Resolution No. 12-38 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 12- 179
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 07-13 AND ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL
INCENTIVES FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED LANDS
INTO THE MUNICIPAL CITY LIMITS
WHEREAS, Resolution 07-13 established 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 July 1,2008 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;and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Resolution 10-12 on February 9, 2010 to continue to offer incentives to
property owners who voluntarily annex to the city until February 2011;and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Resolution 11-08 on February 22,2011 to continue to offer incentives to
property owners who voluntarily annex to the city until February 2012;and
WHEREAS, a large volume of properties consented to annexation and were annexed into the City under
Council's previous Resolution 11-08;and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2011, City Council set goals for 2012 including Goal 4, annexation, to a)
Reevaluate the city's annexation policy, and b) develop a philosophy and approach to consider annexations,
including islands;and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of its goals the City Council passed Resolution 12-09, continuing its policies
embodied in previous resolutions and formalizing a process for annual review of its annexation policy and
incentives;and
WHEREAS, Council desires to adopt an incentive for voluntary annexation, in addition to the previous
incentives,in order to acknowledge present circumstances and goals;and
WHEREAS, carrying out the desired additional incentives for present circumstances requires Council to make
the incentives apply retroactively.
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NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that:
SECTION 1: Resolution 07-13 is hereby amended to establish an additional incentive for properties that
annex pursuant to ORS 222.170(1),referred to as"triple majority"annexation,including:
• Phasing-in of increased property taxes for properties that annex through the triple
majority process since August 1, 2011, per Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR 150-
222.111),under the following terms:
0 0.00 percent of the increased property taxes for collection in fiscal years prior
to July 1,2014;
0 33 percent of the increased property taxes for collection in fiscal year starting
July 1,2014;
0 67 percent of the increased property taxes for collection in fiscal year starting
July 1,2015;
0 100 percent of the increased property taxes for the next following and
subsequent fiscal years.
SECTION 2: The City Council shall continue to review its annexation policy and associated incentives in
February of every year.
SECTION 3: The incentives recited in Section 1 of this resolution are retroactive as to any property
annexed into the city limits by way of voluntary triple majority annexation approved by
Council on or after August 23,2011.
SECTION 4: This resolution is effective immediately upon passage.
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PASSED: This day of 611d 2012.
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ayor-City of Tigard
ATTEST:
City Recorder-City of Tigard
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