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Home My WebLink About03/10/2008 Regular City of Springfield Regular Meeting MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL REGULAR MEETING OF THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008 The City of Springfield Council met in special regular session in the Library Meeting Room, 225 Fifth Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, March 10,2008 at 7:,06 p.m., with Mayor Leiken presiding. ATTENDANCE Present were Mayor Leiken and Councilors Lundberg, Wylie (by conference phone), Ballew, Ralston, Woodrow and Pishioneri. Also present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi, Assistant City Manager Jeff Towery, City Attorney Bill Van Vactor, City Recorder Amy Sowa and members of the staff. PUBLIC HEARINGS - Please limit comments to 3 minutes. Request to speak cards are available at the City Recorder's. Please present cards to City Recorder. Speakers may not yield their time to others. I. Rainbow Water District Withdrawal EC SP 07-60, City Planning Journal Number LRP2006- 00007 (Trotter). ORDINANCE NO.1 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERT Am REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS TROTTER LOCATED IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, EAST OF ANDERSON LANE AND SOUTH OF KELLOGG ROAD AND INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 0.45 ACRES IDENTIFIED AS TAX LOT 600 Tl7S R03W S33 MAP II: HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT. (FIRST READING) Planning Supervisor Jim Donovan presented the staff report on this item. He suggested he give one brief staff presentation for all four water withdraw ordinances, since all four hearings were statutorily required steps to remove these properties from the Rainbow Water District. Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 222.520) require that territory located in the Rainbow Water District, which is annexed to the City of Springfield, be withdrawn from that district to prevent double taxation. ORS requires withdrawal prior to March 31 st of each calendar year. The owner requested annexation in order to develop the property for urban use. The subject property was annexed to the City of Springfield effective on December 4, 2007. Legal notice for tonight's public hearing was published in the Register Guard newspaper as required by ORS 222.520 and notices were posted in four public places. A second reading and adoption is scheduled for March 17,2008. Councilor Ballew said some of the water districts had an assessment of properties. She asked if that was a property tax. Yes, it was not a benefit assessment.. She asked if when we annexed properties, we could have access to the higher property tax. Mr. Tamulonis said the City tax rate was higher than the Glenwood Water District tax rate. Mayor Leiken chose to wait to open the public hearing until all four ordinances had been read. City of Springfield Council Special Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 2008 Page 2 2. Rainbow Water District Withdrawal EC SP 07-64, City Planning Journal Number LRP2007- 00018 (Evans). ORDINANCE NO.2 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS EV ANS/BETZ/OAKDALE AVENUE LOCATED IN THE GATEWAY AREA OF NORTHWEST SPRINGFIELD, WEST OF GAME FARM ROAD AND INCLUDING PROPERTIES OWNED BY EV ANS/BETZ AND THAT PORTION OF OAKDALE AVENUE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN GAME FARM ROAD AND PHEASANT BOULEVARD. THE WITHDRAWAL INVOLVES APPROXIMA TEL Y 0.69 ACRES IDENTIFIED AS TAX LOTS 2500, 2600 AND 2700, Tl7S R03W S22 MAP 42 AND 0.45 ACRES OF OAKDALE AVENUE RIGHT OF WAY 0.14 ACRES TOTAL); HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT. (FIRST READING) Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 222.520) require that territory located in the Rainbow Water District, which is annexed to the City of Springfield, be withdrawn from that district to prevent double taxation. ORS requires withdrawal prior to March 31 st of each calendar year. The owner requested annexation in order to develop the property for urban use. The subject property was annexed to the City of Springfield effective on December 26, 2007. Legal notice for tonight's public hearing was published in the Register Guard newspaper as required by ORS 222.520 and notices were posted in four public places. A second reading and adoption is scheduled for March 17,2008. 3. Rainbow Water District Withdrawal EC SP 08-14, City Planning Journal Number LRP2006- 00030 (Foursquare Gospel Church). ORDINANCE NO.3 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, LOCATED IN NORTH SPRINGFIELD, NORTH OF HAYDEN BRIDGE ROAD, EAST OF 5TH STREET, WEST OF 7TH STREET AND INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 4.13 ACRES IDENTIFIED AS TAX LOTS 12600 AND 12700, Tl7S R03W S23 MAP 34 AND OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 600 HAYDEN BRIDGE ROAD, SPRINGFIELD; HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT. (FIRST READING) Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 222.520) require that territory located in the Rainbow Water District, which is annexed to the City of Springfield, be withdrawn from that district to prevent double taxation. ORS requires withdrawal prior to March 31 st of each calendar year. The owner . requested annexation in order to develop the property for urban use. The subject property was annexed to the City of Springfield effective on February 7, 2008. Legal notice for tonight's public hearing was published in the Register Guard newspaper as required by ORS 222.520 and notices were posted in four public places. A second reading and adoption is scheduled for March 17,2008. 4. Rainbow Water District Withdrawal EC SP 07-35, City Planning Journal Number LRP2007- 00017 (Nepute). . City of Springfield Council Special Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 2008 Page 3 ORDINANCE NO.4 - AN ORDINANCE WITHDRAWING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS NEPUTE, LOCATED IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, NORTH OF KELLOGG ROAD AND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH POLTA V A STREET AND INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 1.03 ACRES IDENTIFIED AS TAX LOT 800, Tl7S R03W S34 MAP 22: HERETOFORE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FROM THE RAINBOW WATER DISTRICT. (FIRST READING) Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 222.520) require that territory located in the Rainbow Water District, which is annexed to the City of Springfield, be withdrawn from that district to prevent double taxation. ORS requires withdrawal prior to March 31 st of each calendar year. The owner requested annexation in order to develop the property for urban use. The subject property was annexed to the City of Springfield effective on July 30, 2007. Legal notice for tonight's public hearing was published in the Register Guard newspaper as required by ORS 222.520 and notices were posted in four public places. A second reading and adoption is scheduled for March 17,2008. Mayor Leiken opened the public hearing for the four ordinances. No one appeared to speak on any of the ordinances. Mayor Leiken closed the public hearing. NO ACTION REQUESTED. FIRST READING ONLY. 5. Mayor's Street Fund Task Force. Mayor Leiken noted the members that had been asked to serve on the Mayor's Street Fund Task Force. A sheet with those members was distributed to the Mayor and Council, City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Attorney and the media contact for the Register Guard. Mayor Leiken said that Councilor Pishioneri would serve as the Council liaison for this task force. He was impressed with the group that had stepped up to serve on this task force. Assistant Public Works Director Len Goodwin had contacted all the members and all were willing to serve. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7: 15 p.m. Minutes Recorder Amy Sowa Attest: City~~