Resolution No. 17-37 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
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A RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION 07-13 TO TERMINATE THE INCENTIVES FOR
VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED LANDS TO THE MUNICIPAL CITY
LIMITS.
WHEREAS, Resolution 07-13 established a policy to guide city actions pertaining to annexation of
unincorporated lands to the municipal city limits,and provided 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 annexed during the period of March
13,2007 to February 2008 per Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR 150-222.111);and
WHEREAS, Resolution 07-47 amended 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 amended 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 annexed 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 annexed to the city until February 2012;and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2011, City Council set goals for 2012 including Goal 4, Annexation to a) Re-
evaluate 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 on February 28, 2012,
continuing its policies embodied in previous resolutions and formalizing a process for annual review of its
annexation policy and incentives;and
WHEREAS,the City Council passed Resolution 12-38 on October 2,2012 establishing additional incentives of
phased in property taxes for certain properties that annexed pursuant to ORS 222.170(1), referred to as
"triple majority" annexation;and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Resolution 13-08 on February 26,2013 to continue to offer incentives to
property owners who voluntarily annexed to the city and for properties that annexed pursuant to ORS
222.170(1) until February 2014;and
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WHEREAS,the City Council passed Resolution 14-10 on February 11,2014 to continue to offer incentives to
property owners who voluntarily annexed to the city and for properties that annexed pursuant to ORS
222.170(1 until February 2015;and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Resolution 15-10 on February 10,2015 to continue to offer incentives to
property owners who voluntarily annexed to the city and for properties that annexed pursuant to ORS
222.170(1) until February 2016;and
WHEREAS, at its August 8, 2017 meeting, the City Council discussed termination of Resolution No. 07-13,
and its successor amending resolutions,and determined that because the incentives had not been effective and
that Council has set a goal for the 2017-2019 biennium to strategize and develop a work plan for future
annexations,the resolution no longer served a purpose.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that:
SECTION 1: Resolution 07-13 and its successor amending resolutions are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: This resolution is effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED: This Aq day f 2017.
Mayor-4
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City Recorder- City of Tigard
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