revenue sources, and legislation attendant thereto as necessary,to provide urban services as
needed to such areas while they remain outside the governance of Cities without unduly
reducing countywide services paid For by all county residents; and
(G) We will continue to work with fellow jurisdictions in Washington County and the
public through the Urbanization Forum and/or other appropriate mechanisms to explore
and discuss on a continuing basis the needs of current and future urbanized Washington
County; and
SECTION 2: A copy of this Resolution adopted this day of June, 2009, be hereby transmitted to all
jurisdictions who participated as members of the Washington County Urbanization Forum,
Metro, the Washington County CPO's, and other interested civic and community
organizations.
SECTION 3: This resolution is effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED: This day oA 2009.
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Mayor-City of Tigard
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