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Resolution No. 11-08 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON TIGARD CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 11- CS-) A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 07-13 TO EXTEND THE INCENTIVES FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED LANDS TO THE MUNICIPAL CITY LIMITS TO FEBRUARY 2012. 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 rate 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 administrative procedures have been to assist in the preparation of legal descriptions as long as 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 passed Resolution 09-12 on February 24,2009 to continue to offer incentives to property owners who voluntarily annex to the City until February 2010; WHEREAS, the City Council passed Resolution 010-12 on February 9, 2010 to continue to offer incentives to property owners who voluntarily annex to the City until February 2011; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that: SECTION 1: Resolution 07-13 is hereby- amended to renew the offer of incentives to annex until February 2012,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, 2012,per Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR 150- 222.111); ■ City-payment of the Metro mapping/filing fee; ■ Assistance in the preparation of legal descriptions,not to include field survey work;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. SECTION 3: This resolution is effective immediately upon passage. RESOLUTION NO. 11 - L% Page 1 PASSED: This day of 2011. Mayor-City of Tigard ATTEST: City Recorder- City of Tiga RESOLUTION NO. 11 - C Page 2