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TRANSMITTAL
MEMORANDUM
FROM:
Springfield Planning Commission
Mark Metzger, Planner~~
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SUBJECT
Draft Downtown Urban Renewal Plan and Report
ISSUE ORS 457 085(4) states, "An urban renewal plan and accompanYing report shall be
forwarded to the planning commission of the muniCipality for recommendations, prior to
presenting the plan to the governing body of the muniCipality for approval under ORS 457 095 "
The statute does not prOVide speCific cntena for the Commission to use In evaluating the Draft
Downtown Urban Renewal Plan (Plan) or the Draft Downtown Urban Renewal Report (Report)
ORS 457 095 does list certain findings and detemunatlons that must be Included In the adopting
ordinance that Will be acted upon by the City Council The attached staff report focuses on the
elements listed In ORS 457 095
DISCUSSION The Plan and Report were presented to the Council In work session and
released to the public on September 17th Copies of these documents were dlstnbuted to you at
your meeting on September 18 Minor corrections have been made to the Plan and the Report
over the past week Additional Information was received from Charles Kupper, the consultant
working With the City to run calculations related to the feaSibility of the Plan This new
information has been added to the Report These additions are found pnmanly on pages 21
through 27 of the Report
As mentioned In the cover memo last week, the Plan outlines a vIsion for how urban renewal
funds might be used to address blight downtown The Report evaluates the finanCial feaSibility
of the Plan by companng anticipated project costs and revenues that would accrue to the dlstnct
from Increased property values and new development over the duration of the Plan The
Report and Plan contain Information that IS Intended to support determinations and findings
reqUired under ORS 457 095 Please keep In mind that both the Plan and the Report are
largely planning exercises They are based on assumptions about what projects might help
remove blight downtown and about future growth that might occur as a result of these projects
or other Influences
RECOMMENDATION Staff has reViewed the Plan and Report and believes these documents
propose goals and projects that could help remove blight from the downtown and that they are
finanCially feaSible They prOVide suffiCient documentation for determinations and findings to be
made consistent With the requirements found In ORS 457 Staff recommends that the Planning
CommiSSion forward a recommendation to the City Council that the Council approve the Plan
and Report
ACTION REQUESTED Conduct a public heanng to receive comments on the Draft Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan and Report and make a recommendation to the City Council concerning
their adoption
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 Updated Draft Downtown Urban Renewal Plan
Attachment 2 Updated Draft Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Report
Attachment 3 Staff Report
Attachment 4 ORS 457
Attachment 5 Planning Commission Order
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Downtown Urban Renewal Plan
Table of Contents
100. The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan 3
200. Citizen Participation 4
300. Relationship to Local Objectives 6
400. Proposed Land Uses 11
500. Outline of Development 13
600. Description of Projects to be Undertaken 14
700. Property Acquisition Procedures 19
800. Property Disposition and Redevelopers' Obligations 20
900. Amendments to the Urban Renewal Plan 21
1000. Maximum Indebtedness 22
1100. Financing Methods 23
1200. Relocation 23
1300. Definitions 24
Exhibit I -Boundary Map and Legal Description 26
Exhibit 2 -Zoning Map and Plan Diagram 28
Appendix 1 30
Appendix 2 34
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100. THE DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
A. General
The primary goal of this Downtown Urban Renewal Plan is to assist in the revitalization
of business and elimination of blight in the downtown area. Urban renewal is ideal for
the encouragement of the type of high quality, commercial, industrial, residential and
mixed use development that is vital to the economic growth of the City of Springfield.
This cannot readily be done without public involvement due to multiple ownerships; high
land prices; and a mix of uses that are not conducive to development. The Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan includes projects, activities, and actions that treat the causes of the
blight and deterioration in the Downtown Urban Renewal Area,
The Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA), will act as the Urban Renewal
Agency to administer the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan. SEDA is comprised of
individuals serving as mayor and members of the Springfield City Council, along with
two representatives from the Lane County Board of County Commissioners, SEDA
currently administers the Glenwood Urban Renewal Plan.
The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan consists of Part One - Text and Part Two -
Exhibits, This Plan has been prepared pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)
Chapter 457, the Oregon Constitution, and all applicable laws and ordinances of the State
of Oregon and the City of Springfield respectively. All such applicable laws and
ordinances are made part of this Plan, whether expressly referred to in the text or not.
The Downtown Urban Renewal Area is a single geographic area with a single continuous
boundary within which a variety of activities and projects are contemplated in order to
eliminate blight and the causes of blight. The Plan's activities and projects are intended
to create an environment conducive to private sector and development of uses compatible
with the purposes of this Plan.
The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan was approved by the City Council of the City of
Springfield on _, 2007 by Ordinance No, and adopted by the Springfield
Economic Development Agency Board on .2007,
R The Renewal Plan Area Boundary
The boundary of the renewal area is shown in (Map) Exhibit I - Page I, attached to this
plan. A legal description of the project boundary is shown in Exhibit I - Page 2, attached
to this Plan.
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200. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
This Urban Renewal Plan was developed under the guidance of the Springfield City
Council. In June 2007, the Committee for Citizen Involvement approved a participation
plan that included public drop-in meetings, direct mail communications, media articles
and other methods of engaging the general public and citizens within the renewal district.
Staff conducted two broadly advertised public meetings, inviting the general public to
discuss urban renewal concepts, and the elements of the draft renewal plan, All meetings
were open to the public for discussion and comment. Press releases and news stories
about the public meetings and plan development contributed to public awareness and
public involvement.
In formulating the plan, City and SEDA staff drew from the findings and
recommendations of three recent public planning efforts: the Springfield Station Specific
Area Plan (2002); the AlA Downtown Charrette 2006; and the updated Downtown
Refinement Plan (2005), These planning activities themselves included a high level of
public participation in the assessment of downtown needs and in the formulation of
recommended solutions,
rublic participation was a key element in preparini{ the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan,
Staff presented briefings to the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Springfield Rotary
and other community, business, and service organizations. Staff also responded to
numerous individual public inquiries about the proposed plan and district boundaries that
were spurred by media articles and advertisements about the public meetings,
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Early in the fonnation of the Plan, the governing bodies for the Springfield School
District 19, the Springfield Utility Board and the Willamalane Park and Recreation
District were briefed on the proposed Downtown Urban Renewal District The elected
officials comprising these entities were encouraged to give their comments and suggested
project ideas, Willamalane submitted conceptual projects that were added to the draft
project list for the urban renewal district
Formal review of the
Downtown Urban Renewal
Plan was conducted by the
Springfield Planning
Commission in advance of
hearings by the City Council.
A public hearing on the Plan
was held by the Springfield
Planning Commission on _'
2007, The Planning
Commission voted, XX yes's
and XX no's, to recommend
that the Springfield City
Council approve the
Downtown Urban Renewal
Plan at the conclusion of that
hearing.
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As required by ORS.457.120,
notice was provided
announcing an opportunity for
the public to provide comments
on the draft Downtown Urban Renewal District Plan at a public hearing at the
Springfield City Hall on .2007 at 7:00 p,m, The Springfield City Council held the
public hearing, received testimony about the draft Plan from the general public along
with comments from affected taxing districts. Later, on , 2007 after
considering the public testimony about the draft Plan and specifically considering the
comments from affected districts, the City Council adoptcd the draft Plan by non-
emergency ordinance.
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300. RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL PLANS AND OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this Urban Renewal Plan is to eliminate blighting influences found in the
urban renewal area, to further goals and objectives outlined in the Eugene-Springfield
Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), and the Downtown Refinement Plan and
to implement development strategies and objectives for the Downtown Urban Renewal
Area, The Springfield Station Specific Area Plan (2005), AlA Downtown Charrette
(2006) and Springfield Tomorrow planning efforts also contributed to the assessment of
downtown needs and to a statement of goals, objectives and activities for revitalizing the
downtown. The Urban Renewal Plan is consistent with Metro Plan and the Downtown
Refinement Plan and implements the goals and objectives outlined below.
Restoring and enhancing the historic Millrace would create an allractive amenity for downtown
301. DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL GOALS
The eight goals of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan are not newly discovered or
unique to Springfield, They are derived from previous planning efforts and adopted
planning policy documents including the Downtown Refinement Plan, and the Metro
Plan with its associated functional plans. As broad categories of intent, the Downtown
Urban Renewal Goals are listed below:
A, Promote Public and Private Improvement
B. Rehabilitate Building Stock
C. Improve Streets, Streetscapes, Parks and Open Spaces
D. Make Utility Improvements
E. Construct or Rehabilitate Parking Facilities
F. Construct or Rehabilitate Public Facilities
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G. Improve and Expand Housing Opportunities
H. Improve Public Signage and Make Gateway Improvements to the Downtown
Each of these goals is further defined in Appendix I of this document. Achieving these
goals is the objective of the combined projects listed in Section 600.
The eight goals embody the spirit, optimism and commitment of downtown property
owners, businesses, community organizations, and the general public. They establish a
positive vision for downtown Springfield. These goals are deliberately achievable and
intended to recognize the value of enduring public-private partnerships. They are also
intended to encompass the goals and reflect the vision of the Downtown Refinement
Plan.
AI/ractwe redevelopment that provides off-street parking would benefit down/own This cross-section
diagram shows mixed-use development with parking located in an off-street court with alley access.
The Downtown Refinement Plan's goals are listed below:
Create a Pedestrian and Transit Friendly Downtown. Develop a setting that is
conducive to walking, bicycling and transit while providing accessibility to regional
automobile and freight networks. Provide safe and walkable streets.
Preserve tile Past. Enhance the downtown's future character by preserving the best of its
past. Promote appropriate in-fill construction and historic preservation of the existing
buildings.
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Reconnecting downtown to the IVil/amelle River is an important goal for downtown redevelopment
Reconnect to Key Natural Resource Features. Connect the downtown with the Millrace
and Island Park, and provide vppv,;.mities for appovp,;ate downtown uses adjacent to
these areas,
Alive After Five, Encourage evening activity in the downtown with dining, cultural and
"..;",~inment opportunities for all ages. Increase housing development in the downtown
to generate the 18 to 24-hour city.
Revitalize the Downtown with New Uses, Create new uppu, ;unities for office,
commercial, residential, civic, and mixed uses. Encourage high-density uses that are
transit-oriented and located within a short walk from Springfield Station.
Ensure Adequate Parking. Provide parking that supports a vital downtown.
Create Civic Gathering Places. Create great public spaces, both large and small.
Consider creation of a town square.
Identify Catalyst Projects. Identify projects that will spur growth in the downtown,
including improvements that can be successfully accomplished in the short term,
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Create Downtown Partnerships. Collaborate with Lane Transit District, the Springfield
Renaissance Development Corporation, and other groups to coordinate efforts and build
community support,
Establish a Positive Identity for the Downtown, Work with downtown business
interests and the Springfield community to foster a positive identity and sense of pride for
the downtown.
Develop the Downtown as the Gateway to Sprillgfield, Work to achieve a visual
impression in the Downtown that reflects well on the rest of the City.
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Public parking areas can be redeveloped as multi-use plazas which could serve as public gathering
areas for special events.
302. CONSISTENCY WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING
OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
ORS 457,085 requires that an Urban Renewal Plan relate to definite local objectives. The
Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is currently the City's
comprehensive land use plan. It was adopted locally and acknowledged by the Land
Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) in 1982 and amended in 1987.
The Metro Plan is Springfield's comprehensive plan and controlling land use document
The Metro Plan considers a wide range of goals and policies relating to land uses, traffic,
transportation, public utilities, recreation and community facilities, economic
development, housing and environmental protection. The Downtown Urban Renewal
Plan advances many of those goals,
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As used in this document, the term "Metro Plan" refers not only to the Eugene-
Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan as a document in itself, but also those
adopted neighborhood and special purpose/functional refinement plans which implement
and are subservient to the Metropolitan Area General Plan itself. Periodic review of the
Metro Plan was completed locally and 'approved in accordance with the post-
acknowledgment procedures of ORS 197 in 2006. Other portions of the Metro Plan
which affect the Urban Renewal Plan, such as the Downtown Refinement Plan
(regulating land use in the entire area included in the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan),
Willamalane Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan, and the TransPlan (special
purpose/functional refinement plans of the Metro Plan) were adopted by the City
Council, and approved in accordance with state post-acknowledgment procedures.
The projects in the urban renewal plan also advance goals and objectives set forth in
other adopted plan documents. These findings are outlined in Appendix 2. Projects listed
in the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan project list are supported by policies from the
Metro Plan, the Downtown Refinement Plan, Trans Plan, and the Willamalane
Comprehensive Plan.
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400. PROPOSED LAND USES
The projects and uses proposed by the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan conform to the
land use designations and zoning within the renewal area and are consistent with the
Metro Plan Diagram, Downtown Refmement Plan, and Springfield Zoning Map, Exhibit
2 includes the Metro Plan Diagram, Downtown Refinement Plan Diagram, and the
Zoning Map for the urban renewal area.
The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan includes about 417 acres of residential, commercial,
industrial and publicly zoned lands. About 268 acres of residential, commercial and
industrial lands are "non-exempt" properties that will contribute tax increment revenues
to the renewal district Table I presents the distribution in acres and percentage for these
uses,
Table 1. Downtown Urban Renewal District Uses by Acreage and Percent
Total
Acres
Non-
Exempt
Acres"
Residential"
Low Density Residential
Medium Density Res.
High Density Residential
Mixed-Use Residential
Commercial"
Community Commercial
Mixed.Use Commercial
Industrial"
Heavy Industrial
Light-Medium
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excluded from these figures,
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268
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91 acres! 23 %
Table 2 briefly describes the land uses allowed within the zoning districts represented wiIhin Ihe
Downtown Urban Renewal Area,
Table 2. Downtown Plan and Zoning Designation and Description of Uses
Land Use
Designations
Low Density
Residential
Description of Uses
Medium Density
Residential
This designation includes single-family residenlial wilh duplexes and some
auxiliary uses allowed (fosler care, day care, etc.), Development density is
limited to 10 dwelling units per acre,
This designation includes apartment complexes, condominiums and other
multi-family housing types. The prescribed development density is between
10 and 20 dwelling units per acre.
This designation includes apartments and condominiums and oIher multi-
family types, often reaching more than 3 stories in height The prescribed
density is between 20 and 40 units per acre,
High Density
Residential
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Residential
Community
Commercial
Mixed-Use
Commercial
Nodal
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Commercial)
Light-Medium
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Mixed-use Residential allows a compatible mix of multi-family housing types
with small scale commercial uses, No more Ihan about 20% of the
development can be commercial. Residential uses dominate.
This category includes more commercial activities than neighborhood
commercial but less than large malls and retail centers, Such areas usually
develop around a small department store and supennarket The development
occupies at least five acres and nonnally not more than 40 acres. This category
contains such general activities as relail stores; personal services; financial,
insurance, and real estate offices; private recreational facilities, such as movie
theaters; and lourisl-relaled facililies, such as motels,
Mixed-Use Commercial allows for a compatible mix of commercial and
mul1i-family residential uses with commercial uses dominating on the ground
level. Mixed-use commercial developments often fealure ground-level
commercial uses with apartmenls or olher residential uses upstairs, Special
design standards are inlended to make development attractive and pedestrian-
friendly.
The downtown core area is designated for nodal development by the Melro
Plan, The Nodal Development Overlay applies to the area downtown zoned
Mixed-Use Commercial and Mixed-Use Residential. Mixed-use implements
the nodal development designation described in the Metro Plan. Nodal
development is a mixed-use pedestrian-friendly land use pattern that seeks to
increase concentrations of population and employment in well-defined areas
wilh good transit service, a mix of diverse and compatible land uses, and
public and private improvements designed to be pedestrian and transil
oriented,
This designation accommodates a variety of industries, including those
involved in the secondary processing of malerials into components, the
assembly of components into finished products, transportation,
communication and utilities, wholesaling, and warehousing, The external
impact from these uses is generally less Ihan Heavy Industrial. This
designation may also accommodate supporting offices and commercial
activities,
This designation generally accommodates industries that process large
volumes of raw materials into refined products and/or that have significant
external impacts, Examples of heavy industry include: lumber and wood
products manufacluring; paper, chemicals and primary metal manufacturing;
large-scale storage of hazardous malerials; power plants; and railroad yards,
Such industries often are energy-intensive, and resource-intensive,
This designation is unique to the fonner Booth Kelly Mill site, south of the
inlersection of South A and 5th Streets and provides for a mixed-use
employmenl center that compliments the downtown area, A variety of
commercial. Industrial, residential and recrealional uses are allowed within the
area, A conceptual development plan and sile plan review is required to
ensure that land use conflicts are minimized and that the full potential of the
site is maximized,
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500. OUTLINE OF DEVELOPMENT
Projects designed to eliminate blight and deterioration in the urban renewal area are a
key component of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan. Blighting conditions found in the
downtown area constrain future development called for in the Downtown Refinement
Plan and other City planning documents. The Plan's projects and activities include:
I. Improvements to streets, curbs, and sidewalks to encourage new development in
the project area, and to address pedestrian and vehicular safety problems;
2. Improvements to water, storm and sanitary sewer infrastructure to encourage new
development in the project area;
3. Improvements to the visual appearance of the renewal area and provide a safer,
more attractive pedestrian environment, including streetscape and landscape
improvements, and development of public parks and open spaces;
4. Improvements to existing public parking facilities and construction of new public
facilities as needed to meet current and futurc needs;
5. Financial assistance to rehabilitate and renovate blighted properties in the renewal
area;
6 Financial assistance to encourage new construction that would contribute to
economic and social revitalization within the renewal area;
7. Acquisition and disposal ofland for public improvements, rights-of-way, utility
improvements, and private development; and
8. Administration and support of the Renewal Agency and the Downtown Urban
Renewal Plan,
Section 600 provides further description of urban renewal projects to be undertaken
within the Downtown Urban Renewal Area.
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600. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN
In order to achieve the objectives of this Plan, the following activities will be undertaken
on behalf of the City by the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA) the
City's Urban Renewal Agency in accordance with applicable federal, state, county, and
city laws, policies, and procedures, SEDA may fund these activities in full, or in part, or
seek other sources of funding for them, The intent in describing these projects and
activities includes establishing, through this Plan, the general and specific authority to
undertake these projects and activities within the urban renewal area, These projects and
activities may be modified, or expanded upon as needed to meet renewal plan objectives,
Changes will be undertaken in accordance with procedures for amendments to this Plan.
A. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Public improvements include the construction, repair, or replacement of sidewalks,
streets, parking, parks and open spaces, pedestrian amenities, water, sanitary sewer and
storm sewer facilities, wetlands and riverside/riparian improvements, and other public
facilities necessary to carry out the goals and objectives of this Plan.
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2. Infrastructure and Utilities Improvements.
1. Street Construction and Circulation
Improvements.
These provide the construction of
improvements throughout the urban
renewal area and include, but are not
limited to, landscaping, construction,
reconstruction, repair or replacement of
streets, sidewalks, bike and pedestrian
amenities, public transit facilities, and
acquisition ofland, right of ways,
easements and other land rights.
Identified projects include but are not
limited to:
. South A and Main Street couplet
redesign;
. North A "Civic Street" curb and
streetscape improvements; and
. Pedestrian amenity improvements
on A Street from 8th to Mill Street.
These activities allow SEDA to construct and improve infrastructure and utilities
throughout the Downtown Urban Renewal District These projects include, but are not
limited to, construction, reconstruction, repair, upgrading, and over sizing or replacement
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of electric, water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage facilities, relocation of overhead line
to underground locations, and acquisition of land, right of ways, easements and other land
rights, SEDA shall, as deemed appropriate, assist the utility providers in building new
links and repairing and upgrading selected portions of these utility service systems to
enhance vt't'v. ~.mities or secure development. Identified projects including, but not
limited to:
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Undergrounding of overhead utilities from Mill to 10lh Street and between So. A
and B Street; and
Stormwater system upgrades to provide adequate capacity for a fully developed
renewal area,
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3. Public Facilities Improvements. *
These activities include construction and improvement of public facilities throughout the
Downtown Urban Renewal District including, but not limited to:
. Relocation of a Downtown fire station;
. Construction of a Springfield Library building;
. Downtown parking construction and upgrades;
. Downtown public art showcases;
. Willamalane Adult Activity Center improvements;
. Springfield Museum improvements;
. School District facility upgrades; and
. Millrace improvements, restoration; and supporting land acquisition
Public improvements such as those listed above are important supports to the function of
a healthy downtown, Parks, the Springfield Museum, the Willamalane Adult Activity
Center, and the Millrace improvement projects are positive attractors to the downtown
area and provide services and amenities to downtown employees. Downtown art such as
the murals that currently grace the walls of downtown buildings create an interesting and
attractive environment that replaces the graffiti and deteriorating building exteriors that
are typical of blighted areas, Visitors to these sites add to the downtown economy as
many shop and eat in the downtown as well.
Convenient, safe, visible parking facilities are necessary supports for any downtown
business center.
· Urban renewal funds will contribute to the projects listed above. It is not assumed that
these projects will be entirely funded with urban renewal funds.
4. Parks, Recreation, Pedestrian and Bike Corridors, and Other Public Amenity
Improvements,
These activities will include, but are not limited to, pedestrian, bicycle and transit
connections linking the renewal area with adjacent areas in and around Downtown.
Improvements to these connections may include, but are not limited to, street lighting,
trash receptacles, benches, historical markers, street trees and landscaping, and signage.
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Actual projects may include, but are not limited to:
. Downtown Millrace Access, Restoration, and Improvements
. Downtown Parks Development and Improvements
SEDA may participate in funding the design, acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of
existing or new park sites or other appropriate public spaces, or parks or public facilities
within the urban renewal area, including improvements listed in the Willamalane Parks
and Recreation Comprehensive Plan, These park and pedestrian-friendly improvements
include suitable signage, markers, art and related improvements to signify the major
assets in the renewal area and the entrances to the City. These projects will improve the
visual appearance of the renewal area by adding public amenities downtown.
5. Public Safety Improvements.
To achieve the objectives of this Plan, and to target public investments in a manner which
benefits the renewal area and Springfield residents, the SEDA is authorized to improve,
acquire or construct safety-related, health, and public-service-related facilities within the
urban renewal area.
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B. PRESERVATION, REHABILlATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
St Vincent DePaul mixed-use residential development caters to a wide variety of community members
offering ground noor commercial and office space as well as low income living units above.
REDEVELOPMENT
1. Redevelopment through New Construction,
It is the intent of this Plan to stimulate new investment by public, private, non-profit, or
community-based organizations by facilitating redevelopment ofunderutilized property,
and in particular, to assure that new investments serve to benefit the existing residents
and businesses in the area. Redevelopment through new construction may be achieved in
two ways:
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(a) By public or private property owners, with or without financial assistance
by the Agency;
(b) By acquisition of property by the Agency for redevelopment or resale to
others for redevelopment.
2. Redevelopment and Rehabilitation Financing.
As it may deem appropriate in order to achieve the objectives of this Plan, SEDA
may set guidelines, establish loan programs and provide below-market interest
rate and market rate loans and provide such other forms of financial assistance to
property owners and those desiring to redevelop, rehabilitate, and acquire
property. These grant and loan programs will be consistent with the provisions set
forth in Section 800 of this Plan, Any grant and loan programs developed for
owner-occupied residential structures will be limited to assistance for primarily
low- and moderate income households in correcting health and safety problems
and substandard housing.
3. Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Conservation.
Projects and activities in this category will enable SEDA to advance renewal and
comprehensive plan goals for (i) improving Springfield's economy, and (ii)
improving the appearance and vitality of the Downtown area. As allowed by state
and federal law, SEDA may participate, through loans, grants, or both, in assisting
development of new public and private buildings and facilities in the renewal area
by establishing grant and loan programs. These programs might include, for
example, grants and loans for private building fa~ade improvements and for
eliminating substandard structural conditions and interior remodeling. SEDA
may make this assistance available as it deems necessary to achieve the objectives
of this Plan.
C. PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION
In order to carry out the objectives of this Plan, SEDA is authorized to acquire land or
buildings for public and private development/redevelopment purposes. The procedures
for acquiring and disposing of property are described in Sections 700 and 800 of this
Plan,
D. PLAN TECHNICAL STUDIES AND ADMINISTRATION
Administration of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan and implementation of its projects
and activities will be done in an effective, efficient and financially responsible manner.
SEDA funds may be utilized to pay indebtedness associated with preparation of the urban
renewal plan, to carry out design plans, miscellaneous land use and public facility studies,
engineering, market analyses and programs, and other tech11ical studies as may be needed
to fulfill the Plan's goals. SEDA funds may be utilized to pay for marketing materials
and programs to assist in carrying out the objectives of the redevelopment plan.
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700. PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROCEDURES
Acquisition of real property may be necessary to advance the goals of this Plan, Property
for public or private preservation, rehabilitation, development, or redevelopment may be
acquired by gift, eminent domain or any other lawful method when acquisition is needed
for development or redevelopment. SEDA is authorized to acquire property within the
urban renewal area, if necessary by any legal means to achieve the objectives of this Plan.
Property acquisition, including limited interest acquisition, is hereby made a part of this
Plan and may be used to achieve the objectives of this Plan, All acquisition of property
by SEDA must comply with Section 900 of this Plan,
A. ACQUISITION REQUIRING CITY COUNCIL RATIFICATION.
City Council ratification is required for SEDA acquisitions for the following purposes:
l. Assembling land for development by the public or private sector. Such acquisition
shall be undertaken only following completion of an amendment to this Plan as set
forth in Section 900,C of this Plan. The City Council shall ratify the amendment to
this Plan by resolution.
2. Where conditions exist that may affect the health, safety and welfare of the Area
and it is determined that acquisition of such properties and demolition of the
improvements thereon are necessary to remove substandard and blighting
conditions, acquisition shall be undertaken only following completion of an
amendment to this Plan as set forth in Section 900.C of this Plan, The City Council
shall ratify the amendment to this Plan by resolution.
3. Acquisition for any purpose that requires the use of the Agency's powers of eminent
domain. Such acquisition shall be undertaken only following completion of an
amendment to this Plan as set forth in Section 900.C of this Plan, The City Council
shall ratifY the amendment to this Plan by resolution.
B. ACQUISITION NOT REQUIRING CITY COUNCIL RATIFICATION.
Land acquisition not requiring City Council ratification requires an amendment to this
Plan as set forth in Section 900.D of this Plan, The minor amendment to the Renewal
Plan may be adopted by the Renewal Agency by Resolution. The Agency may acquire
land without Council ratification where the following conditions exist:
I. Where it is detennined that the property is needed to provide public
improvements and facilities as follows:
a. Right-of-way acquisition for streets, alleys or pedestrian ways;
b. Right of way and easement acquisition for water, sewer, and other utilities
c. Property acquisition for public use or for public buildings and facilities
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I. The developer shall develop or redevelop property in accordance with the land-
use provisions and other requirements specified in this Plan and in the legally
applicable local land use plans and zoning provisions for the Downtown Urban
Renewal Area.
2. SEDA may require the redeveloper to execute a development agreement
acceptable to the Renewal Agency as a condition of any form of assistance by the
Renewal Agency, The developer shall accept all conditions and agreements as
may be required by the Renewal Agency in order to receive assistance from the
Agency.
3, The developer shall submit to SEDA (or its designated agent) for Agency review
and approval, all plans and specifications for construction of SEDA-assisted
improvements prior to distribution of these improvements to other reviewing
bodies as required by the City's building permit review procedures.
4. Any private project benefiting from SEDA assistance shall commence and be
completed within a reasonable time, as determined by SEDA.
5. Any developer benefiting from SEDA assistance shall not affect any instrument
whereby the sale, lease, or occupancy of the real property, or any part thereof, is
restricted upon the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, marital status, or
national origin,
900. AMENDMENTS TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
It is anticipated that this Downtown Urban Renewal Plan will be reviewed periodically
during the life of the Plan. The Plan may be changed, modified, or amended as future
conditions warrant. Types of Renewal Plan amendments are:
A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS
Substantial amendments consist of:
I. Increases in the Downtown Urban Renewal Area boundary in cumulative excess
of I % shall be a substantial amendment requiring approval per ORS 457.095 and
notice as provided in ORS 457.120.
2. Increasing the maximum amount of indebtedness to be issued under the plan shall
be a substantial amendment requiring approval per ORS 457.095 and notice as
provided in ORS 457.120.
B. AMENDMENTS NOT REQUIRJNG SPECIAL NOTICE
The following Plan amendments will require approval per ORS 457,095 but will not
require special notice as provided in ORS 457.120:
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I, The addition of improvements or activities which represent a substantial change
in the purpose and objectives of this Plan, and which cost more than $500,000,
shall be a substantial amendment requiring approval per ORS 457.095, but not
requiring notice as provided in ORS 457.120, The $500,000 amount will be
adjusted annually from the year 2008 according to the "Engineering News
Record" construction cost index for the Northwestern United States,
2, The addition of improvements or activities that substantially alter the goals and
objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan.
C. AMENDMENTS REQUIRING APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL ONLY
The following Plan amendments must be approved by the Renewal Agency by resolution
and presented to City Council for required approval by City Council resolution:
I. Acquisition of property for purposes specified in Sections 700A of this
Downtown Urban Renewal Plan,
D. MINOR AMENDMENTS
Minor amendments may be approved by the Renewal Agency in resolution fonn, Such
amendments are defined as:
I. Amendments to clarify language, add graphic exhibits, make minor modifications
in the scope or location of improvements authorized by this Plan, or other such
modifications which do not change the basic planning or engineering principles of
the Plan.
2. Acquisition of property for purposes specified in Section 700 8] and 82 of this
plan.
3. Addition of a project substantially different from those identified in Sections 600
of the Plan or substantial modification of a project identified in Section 600 if the
addition or modification of the project costs less than $500,000 in 2008 dollars.
4, Increases in the urban renewal area boundary not in cumulative excess of I %.
1000. MAXIMUM INDEBTEDNESS
The Maximum Indebtedness authorized under this plan is forty-three million, ten
thousand_dollars ($43, 010,000). This amount is the principle of such indebtedness and
does not include interest or indebtedness incurred to refund, or refinance such
indebtedness.
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1100. FINANCING METHODS
A. GENERAL
The Urban Renewal Agency may borrow money and accept advances, loans, grants and
other forms of financial assistance from the federal government, the state, city, county or
other public body, or from any sources, public or private for the purposes of paying
indebtedness incurred in undertaking and carrying out this Plan. In addition, the Agency
may borrow money from or lend money to a public agency in conjunction with ajoint
undertaking of a project authorized by this Plan. If such funds are loaned, the Agency
may promulgate rules and procedures for the methods and conditions of payment of such
loans.
R TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
This Plan will be financed in whole, or in part, by tax increment revenues. The ad
valorum taxes levied by all taxing districts in which all or a portion of the Urban Renewal
Area is located shall be divided as provided in Section I C, Article IX of the Oregon
Constitution and ORS 457A20 to 457.460.
C. PRIOR INDEBTEDNESS
Any indebtedness pennitted by law and incurred by the Urban Renewal Agency or the
City in connection with preplanning for this Urban Renewal Plan shall be repaid from tax
increment proceeds generated pursuant to this section.
1200. RELOCA nON
To the extent required by law, SEDA will provide relocation assistance to all persons or
businesses displaced temporarily or permanently by project activities. As required, those
displaced will be given assistance in finding replacement properties, As required, all
persons or businesses which may be displaced will be contacted to determine specific
relocation needs and will be provided information on available housing or
commercial/industrial property as may be applicable, and will be given assistance in
moving, All relocation activities will be undertaken and payments made in accordance
with the requirements of ORS 281.045-281,] 05 and any other applicable laws or
regulations,
Relocation payments will be made as provided in ORS 281,060. Payments made to
persons displaced from dwellings will assure that they will have available to them decent,
safe, and sanitary dwellings at costs or rents within their financial reach, As required,
payment for moving expenses will be made to residents and businesses displaced. SEDA
may contract with Oregon Department of Transportation or other parties to help
administer its relocation program.
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1300. DEFINITIONS
The following defmitions will govern the construction of this Plan unless the context
otherwise requires:
"Agency", "Renewal Agency", "Urban Renewal Agency", "Springfield Economic
Development Agency", or "SEDA" means the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of
Springfield, Oregon.
"Area" means the area included within the boundaries of the Springfield Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan,
"City" means the City of Springfield, Oregon,
"City Council" means the City Council of the City of Springfield, Oregon,
"Comprehensive Plan" means the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and its
implementing ordinances, policies, refinement plans, and development standards.
"County" means the County of Lane, State of Oregon,
"Displaced" person or business means any person or business that is required to relocate
as a result of action by the Urban Renewal Agency to vacate a property for public use or
purpose.
"Disposition and Development Agreement" means an agreement between the Urban
Renewal Agency and a private developer which sets forth the terms and conditions under
which will govern the disposition ofland to a private developer.
"Exhibit" means an attachment, either narrative or map, to the Urban Renewal Plan for
the Springfield Downtown Urban Renewal Area, Part Two -Exhibits.
"ORS" means Oregon Revised Statute (State Law) and specifically Chapter 457 thereof.
"Plan" means the Urban Renewal Plan for the Springfield Downtown Urban Renewal
Area, Parts One and Two,
"Plan Area" means the area included within the boundaries of the Springfield Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan.
"Planning Commission" means the Planning Commission of the City of Springfield,
Oregon, '
"Project, Activity or Project Activity" means any undertaking or activity within the
renewal area, such as a public improvement, street project or other activity authorized
and for which implementing provisions are set forth in the Urban Renewal Plan.
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"Public Safety Project" means projects intended to assist police, fire, ambulance, and
emergency services in the City of Springfield or in Lane County within the Plan Area.
"Renewal Area" means the area included within the boundaries of the Springfield
Downtown Urban Renewal Plan.
"Report" means the report accompanying the Plan, as provided in ORS 457.085 (3),
"Developer" means any individual or group acquiring property from the Urban Renewal
Agency or receiving financial assistance for the physical improvement of privately or
publicly held structures and land.
"SEDA" means the Springfield Economic Development Agency.
"Text" means the Urban Renewal Plan for the Springfield Downtown Urban Renewal
Area, Part One - Text.
"Urban Renewal Area", "Springfield Downtown Urban Renewal Area", "Urban Renewal
Area", or "Renewal Area" means the geographic area for which this Urban Renewal Plan
has been approved, The boundary of the Urban Renewal Area is described in Exhibits
made a part of this plan.
Attachments to the Springfield Downtown Urban Renewal Plan:
Exhibit I -Boundary Map and Legal Description
Exhibit 2 -Zoning Map and Plan Diagram
Appendix 1- Detailed Goal Description
Appendix 2- Detailed Outline of Consistency with Local and Regional Planning
Objectives
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APPENDIX 1.
DETAILED GOAL DESCRIPTION
A. Promote Public and Private Develooment
Goal: To promote public and private development, redevelopment, and rehabilitation
within the urban renewal area to help create jobs, tax revenues, and self sustaining, vital
and vibrant commercial and industrial areas.
Objectives:
I. Enhance the environment for development and investment through improvements
to streets, streetscapes, parks, and public buildings and spaces.
2. Assist property owners in rehabilitating buildings so they can accommodate more
intensive commercial, mixed-use, and industrial activity;
3. Help create economic vitality by creating activities and encouraging uses that
bring a significant number of jobs, employees, potential shoppers and investors
throughout the renewal area.
B. Rehabilitate Buildin!! Stock
Goal: To upgrade the stock of existing structures in the renewal area which contribute to
its unique character, but which are run down or do not meet current State Building and
Specialty Codes' requirements.
Objectives:
I. Improve the appearance of existing buildings in order to enhance the overall
aesthetics of the renewal area.
2. Help in improving the safety of older buildings in regard to seismic stability, fire
safety, building code compliance and accessibility to persons with disabilities.
3. Redevelop buildings and areas that are currently inconsistent with the goals and
objectives of this plan so that the improvements benefit the entire economic
development effort for the community and property owners.
C. Imorove Streets. Streetscaoes. Parks and Onen Snaces
Goal: To improve existing streets and both on-street and off-street parking; to improve
and enhance parks and open spaces, like multi-use paths, as an integral part of the area,
and to enhance livability.
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Objectives:
I. Enhance streetscapes by installing street lighting, street furniture, banners,
awnings, planters and other amenities.
2. Fund sidewalk and alleyway connections and improvements.
3. Reconstruct and improve existing roadways where needed and in a manner
meeting the objectives of this Plan.
4. Address and improve pedestrian safety along heavily traveled streets through the
urban renewal area.
5. Create additional open space areas and pedestrian spaces that are attractive areas
for residents and employees and that stimulate economic activity and enhance
livability.
D. Imnrove Utilities
Goal: Improve and update utilities to allow more efficient, intensive, and productive
development of the areas.
Objectives:
1. Construct new, upgrade, underground, or reconstruct existing utilities (including
water, electrical, sanitary and storm sewers, and telecommunications) as
necessary to encourage and permit development of private properties, and
supportive public amenities.
E. Parkin!!
Goal: Develop convenient attractive parking facilities close to shopping, entertainment,
and business destinations.
Objectives:
I. Construct public parking to support businesses and activities in the Downtown
Urban Renewal Area that is visible, safe and conveniently located.
2. Install signage that clearly directs citizens to available public parking.
F. Public Facilities
Goal: Maintain, acquire and develop public parks and open spaces, and public safety,
health, and other facilities, to maintain and enhance public use, safety, and enjoyment of
the renewal area.
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Objectives:
I. Ensure that public safety facilities within the renewal area are adequate to support
and protect existing and proposed development in the renewal area.
2. Evaluate the adequacy of other public facilities serving the renewal district area
and ensure their compatibility with the surrounding development and proposed
redevelopment in the area.
3. Ensure that public parks and open spaces are adequate to serve existing and
proposed development.
G. Housinl!
Goal: Provide for new and rehabilitated housing opportunities that collectively reflect a
diversity of housing types, occupancy (rental and owner-occupied), and income levels in
the City. Support housing development that is geared to support the area's goals for
generating new employment.
Objectives:
I. Provide a wide range of housing opportunities to accommodate households at all
income levels, including low-, moderate-, and upper-income rental and owner-
occupied housing, which support prospective residential markets in, adjacent to,
and near the renewal area.
2. Provide assistance to help maintain and assist in the rehabilitation of the stock of
existing housing in the renewal area.
3. Assist in the development of quality housing for a range of household incomes
and characteristics that are unique to the desired urban, Downtown atmosphere.
H. Imorove Public Entrance ami Shmal!e
Goal: Assist in funding for a program of entrance beautification and signage indicating
cultural, historical, natural, and tourism landmarks within the renewal area.
Objectives:
I. Provide urban renewal funds for signage and entrance improvements in spaces
within the urban renewal area reflecting the community's history, culture, natural
areas, tourism opportunities, and welcoming attitude.
2. Provide assistance in implementing year round "color and movement" such as
banners, hanging flower baskets and holiday decorations.
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3. Increase public signage, both directional and informational, especially for
functions related to tourism, special community events, and seasonal occurrences.
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CONSISTENCY WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES
The following is a list of the supporting policies for each of the projects and indicate the
conformance of the Plan to local land use plans and policies. (Projects are referenced by
letter according to the project list spreadsheet in the Report accompanying this Plan.)
A.
STREET CONSTRIJCTION AND CIRCIJLATlON IMPROVEMENTS
Metro Plan Policies:
System Wide Policy F.l 0: Protect and manage existing and future transportation
infrastructure.
System Wide Policy F.ll: Develop or promote intermodalljnkages for connectivity and
ease of transfer among all transportation nodes.
System Wide Policy F.l3: Support transportation strategies that enhance neighborhood
livability.
Transportation System Improvements: Roadways Policy F.14: Address the mobility and
safety needs of motorists, transit users, bicyclists, pedestrians, and the needs of
emergency vehicles when planning and constructing roadway system improvements.
Downtown Refinement Plan Policies
Access, Circulation, and Parking Element Policies 1-8:
1. The City shall pursue funding of identified bicycle and pedestrian improvement
projects within the Downtown area to place these projects in the "Programmed"
category in TransPlan.
2. The City and Willamalane shall work cooperatively to obtain easements or other
instruments to enable construction of park-to-park multi-use paths, including
Island Park to Dorris Ranch; Dorris Ranch to Clearwater Park and the Mill Race
from the Middle Fork of the WiIlamette to the confluence at the Springfield
Bridges.
3. The City shall evaluate the distribution of public off-street parking in the
Downtown and prepare a strategy to address the equitable balance of these
resources.
4. The City shall consider formation of a Downtown Association to partner with the
City on parking solutions and enhancing the pedestrian experience.
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S. The City shall work with LTD to facilitate the success of the BRT system [EmX
Line], encourage local businesses to participate in LDT ridership programs, and
co-sponsor Transportation Demand Management techniques.
6. The City shall work with ODOT to take full advantage of the opportunities
presented by the designation of Main Street as Special Transportation Areas and
will pursue a similar designation for South A Street.
7. The grid street system within the Downtown Refinement Plan area, including
streets and alleys, shall be maintained to the greatest extent practicable, except
where issues of public safety and security may become a concern for public
buildings.
8. The City shall study, and where appropriate, implement a plan to improve auto,
pedestrian, and bicycle access to the Booth-Kelly site and the Mill Race.
Oregon Transportation Plan:
Development of an Integrated Multimodal System: Policy 1.1: Plan and develop a
balanced, integrated transportation system with modal choices for the movement of
people and goods.
Downtowns and Economic Development: Policy 3.3: Provide transportation
improvements to support downtowns and to coordinate transportation and economic
development strategies.
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Infrastructure and Utilities Imnrovements
Metro Plan Policies:
Public Facilities and Services Element: Stormwater Policy G.14: Implement changes to
storm water facilities and management practices to reduce the presence of pollutants
regulated under the Clean Water Act and to address the requirements of the ESA.
Public Facilities and Services Element: Stormwaler Policy G.16: Manage or enhance
waterways and open storm water systems to reduce water quality impacts from runoff and
to improve stormwater conveyance.
Downtown Refinement Plan Policies:
Design Element Policy 3: Alternative methods of lessening the negative aesthetic
character of overhead electric lines in the Downtown area shall be examined and pursued
by SUB. This may include: I) undergrounding new service connections and "clean-up"
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of overhead express feeders in the near future, and 2) possible undergrounding of all [ines
in the future.
C.
PURLlC FACILITIES
Metro Plan Policies:
Public Facilities and Services Element: Schools Policy G.21: The cities shall initiate a
process with school districts within the UGB for coordinating land use and school
planning activities. The cities and school districts shall examine the following in their
coordination efforts:
a. The need for new public school facilities and sufficient land to site them
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PARKS. RECREATION. PEDESTRIAN AND HIKE CORRIDORS AND OTHER
AMENITIES
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F.
Metro Plan Policies:
Transportation System Improvements: Bicycle Policy F.22: Construct and improve the
region's bikeway system and provide bicycle system support facilities for both new
development and redevelopment/expansion.
Transportation System Improvements: Bicycle Policy F.24: Require bikeways to connect
new development with nearby neighborhood activity centers and major destinations.
Transportation System Improvements: Pedestrian Policy F.26: Provide for a pedestrian
environment that is well integrated with adjacent land uses and is designed to enhance the
safety, comfort, and convenience of walking.
Transportation System Improvements: Pedestrian Policy F.27: Provide for a continuous
pedestrian network with reasonably direct travel routes between destination points.
Parks and Recreation Facilities Element Policy 1-1.1: Develop a system of regional-
metropolitan recreational activity areas based on a facilities plan for the metropolitan area
that includes acquisition, development, and management programs. The Metro Plan and
system should include reservoir and hill parks, the Willamette River Greenway, and other
river corridors.
Parks and Recreation Facilities Element Policy 1-1.4: Encourage the development of
private recreational facilities.
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Parks and Recreation Facilities Element Policy H.5: Develop mechanisms and processes
by which residents of an area to be served by a neighborhood park, neighborhood center,
or play lot can participate in the design, development, and maintenance of the facility.
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Downtown Refinement Plan Policies:
Economic Element Policy 5: The City shall support WiIlamalane's efforts to develop
parks and open spaces in the Refinement Plan area consistent with the WiIlamalane Park
and Recreation Comprehensive Plan.
Design Element Policy 2: The City and WiIlamalane shall continue to develop and
integrate the elements of the river, bridge, White Horse, Millrace and Island Park to
enhance historic, recreational, and aesthetic values and promote tourism.
Public Spaces Element Policies 1-4:
1. The City shall encourage the development and use of sites throughout Downtown for
displays, exhibits, festivals and other events of public interest.
2. The City and Willamalane shall continue to explore the creation and development of
public space improvements in the Downtown including a Downtown overlook and
improved pedestrian access to Island Park, the Millrace, and the historic Briggs Ferry
Landing.
3. The City shall endeavor to maintain funding for maintenance programs on Downtown
streets, sidewalks, and City-owned public spaces.
4. The City, in cooperation with downtown businesses, should identify funding for,
design, and construct a New Main Street plaza at the location of the parking lot on the
south side of City Hall. The plaza would serve as the primary civic gathering public
space in the core of the downtown. The design would explore whether it should be a
dual use as both parking and plaza, or be converted to all plaza. The long-term vision
for this space would include reconstruction of the south side of City Hall to
complement the plaza.
Willamalane Plan Strategies:
Parks and Open Space Strategy: Provide parks, open spaces, river access, and pathways,
while respecting private property rights.
Community Recreation and Support Facilities: Provide community recreation and
support facilities that facilitate a wide variety of activities, create community gathering
places, and enhance community pride.
G.
REIlEVEI.OPMENT THROUGH NEW CONSTRUCTION
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Metro Plan Policies:
Economic Element Policy B.13: Continue to encourage the development of convention
and tourist-related facilities.
Economic Element Policy B.14: Continue efforts to keep the Eugene and Springfield
central business districts as vital centers of the metropolitan area.
Downtown Refinement Plan Policies:
Economic Element Policy 3: The City shall maintain a variety of strategies and funding
sources as incentives to development and redevelopment of the Downtown. This should
include, but not be limited to: State Revolving Loan Funds; Industrial Development
Revenue Bonds; Oregon Business Development Fund; state lottery funds; CDBG grants
and loan programs; tax increment financing; local improvement districts; economic
improvement districts; and, special assessment districts.
Economic Element Policy 4: As the design and construction of the Justice Center
evolves, the City shall work with nearby businesses and property owners to take
advantage of opportunities to develop sites or structures to accommodate the various
support uses that are likely to seek this proximity.
Economic Element Policy 7: The City shall support efforts to attract shoppers to the
Downtown, including but not limited to specialty events such as festivals and parades,
and recurring activities such as a "Farmer's Market."
Economic Element Policy 8: The City shall support the retention oflocal businesses and
the relocation of new business to Downtown.
Oregon TransportatiOlI Plan:
Creating Communities: Policy 4.3: Increase access to goods and services and promote
health by encouraging development of compact communities and neighborhoods that
integrate residential, commercial and employment land uses to help make shorter trips,
transit, walking and bicycling feasible. Integrate features that support the use of
transportation choices.
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PRESERVATION. REHABILITATION. ANI) CONSERVATION
(JPGRADES TO FIRE PROTECTION AND RMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Metro Plan Policies:
Historic Preservation Element Policy 1.1: Adopt and implement historic preservation
policies, regulations, and incentive programs that encourage the inventory, preservation,
and restoration of structures; landmarks; sites; and areas of cultural, historic, or
archaeological significance, consistent with overall policies.
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Historic Preservation Element Policy 1.2: Institute and support projects and programs
that increase citizen and visitor awareness of the area's history and encourage citizen
participation in and support of programs designed to recognize and memorialize the
area's history.
Downtown Refinement Plan Policies:
Design Element Policy 8: The City shall support efforts by Downtown businesses to
make building fayade improvements.
Wi//amalane Plan Strategies:
Rehabilitation Strategy: Upgrade and revitalize existing parks and recreation facilities to
provide recreation opportunities, protect recreation resources, improve the environment,
enhance user safety, and improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
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Pronertv Acouisition and Disnosition
Metro Plan Policies:
Economic Element Policy 16: Utilize processes and local controls which encourage
retention of large parcels or consolidation of small parcels of industrially or commercially
zoned land to facilitate their use or reuse in a comprehensive manner rather than
piecemeal fashion.
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TEC.HNICAL. FINANCIAL AND DESIGN PLAN DRAFTS AND UPDATES
Metro Plan Policies:
Downtown Refinement Plan Policies:
Access, Circulation, and Parking Element Policy 3: The City shall evaluate the
distribution of public off-street parking in the Downtown and prepare a strategy to
address the equitable balance of these resources
Access, Circulation, and Parking Element Policy 8: The City shall study, and where
appropriate, implement a plan to improve auto, pedestrian, and bicycle access to the
Booth-Kelly site and the Mill Race.
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DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN REPORT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This urban renewal plan was prepared with funding assistance from the City of
Springfield. Springfield citizens participated in 2 townhalls leading to the preparation of
the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan and Report.
Staff Assistance
Gino Grimaldi, City Manager
Jeff Towery, Assistant City Manager
William Grile, Development Services Director
John Tamulonis, Community Development Manager
Mark Metzger, Planning Supervisor
Courtney Griesel, Planner
Urhan Renewal Consultant
Charles Kupper, Spencer & Kupper
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REPORT ON THE DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PROJECT BACKGROUND.............................................................................. 4
DEFINITION OF BLIGHTING CONDITIONS........................... ........................... 6
100. DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA 7
100A. PHYSICAL CONDITIONS................................................. ................ ....... 7
100B. SOCIAL CONDITIONS...........................................................................12
200. EXPECTED FISCAL, SERVICE AND POPULATION IMPACTS OF PLAN......... 14
300. REASONS FOR SELECTING THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA........................ 16
400. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EACH PROJECT ACTIVITY AND
EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE PROJECT AREA ..................................... 16
500. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF PLAN............................................................. 17
SOOA. ESTIMATED PROJECT COST AND REVENUE SOURCES........................... 17
SOOB.ANTlCIPATED START & FINISH DATES OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES............ 19
SOOC.ESTlMATED EXPENDITURES AND YEAR OF DEBT RETIREMENT............. 19
SOOD.IMPACT OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING............................................. 24
SOOE. FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF PLAN....................................................... 26
600. RELOCATION ...................................................................................... 26
APPENDIX I CENSUS TRACTS WITHIN URBAN RENEWAL DlSTRICT...............28
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REPORT ON THE DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The primary purpose of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan is to revitalize the core
historic downtown commercial and industrial areas of Springfield. The intent is to
increase commercial activity, improve existing building facades, and promote pedestrian
amenities and community activities.
The renewal plan builds upon other work and study efforts focused on downtown. They
include the Downtown Refinement Plan (Adopted 1986, Updated 2005), the Booth-Kelly
Mixed-Use District (1986), the TransPlan (2001), and the Willamalane Parks and
Recreation Comprehensive Plan (2004).
The Land Use Element (p. 13) in the Downtown Refinement Plan forms a good general
summary of the current state of conditions within the Downtown Urban Renewal area. It
states:
"The Downtown area is where the original field with a spring in it was located
(now an apartment complex) after which Springfield was named. It also contains
the area that was in the original town plat of Springfield filed by Elias Briggs.
Since that time, the Downtown area has functioned as the City's heart, and
continues to do so even though the City has spread out, and other important
nodes have developed on east Main Street, and in the Mohawk and Gateway
areas. A significant retail base remains in the Downtown, and professional
offices and services are increasing. The southeast portion of the Downtown is
the location of several mill sites, which provide employment and a customer pool
which Downtown businesses benefit from.
Beginning in the 1970's, and worsening in the recession/depression of the early
1980's, the Downtown community has been wrestling with an increasing
vacancy rate. The situation seems to be improving somewhat as evidenced in
recent reports of the Springfield Downtown Association. Although businesses
are still leaving the area, new businesses and expansions of existing businesses
are approximately matching the rate of exodus. Trends are not clearly
identifiable in recent land use changes: a variety of types of uses have left, and a
variety have located in Downtown.
The Booth-Kelly site has long fascinated VISionaries in the Downtown
community. The proximity of the site to Downtown, and the potential
redevelopment of the site utilizing its amenities (millrace and pond, forested
slopes, rail access, etc.) could prove to be very beneficial to the Downtown.
Much of the site is currently vaca~t and inaccessible, and the existing
development does not take advantage of the site amenities. Redevelopment of
the site would be very expensive, but could be accomplished in a cohesive
fashion over a long period with the development plan concept presented in the
Booth-Kelly Development Area policies herein.
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It is desired and anticipated that the eventual redevelopment of the Downtown
area will feed upon itself: that is, new and expanded development will attract
more news development. This will eventually make use and delivery of public
services more cost-effective and increase demand for Downtown land and
buildings resulting in a rise in property values to a point that development will be
more economical than retaining a property's vacant status.
However, most of the problems are physical and need funds to be built or that vision will
not be realized. The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan is intended to be the combination of
projects and funding to overcome the problems and achieve the goals in the Downtown
Refmement Plan (pp. 14-15):
"The following goals embody the spirit, optimism and commitment Downtown
property owners, businesses and community organizations have ascribed to their
vision of Downtown Springfield. These goals are deliberately achievable and
intended to recognize the value of enduring public-private partnerships.
Create a Pedestrian and Transit Friendly Downtown. Develop a setting that is
conducive to walking, bicycling and transit while providing accessibility to
regional automobile and freight networks. Provide safe and walkable streets.
Preserve the Past. Enhance the downtown's future character by preserving the
best of its past. Promote appropriate in-fill construction and historic preservation
of the existing buildings.
Reconnect to Key Natural Resource Features. Connect the downtown with the
Millrace and Island Park, and provide opportunities for appropriate downtown
uses adjacent to these areas.
Alive Ajier Five. Encourage evening activity in the downtown with dining,
cultural and entertainment opportunities for all ages. Increase housing
development in the downtown to generate the 18 to 24-hour city.
Revitalize the Downtown with New Uses. Create new opportunities for office,
commercial, residential, civic, and mixed uses. Encourage high-density uses that
are transit-oriented and located within a short walk from Springfield Station.
Ensure Adequate Parking. Provide parking that supports a vital downtown.
Create Civic Gathering Places. Create great public spaces, both large and small.
Consider creation of a town square.
Identify Catalyst Projects. IdentifY projects that will spur growth in the
downtown, including improvements that can be successfully accomplished in the
short tenn.
Create Downtown Partnerships. Collaborate with Lane Transit District, the
Springfield Renaissance Development Corporation, and other groups to
coordinate efforts and build community support.
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Establish a Possible Identity for the Downtown. Work with downtown business
interests and the Springfield com unity to foster a positive identity and sense of
pride for the downtown.
Develop the Downtown as the Gateway to Springfield. Work to achieve a visual
impression in the Downtown that reflects well on the rest of the City.
DEFINITION OF BLIGHTING CONDITIONS
The Oregon Legislature has established a system to finance urban renewal. Oregon
Revised Statute Chapter 457 describes how the system works. This law gives cities and
counties urban renewal powers. These powers provide a way to finance projects to
remove "blight." Addressing blight is central to the purpose of urban renewal districts.
The Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 457.010) defines "blight" as follows (underlining is
added for emphasis, and numeration is added for clarity):
"Blighted areas mean areas which, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning, inadequate or
improper facilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe structures, or any
combination of these factors, are detrimental to the safety, health or welfare of the
community. A blighted area is characterized by the existence of one or more of the following
conditions:
I. The existence of buildings and structures, used or intended to be used for living,
commercial, industrial or other purposes, or any combination of those uses, which are
unfit or unsafe to occupy for those purposes because of anyone or a combination of
the following conditions:
a) Defective design and quality of physical construction;
b) Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing;
c) Overcrowding and a high density of population;
d) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces and
recreation facilities;
e) Obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character or shifting of uses;
f) An economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse of property resulting from
faulty planning;
g) The division or subdivision and sale of ~,v~"';J or lots of irregular fonn and
shape and inadequate size or dimensions for ~.v~...;/ usefulness and
development; and
h) The laying out of property or lots in disregard of contours, drainage and other
physical characteristics of the terrain and surrounding conditions;
2. The existence of inadequate streets and other rights-of-way, open spaces and
utilities;
3. The existence of property or lots or other areas which are subject to inundation by
water;
4. A prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments and social and economic
maladjustments to such an extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced and tax
receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services rendered;
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5. A growing or total lack of proper utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and
unproductive condition of land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to the
public health, safety, and welfare; or
6. A loss of population and reduction of proper utilization of the area, resulting in its
further deterioration and added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new public
facilities and services elsewhere."
Note that it is not necessary for each of the cited conditions to be present in the renewal
area, or that these conditions are prevalent in each and every sector of the urban renewal
area.
1 00. DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE
DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL AREA
lOOA. PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
1. Land Area
The Downtown Renewal Area contains approximately 417 acres of land area. ORS
457.420 provides that the total land area of a proposed urban renewal district, when
added to the land area of existing renewal areas may not exceed 15% of the City's land
area. The City's current land area is approximately 9791 acres. The total of all acreage in
renewal areas, including the Glenwood Urban Renewal District (618 acres), is 1035
acres. This represents 10.4% of the City's land area. Total renewal area acreage is within
the 15% limitation prescribed by ORS 457.420.
2. Existing Land Use and Development
The Downtown Urban Renewal Area consists primarily of Heavy Industrial and
Community and Mixed-Use Commercial. Included in this type of commercial is the
Booth-Kelly District which provides for a mixed use employment center that
complements Downtown Springfield. The next largest land use is for Low Density
residential purposes. There are a very limited number of residential uses scattered
throughout the project area. The majority of this residential is found in the Willamette
Heights Neighborhood located in the South West comer of the Urban Renewal Area.
Commercial development is concentrated along Main Street, running through the project
area. This development is mostly strip commercial and serves the Downtown and
surrounding communities with a range of services, convenience, and some comparison
shopping opportunities. The Downtown Urban Renewal Area contains about 680 tax
lots. Of these, 127 are tax exempt. The zoning of all tax lots are shown by acres in Table
I, below.
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Table 1. Zoning Within the Downtown Urban Renewal District
I Zone Desil!:nation
1 Low Density Residential
1 Medium Density Residential
1 HiF Density Residential
I MIxed-Use Residential
I Community Commercial
I Mixed-Use Commercial
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1 Heavy Industrial
1 Light-Medium Industrial
1 Booth Kelly Mixed-Use
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I Public Land and Open Space
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Total Acres
Approximate Acres
48.96
4.71
6.59
1.27
61.53 I
74.51 I
41.81
116.31 I
109.25 I
28.321
76.161
213.83 1
25.531
417.20 I
% of Total
12.2%
1.1%
1.6%
.3%
15.3%
18.5%
10.4%
28.9%
23.3%
7.04%
18.9%
48.3%
6.5%
100.0%
Residential Total
Commercial Total
Industrial Total
Table I depicts the current zoning districts in the Downtown urban renewal area. Public
land and open space encompass 6.5%; mixed-use and community commcrcial make up
28.9% of the uses planned for the Downtown area; while total residential uses are zoned
for about 15.3% and total industrial are zoned for 48.3%. Currently, within the Urban
Renewal Area almost 102 acres, or roughly 25%, stand vacant. The majority of this
vacant land is in Commercial (12.7%), Residential (7.5%), and Industrial (4.2%) zones.
The renewal area boundary was drawn to create a project area that encompasses the core
of Downtown commercial and mixed-use, while providing for public open space
improvements along the Willamette River, Mill Pond and Mill Race, and within the
Downtown urban core. Actions undertaken in the Downtown Urban Renewal Area will
help make more productive use of land in Downtown.
3. Conditions-Buildings and Structures
Recognition of blighted conditions within the urban renewal area go back to the early
1980's. The 1984 "Downtown Tomorrow" report of the Springfield Downtown
Commission, opens with this observation of conditions in the Downtown: "Downtown
Springfield has needed revila/ization for a long lime. The jumbled mix of signs, vacan!
buildings, ragged patches of landscaping, crumbling sidewalks, and heavy vehicle
through-traffic vividly portray a lack of care and a message of neglect." The report
continues on to list goals and projects for the downtown, some of which are still
recommended as part of this plan.
Based on the property class codes assigned to properties by the Lane County Department
of Assessment and Taxation, there are just over 100 acres of vacant property within the
Downtown Urban Renewal Area. About 72 vacant acres are taxable and would
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contribute tax increment revenues to the urban renewal district if developed during the
life of the urban renewal district. Table 2 summarizes the taxable vacant acreage within
the urban renewal area by zoning district.
Table 2. Vacant Taxable Property by Zoning District
I Zone Designation
I Low Density Residential
I Medium Density Residential
I Community Commercial
I Mixed-Use Commercial
1 Heavy Industrial
1 Light-Medium Industrial
I Booth Kelly Mixed-Use
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Acres 1
191
21
281
81
61
81
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Total 72 I
There are nearly 550 buildings in the Downtown Urban Renewal area. A survey of
downtown buildings in 2004 revealed that 59% of downtown structures fit the
Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) criteria for blight. This is
significantly higher than the threshold required to qualify for HUD's Community
Development Block Grant program designation as a blighted area. The condition of
some of these properties may make it economically infeasible to rehabilitate or repair
them.
A windshield survey of the urban renewal area in 2007 shows the urban renewal area
contains buildings in various states of disrepair including residential properties (along
South Mill and South 18th); commercial properties (along Main Street and South A); and
industrial properties (along South Mill). These buildings show evidence of extensive
deterioration of roofing, siding, foundations, steps, and exterior trim. Repairing and
maintaining downtown buildings is essential for the recovery of any historic district.
High vacancy rates and tenant turn-over have characterized the urban renewal area.
Commercial lease rates today remain low compared to the remainder of the Eugene-
Springfield market. This has made it difficult for property owners to maintain existing
buildings and has worked against privately financed rehabilitation and redevelopment.
This has contributed to the continuing deterioration and blight conditions in the
downtown area.
Lane Transit's Springfield Station, completed in 2005, was the first new construction in
downtown Springfield since 1987. New construction and restoration activities have
followed. St. Vincent de Paul's Royal Building, a new 5-story mixed-use development,
is nearing completion. Additional projects include the restoration of the historic Gerlach
building by the Emerald Arts Center and development of the Richard Wild ish
Community Theatre by the Springfield Renaissance Development Cv'pv.ation. Each of
these projects received significant subsidies in the form of public investment and private
donations to cure blighted conditions in the structures. These projects would not havel
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been possible without public investment. These situations reinforce the need for the
establishment of an urban renewal district to support redevelopment and revitalization
downtown.
4. Conditions - Streets, Intersections, Sidewalk, and Storm Drainage
The general condition of the basic street and storm drainage infrastructure in the project
area is typical with that of an older town. The following is a brief description of the
construction type and current conditions assessment:
Most of the Downtown Urban Renewal Area was developed through donation land
claims in the 1850's and constructed in the traditional block segment footprint over
several decades. The streets are well-defined by curbs and gutters. Most of these streets
are improved to city standards, with the exception of the Willamette Heights area where
some unimproved streets still remain. Although many of the street components are older,
the Maintenance Division continues to perform maintenance and repair activities to
extend the useful life of the asset. Some of these preventive activities include crack and
slurry sealing of streets, asphalt overlay and repair, curb, gutter and sidewalk repair,
street sign and signal maintenance, etc.
In the urban renewal area, the majority of the streets are improved - curb and gutter with
an asphalt surface. Most of these streets were constructed decades ago. Timely
preventative maintenance and structural enhancements have maintained the integrity of
these assets. Unimproved and substandard streets are found in the areas south of the Main
and South A Streets corridor. Main and South A Streets (ODOT right of way) from the
Willamette River bridges, east to 19th Street, are deteriorating fairly rapidly. Eventual
reconstruction will be necessary for few other collector segments in the Boundary area
due to age.
Typical improved street intersections consist of standard sidewalks with access ramps,
curbs, gutters, signage, and traffic/pedestrian control in place. Continuous sidewalks
populate most of the area, however many are old and deteriorating to the point of needing
replacement. Varying types of access ramps provide a continuous corridor throughout
most of the area. There are 12 intersection traffic signals within the urban renewal area.
All of these control signals are owned by the State but maintained by the City. Signage at
intersections and along street segments is uniform and consistent.
The urban renewal area has a total of 287 street lights. Street lights along Main and S. A
Streets are being modernized with high voltage type lighting with some older low voltage
yellow type lighting that will require updating.
A functioning storm water drainage system exists for most of the Boundary 3 area, with
some roadside ditches residing south of Main Street. The age of the storm pipe system
ranges from 1950s to 1990s and is comprised of mostly concrete pipe. Capacity of storm
pipe ranges from 4 to 65 inches. There is a need to replace aging and undersized lines
through rehabilitation projects. The sanitary system is predominately concrete pipe,
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changing to PVC pipe whenever lines are rehabilitated. The older lines in this area date
back to 1948. Pipeline sizes on sewer main lines run 8 to 24 inches with trunk lines up to
60 inches.
Bicycle opportunities are less than desirable as the Downtown currently has no
designated, striped east-west routes. There is only one bike path along Pioneer Parkway
within the urban renewal area. Shared sidewalks with pedestrians or streets with cars,
does not engender this efficient travel alternative.
5. Conditions - Public Parking
Off-street parking remains a real and perceived issue for downtown merchants. Although
there almost a thousand spaces (both on and olT-street) in the Downtown Mixed-Use area,
many are occupied by employees, many are restricted by permit only, and the larger lots
are not close to the businesses most in need. The lack of parking has had a negative
alTect on the level of economic investment in the area. The City enforces all on-street
spaced or publicly owned spaces in this area, but the two hour time limit is not proving to
be an elTective deterrent to prolonged and non-business use. Notwithstanding all of the
benefits that will accrue from an improved pedestrian environment, few downtown
businesses can survive on a customer-based derived solely from foot-traffic.
6. Conditions - Visual Appearance
The commercial core of the Downtown area is aligned along Main Street (ODOT
Highway 126) and South A Street east of the Springfield bridges. Both are part of the
State Highway system under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Department of Transportation
(ODOT). Main Street and South A are characterized by a mix of older, "main street"
style commercial properties with mostly on-street parking and strip commercial and
industrial development of varying styles and quality, most fronted by parking lots. The
"main street" area has several vacant storefronts and generally shows need of fa~ade
updating and repair. There are overhead power lines throughout the area, adding to the
visual clutter. Attractive street furniture, signs, awnings, banners, trees, landscaping, and
other visual amenities are inconsistent and scattered.
The Mill Race and Pond, located along South A, has been in a state of disrepair since its
donation to the City in the mid-1980's. Since that time, the City has refurbished portions
of the water amenity and adjoining Booth-Kelly complex, but major repairs and
improvement projects still remain to be completed. The current physical appearance and
access restrictions to the site hinder future development. While physical appearance is
not specifically listed as a condition of blight in ORS 457, the appearance of modem
industrial sites including green space, plantings, improved business frontage and parking
areas, low external impacts, etc. are important to economically productive industrial and
commercial sites as well as the nearby properties. Economically underproductive sites
are considered blighted. As development and redevelopment occurs in surrounding areas
the Mill Race and Mill Pond should be evaluated to see if the facility may be redeveloped
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and improved so that it may be more productive economically while enhancing the area's
overall redevelopment.
7. Conditions - Land and Building Values
It is anticipated that the 2007-08 tax roll will establish the initial base of assessed values
for the Renewal Area. The figures are not yet available for the total assessed valuation for
the Downtown Urban Renewal District for that year. The total assessed value of property
within the urban renewal area for the 2006-07 tax year, subtracting non-taxable properties
($54,567,634) is calculated at al'l'<VAimately $122,500,000 in land and building values.
The total assessed value of the Downtown Urban Renewal Area, excluding non-taxable
properties, represents about 3.8% of the total p,vp~';1 valuation within the City of
Springfield. When added to the total frozen base value within the Glenwood Urban
Renewal Area ($106,986,910) the total assessed value for all Urban Renewal Areas in the
City of Springfield equals about 7.3%. Total certified values within all renewal areas
therefore are expected to be well within the maximum 15% of total valuation allowed by
urban renewal law.
8. Conditions - Investment and Utilization of Land
Real property values within the Downtown Urban Renewal Area are largely concentrated
in commercial and industrial property classifications. The overall value of land
compared to the value of improvements on that land is extraordinarily low for an urban
area, especially an area that represents a major concentration of industrial uses and is
developed to nearly urban densities. The real market value ofland in the urban renewal
area is $64.05 million and the real market value of improvements is $163.2 million. The
ratio of building value to land value is just over 2.5: I. Mature urban areas, especially
those that include so much commercial, public, and industrial building, are expected to
exhibit improvement to value ratios in the 4:1 or 5:1 range. The Downtown Renewal
area falls just below this range which points to a lack of investment in the Downtown,
under-utilization of land, depreciated values, and a loss of tax generating revenue for the
project area.
1008. SOCIAL CONDITIONS
The 2000 Census is the most recent source for comprehensive demographic data that is
specific to the Downtown Urban Renewal Area. The Downtown Urban Renewal District
boundaries do not coincide with local census tracts and block groups. However, block
groups within Census Tracts 3202, 3300, 3400, and 3500 fall within the portions of the
urban renewal area. Table 3 below summarizes the estimated income and housing
characteristics of residents within the urban renewal area. Table 4 shows the percentage
of owner occupied dwelling units and renter occupied units. Table 5 shows the
population within the urban renewal district by race.
It is not possible within the scope of this analysis to accurately estimate the exact number
of residents and their demographics for the area within the urban renewal area without
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including fragments of the census tracts and block groups that are outside of the urban
renewal boundary. The information below is meant to provide only general information
on income and housing characteristics of residents within the area.
Table 3. Population and Income by Census Tract within the Urban Renewal
District
Census Total
Tract Population
132.02
133
134
1 35 3406 44,053
(BG) - is a division of a Census tract called a block group.
4,066
Median
Household
IncoQlV
34,273
Percentage of Low-Moderate
Income Households
6,775
4,706
30,163
27,679
28.7% (BG 1)-
55.0% (BG 2)-
59.4%
60.1% (BG 3)-
59.2% (BG 4)-
25.0%
The largest percentage of residents within the urban renewal district live in census tracts
33 and 34. Tract 34, Block Group 4 is almost wholly contained within the urban renewal
area and the sLatistics for this subarea are perhaps the most represenLative of the area as a
whole. Tract 35 is largely outside of the urban renewal area and is least represenLative of
the area.
Table 3 shows that the majority of residents in the area have a median household income
ranging between $27,679 (Tract 34) and $30,163 (Tract 33). Tract 35 has the highest
household income at $44,053. The median household income for Lane County is
$36,942.
The City of Springfield participates in HUD's Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) program which targets funding for low income neighborhoods. Eligibility for
CDBG funding requires an assessment of the percentage of households living at or below
the federally eSLablished "low-moderate income" level. In the Downtown Urban
Renewal Area, the majority of households (roughly 55 to 60 percent) fall within the low-
moderate income classification.
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Table 4. Housing Tenure by Census Tract within the Urban Renewal
District
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132.02
133
134
135
Census Tract
Percentage of Owner Occupiedl Renter Occupied
Dwelling Units
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50.5/1
49.5
52.3/1
47.7
49.111
50.9
83.4/1
16.6
Home ownership is sometimes an indicator of income and neighborhood stability. Table
4 shows that between 49 and 51 percent of all dwelling units are renter occupied. In Lane
County 37.7 percent of dwelling units are renter occupied.
Table 5. Racial Composition by Census Tract within the Urban Renewal
District.
Lane Census Census Census Census
County Tract Tract Tract Tract
32.02 33 34 35
1 White 90% 87% 89% 89% 92%
1 Hispanic 4% 11% 9% 8% 5%
1 Black 1% 1% 0% 1% 0%
I American Indian and 11%
Alaska Native 1% 1% 1% 3%
1 Asian 2% 2% 1% 0% 2%
1 Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
1 Some other race 2% 5% 4% 3% 11%
1 Two or more races 4% 5% 4% 4% 14%
The racial composition (white to non-white) of the urban renewal area is similar to that of
Lane County. The Hispanic population within the area is significantly higher that the
county as a whole. Table 5 shows that in census tracts most representative of the urban
renewal area Hispanics make up between 8 and II percent of the population, compared to
just 4% for Lane County. The growing Hispanic presence and influence within the urban
renewal area can be seen in the growing number of shops and services catering to
Hispanic households that have been established in the area.
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200. EXPECTED FISCAL, SERVICE, AND POPULATION IMPACTS
OF PLAN
Urban renewal plan activities are aimed at alleviating traffic, parking and pedestrian
safety problems, at repairing and redeveloping property within the area, and at upgrading
lighting, streets, sidewalks, open space conditions and providing new or upgraded
infrastructure in the Renewal Area. The Urban Renewal Plan is expected to facilitate
planned, orderly growth as anticipated in the Eugene-Springfield Metro Area General
Plan and Downtown Refinement Plan. The Plan is not expected to result in a need for
any additional police, fire, or other emergency services beyond those already
contemplated by the City and other service providers.
The Renewal Area boundary includes some proposed housing development. Carrying out
the Renewal Plan is expected to result in slight population growth in Downtown. But that
growth is included in the overall population growth of the City of Springfield over the
next 20 years and the fiscal impacts are not significant relative to growth in other parts of
the much larger Springfield city limits. And therefore, carrying out the Plan is expected
to have no impacts on Springfield School District 19, given the Downtown Urban
Renewal area's small size relative to the size of Springfield School District 19. Carrying
out the Renewal Plan is not expected to have any additional impact on water and sewer
service needs, since the utilities' planning include providing services to these and other
utilities in the urban renewal area. Project activities are not expected to require the
relocation or removal of any residential or commercial properties by the renewal agency.
Carrying out the renewal plan will require the use of tax increment revenues. The tax
impacts of the renewal plan are discussed in detail in Section 500 D of this report.
The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan is expected to produce positive fiscal and service
impacts for downtown. Among the public benefits of the renewal plan are:
. Street and circulation improvements will improve public safety and convenience.
· Infrastructure improvements will provide better utility service and decrease public
maintenance costs
· New businesses will provide additional shopping convenience and reduce
vehicular trips and time.
. New development will enhance the river experience.
· Rehabilitation programs will preserve and renew properties in, and around,
downtown commercial areas along Main Street and South A.
· An increase in construction expenditures and purchases in the Urban Renewal
area will create secondary jobs.
· The urban renewal plan will help the City of Springfield fund a number of
projects listed in the City's Capital Improvements Program in the Downtown
Refinement Plan for the urban renewal plan area.
· The urban renewal plan will develop the opportunity areas along the Mill
PondlRace, currently without suitable streets, public access or infrastructure for
tourism, mixed commercial-residential, or other major development by providing
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urban standard roads, supportive urban services and utilities, area-wide storm
drainage systems, and allowing public access and protection of the waterfront
areas.
The public and private investments made in the urban renewal area are likely to
encourage new investment in adjacent areas. The value thus created can not be
quantified, but observation of renewal programs around the state indicates that there are
spillover investment effects from a successful renewal program. There are other positive
effects of a renewal program that do not lend themselves easily to quantification, for they
are quality of life issues. Maintaining Main Street and South A as the primary arteries of
the area, improving housing, expanding cultural, and shopping opportunities within the
area, and improving the appearance of downtown, all have value to this area's sense of
community. In fact, these qualities have been expressed as important community values
and directly influenced creation of this renewal plan and its projects.
The expenditure of tax increment funds is expected to produce new property values for
the City of Springfield. The renewal project is estimated to be completed by the year
2027. During that period, property values in the renewal area are expected to increase by
approximately $322 million. At current property tax rates, the new property values
anticipated in the renewal area will contribute over $4.3 million in property tax revenues
in the first year after the project is ended. Of that revenue, approximately $1.5 million
will return to the City of Springfield. That property tax revenue will continue to grow
thereafter as a result of increases in annual assessments.
300. REASONS FOR SELECTING THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA
The Urban. Renewal Plan Area was selected based on Downtown Refinement Plan and
the Eugene Springfield Metro Area General Plan goals, objectives, and policies and on
the existence of blighting conditions within the area. The project area evidences the
following characteristics of blight:
. A lack of proper utilization of land planned for tax producing purposes.
. Deficiencies in streets, curb, sidewalk, water and sewer services in the project
area.
. Deficiencies in public recreation and open space opportunities.
. Poor visual and aesthetic conditions, contributing to a low level of investment in
the project area.
. Poor building conditions in the project area.
. A prevalence oflow values and lack of investment in the project area, and
reduced tax receipts resulting there from.
Conditions within the Renewal Area exist and satisfY the definitions of blight in ORS
457.010. Treating and curing these conditions are reasons for selecting this renewal
area.
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400. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND
EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
RENEW ALAREA
I. Streets will be improved throughout the renewal area.
2. Infrastructure and utilities will be improved in the renewal area.
3. Improvements to parks, public buildings, and open spaces will treat deficiencies
in those areas.
4. Parking improvements will make it easier for tourists and visitors to shop, or
take advantage of recreational opportunities, thereby encouraging expenditures
and new investments in the area.
5. Streetscape activities will improve the visual appearance of the area, and provide
a better climate for new investment in the project area.
6. Assistance for rehabilitation and new development will attract new investment
to the area, and improve the building conditions and blighted appearance of the
area.
7. Administration and planning activities will assure the plan is carried out
effectively and in conformance with applicable managerial and fiscal
requirements.
500. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF PLAN
500A. ESTIMATED PROJECT COST AND REVENUE SOURCES
Table 6 shows the estimated total costs of the Downtown Urban Renewal Project.
These costs are the total anticipated costs, allowing for 5% inflation during the life of
the project.
The principal method of funding the project share of costs will be through use of tax
increment financing as authorized by ORS 457. Revenues are obtained from
anticipated urban renewal bond proceeds and the proceeds of short term urban renewal
notes.
Table 6 shows that the total costs of project activities to the Urban Renewal Agency are
estimated at $25,020,000 in 2007 dollars. A 5% annual inflation is assumed for the
project costs. The Maximum Indebtedness authorized under this plan is $43,010,000.
This amount is the principle of such indebtedness and does not include interest or
indebtedness incurred to refund or refinance such indebtedness.
The capacity for urban renewal bonds is based on projections of urban renewal
revenues. Anticipated annual revenues are shown in Table 7 of this Report. Table 7
anticipates there will be 6 long-term bond issues during the life of the plan. Bonds will
be issued as revenues, project requirements, and overall bond market conditions dictate.
In addition, the Renewal Agency will apply for, and make use of funding from other
federal, state, local, or private sources as such funds become available.
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Table 6. Proposed Downtown Urban Renewal Projects
Augusl31. 2007: Estimated Costs and Complelion Dates
Proiect
A. ~trH't C"'r~ru('tw-n ar.l'I [:i.r(' ('llllItinf\lmprnv,.menh
South A & Mam SlTeet CouP et hf~m and ConstructIqp
Nonh A "Civic Street" Curb and S ~'\W IrpDrovemenls
Do}VllJ~wn District Pedestrian leve!' ei Lid11in~
Pedestrian Corridor Imorovements
R '.rrn'fru3urfand Utili!ifS l"Jno;..ov'lments
Uulllv Uir.Je~ undlm~ and/or l\.e:1ocatlon PrOJects
Stonnwa er Sys em mDTOvemenls
c. Puhlit: FJI("ilitie,
SDrindield LibJVY Building
~wntown Parking Slructure
wntown Off-Street Surface Parkinlit Construction and Rehabilitation
t Public Art
Is;] PJ Facilities Ullvaflj,:S and Exoansions (Includine: Parking)
Federall" QupJified Health Center
SP?inwfield Museum
Main Street Dual Use Parkinl!!Civic Plaza (Between Museum and Arts Center)
Public Performance Space Improvements
D. Park~. Ret'reation. Pefledrian llInd Rikt'! Corridors Jlnd Otht'!r Ampnitips
~wnfown Millrace Access, Restoration. and ImoJovements
wn own Parks ~'F}qvmenl f}d Imorovemenfs
wn own .F-f1I~~ . Gale~aY InlProvements
Down Own J1ub iell vate SIMaEe lmorovements
~treclt,Jpen Space Tree PrOgram
L~pradH to Fir~ ProtN'tioo Rod F.mpr&.fn('v R~~nonse SYStem
rFifCStation Relocation
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F. RHtevplonmpnt orComm~rdat ResidrntiaL Inrludrial- et('. ThroutID
New Convnlctif)n
Downtown R.edevelooment Assislance PrOlU'am (New Construction)
G. prr:spry'''.I'J~' R.rhahilit$lltion. and[on'loervation
~wn own IlUl 2 FaCa<\'J"lPl'IJtI'lfPI 'J""f1""
. 'fVO .0\)11 Resto. ion and ehabi itauon ~und
I Islone Vrescrva Ion
1-1. Property Al'Quisition and DisDosition
I. T~('hni(,JlI, Finan('isl anrl n~if'n Plan(,l
J. P};o", Art!"ini,!rll!io!,
sla..tlT"ng and ~upoort Services
K. Proip('f (rlps'" Rf'QlJirin~ Exnansion of Current Boundaries
South Mill PondlRace Annexations (Improvements may be made without annexation or
boundarv exoansion if outlined in Plan and 8Doroved by Lane COlmly)
TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS
Note: Cost estimates are in 2007 dollars.
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Expected
Completion SEOA Share
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51.300.000
5500.000
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53. .
525.000
5500.000
51.000.000
5150.000
5100.000
575.000
5250.000
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5500.000 I
550.000 I
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550.000
$25.020.000
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500B. ANTICIPATED START & FINISH DATES OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES
The project activities shown in Table 6 will begin in 2008. The sequencing and
prioritization of individual project activities shown in Table 6 will be done by SEDA
and any citizen advisory bodies that SEDA calls upon to assist in this process. The
priority of projects and annual funding will be as established in the annual budget
process. Completion dates for individual activities may be affected by changes to local
economic and market conditions, changes in the availability of tax increment funds, and
changes in priorities for carrying out project activities, especially with public partners
like Willamalane Parks District, School District 19, Lane County, the Oregon
Department of Transportation and others.
It is estimated that all activities proposed in this plan will be completed and project
indebtedness paid off by 2027. At that time, the tax increment provisions of this plan
can be ended.
500C. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND YEAR OF DEBT RETIREMENT
It is estimated that the Downtown urban renewal district will collect tax increment
revenue between the years 2008 and 2027. It is estimated that the district will produce
$46.19 million in tax increment receipts in that period. These funds will be utilized to
finance project activities and pay debt service costs, including interest, associated with
undertaking these project activities.
It is anticipated that available project revenues and funds accumulated in a special fund
for debt redemption will be sufficient to retire outstanding bonded indebtedness in the
year 2028 and terminate the tax increment financing provisions of the project. After all
project debt is retired and the project closed out, it is estimated that there will be surplus
tax increment funds. These funds will be distributed to taxing bodies affected by this
plan, as provided in ORS 457.
Table 7 of this Report shows the anticipated tax increment receipts for each year of the
project and the use of those receipts. Table 7 follows on the next pages.
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Table 7. Cash Flow Table Relating to $25.02 Million in Project
Expenditures - 2008 to 2013
Resources and Requirements
a. Resources 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Beginning Balance 0 $2,435 $29,305 $56,863 $186,363
Resources
A. Tax increment Revcnue 37,064 272,008 522,334 573,762 889,086
B. Bond Proceeds
long term $0 $1,635,784 $0 $0 $3,635,076
C. Interest $371 $19,078 $5,223 $5,738 $45.242
Total Resources $37,435 $1,929,305 $556,863 $636,363 $4,755,766
b. Project Requircments
To Long term Debt Service $0 $225,000 $225,000 $225,000 $725,000
Projects funded long and short
debt $35,000 $1,675,000 $275,000 $225,000 $3,800,000
Total, projects and Debt Service $35,000 $1,900,000 $500,000 $450,000 $4,525,000
Endinl! Balance $2,435 $29,305 $56,863 $186,363 $230.766
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Table 7 Cont. Cash Flow Table Relating to $25.02 Million in Project
Expenditures - 2013 to 2018
Resourccs and Requiremcnts
a. Rcsourccs 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Bcginning Balance $230,766 $272,541 $289,337 $322,526 $356,731
Resourccs
A. Tax incremcnt Revenuc 1,353,242 1,427,521 2,235,830 2,596,861 2,911,120
B. Bond Procecds
long tcrm $0 $0 $0 $10,299,381 $0
C. Intcrest $13,532 $14,275 $22,358 $128,962 $29,111
Total Resourccs $1,597,541 $1,714,337 $2,547,526 $13,347,731 $3,296,962
b. Projcct Requirements
To Long term Debt Service $725,000 $725,000 $725,000 $2,141,000 $2,141,000
Projects funded long and
short debt $600,000 $700,000 $1,500,000 $10,850,000 $750,000
Total, projects and Debt
Service $1,325,000 $1,425,000 $2,225,000 $12,991,000 $2,891,000
Endinl!: Balance $272,541 $289,337 $322,526 $356,731 $405,962
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Table 7 Cont. Cash Flow Table Relating to $25.02 Million in Project
Expenditures - 2018 to 2023
Resources and Requirements
a. Resources 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Beginning Balance $405,962 $448,484 $512,551 $547,011 $585,250
Resources
A. Tax increment Revenue 3,028,240 3,148,581 3,469,092 3,601,556 3,737,663
B. Bond Proceeds
long term $0 $0 $3,346,545 $0 $0
C. Interest $30,282 $31,486 $68,156 $36,016 $37,377
Total Resources $3,464,484 $3,628,551 $7,396,344 $4,184,583 $4,360,289
b. Project Requirements
To Long term Debt Service $1,916,000 $1,916,000 $2,749,333 $2,249,333 $2,249,333
Projects funded long and short
debt $1,100,000 $1,200,000 $4,100,000 $1,350,000 $1,450,000
Total, projects and Debt
Service $3,016,000 $3,116,000 $6,849,333 $3,599,333 $3,699,333
Ending Balancc $448,484 $512,551 $547,011 $585,250 $660,956
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Table 7 Cont Cash Flow Table Relating to $25.02 Million in Project
Expenditures - 2023 to 2027
Resources and Requirements
a. Resources 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27
Beginning Balance $660,956 $227,911 $343,623 $354,167
Resources
A. Tax increment Revenue 3,877,513 4,021,209 4,168,856 4,320,564
B. Bond Proceeds
long term $0 $5,020,090 $0 $0
C. Interest $38,775 $90,413 $41,689 $43,206
Total Resources $4,577,244 $9,359,623 $4,554,167 $4,717,936
b. Project Requirements
To Long term Debt Service $2,249,333 $3,416,000 $2,000,000 $0
Projects funded long and short
debt $2, I 00,000 $5,600,000 $2,200,000 $3,500,000
Total, projects and Debt
Service $4,349,333 $9,016,000 $4,200,000 $3,500,000
Ending Balance $227,911 $343,623 $354,167 $1,217,936
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500D. IMPACT OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
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The passage of Ballot Measure 50 (BM50) has changed Oregon's property tax system,
and the impacts of urban renewal on taxpayers, and other taxing bodies. Prior to BM50,
collection of tax increment revenues for a renewal agency resulted in an increase in the
taxpayer's property tax rate. Taxing bodies suffered no revenue losses, unless there was
overall compression of property tax revenues.
Revenues Foregone by Affected Taxing Bodies
Table 8 shows the anticipated cumulative incremental values in the Renewal Area over
the life of the Plan and the anticipated property tax revenues foregone as a result of taxing
bodies not being able to apply their permanent BM50 tax rates to those values.
Present Value of Revenues Foregonc
Table 8, the revenues foregone, provides a Present Value calculation of the revenue
foregone over a twenty year period. In this calculation, the annual revenues foregone by
the taxing bodies are discounted by 3.5%. That produces a lower, realistic picture of the
present day revenues that might be foregone by the taxing bodies over the life of the plan.
Two additional notes should be made about revenues foregone by affected taxing bodies.
One, Tables 8 and 9 both assume that all the new values in the Downtown Renewal Area
would occur, even without the investment of urban renewal funds. It is more realistic to
assume that the public expenditures on renewal activities will have some effect on the
growth of values within the urban renewal area. If one makes that assumption, some of
the values which are used to calculate revenue foregone would not materialize at all.
This assumption is not made, here, but if it were used, it would further reduce the
revenues foregone by the affected taxing bodies.
Two, some will look at the total revenues foregone, and assume that the total shown is
lost immediately. As the revenue foregone tables show, these,revenues are foregone
annuallv. over an extended period of time, not all at once. Given the size of the total
budgets of the taxing bodies, the annual revenues foregone usually represent only a minor
percentage of their total budgets.
Impact on Schools
School and ESD revenue foregone is replaced dollar-for-dollar by State funds, and does
not affect per student funding
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Financial Impact of Plan after Indebtedness is Repaid,
When all the projects contained in the Urban Renewal Plan are completed, an estimated
$321. 7 million in assessed values will be placed back on the tax roll. In the following
year, property tax revenues generated by those values are estimated to be approximately
$4.32 million.
The tax impact on each of the overlapping taxing bodies is shown in Tables on the
following pages.
Table 8. Taxes Foregone by Affected Taxing Bodies
Draft Plan - $25.02 Million in 2007 cost
Estimated Revenue foregone 19 Year Period
Will Park &
lane Countv Sofld Rec S019 ESO LCe
Tax rate Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate
1.2726 4.7203 1.9647 4.6412 0.2233 0.6165-1
Cumulative New
Incremental Foregone On Foregone On Foregone On Foregone On Foregone On Foregone On
Year Values in area New Values New Values New Values New Values New Values New Values
20081 $2,759,801 1 $3,512 $13,027 $5.422 $12,809 $616 $1,701
20091 $20,253,797 1 $25,775 $95,604 $39,793 $94,002 $4,523 $12.486
201~ I $38.893,078 1 $49.495 $183,587 $76.413 $180,511 $8,685 $23,978
2011 $42,722.439 1 $54,369 $201,663 1 $83,937 $198,283 $9,540 $26,338
2012 1 $66,201,5071 $94,248 $312.491 1 $130,066 $307,254 $14,783 $40,813
20131 $100,762,650 $128.231 $475,630 I $197.968 $467,660 $22,500 1 $62.120
2014 1 $106,293.424 1 $135,269 $501,737 I $208,835 $493,329 $23,735 1 $65,530
20151 $166.460,294 1 $211,863 $785,837 I $327,084 $772,668 $37,175 I $102,835
20161 $193,362,704 I $246.D73 $912,730 I $379,900 $897.435 $43,178 I $119,208
20171 $216,762.479 I $275,852 $1,023,184 I $425,873 I $1,006,038 $48.403 I $133,834
20181 $225.483,249 1 $286,950 $1,064,349 I $443,007 1 $1,046,513 $50,350 I $139,010
2019 I $234,443.839 I $298,353 $1,106,845 I $460,612 I $1,088.101 $52,351 $144,535
2020 I $258,309,146 I $328,724 $1,219,297 I $507,500 1 $1,198,864 $57,660 $159,248
2021 I $268,172,449 I $341,276 $1,265,854 I $526,878 I $1,244,642 $59,883 $165.328
2022 I $278,306,993 I $354.173 $1.313.692 I $546,790 I $1.291.678 $62.146 $171,576
20231 $288,720.236 I $367.425 $1,362,846 I $567,249 I $1,340.008 $64.471 $177,996
2024 1 $299.419,844 I $381,042 $1.413,351 I $588,270 I $1,389,667 $66,860 $184,592
20251 $310.413,691 I $395,032 $1.465.2461 $609,870 I $1,440,692 $69,315 I $191,370
20261 $321,709,869 I $409.408 $1,518,567 $632,063 I $1.493,120 $71,838 I $198,334
Total $3,967,663 $14,716,770 $6,125,466 $14,470,155 $696,196 $1,922,100
PV @3.5% $2,388,675 $10,438,743 $4,344,850 $10,263,816 $493,818 $1,363,364
Note: School and ESO revenue foregone is replaced dollar-for-dollar by State funds, and does not affect per student
funding.
PV = Present value of the revenue foregone. This adjusts future dollars to 2007 dollar totals.
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Table 8 in Sectiori 500 of this Report to the Plan shows the estimated costs of project
activities at $25.02 million. Table 9 provides additional details pertaining to how costs
were estimated. The principal source of revenue to carry out project activities will be
annual tax increment revenues of the Renewal Agency. Anticipated tax increment
revenues are shown in Table 8. The tax increment revenues shown in Table 8 are based
on the following assumptions:
The revenues shown in Table 8 are expected to be sufficient to carry out all project
activities currently shown on the Urban Renewal Plan, and to retire project indebtedness
within a 2 I-year period. It is financially feasible to carry out the Urban Renewal Plan for
the Downtown Urban Renewal Area.
600. RELOCATION
600A. PROPERTIES REQUIRING RELOCATION
No relocation is anticipated at the adoption of this plan.
600B. RELOCATION METHODS
If in the implementation of this Plan, persons or businesses should be displaced by action
of the SEDA, the Agency shall, as required by law, provide assistance to such persons or
businesses to be displaced. Such people and businesses displaced will be contacted to
determine their individual relocation needs. As required, they will be provided
information on available space and will be given assistance in moving. All relocation
activities will be undertaken and payments made in accordance with the requirements of
ORS 281.045 - 281.105 and any other applicable laws or regulations. Relocation
payments will be made as provided in ORS 281.060.
600C. HOUSING COST ENUMERATION
The Downtown Urban Renewal Plan does not anticipate removing existing housing units.
New housing is expected to be developed in the mixed use zones of the Urban Renewal
Plan Area. A portion of units are expected to be rental housing units for low- to
moderate-income residents. In addition, private development may build upwards
(allowed under existing plan designations and zoning and at an average density of 15
units per acre). These would likely be priced for sale or rent to upper middle and upper
income households as described in recent housing market analyses. .
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Proposal to form the Springfield Downtown Urban Renewal District
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I. Executive Summary
ORS 457.085(4) states, "An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to
the planning commission of the municipality for recommendations, prior to presenting the plan to
the governing body of the municipality for approval under ORS 457.095." The statute does not
provide specific criteria for the Commission to use in evaluating the Draft Downtown Urban
Renewal Plan (plan) or the Draft Downtown Urban Renewal Report (Report). ORS 457.095 does
list certain determinations and [mdings that must be included in the adopting ordinance that will
be acted upon by the City Council. These determinations and findings must conclude:
1. The urban renewal area is blighted;
2. The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health,
safety or welfare of the municipality;
3. The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic
development plan, ifany, of the municipality as a whole and provides an outline
for accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan proposes;
4. Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means
in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly
or disabled individuals, without displacing on priority lists persons already
waiting for existing federally subsidized housing;
5. If acquisition of real property is provided for, that it is necessary;
6. Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and
feasible; and
7. The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the
urban renewal plan. .
Staffhas reviewed the Plan and Report with respect to the elements found in ORS
457.495 and concludes that they provide a sufficient basis for the City Council to make
the determinations and findings found in the statute.
n. Procedural Requirements
ORS 457.095 does not specify notice requirements or other procedural requirements for
the Planning Commission review of the urban renewal plan and report. The statute does
not even require that the Planning Commission review include a public hearing. A public
hearing is required by the statute as part of the City Council's review and adoption
proceedings. .
The Planning Commission, in its capacity as the Committee for Citizen Involvement,
reviewed and approved a citizen participation program that included opportunities for the
public to comment on the urban renewal plan. Outreach for public involvement in
advance of the October 2nd, Planning Commission hearing has included:
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A direct mailing to all p.up....;j owners and residents in the urban renewal district
describing urban renewal and inviting them to the "Town Hall" meeting on
September 20.
Two "Town Hall" meetings that were publicized with display ads in the Register
Guard (August 7, September 20). Handouts were distributed at these meetings
highlighting the Planning Commission hearing on October 2 and other
opportunities to comment on the Plan.
Placing of information about the Plan and Report on the City website and the
Planning Division website.
Meetings with the staff and elected bodies of the affected taxing bodies within the
district.
Presentations to the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and other community
organizations. Handouts were distributed at these meetings highlighting the
Planning Commission hearing on October 2 and other opportunities to comment
on the Plan.
Media stories in the Register Guard and Springfield Beacon.
Display ad in the Register Guard, publicizing the Planning Commission hearing
on October 2.
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ill. Determinations and Findings Specified by ORS 457.095
1. The urban renewal area is blighted;
Addressing blight is central to the purpose of urban renewal districts. The Oregon
Revised Statutes (ORS 457.010) defines "blight" as follows (underlining is added for
emphasis, and numeration is added for clarity):
"Blighted areas mean areas which, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning,
inadequate or improper facilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe
structures, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to the safety,
health or welfare of the community. A blighted area is characterized by the
existence of one or more of the following conditions:
1. The existence of buildings and structures, used or intended to be used for
living, commercial, industrial or other purposes, or any combination of those uses,
which are unfit or unsafe to occupy for those purposes because of anyone or a
combination of the following conditions:
a) Defective design and quality of physical construction;
b) Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing;
c) C "...~. ~ ... ding and a high density of population;
d) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces and
recreation facilities;
e) Obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character or shifting of
uses; .
f) An economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse of t'. "t'oo~; resulting from
faulty planning;
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g) The division or subdivision and sale of 1" ut'..;j or lots of irregular fonn
and shape and inadequate size or dimensions for t"~t'~..j usefulness and
development; and
h) The laying out of t',ut'-,;j or lots in disregard of contours, drainage and
other physical characteristics of the terrain and surrounding conditions;
2. The ~xistence of inadequate streets and other rights-of-way, open spaces and
utilities;
3. The existence of 1" ut'~,.j or lots or other areas which are subject to inundation
by water;
4. A prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments and social and
economic maladjustments to such an extent that the capacity to pay taxes is
reduced and tax receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services rendered;
5. A growing or total lack of t'.ut'~, utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant
and unproductive condition ofIand potentially useful and valuable for
contributing to the public health. safety, and welfare; or
6. A loss of population and reduction of 1" ut'~, utilization of the area, resulting in
its further deterioration and added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new
public facilities and services elsewhere. n
Note that it is not necessary for each of the cited conditions to be present in the renewal
area, or that these conditions are prevalent in each and every sector of the urban renewal
area.
Findings:
1. A survey of buildings in the downtown core area in 2004 revealed that 59% of
downtown structures fit the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
(HUD) criteria for blight. This is significantly higher than the threshold required
to qualify for HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
designation as a blighted area. The condition of some of these t',uy~,;':es may
make it economically infeasible to rehabilitate or repair them. As a result, HUD
"t'y.u led the designation of the downtown as a blighted area, enabling the area to
qualify for special assistance under the CDBG program.
2. Recognition of blighted conditions within the downtown area goes back to the
early 1980's. The 1984 "Downtown Tomorrow" report of the Springfield
Downtown Commission, opens with this observation of conditions in the
Downtown: "Downtown Springfield has needed revitalization for a long time.
The jumbled mix of signs, vacant buildings, ragged patches of landscaping,
crumbling sidewalks, and heavy vehicle through-traffic vividly portray a lack of
care and a message of neglect. "
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3. A windshield survey of the urban renewal area in 2007 shows the urban renewal
area contains buildings in various states of disrepair including residential
properties (along South Mill and South 18lb); commercial p.up...;;es (along Main
Street and South A); and industrial p.up....:es (along South Mill). These buildings
show evidence of extensive deterioration of roofing, siding, foundations, steps,
and exterior trim. Repairing and maintaining downtown buildings is essential for
the recovery of any historic district.
4. High vacancy rates and tenant turn-over have characterized the urban renewal
area. Commercial lease rates today remain low compared to the remainder of the
Eugene-Springfield market. This has made it difficult for property owners to
maintain existing buildings and has worked against privately financed
rehabilitation and redevelopment. This has contributed to the continuing
deterioration and blight conditions in the downtown area.
2. The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health,
safety or welfare of the municipality;
Findings:
5. ORS 457.010(5) links blight conditions such as the "lack of .."".....
utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition ofland" to
public health, safety, and the welfare of the municipality. By this
definition, remediation of blight promotes public health, safety and the
welfare of the community.
6. The Plan and Report document the existence of blight in the urban renewal
area. These documents also outline projects and expenditures that use
redevelopment and rehabilitation to remove blight from the area.
3. The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic
development plan, if any, of the municipality as a whole and provides an outline for
accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan proposes;
The Eugene Springfield M..:"upulitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the
comprehensive plan guiding Springfield's development. The Metro Plan includes an
"Economic Element" that describes policies for economic development. The Downtown
Refinement Plan is a more detailed description of comprehensive plan policies for the
Downtown area. It also contains an "Economic Element." The City has no adopted
Economic Plan document.
Policies found in the Metro Plan and Downtown Refinement Plan support efforts to keep
the centra! business districts healthy and Sloppu. ~ using a variety of public financing
mechanisms to help in those efforts.
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Findings:
7. The Metro Plan, Economic Element Policy B.14, states: Continue efforts to keep
the Eugene and Springfield central business districts as vital centers of the
metropolitan area
8. The Downtown Refinement Plan, Economic Element Policy 3, states: The City
shall maintain a variety of strategies and funding sources as incentives to
development and redevelopment of the Downtown. lbis should include, but not
be limited to: State Revolving Loan Funds; Industrial Development Revenue
Bonds; Oregon Business Development Fund; state lottery funds; CDBG grants
and loan programs; tax increment financing; local improvement districts;
economic improvement districts; and, special assessment districts.
Appendix 2 of the Plan contains numerous references to the Metro Plan, Downtown
Refinement Plan and other planning documents that support many of the individual
projects described in the Plan.
4. Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means
in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly or
disabled individuals, without displacing on priority lists persons already waiting for
existingfederally subsidized housing;
Finding:
9. The Plan and Report do not specify projects that would require relocation of
persons. Section 1200 of the Plan (pg. 23) describes how the issue would be
handled should relocation of individuals be required. Section 1200 states:
"To the extent required by law, SEDA will provide relocation assistance to all
persons or businesses displaced temporarily or permanently by project activities.
As required, those displaced will be given assistance in finding replacement
y.vy".;;es. As required, all persons or businesses which may be displaced will be
contacted to determine specific relocation needs and will be provided
information on available housing or commerciaVindustrial property as may be
applicable, and will be given assistance in moving. All relocation activities will be
undertaken and payments made in accordance with the requirements of ORS
281.045-281.1 05 and any other applicable laws or regulations.
Relocation payments will be made as provided in ORS 281.060. Payments made
to persons displaced from dwellings will assure that they will have available to
them decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings at costs or rents within their financial
reach. As required, payment for moving expenses will be made to residents and
businesses displaced: SEDA may contract with Oregon D"y...;....ent of
Transportation or other parties to help administer its relocation program."
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5. If acquisition of real property is provided for, that it is necessary;
The Plan does not specifY any t'.vt'....;/ acquisitions and does not allocate revenues for
property acquisition. The Plan reserves the right to acquire property, if needed, under the
procedures detailed in Section 700 of the Plan.
6. Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and
feasible; and
Charles Kupper, a consultant hired to assist the City with the preparation of the Plan and
the Report has used data from the city and from the Lane Assessor's Office to complete
the Tables 7, 8, and 9 in the Report (pages 21-27). These tables estimate cash flow,
project revenues, project costs and the taxes foregone by taxing bodies over the life of the
Plan.
Section 500 of the Report provides a financial analysis of the Plan. The maximum
allowable debt under the t'.vt'vsed 25 million dollar project budget is 43,010,000. The
Plan balances the project costs and debt load with reasonable estimates of revenues
(Table 7). The balance achieved demonstrated the general feasibility of the Plan.
Actual project spending will depend on tangible revenues or resources available at the
time of project initiation.
7. The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the
urban renewal plan.
The Plan lists categories of spending (Report Table 9, pg. 27) as well as specific projects.
Spending will be restricted these categories and to the 25 million dollars in project costs
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and the associated maximum indebtedness. Spending is generally limited to projects
within the urban renewal boundaries and to the 25 million dollars in project costs listed in
the Plan. Any significant amendment to the district boundary or to the 25 million dollar
figure will require voter approval.
Conclusion and Recommendation
The findings and determinations contained in this ....t'u.; demonstrate that the Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan and Report provide a sufficient basis for the City Council to make
the required findings found in ORS 457.095. Staff recommends that the Planning
Commission forward a recommendation to the City Council "t't"v ling the Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan.
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2005 EDITION
URBAN RENEWAL
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
GENERAL PROVISIONS
457.010 Definitions
457.020 Declaration of necessity and purpose
457.025 Powers supplemental to other laws
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES; PLANS; ACTIVITIES
457.035 Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; jurisdiction
457.045 Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency's powers
457.055 Transfer of agency powers
457.065 Advisory board for housing authority acting as urban renewal agency
457.075 Termination of urban renewal agency
457.085 Urban renewal plan requirements; accompanying ....l'u..; contents; approval required
457.095 Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice
457.105 Approval of plan by other municipalities
457.115 Manner of newspaper notice
457.120 When additional notice required; to whom sent; content; notice by publication
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457.125 Recording of plan upon approval
457.135 Conclusive presumption of plan validity
457.160 Exception to plan requirements for disaster areas
457.170 Urban renewal agency's powers in planning or undertaking an urban renewal project
457.180 Powers of urban renewal agencies in general
457.190 Acquisition of funds by urban renewal agency; maximum amount ofindebtedoess
Note Bonded indebtedoess if project agreed to prior to S../....~ber 29,1991-1991 c.459 ~335e
457.210 Applicability of housing cooperation law to urban renewal projects; delegation of powers and functions
457.220 Plan amendment; limit on additional land
457.230 Disposition ofIand in urban renewal project; determination of value; obligations of purchaser or lessee;
recordation
457.240 Tax status ofIand leased under an urban renewal plan
457.320 Municipal assistance under plan; assumption by agency of general obligation bond payments of
municipality
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OF URBAN RENEWAL INDEBTEDNESS
457.420 Plan may provide for division of property taxes; limits on land area
457.430 Certification of assessed value of property in urban renewal area; amendment
457.435 Property tax collection methods for existing plans; special levies
457.437 Consultation with municipalities; resolution requirements
457.440 Computation of amounts to be raised from property taxes; notice; rules
457.450 Notice to tax assessor; provision for debt retirement; distribution of remaining tax increment funds
457.460 Financial report required for agency; contents; notice
GENERAL PROVISIONS
457.010 Defmitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Blighted areas" means areas that, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning, inadequate or l......t'.v.t'tT
facilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe structures, or any combination of these factors, are
detrimental to the safety, health or welfare of the community. A blighted area is characterized by the existence of one
or more of the following conditions:
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other purposes, or any combination of those uses, that are unfit or unsafe to occupy for those purposes because of any
one or a combination of the following conditions:
(A) Defective design and quality of physical construction;
(B) Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing;
(C) (h...~.v.vding and a high density of population;
(0) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces and recreation facilities; or
(E) Obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character or shifting of uses; .
(b) An economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse of ....v......:! resulting from faulty planning;
(c) The division or subdivision and sale of ....v......:; or lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size or
dimensions for property usefulness and development;
(d) The laying out of property or lots in disregard of contours, drainage and other physical characteristics of the
terrain and surrounding conditions;
( e) The existence of inadequate streets and other rights of way, open spaces and utilities;
(f) The existence of property or lots or other areasthat are subject to inundation by water;
(g) A prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments and social and economic maladjustments to such an
extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced and tax receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services
rendered;
(h) A growing or total lack of proper utilization of areas, resulting in a stainant and unproductive condition of
land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to the public health, safety and welfare; or
(i) A loss of population and reduction of proper utilization of the area, resulting in its further deterioration and
added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere.
(2) "Certified statement" means the statement .........'-..rl and filed pursuant to ORS 457.430 or an amendment to
the certified statement prepared and flied pursuant to ORS 457.430.
(3) "City" means any incv....v."ted city.
(4) "Consolidated billing tax rate" means:
(a) If the urban renewal plan is an existing urban renewal plan (other than an existing urban renewal plan
designated as an Option Three plan under ORS 457.435 (2)(c)) or an urban renewal plan adopted on or after October
6, 200 I, the total of all district tax rates used to extend taxes after any adjustment to reflect tax offsets under ORS
310.105, but does not include any rate derived from: .
(A) Any urban renewal special levy under ORS 457.435;
(B) A local option tax, as defined in ORS 280.040, that is approved by taxing district electors after October 6,
2001; or
(C) A tax pledged to repay exempt bonded indebtedness (other than exempt bonded indebtedness used to fund
local government pension and disability plan obligations that, until funded by the exempt bonded indebtedness, were
described in section 11 (5), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution), as defined in ORS 310.140, that is ""'1" v led by
taxing district electors after October 6, 2001; and
(b) In the case of all other urban renewal plans, the total of all district ad valorem l"v......:; tax rates used to
extend taxes after any adjustments to reflect tax offsets under ORS 310.105, except that "consolidated billing tax
rate" does not include any urban renewal special levy rate under ORS 457.435.
(5)(a) "Existing urban renewal plan" means an urban renewal plan that provides for a division of ad valorem
....vp...:; taxes as described under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 adopted by ordinance before December 6,1996, that:
. (A) Except for an amendment made on account ofORS 457.190 (3) and subject to paragraph (b) of this
subsection, is not changed by substantial amendment, as described in ORS 457.085 (2)(i)(A) or (B), on or after
December 6,1996; and
(B) For tax years beginning on or after July I, 1998, includes the limit on indebtedness as described in ORS
457.190 (3).
(b) If, on or after July I, 1998, the maximum limit on indebtedness (adopted by ordinance :-..Iv... July I, 1998,
pursuant to ORS 457.190) of an existing urban renewal plan is changed by substantial amendment, then
"indebtedness issued or incurred to carry out the existing urban renewal plan" for purposes of ORS 457.435 includes
only the indebtedness within the indebtedness limit adopted by ordinance under ORS 457.190 (3)(c) before July I,
1998.
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(6) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year commencing on July I and closing on June 30.
(7) "Governing body of a municipality" means, in the case of a city, the common council or other legislative
body thereof, and, in the case of a county, the board of county commissioners or other legislative body thereof.
(8) "Housing authority" or "authority" means any housing authority established pursuant to the Housing .
Authorities Law.
(9) "Increment" means that part of the assessed value ofa taxing district attributable to any increase in the
assessed value of the property located in an urban renewal area, or portion thereof, over the assessed value specified
in the certified statement.
(10) "Maximum indebtedness" means the amount of the principal of indebtedness included in a plan pursuant to
ORS 457.190 and does not include indebtedness incurred to refund or refinance existing indebtedness.
(II) "Municipality" means any county or any city in this state. "The municipality" means the municipality for
which a particular urban renewal agency is created.
(12) "Taxing body" or "taxing district" means the state, city, county or any other taxing unit which has the power
to levy a tax.
(13) "Urban renewal agency" or "agency" means an urban renewal agency created under ORS 457.035 and
457.045.
(14) "Urban renewal area" means a blighted area included in an urban renewal plan or an area included in an
urban renewal plan under ORS 457.160.
(15) "Urban renewal project" or "project" means any work or undertaking carried out under ORS 457.170 in an
urban renewal area
(16) "Urban renewal plan" or "plan" means a plan, as it exists or is changed or modified from time to time for
one or more urban renewal areas, as provided in ORS 457.085, 457.095, 457.105, 457.115, 457.120, 457.125,
457.135 and 457.220. [Amended by 1957 c.456 gl; 1969 c.225 gl; 1979 c.621 glO; 1991 c.67 g128; 1991 c.459
9330; 1997 c.541 9442; 1999 c.21 976; 1999 c.579 925; 2001 c.477 91; 2003 c.621 9106]
457.020 Declaration of necessity and purpose. It hereby is found and declared:
(1) That there exist within the state blighted areas.
(2) That such areas impair economic values and tax revenues.
(3) That such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health,
safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and that these conditions necessitate excessive and
disproportionate ...".,.....ditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health, safety and
welfare, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities.
(4) That certain blighted areas may require acquisition and clearance since the prevailing condition of decay may
make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions thereof
may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such manner that the conditions and evils mentioned in
subsections (I), (2) and (3) of this section may be eliminated, remedied or prevented and that such areas should, if
possible, be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action and the cooperation and voluntary action
of the owners and tenants of .,.u.,....;; in such areas.
(5) That the acquisition, conservation, rehabilitation, redevelopment, clearance, replanning and .,.....,""..;;on for
rebuilding of these areas, and the prevention or the reduction of blight and its causes, are public uses and purposes
for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern.
(6) That there are also certain areas where the condition of the title, the diverse ownership of the land to be
assembled, the street or lot layouts or other conditions prevent a .,. v.,.... development of the land, and that it is in the
public interest that such areas, as well as blighted areas, be acquired by eminent domain and made available for
sound and wholesome development in accordance with a redevelopment or urban renewal plan, and that the exercise
of the power of eminent domain and the financing of the acquisition and preparation of land by a public agency for
such redevelopment or urban renewal is likewise a public use and purpose.
(7) That redevelopment and urban. renewal activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely
correlated with general economic activity; that undertakings authorized by this chapter will aid the production of
better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible
a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in maintaining full
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employment.
(8) 1bat the necessity in the public interest for this chapter is a matter oflegislative detennination. [Amended by
1957 c.456 g2; 1979 c.621 gllJ
457.025 Powers supplemental to other laws. The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and
supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. [Formerly 457.110]
457.030 [Amended by 1957 c.456 g18; repealed by 1979 c.621 g28]
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES; PLANS; ACTIVITIES
457.035 Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; jurisdiction. (1) In each
municipality, as defined in ORS 457.010, there hereby is created a public body Cv'jM..le and politic to be known as
the "urban renewal agency" of the municipality. However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers
until or unless the governing body of the municipality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist
in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the municipality and elects to
have the powers of an urban renewal agency exercised in any of the three ways provided in ORS 457.045.
(2) An urban renewal agency, upon activation under subsection (I) of this section, shall have authority to
exercise its powers within the same area of operation given a housing authority of the municipality under ORS
456.060. [Formerly 457.130]
457.040 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 g28]
457.045 Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency's powers. The governing body of a
municipality shall, in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.035, elect to have the powers of an urban renewal
agency under this chapter exercised in one of the following ways:
(1) By a housing authority of the municipality established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law in which case
the name of the body corporate and politic shall be the "housing authority and urban renewal agency" of the
municipality.
(2) By appointing a board or commission composed of not less than three members.
(3) By the governing body, itself, provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban
renewal agency shall be, and shall be considered, the act of the urban renewal agency only and not of the governing
body. [Formerly 457.140]
457.050 [Amended by 1953 c.230 g3; 1957 c.456 g19; repealed by 1979 c.621 g28J
457.055 Transfer of agency powers. At any time following adoption of the ordinance under ORS 457.035, or
for urban renewal agencies activated before October 3, 1979, at any time following adoption of a I'.vl'.... resolution or
ordinance of the governing body of the municipality, the governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance,
transfer the authority to exercise the powers of the urban renewal agency to any other body authorized to exercise
those powers under ORS 457.045. All duties and obligations of the urban renewal agency shall thereafter be assumed
by the body to which those powers are transferred. [1979 c.621 9 16 (enacted in lieu of 457.145)]
457.060 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 g28]
457.065 Advisory board for housing authority acting as urban renewal agency. For the purpose of
coordinating its activities and undertakings under this chapter with the needs and undertakings of other local
organizations and groups, a housing authority exercising the powers of an urban renewal agency under ORS 457.045
shall establish an advisory board consisting of the chairperson of the authority, who shall be chairperson of the
advisory board, and of sufficient members, to be appointed by the chairperson, to represent as far as practicable:
(1) The general public and consumers of housing.
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(2) General business interests.
(3) Real estate, building and home fInancing interests.
(4) Labor.
(5) Any official planning body in the locality.
(6) Church and welfare groups. [Formerly 457.100]
457.070 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.075 Termination of urban renewal agency. If the governing body ofa municipality which has an urban
renewal agency under ORS 457.035 finds that there no longer exists a need for an urban renewal agency in the
municipality, the governing body shall provide, by ordinance, for a termination of the agency and a transfer of the
agency's facilities, fIles and personnel to the municipality. The termination of an urban renewal agency shall not
affect any outstanding legal actions, contracts or obligations of the agency and the municipality shall be substituted
for the agency and, for the purpose of those legal actions, contracts Dr obligations, shall be considered a continuation
of the urban renewal agency and not a new entity. No urban renewal agency shall be terminated under this section
unless all indebtedness to which a portion of taxes is irrevocably pledged for payment under ORS 457.420 to
457.460 is fully paid. [1979 c.621 ~6; 1991 c.459 ~331; 1997 c.541 ~443]
457.080 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.085 Urban renewal plan requirements; accompanying report; contents; approval required. (1) An
urban renewal agency shall provide for public involvement in all stages in the development of an urban renewal plan.
(2) An urban renewal plan proposed by an urban renewal agency shall include all of the following: .
(a) A description of each urban renewal project to be undertaken.
(b) An outline for the development, redevelopment, improvements, land acquisition, demolition and removal of
structures, clearance, rehabilitation or conservation of the urban renewal areas of the plan. .
(c) A map and legal description of the urban renewal areas of the plan. .
(d) An explanation ofits relationship to definite local objectives regarding app.up.:ate land uses and improved
traffic, public transportation, public utilities, telecommunications utilities, recreational and community facilities and
other public improvements.
(e) An indication of proposed land uses, maximum densities and building requirements for each urban renewal
area
(f) A description of the methods to be used for the temporary or permanent relocation cifpersons living in, and
businesses situated in, the urban renewal area of the plan.
(g) An indication of which real property may be acquired and the anticipated disposition of said real property,
whether by retention, resale, lease or other legal use, together with an estimated time schedule for such acquisition
and disposition.
(h) If the plan provides for a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.420 to 457.460, the maximum amount
of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan.
(i) A description of what types of possible future amendments to the plan are substantial amendments and require
the same notice, hearing and approval procedure required of the original plan under ORS 457.095 as provided in
ORS 457.220, including but not limited to amendments:
(A) Adding land to the urban renewal area, except for an addition ofland that totals not more than one percent of
the existing area of the urban renewal area
(B) Increasing the maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan.
0) For a project which includes a public building, an explanation of how the building serves or benefits the urban
renewal area
(3) An urban renewal plan shall be accompanied by a report which shall contain: .
(a) A description of physical, social and economic conditions in the urban renewal areas of the plan and the
';"'p';'u;.ed impact, including the fiscal impact, of the plan in light of added services or increased population;
(b) Reasons for selection of each urban renewal area in the plan;
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(c) The relationship between each project to be undertaken under the plan and the existing conditions in the urban
renewal area;
(d) The estimated total cost of each project and the sources of moneys to pay such costs;
(e) The anticipated completion date for each project;
(f) The estimated amount of money required in each urban renewal area under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and the
anticipated year in which indebtedness will be retired or otherwise provided for under ORS 457.420 to 457.460;
(g) A fInancial analysis of the plan with sufficient information to determine feasibility;
(h) A fIscal impact statement that estimates the impact of the tax increment financing, both Until and after the
indebtedness is repaid, upon all entities levying taxes upon t'.vt'....~j in the urban renewal area; and
(i) A relocation report which shall include:
(A) An analysis of existing residents or businesses required to relocate permanently or temporarily as a result of
agency actions under ORS 457.170;
(B) A description of the methods to be used for the temporary or permanent relocation of persons living in, and
businesses situated in, the urban renewal area in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530; and
(C) An enumeration, by cost range, of the existing housing units in the urban renewal areas of the plan to be
destroyed or altered and new units to be added.
(4) An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to the planning commission of the
municipality for recommendations, prior to presenting the plan to the governing body of the municipality for
approval under ORS 457.095.
(5) An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to the governing body of each taxing
district affected by the urban renewal plan and the agency shall consult and confer with the taxing districts prior to
presenting the plan to the governing body of the municipality for "t't'.v ,al under ORS 457.095. Any. written
recommendations of the governing body of each taxing district shall be accepted, rejected or modified by the
governing body of the municipality in adopting the plan.
(6) No urban renewal plan shall be carried out until the plan has been approved by the governing body of each
municipality pursuant to ORS 457.095 and 457.105. [1979 c.621 ~2; 1983 c.544 ~l; 1987 c.668 ~l; 1987 c.447
~130; 1991 c.459 ~332; 1997 c.541 ~444]
457.090 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.095 Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice. The governing body of the
municipality, upon receipt of a proposed urban renewal plan and report from the municipality's urban renewal
agency and after public notice and hearing and consideration of public testimony and planning commission
recommendations, if any, may approve the urban renewal plan. The "t't'.v ,al shall be by nonemergency ordinance
which shall incorporate the plan by reference. Notice of adoption of the ordinance approving the urban renewal plan,
and the provisions ofORS 457.135, shall be published by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with
ORS 457.115 no later than four days following the ordinance adoption. The ordinance shall include determinations
and tindings by the governing body that:
(I) Each urban renewal area is blighted;
(2) The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the
municipality;
(3) The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, of the
municipality as a whole and provides an outline for accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan
proposes;
(4) Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means in accordance with ORS
35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly or disabled individuals, without displacing on priority lists
persons already waiting for existing federally subsidized housing;
(5) If acquisition of real property is provided for, that it is necessary;
(6) Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and feasible; and
(7) The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the urban renewal plan. [1979
c.621 ~3; 1989 c.224 ~121] .
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457.100 [Amended by 1979 c.621 ~I2; renumbered 457.065]
457.105 Approval of plan by other municipalities. 10 addition to the "ppou..al of a plan by the governing body
of the municipality under ORS 457.095, when any portion of the area of a proposed urban renewal plan extends
beyond the boundaries of the municipality into any other municipality and, in the case of a I',ul'used plan by a county
agency, when any portion of such area is within the boundaries of a city, the governing body of the other
municipality may approve the plan and may do so by resolution, rather than by ordinance. A proposed plan for an
urban renewal area which is wholly within the boundaries of a city, or which is wholly within the boundaries of a
county and does not include any area within the boundaries of a city, must be '"pp'v ..ed only by the governing body
of the municipality in accordance with ORS 457.095. [1979 c.621 ~3a; 1987 c.668 ~2]
457.110 [Renumbered 457.025]
457.115 Manner of newspaper notice. Notice of adoption of an urban renewal plan required under ORS
457.095 and notice of filing of an annual financial statement required under ORS 457.460 shall be published in the
newspaper, as defined in ORS 193.010, having the greatest circulation in the municipality and which is published
within the municipality. If no newspaper is published within the municipality, the required notice shall be published
in the newspaper having greatest circulation within the municipality published nearest to the municipality. [1979
c.621 ~3b]
457.120 When additional notice required; to whom sent; content; notice by publication. (1) 10 addition to
any required public notice of hearing on a proposed urban renewal plan or substantial amendment or change to a
plan, as described in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) and 457.220, the municipality shall cause notice of a hearing by the
governing body on a proposed plan for a new urban renewal area or on a proposed change containing one of the
types of amendments specified in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) to be mailed to each individual or household in one ofthi:
following groups: ,
(a) Owners of real property that is located in the municipality;
(b) Electors registered in the municipality;
(c) Sewer, water, electric or other utility customers in the municipality; or
(d) Postal patrons in the municipality..
(2) If the urban renewal area governed by the plan or substantial amendment thereof extends beyond the
boundaries of the municipality, notice shall also be sent to each individual in the selected group who is located in the
urban renewal area
(3) The notice required by this section shall contain a statement in plain language that:
(a) The governing body, on a specified date, will hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting or
substantially amending an urban renewal plan;
(b) The adoption or amendment may impact property tax rates;
(c) States the l',ul'used maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan or
amendment;
. (d) The ordinance, ifapproved, is subject to referendum; and
(e) A copy of the ordinance, urban renewal plan and accompanying '''pun can be obtained by contacting a
designated person within the municipality.
(4) If the municipality which activated the urban renewal agency is a county:
(a) The notice required by subsection (I) of this section shall be sent to each individual or household in one of the
groups listed in subsections (l)(a) to (d) of this section, except that the notice need be sent only to those individuals
or households located in a school district with territory affected or to be affected by the tax increment financing for
the new urban renewal area or I',ul'used change.
(b) 10 addition to the notice under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the county shall cause notice to be published
in a paper of general circulation throughout the county. The published notice shall contain the information described
in subsection (3) of this section, be published in an advertisement not less than three inches in height and three inches
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[1991 c.459 9335f; 1997 c.541 9445]
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Note: 457.120 was added to and made a part ofORS chapter 457 by legislative action but was not added to any
smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
457.125 Recording of plan upon approval. A copy of the ordinance '"t'.I"v;ing an urban renewal plan under
ORS 457.095 shall be sent by the governing body of the municipality to the urban renewal agency. A copy of the
resolution approving an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.105 shall be sent by the governing body of a
municipality to the urban renewal agency. Upon receipt of the necessary approval of each municipality governing
body, the urban renewal plan shall be recorded by the urban renewal agency with the recording officer of each
county in which any portion of an urban renewal area within the plan is situated. [1979 c.621 94]
457.130 [1957 c.456 994,5; 1979 c.621 913; renumbered 457.035]
457.135 Conclusive presumption of plan validity. After October 3, 1979, any urban renewal plan pwported to
be adopted in conformance with applicable legal requirements shall be conclusively presumed valid for all pwposes
90 days after adoption of the plan by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality. No direct or collateral
attack on the action may thereafter be commenced. [1979 c.621 95]
457.140 [1957 c.456 96; 1975 c.246 91; 1979 c.621 914; renumbered 457.045]
457.145 [1967 c.311 92; repealed by 1979 c.621 915 (457.055 enacted in lieu of 457.145)]
457.150 [1957 c.456 98; repealed by 1979 c.621 928]
457.160 Exception to plan requirements for disaster areas. Notwithstanding any other provisions ofORS
chapters 455 and 456 or this chapter and ORS 446.515 to 446.547, where the governing body ofa municipality
certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake,
storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under federal
law, the governing body may declare a need for an urban renewal agency, ifnecessary, and may ......I"u.e an urban
renewal plan and an urban renewal project for such area without regard to the provisions requiring:
(1) That the urban renewal plan conform to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, ifany, for
the municipality as a whole.
(2) That the urban renewal area be a blighted area. [1957 c.456 915; 1979 c.621 918; 1993 c.18 9114]
457.170 Urban renewal agency's powers in planning or undertaking an urban renewal project. An urban
renewal agency may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an "t'I',v'ed urban renewal plan. In
planning or undertaking an urban renewal project, the urban renewal agency has the power:
(1) To carry out any work or undertaking and exercise any powers which a housing authority is authorized to
perform or exercise under ORS 456.055 to 456.235, subject to the provisions of this chapter provided, however, that
ORS 456.155 and 456.160 do not limit the power of an agency in event ofa default by a purchaser or lessee ofland
in an urban renewal plan to acquire property and operate it free from the restrictions in those sections.
(2) To carry out any rehabilitation or conservation work in an urban renewal area.
(3) To acquire real property, by condemnation if necessary, when needed to carry out the plan.
(4) To clear any areas acquired, including the demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and
improvements.
(5) To install, construct or reconstruct streets, utilities and site improvements in accordance with the urban
renewal plan. .
(6) To carry out plans for a program of the voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements
in an urban renewal area in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
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(7) To assist in relocating persons living in, and property situated in, the urban renewal area in accordance with
the '"t't"U led urban renewal plan and to make relocation payments.
(8) To dispose of, including by sale or lease, any property or part thereof acquired in the urban renewal area in
accordance with the approved urban renewal plan.
(9) To plan, undertake and carry out neighborhood development programs consisting of urban renewal project
undertakings in one or more urban renewal areas which are planned and carried out on the basis of annual increments
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for planning and carrying out urban renewal plans.
(10) To accomplish a combination of the things listed in this section to carry out an urban renewal plan. [1957
c.456 F; 1969 c.225 ~2; 1969 c.539 ~l; 1979 c.621 ~19; 1995 c.79 ~268]
457.180 Powers of urban renewal agencies in general. An urban renewal agency, in addition to its other
powers; may:
(I) Make plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements.
(2) Make plans for the enforcement oflaws, codes and regulations relating to:
(a) The use ofland.
(b) The use and occupancy of buildings and improvements.
(c) The repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal of buildings and improvements.
(3) Make plans for the relocation of persons and property displaced by an urban renewal project
(4) Make preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for neighborhoods to embrace two or more urban
renewal areas.
(5) Conduct preliminary surveys to determine if the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project is
feasible.
(6) Develop, test and report methods and techniques and carry out demonstrations and other activities for the
prevention and the elimination of urban blight. .
(7) Engage in any other housing or community development activities specifically delegated to it by the
governing body of the municipality including but not limited to land acquisition and disposition, conservation and
rehabilitation, residential or business relocation, construction, leasing or management of housing, and the making of
grants and loans from any available source. [1957 c.456 ~1O; 1975 c.382 ~I]
457.190 Acquisition of funds by urban renewal agency; maximum amount of indebtedness. (1) An urban
renewal agency may borrow money and accept advances, loans, grants and any other form of financial assistance
from the federal government, the state, county or other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the
purposes of undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects.
(2) An urban renewal agency may do all things necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid, including
obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for federal financial aid to convey to the federal
government the project to which the contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default thereunder, in the
same manner as a housing authority may do to secure such aid in connection with slwn clearance and housing
projects under the Housing Authorities Law.
(3)(a) Each urban renewal plan adopted by ordinance on or after July 14, 1997, that provides for a division of
taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 shall include in the plan the maximum amount of indebtedness that may be issued or
incurred under the plan. Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if a maximwn amount of indebtedness is not
included in the plan, the urban renewal agency may not issue indebtedness for which taxes divided under ORS
457.440 are to be pledged to carry out the plan.
(b) Each urban renewal plan adopted by ordinance on or after December 6, 1996, and before July 14, 1997, that
provides for a division of taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 but does not include a maximwn amount of indebtedness
that may be issued or incurred under the plan shall be changed, by substantial plan amendment pursuant to ORS
457.220, to include the maximwn amount of indebtedness that may be issued or incurred under the plan before July
1,2000. Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, ifa maximwn amount of indebtedness is not included in the
plan on or before July 1,2000, the urban renewal agency may not on or after July 1,2000, issue indebtedness for
which taxes divided under ORS 457.440 are to be pledged to carry out the plan.
(c)(A) Each existing urban renewal plan that provides for a division of taxes pursuant to ORS 457.420 to 457.460
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may be changed by substantial amendment no later than July I, 1998, to include a maximum amount of indebtedness
that may be issued or incurred under the plan determined as described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. The
additional notices required under ORS 457.120 are not required for an amendment adopted pursuant to this
paragraph.
(B) The maximum amount of indebtedness that may be issued or incurred under the plan, as determined for
purposes of meeting the requirements of this paragraph, shall be based upon good faith estimates of the scope and
costs of projects, including but not limited to increases in costs due to reasonably anticipated inflation, in the existing
urban renewal plan and the schedule for their completion as completion dates were anticipated as of December 5,
1996. The maximum amount of indebtedness shall be specified in dollars and cents.
(C) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if a maximum amount of indebtedness is not adopted for an
existing urban renewal plan as described in this paragraph before July 1, 1998, the urban renewal agency may not
collect funds under ORS 457.435. [1957 c.456 914; 1991 c.459 9333; 1997 c.541 9446J
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Sec. 335e. Bonded indebtedness if project agreed to prior to September 29, 1991. Notwithstanding ORS
457.190, an urban renewal agency may issue bonded indebtedness to undertake an urban renewal project to cany out
an urban renewal plan if, prior to September 29, 1991, a written contract or other written ao........~ent for the project
was made, the instrument setting forth the contract or agreement was executed and the parties were bound. The urban
renewal agency of the municipality may use any of the money available to it from the issuance of the bonds for
canying out the project in accordance with the contract or agreement. [1991 c.459 9335e; 1997 c.54l 9446a]
457.210 Applicability of housing cooperation law to urban renewal projects; delegation of powers and
functions. (I) Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, shall have the same rights and powers to cuvp...."te
with and assist urban renewal agencies with respect to urban renewal projects that such state public body has
pursuant to ORS 456.305 to 456.325 to cooperate and assist housing authorities with respect to housing projects in
the same manner as though those sections were applicable to urban renewal agencies and projects under this chapter.
(2) Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, hereby is authorized to enter into ao..:..:.~ents with any
other public body, including an urban renewal agency, respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers
granted by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the furnishing offunds or other assistance in connection with an
urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.
(3) An urban renewal agency hereby is authorized to delegate any of its powers or functions to the municipality
or other state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban
renewal project in the area in which such municipality or other state public body is authorized to act. The
municipality, or other state public body to which the powers or functions are delegated hereby is authorized to carry
out or perform such powers or functions. [1957 c.456 911J
457.220 Plan am~ndment; limit on additional land. (1) Except for the provisions of subsection (2) of this
section, an urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.0~5.
(2) Any substantial change made in the urban renewal plan shall, before being carried out, be approved and
recorded in the same manner as the original plan.
(3) No land equal to more than 20 percent of the total land area of the original plan shall be added to the urban
renewal areas ofa plan by amendments. [1957 c.456 99; 1979 c.621 920J .
457.230 Disposition ofland in urban renewal project; determination of value; obligations ofpurcbaser or
lessee; recordation. (I) The urban renewal agency shall, in accordance with the "yp'u led urban renewal plan, make
land in an urban renewal project available for use by private ...~;....p.;se or public agencies. Such land shall be made
available at a value determined by the urban renewal agency to be its fair reuse value, which ....p....~ents the value,
whether .....p....~sed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the urban renewal agency in its discretion determines
such land should be made available in order that it may be developed, redeveloped, cleared, conserved or
rehabilitated for the purposes specified in such plan.
(2) To assure that land acquired in an urban renewal project is used in accordance with the urban renewal plan, an
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urban renewal agency, upon the sale or lease of such land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees:
(a) To use the land for the pwposes designated in the urban renewal plan.
(b) To begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the urban renewal agency fixes as
reasonable.
(3) Any obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the urban
renewal agency so stipulates.
(4) Any contract for the transfer of any interest in land by the urban renewal agency may be recorded in the land
records of the county in which the land is situated in the same manner as any other contract for the transfer of an
interest in land is recorded. [1957 c.456 912; 1965 c.571 91; 1967 c.312 91]
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457.240 Tax status ofIand leased under an urban renewal plan. Any property which the urban renewal
agency leases to private persons as dermed in ORS 174.100 under an urban renewal plan shall have the same tax
status as ifsuch leased property were owned by such private individuals or cu.l'u..,tions. [1957 c.456 913; 1983
c.327 911]
457.310 [1957 c.456 916; repealed by 1979 c.621 928]
457.320 Municipal assistance under plan; assumption by agency of general obligation bond payments of
municipality. In addition to the other powers granted a municipality under this chapter, a municipality may exercise
any of its powers otherwise provided by law to assist in the planning or the carrying out of an urban renewal plan.
Without limiting the powers granted by the preceding sentence, a municipality may issue its general obligation bonds
for the purpose of assisting in the planning or the carrying out of an urban renewal plan. The urban renewal agency
of the municipality may assume payment of the general obligation bonds and may use any of the moneys available to
it for that purpose. [1957 c.456 917; 1979 c.621 921]
457.410 [1961 c.554 92; repealed by 1979 c.621 928]
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OF URBAN RENEWAL INDEBTEDNESS
457.420 Plan may provide for division of property taxes; limits on land area. (1) Any urban renewal plan
may contain a provision that the ad valorem taxes, if any, levied by a taxing district in which all or a portion of an
urban renewal area is located, shall be divided as provided in section 1 c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and
ORS 457.420 to 457.460. Ad valorem taxes shall not be divided if there is no provision in the urban renewal plan for
the division.
(2) No plan adopted after October 3, 1979, shall provide for a division of ad valorem taxes under subsection (1)
of this section if:
(a) For municipalities having a population of more than 50,000, according to the latest state census:
(A) The assessed value for the urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the total assessed value previously
certified by the assessor for other urban renewal plans of the municipality for which a division of ad valorem taxes is
provided exceeds a figure equal to 15 percent of the total assessed value of that municipality, exclusive of any
increased assessed value for other urban renewal areas; or
(B) The urban renewal areas of the plan when added to the areas included in other urban renewal plans of the
municipality providing for a division of ad valorem taxes, exceed a figure equal to 15 percent of the total land area of
that municipality.
(b) For municipalities having a population ofless than 50,000, accordIDg to the latest state census:
(A) The assessed value for the urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the total assessed value previously
certified by the assessor for other urban renewal plans of the municipality for which a division of ad valorem taxes is
provided exceeds a figure equal to 25 !'''.''''~; of the total assessed value of that municipality, exclusive of any
increased assessed value for other urban renewal areas; or
(B) The urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the areas included in other urban renewal plans of the
municipality providing for a division of ad valorem taxes, exceed a figure equal to 25 percent of the total land area of
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that municipality.
(3) Property may not be included in more than one urban renewal area. [1961 c.554 ~3; 1969 c.539 ~2; 1971
c.544 ~4; 1979 c.621 ~24; 1991 c.459 ~334; 1997 c.541 ~447]
457.430 Certification of assessed value of property in urban renewal area; amendment. (1) As soon as
practicable after the approval of a plan containing a provision authorized by ORS 457.420, the county assessor of
each county in which an urban renewal area is located shall prepare, in duplicate, a certified statement of the total
assessed value, as shown on the county assessment roll last certified prior to the effective date of the ordinance
approving the plan, of all of the taxable real and personal ".v"...;j contained in the urban renewal area in the county.
(2) Wherever only a part of an urban renewal area is located in a taxing district, the assessor also shall show in
the statement required by subsection (I) of this section the assessed value of the real and personal property in the part
of the urban renewal area located in the taxing district.
(3) One copy of the certified statement shall be filed by the assessor with the agency and the other copy shall
constitute a part of the public records of the county assessor's office.
(4) Whenever a part of an urban renewal area comes within the territory of a taxing district either by annexation,
incv. tM..;';on of a new taxing district or consolidation, after the approval of a plan containing a provision authorized
by ORS 457.420, the county assessor shall in the same manner as under subsection (3) of this section file a certified
statement or an amendment to a certified statement to show the assessed value of the real and personal 1'.u1'....j in
that part of the urban renewal area incu'1'v...ted by annexation or consolidation into the taxing district. The assessed
value of the real and personal property so incorporated shall be determined in the same manner and as of the same
date as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(5) When a certified statement is ftIed as required by subsection (1) of this section, if the law provides a reduction
or increase of the valuation for tax purposes of the taxable property contained in the urban renewal area at the time of
the ftIing, the assessor shall state the total assessed value as it is so reduced or increased. After a certified statement
has been ftIed as required by subsection (I) of this section, if a law is enacted which provides a reduction or increase
of the valuation for tax purposes of the taxable ".v"...;j contained in the urban renewal area at the time the certified
statement was ftIed, the assessor shall amend the certified statement annually or as otherwise required to reduce or
increase the stated total aSsessed value of the real and personal 1" v1'...;j accordingly. An amendment to the certified
statement shall be filed in the manner provided by subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
(6)(a) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) of this section and paragraph (b) of this subsection, all certified
statements and amendments thereto ftIed under this section before July 14, 1997, shall continue to remain in effect.
(b) Effective as of the tax year beginning on July I, 1997, the assessor shall amend the amount of assessed value
included in a certified statement by applying to the certified assessed value of each tax code area located within an
urban renewal area the percentage obtained by dividing the total assessed value within the tax code area, including
growth in assessed value over the certified assessed value, by the total real market value within the tax code area
[1961 c.554 ~4; 1969 c.539 ~3; 1979 c.621 ~25; 1981 c.804 ~105; 1983 S.s. c.5 ~24; 1991 c.459 ~335; 1997 c.541.
~448]
457.435 Property tax collection methods for existing plans; special levies. (1) For each existing urban renewal
plan that includes a provision for a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.420 to 457.460, the municipality that
activated the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall adopt an 'ordinance choosing one of the options
listed in subsection (2) of this section as the method of collecting ad valorem property taxes sufficient to pay, when
due, indebtedness issued or incurred to carry out the plan as permitted by section II (16), Article XI of the Oregon
Constitution.
(2) The options referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows:
(a) Option One: To collect amounts sufficient to pay the obligations, as budgeted for the plan, from ORS
457.440, and if the amount estimated to be received from ORS 457.440 is not sufficient to meet the budgeted
obligations of the plan for the tax or fiscal year, to make a special levy in the amount of the remainder upon all of the
taxable 1'<U1'...;j of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and upon all of the taxable property
lying outside the municipality but included in an urban renewal area of the plan.
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of the taxable p.vp...~j of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency, and upon all of the taxable
property lying outside the municipality but included in an urban renewal area of the plan.
(c) Option Three: To collect an amount equal to the amount stated in the ordinance adopted as provided in
subsection (1) of this section by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440, and to make a special levy upon all of
the taxable p.vp...;j of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and upon all of the taxable property
lying outside the municipality but within an urban renewal area of the plan. The county assessor shall adjust the
amount of the total assessed value included in the certified statement filed under ORS 457.430 so that the amount
collected by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 does not exceed the amount stated in the ordinance to be
collected by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440.
(3)(a) The total amount obtained under an option listed in subsection (2) of this section for any plan shall not
exceed the maximum amount that could have been certified to the assessor for the plan under ORS 457.440 (1995
Edition) for the tax year beginning July 1, 1997.
(b) For each tax year beginning after the 1997-1998 tax year, the limitation of paragraph (a) of this subsection
shall be adjusted by a percentage change equal to the percentage change in the increment within the urban renewal
area from the preceding year.
(4)(a) The ordinance choosing the option referred to in subsection (I) of this section shall be adopted no later
than July 1, 1998, and shall be applicable for tax years bernn;n.g on or after July.l, 1998. If not so adopted, the
municipality shall be considered to have chosen Option One as its method of collection of ad valorem y.~y...;j taxes
sufficient to pay, when due, indebtedness issued or incurred to carry out the existing urban renewal plan. An option,
once chosen, may not be changed to another option. In addition, if Option Three is chosen, the amount specified in
the ordinance choosing the option to be collected by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 shall not be
changed by subsequent ordinance or amendment to the certified statement.
(b) The option chosen, together with the particulars of the option, including but not limited to any limit on the
amount to be received from ORS 457.440, shall be reflected in the notice filed by the urban renewal agency with the
county assessor.
(5)(a) The county assessor, or county assessors if the taxable property is in more than one county, shall extend
the special levy against all of the taxable property of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and all
of the taxable property lying outside the municipality but included in an urban renewal area of the plan.
(b) Any amounts collected from special levies made under this section shall be paid into the special fund or funds
of the urban renewal agency referred to in ORS 457.440 (6) and shall be used to pay the principal and interest to
finance or refinance the existing urban renewal plan or plans of the urban renewal agency.
(6) This section applies to existing urban renewal plans with respect to principal and interest on indebtedness
until the indebtedness is fully paid or it is found that deposits in the special fund are sufficient to pay the principal
and interest on the indebtedness issued or incurred under the existing urban renewal plan.
(7) Nothing in this section shall prevent the funding of urban renewal indebtedness as provided under ORS
457.440. [1997 c.541 9454; 1999 c.579 932]
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457.437 Consultation with municipalities; resolution requirements. (1) Prior to the establishment ofa
maximum amount of indebtedness for an url?an renewal plan under ORS 457.190 and before an option is adopted
under ORS 457.435, the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall meet with the governing bodies of
the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and other municipalities affected by the urban renewal plan
and review the proposed maximum amount of indebtedness for the plan and the agency's reco=ended option under
ORS 457.435.
(2) After the meeting described in subsection (1) of this section, the governing bodies shall adopt resolutions in
support of or opposition to the reco=ended option under ORS 457.435.
(3) If an affected municipality adopts a resolution in opposition to the reco=ended option, then the agency's
reco=endations may be adopted only by the adoption of a separate resolution by the municipality that activated the
urban renewal agency. [1997 c.541 9454a]
457.440 Computation of amounts to be raised from property taxes; notice; rules. During the period specified
under ORS 457.450:
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(I) The county assessor shall determine the amount of funds to be raised each year for urban renewal within the
county levied by taxing districts in accordance with section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS
457.420 to 457.460.
(2) Not later than July 15 of each tax year, each urban renewal agency shall determine and file with the county
assessor a notice stating the amount of funds to .be raised for each urban renewal area as follows:
(a) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option One as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(a), the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised by dividing the taxes
under section 1 c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(b) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Two as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(b), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by the special levy.
(c) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Three as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(c), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by special levy in addition to the amount to be
raised by dividing the taxes as stated in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.435 (I).
(d) If the plan is not an existing plan, the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised
by dividing the taxes under section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(3) If a municipality has chosen Option Three pursuant to ORS 457.435, the maximum amount of funds that may
be raised for an urban renewal agency by dividing the taxes as provided in section Ic, Articl~ IX of the Oregon
Constitution, may be limited by the municipality in which the urban renewal agency is located. The decision of the
municipality to limit the amount of funds to be included in the notice filed under subsection (2) of this section shall
be reflected in the certified statement filed by the urban renewal agency with the county assessor.
(4) Not later than September 25 of each taX year, the assessor of any county in which ajoint district is located
shall provide, to the assessor of each other county in which the joint district is located, the assessed values of the
property in the joint district that is located within the county, including the certified statement value and the
increment for each code area containing any urban renewal area located within the joint district, and a copy of the
notice filed by the urban renewal agency for the area located within the joint district under subsection (2) of this
section.
(5) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes as
provided in section 1 c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be computed by the county assessor as follows:
(a) The county assessor shall compute the total consolidated billing tax rate for each code area in which an urban
renewal area of the plan is located.
(b) The assessor shall determine the amount of taxes that would be produced by extending the tax rate computed
under paragraph (a) of this subsection against the increment of each code area.
(c) The total amount determined for all code areas containing urban renewal areas included within the urban
renewal plan is the maximum amount of funds to be raised for the urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes.
(6)(a) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal agency as determined under
subsection (5) of this section, or the maximum amount, as determined under subsection (2) of this section, shall be
certified by the county assessor to the tax collector. The tax collector shall include the amount so certified iri the
percentage schedule of the ratio of taxes on ".v,,".;; prepared under ORS 311.390 and filed with the county
treasurer. Notwithstanding ORS 311.395 (6), the county treasurer shall credit the amount to the urban renewal
agency and shall distribute its percentage amount to the urban renewal agency as determined by the schedule at the
times other distributions are made under ORS 311.395 (7).n(b) The county assessor shall notify the urban renewal agency of the amounts received under subsection (5) of
this section or amounts received pursuant to the notice provided in subsection (2) of this section for each urban
renewal plan area. Any amounts received by the urban renewal agency under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be
attributed to the urban renewal plan in which the urban renewal area is included, shall be paid into a special fund of
the urban renewal agency for the urban renewal plan and shall be used to pay the principal and interest on any
indebtedness issued or incurred by the urban renewal agency to finance or refinance the urban renewal plan.
(7) Unless and until the total assessed value of the taxable property in an urban renewal area exceeds the total
assessed value specified in the certified statement, all of the ad valorem taxes levied and collected upon the taxable
property in the urban renewal area shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing districts.
. (8) The agency may incur indebtedness, including obtaining loans and advances in carrying out the urban
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renewal plan, and the portion of taxes received under this section may be irrevocably pledged for the payment of
principal of and interest on the indebtedness.
(9) The Department of Revenue shall by rule establish procedures for giving notice of amounts to be raised for
urban renewal agencies and for determination of amounts to be raised and distributed to urban renewal agencies.
(10) The notice required under this section shall serve as the notice required under ORS 310.060 for the special
levy described under ORS 457.435. [1961 c.554 ~5; 1979 c.621 ~26; 1981 c.804 ~106; 1983 S.s. c.5 ~25; 1985 c.613
~17; 1987 c.158 ~87; 1991 c.459 ~335a; 1997 c.541 ~449; 1999 c.579 ~26; 2003 c.190 ~16]
Note: Section 19, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, provides:
See. 19. The amendments to ORS 311.345, 311.385,311.390,311.395,311.480 and 457.440 by sections 6, 8, 10,
12,14 and 16, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, apply to taxes, interest and related penalties:
(1) Due under ORS 311.405 or 311.480 on or after the effective date of this 2003 Act [November 26, 2003]; or
(2) Due pursuant to an order ofa bankruptcy court issued before July 1,2008. [2003 c.l90 ~19; 2003 c.704 ~10]
Note: The amendments to 457.440 by section 17, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, apply to taxes, interest and
related penalties due under 311.405 or 311.480 on or after July 1, 2008, or due pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy
court issued on or after July 1,2008. See section 20, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, as amended by section 11,
chapter 704, Oregon Laws 2003. The text that applies on and after July I, 2008, is set forth for the user's
convemence.
457.440. During the period specified under ORS 457.450:
(1) The county assessor shall determine the amount of funds to be raised each year for urban renewal within the
county levied by taxing districts in accordance with section Ic, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS
457.420 to 457.460.
(2) Not later than July 15 of each tax year, each urban renewal agency shall determine and file with the county
assessor a notice stating the amount of funds to be raised for each urban renewal area as follows:
(a) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option One as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(a), the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised by dividing the taxes
under section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(b) lfthe municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Two as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(b), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by the special levy.
(c) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Three as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(c), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by special levy in addition to the amount to be
raised by dividing the taxes as stated in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.435 (I).
(d) If the plan is not an existing plan, the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised
by dividing the taxes under section lc, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(3) If a municipality has chosen Option lbree pursuant to ORS 457.435, the maximum amount of funds that may
be raised for an urban renewal agency by dividing the taxes as provided in section 1 c, Article IX of the Oregon
Constitution, may be limited by the municipality in which the urban renewal agency is located. The decision of the
municipality to limit the amount of funds to be included in the notice filed under subsection (2) of this section shall
be reflected in the certified .~;"ment filed by the urban renewal agency with the county assessor.
(4) Not later than S"p;"mber 25 of each tax year, the assessor of any county in which a joint district is located
shall provide, to the assessor of each other county in which the joint district is located, the assessed values of the
p.up'" i.y in the joint district that is located within the county, including the certified statement value and the
increment for each code area containing any urban renewal area located within the joint district, and a copy of the
notice filed by the urban renewal agency for the area located within the joint district under subsection (2) of this
section.
(5) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes as
provided in section 1 c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be computed by the county assessor as follows:
(a) The county assessor shall compute the total consolidated billing tax rate for each code area in which an urban
renewal area of the plan is located.
(b) The assessor shall determine the amount of taxes that would be produced by extending the tax rate computed
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under paragraph (a) of this subsection against the increment of each code area.
(c) The total amount determined for all code areas containing urban renewal areas included within the urban
renewal plan is the maximum amount of funds to be raised for the urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes.
(6)(a) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal agency as determined under
subsection (5) of this section, or the maximum amount, as determined under subsection (2) of this section, shall be
certified by the county assessor to the tax collector. The tax collector shall include the amount so certified in the
percentage schedule of the ratio of taxes on property prepared under ORS 311.390 and filed with the county
treasurer. Notwithstanding ORS 311.395 (5), the county treasurer shall credit the amount to the urban renewal
agency and shall distribute its percentage amount to the urban renewal agency as determined by the schedule at the
times other distributions are made under ORS 311.395 (6).
(b) The county assessor shall notify the urban renewal agency of the amounts received under subsection (5) of
this section or amounts received pursuant to the notice provided in subsection (2) of this section for each urban
renewal plan area. Any amounts received by the urban renewal agency under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be
attributed to the urban renewal plan in which the urban renewal area is included, shall be paid into a special fund of
the urban renewal agency for the urban renewal plan and shall be used to pay the principal and interest on any
indebtedness issued or incurred by the urban renewal agency to finance or refinance the urban renewal plan.
(7) Unless and until the total assessed value of the taxable t'.vt''''~1 in an urban renewal area exceeds the total
assessed value specified in the certified statement, all of the ad valorem taxes levied and collected upon the taxable
property in the urban renewal area shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing districts.
(8) The agency may incur indebtedness, including obtaining loans and advances in carrying out the urban
renewal plan, and the portion of taxes received under this section may be irrevocably pledged for the payment of
principal of and interest on the indebtedness.
(9) The Department of Revenue shall by rule establish procedures for giving notice of amounts to be raised for
urban renewal agencies and for determination of amounts to be raised and distributed to urban renewal agencies.
(10) The notice required under this section shall serve as the notice required under ORS 310.060 for the special
levy described under ORS 457.435.
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457.450 Notice to tax assessor; provision Cor debt retirement; distribution oCremaining tax increment
funds. (l)(a) ORS 457.440 shall first apply to the assessment roll next following the tax roll .",f.."..d to in ORS
457.430 if the assessor is provided notice of a plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency
prior to January 1 before the tax year to which the plan first applies.
(b) If the assessor is not provided notice of plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency
prior to January I before the tax year to which ORS 457.440 would otherwise first apply, then ORS 457.440 shall
first apply to the assessment roll next following the assessment roll described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) When the principal and interest on indebtedness to which the portion of taxes is irrevocably pledged for
payment under ORS 457.435 or 457.440 is fully paid, or it is found that deposits in the special fund are sufficient to
fully pay principal and interest on that indebtedness either through direct payment of the indebtedness or by payment
of principal and interest on bonds or notes issued to finance the indebtedness, the agency shall notify the assessor of
that fact
(3) All moneys remaining un"~t'..~ded from the special fund provided for in ORS 457.435 or 457.440, after
payment of all the principal and interest on indebtedness is provided for, shall be turned over to the county treasurer
by the agency and prorated by the treasurer back to the taxing districts in which the area, or part thereof, is located, in
proportion to the amount of money in the fund attributable to each taxing district for the last fiscal year in which tax
levy moneys were paid into the special fund of the agency under ORS 457.435 or 457.440. [1961 c.554 S6; 1971
c.426 Sl; 1979c.62l S27; 1991 c.459 S335b; 1997c.541 S450]
457.460 Financial report required Cor agency; contents; notice. (I) An agency shall, by August I of each
year, prepare a statement on the same basis on which its financial statements are prep~ containing:
(a) The amount of money received during the preceding fiscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from
indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460;
(b) The purposes and amounts for which any money received under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from
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indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 were expended during the preceding fIscal year;
(c) An estimate of moneys to be received during the current fIscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from
indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460;
(d) A budget setting forth the purposes and estimated amounts for which the moneys which have been or will be
received under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 are to be
expended during the current fIscal year; and
(e) An analysis of the impact, if any, of carrying out the urban renewal plan on the tax collections for the
preceding year for all taxing districts included under ORS 457.430.
(2) The statement required by subsection (1) of this section shall be filed with the governing body of the
municipality. Notice shall be published that the statement has been prepared and is on fIle with the municipality and
the agency and the information contained in the statement is available to all interested persons. The notice shall be
published once a week for not less than two successive weeks before September 1 of the year for which the statement
is required in accordance with ORS 457.115. The notice shall summarize the information required under subsection
(l)(a) to (d) of this section and shall set forth in full the information required under subsection (l)(e) of this section.
[1979 c.621 ~23; 1991 c.459 ~335c; 1997 c.541 ~451]
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BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN AND REPORT THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW URBAN
RENEWAL DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD
FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND ]
RECOMMENDATION ]
NATURE OF THE APPLICATION
This proposal would establish a downtown urban renewal district that would be
administered by the Springfield Economic Development Agency. ORS 457.085(4)
states, "An urban renewal plan and .accompanying report shall be forwarded to the
planning commission of the municipality for recommendations, prior to presenting the
plan to the goveming body of the municipality for approval under ORS 457.095."
ORS 457.095 lists findings and determinations that must be made by the City Council in
its adopting ordinance. The attached staff report evaluates the Downtown Urban
Renewal Plan and Report for compliance .with ORS 457.095.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of its review of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan and Report, staff finds
that the Plan and Report provide a sufficient basis to make the findings and
determinations required by ORS457.095. This general finding is supported by the
specific findings of fact and conclusion in the Staff Report attached hereto.
RECOMMENDATION
It is RECOMMENDED by the Planning Commission of Springfield that The Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan and Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Report, (be approved) (be
approved with revisions) (be denied) by the Springfield City Council.
This RECOMMENDATION was presented to and approved by the Planning Commission
on October 2, 2007.
Planning Commission Chairperson
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BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN AND REPORT THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW URBAN
RENEWAL DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD LRP2bC>7-0ccfJ7
FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATION
NATURE OF THE APPLICATION
This proposal would establish a downtown urban renewal district that would be
administered by the Springfield Economic Development Agency. ORS 457.085(4)
states, "An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to the
planning commission of the municipality for recommendations, prior to presenting the
plan to the governing body of the municipality for approval under ORS 457.095..
ORS 457.095 lists findings and determinations that must be made by the City Council in
its adopting ordinance. The attached staff report evaluates the Downtown Urban
Renewal Plan and Report for compliance with ORS 457.095.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of its review of the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan and Report, staff finds
that the Plan and Report provide a sufficient basis to make the findings and
determinations required by ORS457.095. This general finding is supported by the
specific findings of fact and conclusion in the Staff Report attached hereto.
RECOMMENDATION
It is RECOMMENDED by the Planning Commission of Springfield that The Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan and Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Report, (be approved) (be
approved with revisions) (be denied) by the Springfield City Council.
This RECOMMENDATION was presented to and approved by the Planning Commission
on October 2, 2007. ~L
Plrnrj Commission Chairperson
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Proposal to form the Springfield Downtown Urhan Renewal District
Staff Report
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I. Executive Summary
ORS 457.085(4) states, "An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to
the planning commission of the municipality for recommendations, prior to presenting the plan to
the governing body of the municipality for approval under ORS 457.095." The statute does not
provide specific criteria for the Commission to use in evaluating the Draft Downtown Urban
Renewal Plan (plan) or the Draft Downtown Urban Renewal Report (Report). ORS 457.095 does
list certain determinations and fmdings that must be included in the adopting ordinance that will
be acted upon by the City Council. These determinations and fmdings must conclude:
I. The urban renewal area is blighted;
2. The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health,
safety or welfare of the municipality;
3. The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic
development plan, ifany, of the municipality as a whole and provides an outline
for accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan proposes;
4. Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their fmancial means
in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly
or disabled individuals, without displacing on priority lists persons already
waiting for existing federally subsidized housing;
5. If acquisition of real property is provided for, that it is necessary;
6. Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and
feasible; and
7. The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the
urban renewal plan.
Staffhas reviewed the Plan and Report with respect to the elements found in ORS
457.495 and concludes that they provide a sufficient basis for the City Council to make
the determinations and findings found in the statute.
II. Procedural Requirements
ORS 457.095 does not specify notice requirements or other procedural requirements for
the Planning Commission review of the urban renewal plan and ..:'pu.:. The statute does
not even require that the Planning Commission review include a public hearing. A public
hearing is required by the statute as part of the City Council's review and adoption
proceedings.
The Planning Commission, in its capacity as the Committee for Citizen Involvement,
reviewed and approved a citizen participation program that included uppu. :.mities for the
public to comment on the urban renewal plan. Outreach for public involvement in
advance of the October 2nd Planning Commission hearing has included:
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. A direct mailing to all property owners and residents in the urban renewal district
describing urban renewal and inviting them to the "Town Hall" meeting on
September 20.
. Two "Town Hall" meetings that were publicized with display ads in the Register
Guard <August 7, September 20). Handouts were distributed at these meetings
highlighting the Planning Commission hearing on October 2 and other
opportunities to comment on the Plan.
. Placing of information about the Plan and Report on the City website and the
Planning Division website.
. Meetings with the staff and elected bodies of the affected taxing bodies within the
district.
. Presentations to the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and other community
organizations. Handouts were distributed at these meetings highlighting the
Planning Commission hearing on October 2 and other opportunities to comment
on the Plan.
. Media stories in the Register Guard and Springfield Beacon.
. Display ad in the Register Guard, publicizing the Planning Commission hearing
on October 2.
III. Determinations and Findings Specified by ORS 457.095
1. The urban renewal area is blighted;
Addressing blight is central to the purpose of urban renewal districts. The Oregon
Revised Statutes (ORS 457.010) defines "blight" as follows (underlining is added for
emphasis, and nwneration is added for clarity):
"Blighted areas mean areas which, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning,
inadequate or improper facilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe
structures, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to the safety,
health or welfare of the community. A blighted area is characterized by the
existence of one or more of the following conditions:
I. The existence of buildings and structures, used or intended to be used for
living, commercial, industrial or other purposes, or any combination of those uses,
which are unfit or unsafe to occupy for those purposes because of anyone or a
combination of the following conditions:
a) Defective design and quality of physical construction;
b) Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing;
c) Overcrowding and a high density of population;
d) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces and
recreation facilities;
e) Obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character or shifting of
uses;
f) An economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse of l"UI'~"1 resulting from
faulty planning;
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g) The division or subdivision and sale of t'.ut'~.;j or lots of irregular form
and shape and inadequate size or dimensions for property usefulness and
development; and
h) The laying out of property or lots in disregard of contours, drainage and
other physical characteristics of the terrain and surrounding conditions;
2. The existence of inadequate streets and other rights-of-way, open spaces and
utilities;
3. The existence of property or lots or other areas which are subject to inundation
by water;
4. A prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments and social and
economic maladjustments to such an extent that the capacity to pay taxes is
reduced and tax receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services rendered;
5. A growing or total lack of proper utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant
and unproductive condition ofland potentially useful and valuable for
contributing to the public health, safety, and welfare; or
6. A loss of population and reduction of t'. ut'~. utilization of the area, resulting in
its further deterioration and added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new
public facilities and services elsewhere."
Note that it is not necessary for each of the cited conditions to be present in the renewal
area, or that these conditions are prevalent in each and every sector of the urban renewal
area
Findings:
I. A survey of buildings in the dOMltoMl core area in 2004 revealed that 59% of
dOMltoMl structures fit the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
(HUD) criteria for blight. This is significantly higher than the threshold required
to qualify for HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
designation as a blighted area The condition of some of these t'.ut'~.;;es may
make it economically infeasible to rehabilitate or repair them. As a result, HUD
approved the designation of the dOMltoMl as a blighted area, enabling the area to
qualify for special assistance under the CDBG program.
2. Recognition of blighted conditions within the dOMltoMl area goes back to the
early 1980's. The 1984 "DoMltoMl Tomorrow" report of the Springfield
DOMltoMl Commission, opens with this observation of conditions in the
DOMltoMl: "Downtown Springfield has needed revitalization for a long time.
The jumbled mix of signs. vacant buildings. ragged patches of landscaping,
crumbling sidewalks. and heavy vehicle through-traffic vividly portray a lack of
care and a message of neglect. "
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3. A windshield survey of the urban renewal area in 2007 shows the urban renewal
area contains buildings in various states of disrepair including residential
properties (along South Mill and South 18th); commercial properties (along Main
Street and South A); and industrial properties (along South Mill). These buildings
show evidence of extensive deterioration of roofing, siding, foundations, steps,
and exterior trim. Repairing and maintaining doWntown buildings is essential for
the recovery of any historic district.
4. High vacancy rates and tenant turn-over have characterized the urban renewal
area. Commercial lease rates today remain low compared to the remainder of the
Eugene-Springfield market. 1bis has made it difficult for property owners to
maintain existing buildings and has worked against privately financed
rehabilitation and redevelopment. 1bis has contributed to the continuing
deterioration and blight conditions in the downtown area
2. The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health,
safety or welfare of the municipality;
Findings:
5. ORS 457.010(5) links blight conditions such as the "lack of proper
utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of land" to
public health, safety, and the welfare of the municipality. By this
definition, remediation of blight promotes public health, safety and the
welfare of the community.
6. The Plan and Report document the existence of blight in the urban renewal
area. These documents also outline projects and expenditures that use
redevelopment and rehabilitation to remove blight from the area.
3. The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic
development plan, if any, of the municipality as a whole and provides an outline for
accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan proposes;
The Eugene Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the
comprehensive plan guiding Springfield's development. The Metro Plan includes an
"Economic Element" that describes policies for economic development. The Downtown
Refinement Plan is a more detailed description of comprehensive plan policies for the
Downtown area. It also contains an "Economic Element." The City has no adopted
Economic Plan document.
Policies found in the Metro Plan and Downtown Refmement Plan support efforts to keep
the central business districts healthy and support using a variety of public financing
mechanisms to help in those efforts.
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7. The Metro Plan, Economic Element Policy B.14, states: Continue efforts to keep
the Eugene and Springfield central business districts as vital centers of the
metropolitan area.
8. The Downtown Refmement Plan, Economic Element Policy 3, states: The City
shall maintain a variety of strategies and funding sources as incentives to
development and redevelopment of the Downtown. This should include, but not
be limited to: Stale Revolving Loan Funds; Industrial Development Revenue
Bonds; Oregon Business Development Fund; state lottery funds; CDBG grants
and loan programs; tax increment financing; local improvement districts;
economic improvement districts; and, special assessment districts.
Appendix 2 of the Plan contains numerous references to the Metro Plan, Downtown
Refinement Plan and other planning documents that support many of the individual
projects described in the Plan.
4. Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means
in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly or
disabled individuals, without displacing on priority lists persons already waitingfor
existing federally subsidized housing;
Finding:
9. The Plan and Report do not specify projects that would require relocation of
persons. Section 1200 of the Plan (pg. 23) describes how the issue would be
handled should relocation of individuals be required. Section 1200 states:
"To the extent required by law, SEDA will provide relocation assistance to all
persons or businesses displaced temporarily or permanently by project activities.
As required, those displaced will be given assistance in finding replacement
properties. As required, all persons or businesses which may be displaced will be
contacted to determine specific relocation needs and will be provided
information on available housing or commercial/industrial p.vp".;j as may be
applicable, and will be given assistance in moving. All relocation activities will be
undertaken and payments made in accordance with the requirements ofORS
281.045-281.105 and any other applicable laws or regulations.
Relocation payments will be made as provided in ORS 281.060. Payments made
to persons displaced from dwellings will assure that they will have available to
them decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings at costs or rents within their financial
reach. As required, payment for moving ""p"uSes will be made to residents and
businesses displaced. SEDA may contract with Oregon Department of
Transportation or other parties to help administer its relocation program."
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5. If acquisition of real property is provided for, that it is necessary;
The Plan does not specify any property acquisitions and does not allocate revenues for
P'vp",;; acquisition. The Plan reserves the right to acquire property, if needed, under the
procedures detailed in Section 700 of the Plan.
6. Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and
feasible; and
Charles Kupper, a consultant hired to assist the City with the preparation of the Plan and
the Report has used data from the city and from the Lane Assessor's Office to complete
the Tables 7, 8, and 9 in the Report (pages 21-27). These tables estimate cash flow,
project revenues, project costs and the taxes foregone by taxing bodies over the life of the
Plan.
Section 500 of the Report provides a fmancial analysis of the Plan. The maximum
allowable debt under the y.~y~sed 25 million dollar project budget is 43,010,000. The
Plan balances the project costs and debt load with reasonable estimates of revenues
(Table 7). The balance achieved demonstrated the general feasibility of the Plan.
Actual project spending will depend on tangible revenues or resources available at the
time of project initiation.
7. The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the
urban renewal plan.
The Plan lists categories of spending (Report Table 9, pg. 27) as well as specific projects.
Spending will be restricted these categories and to the 25 million dollars in project costs
and the associated maximum indebtedness. Spending is generally limited to projects
within the urban renewal boundaries and to the 25 million dollars in project costs listed in
the Plan. Any significant amendment to the district boundary or to the 25 million dollar
figure will require voter approval.
Conclusion and Recommendation
The findings and determinations contained in this report demonstrate that the Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan and Report provide a sufficient basis for the City Council to make
the required findings found in ORS 457.095. Staff recommends that the Planning
Commission forward a recommendation to the City Council approving the Downtown
Urban Renewal Plan.
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Chapter 457 - Urban Renewal
2005 EDITION
URBAN RENEWAL
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
GENERAL PROVISIONS
457.010 Definitions
'L 1.020 Declaration of necessity and purpose
457.025 Powers supplemental to other laws
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES; PLANS; ACTIVITIES
457.035 Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; jurisdiction
457.045 Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency's powers
457.055 Transfer of agency powers
457.065 Advisory board for housing authority acting as urban renewal agency
457.075 Termination of urban renewal agency
457.085 Urban renewal plan requirements; accompanying report; contents; approval required
457.095 Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice
457.105 Approval of plan by other municipalities
'.115 Manner of newspaper notice
457.120 When additional notice required; to whom sent; content; notice by publication
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4~7.125 Recording of plan upon approval
457.135 Conclusive presumption of plan validity
457.160 Exception to plan requirements for disaster areas
457.170 Urban renewal agency's powers in planning or undertaking an urban renewal project
457.180 Powers of urban renewal agencies in general
457.190 Acquisition of funds by urban renewal agency; maximum amount of indebtedness
Note Bonded indebtedness if project agreed to prior to September 29, 1991--1991 c.459 ~335e
457.210 Applicability of housing cooperation law to urban renewal projects; delegation of powers and functions
457.220 Plan amendment; limit on additional land
457.230 Disposition ofland in urban renewal project; determination of value; obligations of purchaser or lessee;
recordation
457.240 Tax status ofland leased under an urban renewal plan
4~7.320 Municipal assistance under plan; assumption by agency of general obligation bond payments of
municipality
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OF URBAN RENEWAL INDEBTEDNESS
457.420 Plan may provide for division of property taxes; limits on land area
457.430 Certification of assessed value of property in urban renewal area; amendment
457.435 Property tax collection methods for existing plans; special levies
457.437 Consultation with municipalities; resolution requirements
457.440 Computation of amounts to be raised from t'.vt''''~i taxes; notice; rules
457.450 Notice to tax assessor; provision for debt retirement; distribution of remaining tax increment funds
457.460 Financial report required for agency; contents; notice
GENERAL PROVISIONS
457.010 Defmitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(I) "Blighted areas" means areas that, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning, inadequate or improper
f~"ilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe structures, or any combination of these factors, are
imental to the safety, health or welfare of the community. A blighted area is characterized by the existence of one
or more of the following conditions:
(a) The existence of buildings and structures, used or intended to be used for living, commercial, industrial or
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. other purposes, or any combination of those uses, that are unfit or unsafe to occupy for those purposes because of any
(\"e or a combination of the following conditions:
(A) Defective design and quality of physical construction;
(B) Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing;
(C) Oh..~<u.vding and a high density of population;
(0) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces and recreation facilities; or
(E) Obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character or shifting of uses;
(b) An economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse of property resulting from faulty planning;
(c) The division or subdivision and sale of property or lots ofirregular fonn and shape and inadequate size or
dimensions for y.uy';'.~J' usefulness and development;
(d) The laying out of property or lots in disregard of contours, drainage and other physical characteristics of the
terrain and surrounding conditions;
(e) The existence of inadequate streets and other rights of way, open spaces and utilities;
(f) The existence of property or lots or other areas that are subject to inundation by water;
(g) A prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments and social and economic maladjustments to such an
extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced and tax receipts are inadequate for the cost of public services
rendered;
(h) A growing or total lack of p,up'" utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of
land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to the public health, safety and welfare; or
(i) A loss of population and reduction of proper utilization of the area, resulting in its further deterioration and
added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere.
(2) "Certified statement" means the statement prepared and filed pursuant to ORS 457.430 or an amendment to
the certified statement prepared and filed pursuant to ORS 457.430.
(3) "City" means any incorporated city.
(4) "Consolidated billing tax rate" means:
;a) If the urban renewal plan is an existing urban renewal plan (other than an existing urban renewal plan
designated as an Option Three plan under ORS 457.435 (2)(c)) or an urban renewal plan adopted on or after October
6,2001, the total of all district tax rates used to extend taxes after any adjustment to reflect tax offsets under ORS
310.105, but does not include any rate derived from:
(A) Any urban renewal special levy under ORS 457.435;
(B) A local option tax, as defined in ORS 280.040, that is approved by taxing district electors after October 6,
2001; or
(C) A tax pledged to repay exempt bonded indebtedness (other than exempt bonded indebtedness used to fund
local government pension and disability plan obligations that, until funded by the exempt bonded indebtedness, were
described in section 11 (5), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution), as defined in ORS 310.140, that is approved by
taxing district electors after October 6, 200 I; and
(b) In the case of all other urban renewal plans, the total of all district ad valorem y.up"';i tax rates used to
extend taxes after any adjustments to reflect tax offsets under ORS 310.105, except that "consolidated billing tax
rate" does not include any urban renewal special levy rate under ORS 457.435.
(5)(a) "Existing urban renewal plan" means an urban renewal plan that provides for a division of ad valorem
y.vy,;,.;j taxes as described under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 adopted by ordinance before December 6,1996, that:
(A) Except for an amendment made on account ofORS 457.190 (3) and subject to paragraph (b) of this
subsection, is not changed by substantial amendment, as described ill ORS 457.085 (2)(i)(A) or (B), on or after
December 6, 1996; and
(B) For tax years beginning on or after July I, 1998, includes the limit on indebtedness as described in ORS
457.190 (3).
(b) If, on or after July I, 1998, the maximum limit on indebtedness (adopted by ordinance before July I, 1998,
""'rsuant to ORS 457.190) of an existing urban renewal plan is changed by substantial amendment, then
lebtedness issued or incurred to carry out the existing urban renewal plan" for purposes ofORS 457.435 includes
only the indebtedness within the indebtedness limit adopted by ordinance under ORS 457.190 (3)(c) before July I,
1998.
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(6) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year commencing on July I and closing on June 30.
(7) "Governing body of a municipality" means, in the case of a city, the common councilor other legislative
ly thereof, and, in the case of a county, the board of county commissioners or other legislative body thereof.
(8) "Housing authority" or "authority" means any housing authority established pursuant to the Housing
Authorities Law.
(9) "Increment" means that part of the assessed value of a taxing district attributable to any increase in the
assessed value of the property located in an urban renewal area, or portion thereof, over the assessed value specified
in the certified statement
(10) "Maximum indebtedness" means the amount of the principal of indebtedness included in a plan pursuant to
ORS 457.190 and does not include indebtedness incurred to refund or refmance existing indebtedness.
(11) "Municipality" means any county or any city in this state. "The municipality" means the municipality for
which a particular urban renewal agency is created.
(12) "Taxing body" or "taxing district" means the state, city, county or any other taxing unit which has the power
to levy a tax.
(13) "Urban renewal agency" or "agency" means an urban renewal agency created under ORS 457.035 and
457.045.
(14) "Urban renewal area" means a blighted area included in an urban renewal plan or an area included in an
urban renewal plan under ORS 457.160.
(15) "Urban renewal project" or ''project'' means any work or undertaking carried out under ORS 457.170 in an
urban renewal area.
(16) "Urban renewal plan" or "plan" means a'plan, as it exists or is changed or modified from time to time for
one or more urban renewal areas, as provided in ORS 457.085, 457.095, 457.105, 457.115, 457.120, 457.125,
457.135 and 457.220. [Amended by 1957 cA56 ~I; 1969 c.225 ~I; 1979 c.621 ~IO; 1991 c.67 ~128; 1991 cA59
~330; 1997 c.541 ~442; 1999 c.21 ~76; 1999 c.579 ~25; 2001 cA77 ~I; 2003 c.621 ~106]
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457.020 Declaration of necessity and purpose. It hereby is found and declared:
(I) That there exist within the state blighted areas.
(2) That such areas impair economic values and tax revenues.
(3) That such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health,
safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and that these conditions necessitate excessive and
disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health, safety and
welfare, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities.
(4) That certain blighted areas may require acquisition and clearance since the prevailing condition of decay may
make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions thereof
may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such manner that the conditions and evils mentioned in
subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section may be eliminated, remedied or prevented and that such areas should, if
possible, be conserved and rehabilitated through app.up.:ate public action and the cooperation and voluntary action
of the owners and tenants of p.up.:..;! in such areas.
(5) That the acquisition, conservation, rehabilitation, redevelopment, clearance, replanning and preparation for
rebuilding of these areas, and the prevention or the reduction of blight and its causes, are public uses and purposes
for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern.
(6) That there are also certain areas where the condition of the title, the diverse ownership of the land to be
assembled, the street or lot layouts or other conditions prevent a proper development of the land, and that it is in the
public interest that such areas, as well as blighted areas, be acquired by eminent domain and made available for
sound and wholesome development in accordance with a redevelopment or urban renewal plan, and that the exercise
of the power of eminent domain and the fmancing of the acquisition and preparation of land by a public agency for
such redevelopment or urban renewal is likewise a public use and purpose.
(7) That redevelopment and urban renewal activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely
related with general economic activity; that undertakings authorized by this chapter will aid the production of
better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible
a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in maintaining full
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(8) That the necessity in the public interest for this chapter is a matter oflegislative determination. [Amended by
7 c.456 ~2; 1979 c.621 ~II]
457.025 Powers supplemental to other laws. The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and
supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. [Formerly 457.110]
457.030 [Amended by 1957 c.456 ~18; repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES; PLANS; ACTIVITIES
457.035 Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; jurisdiction. (I) In each
municipality, as defined in ORS 457.010, there hereby is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as
the "urban renewal agency" of the municipality. However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers
until or unless the governing body of the municipality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist
in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the municipality and elects to
have the powers of an urban renewal agency "A,;..~;Sed in any of the three ways provided in ORS 457.045.
(2) An urban renewal agency, upon activation under subsection (1) of this section, shall have authority to
exercise its powers within the same area of operation given a housing authority of the municipality under ORS
456.060. [Formerly 457.130]
457.040 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.045 Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency's powers. The governing body of a
IT'''nicipality shall, in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.035, elect to have the powers of an urban renewal
ICY under this chapter exercised in one of the following ways:
(1) By a housing authority of the municipality established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law in which case
the name of the body Cv'pv.",te and politic shall be the "housing authority and urban renewal agency" of the
municipality.
(2) By appointing a board or commission composed of not less than three members.
(3) By the governing body, itself, provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban
renewal agency shall be, and shall be considered, the act of the urban renewal agency only and not of the governing
body. [Formerly 457.140]
457.050 [Amended by 1953 c.230 ~3; 1957 c.456 ~19; repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.055 Transfer of agency powers. At any time following adoption of the ordinance under ORS 457.035, or
for urban renewal agencies activated before October 3, 1979, at any time following adoption of a P'Vp'" resolution or
ordinance of the governing body of the municipality, the governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance,
transfer the authority to exercise the powers of the urban renewal agency to any other body authorized to exercise
those powers under ORS 457.045. All duties and obligations of the urban renewal agency shall thereafter be assumed
by the body to which those powers are transferred. [1979 c.621 ~16 (enacted in lieu of 457.145)]
457.060 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.065 Advisory board for housing authority acting as urban renewal agency. For the purpose of
coordinating its activities and undertakings under this chapter with the needs and undertakings of other local
,,'''anizations and groups, a housing authority exercising the powers of an urban renewal agency under ORS 457.045
.1 establish an advisory board consisting of the chairperson of the authority, who shall be chairperson of the
advisory board, and of sufficient members, to be appointed by the chairperson, to represent as far as practicable:
(I) The general public and consumers of housing.
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(2) General business interests.
(3) Real estate, building and home fmancing interests.
(4) Labor.
(5) Any official planning body in the locality.
(6) Church and welfare groups. [Formerly 457.100]
457.070 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.075 Termination of urban renewal agency. If the governing body of a municipality which has an urban
renewal agency under ORS 457.035 finds that there no longer exists a need for an urban renewal agency in the
municipality, the governing body shall provide, by ordinance, for a termination of the agency and a transfer of the
agency's facilities, files and personnel to the municipality. The termination of an urban renewal agency shall not
affect any outstanding legal actions, contracts or obligations of the agency and the municipality shall be substituted
for the agency and, for the purpose of those legal actions, contracts or obligations, shall be considered a continuation
of the urban renewal agency and not a new entity. No urban renewal agency shall be terminated under this section
unless all indebtedness to which a portion of taxes is irrevocably pledged for payment under ORS 457.420 to
457.460 is fully paid. [1979 c.621 ~6; 1991 c.459 ~331; 1997 c.541 ~443]
457.080 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.085 Urban renewal plan requirements; accompanying report; contents; approval required. (I) An
urban renewal agency shall provide for public involvement in all stages in the development of an urban renewal plan.
(2) An urban renewal plan proposed by an urban renewal agency shall include all of the following: .
(a) A description of each urban renewal project to be undertaken.
(b) An outline for the development, redevelopment, improvements, land acquisition, demolition and removal of
;tures, clearance, rehabilitation or conservation of the urban renewal areas of the plan.
(c) A map and legal description of the urban renewal areas of the plan.
(d) An explanation of its relationship to definite local objectives regarding appropriate land uses and improved
traffic, public transportation, public utilities, telecommunications utilities, recreational and community facilities and
other public improvements.
(e) An indication of proposed land uses, maximum densities and building requirements for each urban renewal
area.
(f) A description of the methods to be used for the temporary or permanent relocation of persons living in, and
businesses situated in, the urban renewal area of the plan.
(g) An indication of which real property may be acquired and the anticipated disposition of said real property,
whether by retention, resale, lease or other legal use, together with an estimated time schedule for such acquisition
and disposition.
(h) If the plan provides for a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.420 to 457.460, the maximum amount
of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan.
(i) A description of what types of possible future amendments to the plan are substantial amendments and require
the same notice, hearing and approval procedure required of the original plan under ORS 457.095 as provided in
ORS 457.220, including but not limited to amendments:
(A) Adding land to the urban renewal area, except for an addition ofland that totals not more than one percent of
the existing area of the urban renewal area
(B) Increasing the maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan.
0) For a project which includes a public building, an explanation of how the building serves or benefits the urban
renewal area
(3) An urban renewal plan shall be accompanied by a report which shall contain:
(a) A description of physical, social and economic conditions in the urban renewal areas o{the plan and the
expected impact, including the fiscal impact, of the plan in light of added services or increased population;
(b) Reasons for selection of each urban renewal area in the plan;
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(c) The relationship between each project to be undertaken under the plan and the existing conditions in the urban
J'f"TJewal area;
(d) The estimated total cost of each project and the sources of moneys to pay such costs;
( e) The anticipated completion date for each project;
(f) The estimated amount of money required in each urban renewal area under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and the
anticipated year in which indebtedness will be retired or otherwise provided for under ORS 457.420 to 457.460;
(g) A fmancial analysis of the plan with sufficient information to determine feasibility;
(h) A fiscal impact statement that estimates the impact of the tax increment financing, both until and after the
indebtedness is repaid, upon all entities levying taxes upon property in the urban renewal area; and
(i) A relocation ...yv.; which shall include:
(A) An analysis of existing residents or businesses required to relocate permanently or temporarily as a result of
agency actions under ORS 457.170;
(B) A description of the methods to be used for the temporary or permanent relocation of persons living in, and
businesses situated in, the urban renewal area in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530; and
(C) An enumeration, by cost range, of the existing housing units in the urban renewal areas of the plan to be
destroyed or altered and new units to be added.
(4) An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to the planning commission of the
municipality for recommendations, prior to presenting the plan to the governing body of the municipality for
approval under ORS 457.095.
(5) An urban renewal plan and accompanying report shall be forwarded to the governing body of each taxing
district affected by the urban renewal plan and the agency shall consult and confer with the taxing districts prior to
presenting the plan to the governing body of the municipality for approval under ORS 457.095. Any. written
recommendations of the governing body of each taxing district shall be accepted, rejected or modified by the
governing body of the municipality in adopting the plan.
(6) No urban renewal plan shall be carried out until the plan has been approved by the governing body of each
ucipality pursuant to ORS 457.095 and 457.105. [1979 c.621 ~2; 1983 c.544 ~I; 1987 c.668 ~l; 1987 c.447
~130; 1991 c.459 ~332; 1997c.541 ~444]
457.090 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 ~28]
457.095 Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice. The governing body of the
municipality, upon receipt of a proposed urban renewal plan and . ..yv.; from the municipality's urban renewal
agency and after public notice and hearing and consideration of public testimony and planning commission
recommendations, if any, may approve the urban renewal plan. The approval shall be by nonemergency ordinance
which shall incorporate the plan by reference. Notice of adoption of the ordinance approving the urban renewal plan,
and the provisions ofORS 457.135, shall be published by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with
ORS 457.115 no later than four days following the ordinance adoption. The ordinance shall include determinations
and fmdings by the governing body that:
(I) Each urban renewal area is blighted;
(2) The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the
municipality;
(3) The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, of the
municipality as a whole and provides an outline for accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan
proposes;
(4) Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means in accordance with ORS
35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly or disabled individuals, without displacing on priority lists
persons already waiting for existing federally subsidized housing;
(5) If acquisition of real property is provided for, that it is necessary;
(6) Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and feasible; and
(7) The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the urban renewal plan. [1979
c.621 ~3; 1989 c.224 ~121]
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457.100 [Amended by 1979 c.621 912; renumbered 457.065]
457.105 Approval of plan by other municipalities. In addition to the approval of a plan by the governing body
of the municipality under ORS 457.095, when any portion of the area of a proposed urban renewal plan extends
beyond the boundaries of the municipality into any other municipality and, in the case of a proposed plan by a county
agency, when any portion of such area is within the boundaries of a city, the governing body of the other
municipality may approve the plan and may do so by resolution, rather than by ordinance. A proposed plan for an
urban renewal area which is wholly within the boundaries of a city, or which is wholly within the boundaries of a
county and does not include any area within the boundaries of a city, must be approved only by the governing body
of the municipality in accordance with ORS 457.095. [1979 c.621 93a; 1987 c.668 92]
457.110 [Renumbered 457.025]
457.115 Manner of newspaper notice. Notice of adoption of an urban renewal plan required under ORS
457.095 and notice offiling of an annual fmancial statement required under ORS 457.460 shall be published in the
newspaper, as defmed in ORS 193.010, having the greatest circulation in the municipality and which is published
within the municipality. Ifno newspaper is published within the municipality, the required notice shall be published
in the newspaper having greatest circulation within the municipality published nearest to the municipality. [1979
c.621 93b]
457.120 When additional notice required; to whom sent; content; notice by publication. (I) In addition to
any required public notice of hearing on a proposed urban renewal plan or substantial amendment or change to a
plan, as described in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) and 457.220, the municipality shall cause notice ofa hearing by the
pnverning body on a proposed plan for a new urban renewal area or on a proposed change containing one of the
:s of amendments specified in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) to be mailed to each individual or household in one of the
following groups:
(a) Owners of real property that is located in the municipality;
(b) Electors registered in the municipality;
(c) Sewer, water, electric or other utility customers in the municipality; or
(d) Postal p";" uuS in the municipality.
(2) If the urban renewal area governed by the plan or substantial amendment thereof extends beyond the
boundaries of the municipality, notice shall also be sent to each individual in the selected group who is located in the
urban renewal area
(3) The notice required by this section shall contain a statement in plain language that:
(a) The governing body, on a specified date, will hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting or
substantially amending an urban renewal plan;
(b) The adoption or amendment may impact p.up".;j tax rates;
(c) States the proposed maximum amount of indebtedness that can be issued or incurred under the plan or
amendment;
(d) The ordinance, if approved, is subject to referendum; and
(e) A copy of the ordinance, urban renewal plan and accompanying report can be obtained by contacting a
designated person within the municipality. .
(4) If the municipality which activated the urban renewal agency is a county:
(a) The notice required by subsection (I) of this section shall be sent to each individual or household in one of the
groups listed in subsections (I)(a) to (d) of this section, except that the notice need be sent only to those individuals
or households located in a school district with territory affected or to be affected by the tax increment fmancing for
th~ new urban renewal area or proposed change.
(b) In addition to the notice under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the county shall cause notice to be published
in a paper of general circulation throughout the county. The published notice shall contain the information described
in subsection (3) of this section, be published in an advertisement not less than three inches in height and three inches
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. in width and be located in a general interest section of the newspaper other than the classified advertisement section.
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Note: 457.120 was added to and made a part ofORS chapter 457 by legislative action but was not added to any
smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
457.125 Recording of plan upon approval. A copy of the ordinance approving an urban renewal plan under
ORS 457.095 shall be sent by the governing body of the municipality to the urban renewal agency. A copy of the
resolution approving an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.105 shall be sent by the governing body ofa
municipality to the urban renewal agency. Upon receipt of the necessary approval of each municipality governing
body, the urban renewal plan shall be recorded by the urban renewal agency with the recording officer of each
county in which any portion of an urban renewal area within the plan is situated. [1979 c.621 g4]
457.130 [1957 c.456 994,5; 1979 c.621 g13; renwnbered 457.035]
457.135 Conclusive presumption of plan validity. After October 3, 1979, any urban renewal plan purported to
be adopted in conformance with applicable legal requirements shall be conclusively preswned valid for all purposes
90 days after adoption of the plan by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality. No direct or collateral
attack on the action may thereafter be commenced. [1979 c.621 g5]
457.140 [1957 c.456 96; 1975 c.246 gl; 1979 c.621 g14; renwnbered 457.045]
457.145 [1967 c.31l g2; repealed by 1979 c.621 g15 (457.055 enacted in lieu of 457.145)]
457.150 [1957 c.456 g8; repealed by 1979 c.621 g28]
457.160 Exception to plan requirements for disaster areas. Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS
chapters 455 and 456 or this chapter and ORS 446.515 to 446.547, where the governing body ofa municipality
certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake,
storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under federal
law, the governing body may declare a need for an urban renewal agency, if necessary, and may "pp.uve an urban
renewal plan and an urban renewal project for such area without regard to the provisions requiring:
(I) That the urban renewal plan conform to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, for
the municipality as a whole.
(2) That the urban renewal area be a blighted area. [1957 c.456 g15; 1979 c.621 g18; 1993 c.18 g114]
457.170 Urban renewal agency's powers in planning or undertaking an urban renewal project. An urban
renewal agency may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan. In
planning or undertaking an urban renewal project, the urban renewal agency has the power:
(l) To carry out any work or undertaking and exercise any powers which a housing authority is authorized to
perform or exercise under ORS 456.055 to 456.235, subject to the provisions of this chapter provided, however, that
ORS 456.155 and 456.160 do not limit the power of an agency in event ofa default by a purchaser or lessee ofIand
in an urban renewal plan to acquire property and operate it free from the restrictions in those sections.
(2) To carry out any rehabilitation or conservation work in an urban renewal area
(3) To acquire real property, by condemnation if necessary, when needed to carry out the plan.
(4) To clear any areas acquired, including the demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and
improvements.
(5) To install, construct or reconstruct streets, utilities and site improvements in accordance with the urban
ewal plan.
(6) To carry out plans for a program of the voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements
in an urban renewal area in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
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(7) To assist in relocating persons living in, and p.up"';; situated in, the urban renewal area in accordance with
thp. approved urban renewal plan and to make relocation payments.
(8) To dispose of, including by sale or lease, any property or part thereof acquired in the urban renewal area in
accordance with the approved urban renewal plan.
(9) To plan, undertake and carry out neighborhood development programs consisting of urban renewal project
undertakings in one or more urban renewal areas which are planned and carried out on the basis of annual increments
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for planning and carrying out urban renewal plans.
(10) To accomplish a combination of the things listed in this section to carry out an urban renewal plan. [1957
c.456 97; 1969 c.225 92; 1969 c.539 9 I; 1979 c.621 919; 1995 c.79 9268]
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457.180 Powers of urban renewal agencies in general. An urban renewal agency, in addition to its other
powers, may:
(I) Make plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements.
(2) Make plans for the enforcement of laws, codes and regulations relating to:
(a) The use ofland.
(b) The use and occupancy of buildings and improvements.
(c) The repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal of buildings and improvements.
(3) Make plans for the relocation of persons and property displaced by an urban renewal project.
(4) Make preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for neighborhoods to embrace two or more urban
renewal areas.
(5) Conduct preliminary surveys to determine if the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project is
feasible.
(6) Develop, test and report methods and techniques and carry out demonstrations and other activities for the
prevention and the elimination of urban blight.
(7) Engage in any other housing or cornmunity development activities specifically delegated to it by the
, ~ming body of the municipality including but not limited to land acquisition and disposition, conservation and
rehabilitation, residential or business relocation, construction, leasing or management of housing, and the making of
grants and loans from any available source. [1957 c.456 910; 1975 c.382 91]
457.190 Acquisition offunds by urban renewal agency; maximum amount of indebtedness. (I) An urban
renewal agency may borrow money and accept advances, loans, grants and any other form of financial assistance
from the federal government, the state, county or other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the
purposes of undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects.
(2) An urban renewal agency may do all things necessary or desirable to secure such fmancial aid, including
obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for federal financial aid to convey to the federal
government the project to which the contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default thereunder, in the
same manner as a housing authority may do to secure such aid in connection with slwn clearance and housing
projects under the Housing Authorities Law.
(3)(a) Each urban renewal plan adopted by ordinance on or after July 14, 1997, that provides for a division of
taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 shall include in the plan the maximwn amount of indebtedness that may be issued or
incurred under the plan. Notwithstanding subsection (I) of this section, if a maximwn amount ofindebtedoess is not
included in the plan, the urban renewal agency may not issue indebtedness for which taxes divided under ORS
457.440 are to be pledged to carry out the plan.
(b) Each urban renewal plan adopted by ordinance on or after December 6, 1996, and before July 14, 1997, that
provides for a division of taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 but does not include a maximwn amount of indebtedness
that may be issued or incurred under the plan shall be changed, by substantial plan amendment pursuant to ORS
457.220, to include the maximwn amount of indebtedness that may be issued or incurred under the plan before July
1 2000. Notwithstanding subsection (I) of this section, if a maximwn amount of indebtedness is not included in the
j on or before July I, 2000, the urban renewal agency may not on or after July I, 2000, issue indebtedness for
which taxes divided under ORS 457.440 are to be pledged to carry out the plan.
(c)(A) Each existing urban renewal plan that provides for a division of taxes pursuant to ORS 457.420 to 457.460
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. may be changed by substantial amendment no later than July I, 1998, to include a maximum amount of indebtedness
th'lt may be issued or incurred under the plan determined as described in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph. The
itional notices required under ORS 457.120 are not required for an amendment adopted pursuant to this
paragraph.
(8) The maximum amount of indebtedness that may be issued or incurred under the plan, as determined for
purposes of meeting the requirements of this paragraph, shall be based upon good faith estimates of the scope and
costs of projects, including but not limited to increases in costs due to reasonably anticipated inflation, in the existing
urban renewal plan and the schedule for their completion as completion dates were anticipated as of December 5,
1996. The maximum amount of indebtedness shall be specified in dollars and cents.
(C) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if a maximum amount of indebtedness is not adopted for an
existing urban renewal plan as described in this paragraph before July 1, 1998, the urban renewal agency may not
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Note: Section 335e, chapter 459, Oregon Laws 1991, provides:
Sec. 335e. Bonded indebtedness if project agreed to prior to September 29, 1991. Notwithstanding ORS
457.190, an urban renewal agency may issue bonded indebtedness to undertake an urban renewal project to carry out
an urban renewal plan if, prior to September 29, 1991, a written contract or other written agreement for the project
was made, the instrument setting forth the contract or agreement was executed and the parties were bound. The urban
renewal agency of the municipality may use any of the money available to it from the issuance of the bonds for
carrying out the project in accordance with the contract or agreement. [1991 c.459 9335e; 1997 c.541 9446a]
457.210 Applicability of housing cooperation law to urban renewal projects; delegation of powers and
functions. (I) Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate
with and assist urban renewal agencies with respect to urban renewal projects that such state public body has
p"rsuant to ORS 456.305 to 456.325 to cw>,..."le and assist housing authorities with respect to housing projects in
,ame manner as though those sections were applicable to urban renewal agencies and projects under this chapter.
(2) Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, hereby is authorized to enter into a&,....~ents with any
other public body, including an urban renewal agency, respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers
granted by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an
urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.
(3) An urban renewal agency hereby is authorized to delegate any of its powers or functions to the municipality
or other state public body, as defmed in ORS 456.305, with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban
renewal project in the area in which such municipality or other state public body is authorized to act. The
municipality, or other state public body to which the powers or functions are delegated hereby is authorized to carry
out or perform such powers or functions. [1957 c.456 911]
457.220 Plan amendment; limit on additional land. (I) Except for the provisions of subsection (2) of this
section, an urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095.
(2) Any substantial change made in the urban renewal plan shall, before being carried out, be approved and
recorded in the same manner as the original plan.
(3) No land equal to more than 20 percent of the total land area of the original plan shall be added to the urban
renewal areas ofa plan by amendments. [1957 c.456 99; 1979 c.621 920]
457.230 Disposition ofland in urban renewal project; determination of value; obligations of purchaser or
lessee; recordation. (I) The urban renewal agency shall, in accordance with the approved urban renewal plan, make
land in an urban renewal project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies. Such land shall be made
available at a value determined by the urban renewal agency to be its fair reuse value, which represents the value,
"'~ether expressed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the urban renewal agency in its discretion determines
h land should be made available in order that it may be developed, redeveloped, cleared, conserved or
rehabilitated for the purposes specified in such plan.
(2) To assure that land acquired in an urban renewal project is used in accordance with the urban renewal plan, an
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. urban renewal agency, upon the sale or lease of such land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees:
(a) To use the land for the purposes designated in the urban renewal plan.
(b) To begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the urban renewal agency fixes as
reasonable.
(3) Any obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the urban
renewal agency so stipulates.
(4) Any contract for the transfer of any interest in land by the urban renewal agency may be recorded in the land
records of the county in which the land is situated in the same manner as any other contract for the transfer of an
interest in hind is recorded. [1957 c.456 g 12; 1965 c.571 g I; 1967 c.312 g I]
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457.240 Tax status ofland leased under an urban renewal plan. Any property which the urban renewal
agency leases to private persons as defined in ORS 174.100 under an urban renewal plan shall have the same tax
status as if such leased property were owned by such private individuals or cv.,..v.,,~;ons. [1957 c.456 g13; 1983
c.327gll]
457.310 [1957 c.456 g16; repealed by 1979 c.621 g28]
457.320 Municipal assistance under plan; assumption by agency of general obligation bond payments of
municipality. In addition to the other powers granted a municipality under this chapter, a municipality may exercise
any of its powers otherwise provided by law to assist in the planning or the canying out of an urban renewal plan.
Without limiting the powers granted by the preceding sentence, a municipality may issue its general obligation bonds
for the purpose of assisting in the planning or the carrying out of an urban renewal plan. The urban renewal agency
of the municipality may assume payment of the general obligation bonds and may use any of the moneys available to
it for that purpose. [1957 c.456 g 17; 1979 c.621 g21]
"57.410 [1961 c.554 g2; repealed by 1979 c.621 g28]
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OF URBAN RENEWAL INDEBTEDNESS
457.420 Plan may provide for division of property taxes; limits on land area. (I) Any urban renewal plan
may contain a provision that the ad valorem taxes, if any, levied by a taxing district in which all or a portion of an
urban renewal area is located, shall be divided as provided in section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and
ORS 457.420 to 457.460. Ad valorem taxes shall not be divided if there is no provision in the urban renewal plan for
the division.
(2) No plan adopted after October 3, 1979, shall provide for a division of ad valorem taxes under subsection (l)
of this section if:
(a) For municipalities having a population of more than 50,000, according to the latest state census:
(A) The assessed value for the urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the total assessed value previously
certified by the assessor for other urban renewal plans of the municipality for which a division of ad valorem taxes is
provided exceeds a figure equal to 15 percent of the total assessed value of that municipality, exclusive of any
increased assessed value for other urban renewal areas; or .
(B) The urban renewal areas of the plan when added to the areas included in other urban renewal plans of the
municipality providing for a division of ad valorem taxes, exceed a figure equal to 15 percent of the total land area of
that municipality.
(b) For municipalities having a population ofless than 50,000, according to the latest state census:
(A) The assessed value for the urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the total assessed value previously
certified by the assessor for other urban renewal plans of the municipality for which a division of ad valorem taxes is
r....f)vided exceeds a figure equal to 25 percent of the total assessed value of that municipality, exclusive of any
:eased assessed value for other urban renewal areas; or
(B) The urban renewal areas of the plan, when added to the areas included in other urban renewal plans of the
municipality providing for a division of ad valorem taxes, exceed a figure equal to 25 percent of the total land area of
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(3) Property may not be included in more than one urban renewal area. [1961 c.554 g3; 1969 c.539 g2; 1971
~ g4; 1979 c.621 g24; 1991 c.459 g334; 1997 c.541 g447]
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457.430 Certification of assessed value of property in urban renewal area; amendment. (I) As soon as
practicable after the approval of a plan containing a provision authorized by ORS 457.420, the county assessor of
each county in which an urban renewal area is located shall prepare, in duplicate, a certified statement of the total
assessed value, as shown on the county assessment roll last certified prior to the effective date of the ordinance
approving the plan, of all of the taxable real and personal property contained in the urban renewal area in the county.
(2) Wherever only a part of an urban renewal area is located in a taxing district, the assessor also shall show in
the statement required by subsection (I) of this section the assessed value of the real and personal property in the part
of the urban renewal area located in the taxing district.
(3) One copy of the certified statement shall be filed by the assessor with the agency and the other copy shall
constitute a part of the public records of the county assessor's office.
(4) Whenever a part of an urban renewal area comes within the territory of a taxing district either by annexation,
incorporation of a new taxing district or consolidation, after the approval of a plan containing a provision authorized
by ORS 457.420, the county assessor shall in the same manner as under subsection (3) of this section fIle a certified
statement or an amendment to a certified statement to show the assessed value of the real and personal property in
that part of the urban renewal area incorporated by annexation or consolidation into the taxing district. The assessed
value of the real and personal y'..,y,,,;j so incorporated shall be determined in the same manner and as of the same
date as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(5) When a certified statement is filed as required by subsection (1) of this section, if the law provides a reduction
or increase of the valuation for tax purposes of the taxable property contained in the urban renewal area at the time of
the filing, the assessor shall state the total assessed value as it is so reduced or increased. After a certified statement
h~. been filed as required by subsection (1) of this section, if a law is enacted which provides a reduction or increase
Ie valuation for tax purposes of the taxable property contained in the urban renewal area at the time the certified
statement was filed, the assessor shall amend the certified statement annually or as otherwise required to reduce or
increase the stated total aSsessed value of the real and personal property accordingly. An amendment to the certified
statement shall be filed in the manner provided by subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
(6)(a) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) of this section and paragraph (b) of this subsection, all certified
statements and amendments thereto filed under this section before July 14, 1997, shall continue to remain in effect.
(b) Effective as of the tax year beginning on July I, 1997, the assessor shall amend the amount of assessed value
included in a certified statement by applying to the certified assessed value of each tax code area located within an
urban renewal area the percentage obtained by dividing the total assessed value within the tax code area, including
growth in assessed value over the certified assessed value, by the total real market value within the tax code area.
[1961 c.554 g4; 1969 c.539 g3; 1979 c.621 g25; 1981 c.804 g105; 1983 S.s. c.5 g24; 1991 c.459 g335; 1997 c.541
g448]
457.435 Property tax collection methods for existing plans; special levies. (I) For each existing urban renewal
plan that includes a provision for a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.420 to 457.460, the municipality that
activated the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall adopt an 'ordinance choosing one of the options
listed in subsection (2) of this section as the method of collecting ad valorem property taxes sufficient to pay, when
due, indebtedness issued or incurred to carry out the plan as permitted by section II (16), Article XI of the Oregon
Constitution.
(2) The options referred to in subsection (I) of this section are as follows:
(a) Option One: To collect amounts sufficient to pay the obligations, as budgeted for the plan, from ORS
457.440, and if the amount estimated to be received from ORS 457.440 is not sufficient to meet the budgeted
f'l,ligations of the plan for the tax or fiscal year, to make a special levy in the amount of the remainder upon all of the
lble property of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and upon all of the taxable property
lying outside the municipality but included in an urban renewal area of the plan.
(b) Option Two: To make a special levy in the amount stated in the notice given under ORS 457.440 (2) upon all
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. of the taxable property of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency, and upon all of the taxable
property lying outside the municipality but included in an urban renewal area of the plan.
(c) Option Three: To collect an amount equal to the amount stated in the ordinance adopted as provided in
subsection (I) of this section by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440, and to make a special levy upon all of
the taxable property of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and upon all of the taxable property
lying outside the municipality but within an urban renewal area of the plan. The county assessor shall adjust the
amount of the total assessed value included in the certified statement filed under ORS 457.430 so that the amount
collected by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 does not exceed the amount stated in the ordinance to be
collected by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440.
(3)(a) The total amount obtained under an option listed in subsection (2) of this section for any plan shall not
exceed the maximum amount that could have been certified to the assessor for the plan under ORS 457.440 (1995
Edition) for the tax year beginning July 1, 1997.
(b) For each tax year beginning after the 1997-1998 tax year, the limitation of paragraph (a) of this subsection
shall be adjusted by a percentage change equal to the percentage change in the increment within the urban renewal
area from the preceding year.
(4)(a) The ordinance choosing the option referred to in subsection (I) of this section shall be adopted no later
than July I, 1998, and shall be applicable for tax years beginning on or after July I, 1998.lfnot so adopted, the
municipality shall be considered to have chosen Option One as its method of collection of ad valorem property taxes
sufficient to pay, when due, indebtedness issued or incurred to carry out the existing urban renewal plan. An option,
once chosen, may not be changed to another option. In addition, if Option Three is chosen, the amount specified in
the ordinance choosing the option to be collected by dividing the taxes pursuant to ORS 457.440 shall not be
changed by subsequent ordinance or amendment to the certified statement.
(b) The option chosen, together with the particulars of the option, including but not limited to any limit on the
amount to be received from ORS 457.440, shall be reflected in the notice filed by the urban renewal agency with the
cr.. mty assessor.
~5)(a) The county assessor, or county assessors if the taxable property is in more than one county, shall extend
the special levy against all of the taxable property of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and all
of the taxable property lying outside the municipality but included in an urban renewal area of the plan.
(b) Any amounts collected from special levies made under this section shall be paid into the special fund or funds
of the urban renewal agency referred to in ORS 457.440 (6) and shall be used to pay the principal and interest to
fmance or refmance the existing urban renewal plan or plans of the urban renewal agency.
(6) This section applies to existing urban renewal plans with respect to principal and interest on indebtedness
until the indebtedness is fully paid or it is found that deposits in the special fund are sufficient to pay the principal
and interest on the indebtedness issued or incurred under the existing urban renewal plan.
(7) Nothing in this section shall prevent the funding of urban renewal indebtedness as provided under ORS
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457.437 Consultation with municipalities; resolution requfrements. (1) Prior to the establishment of a
maximum amount of indebtedness for an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.190 and before an option is adopted
under ORS 457.435, the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall meet with the governing bodies of
the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and other municipalities affected by the urban renewal plan
imd review the proposed maximum amount of indebtedness for the plan and the agency's recommended option under
ORS 457.435.
(2) After the meeting described in subsection (1) of this section, the governing bodies shall adopt resolutions in
support of or opposition to the recommended option under ORS 457.435.
(3) If an affected municipality adopts a resolution in opposition to the recommended option, then the agency's
recommendations may be adopted only by the adoption of a separate resolution by the municipality that activated the
"rhan renewal agency. [1997 c.541 ~454a]
457.440 Computation of amounts to be raised from property taxes; notice; rules. During the period specified
under ORS 457.450:
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(1) The county assessor shall determine the amount of funds to be raised each year for urban renewal within the
('./lunty levied by taxing districts in accordance with section lc, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS
',420 to 457.460.
. (2) Not later than July 15 of each tax year, each urban renewal agency shall determine and file with the county
assessor a notice stating the amount of funds to be raised for each urban renewal area as follows:
(a) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option One as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(a), the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised by dividing the taxes
under section Ic, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(b) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Two as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(b), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by the special levy.
(c) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Three as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(c), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by special levy in addition to the amount to be
raised by dividing the taxes as stated in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.435 (1).
(d) If the plan is not an existing plan, the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised
by dividing the taxes under section Ic, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(3) If a municipality has chosen Option Three pursuant to ORS 457.435, the maximum amount of funds that may
be raised for an urban renewal agency by dividing the taxes as provided in section lc, Article IX of the Oregon
Constitution, may be limited by the municipality in which the urban renewal agency is located. The decision of the
municipality to limit the amount of funds to be included in the notice filed under subsection (2) of this section shall
be reflected in the certified statement filed by the urban renewal agency with the county assessor.
(4) Not later than S"'J-';",.~ber 25 of each tax year, the assessor of any county in which a joint district is located
shall provide, to the assessor of each other county in which the joint district is located, the assessed values of the
property in the joint district that is located within the county, including the certified statement value and the
increment for each code area containing any urban renewal area located within the joint district, and a copy of the
,,"lice filed by the urban renewal agency for the area located within the joint district under subsection (2) of this
Jon.
(5) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes as
provided in section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be computed by the county assessor as follows:
(a) The county assessor shall compute the total consolidated billing tax rate for each code area in which an urban
renewal area of the plan is located.
(b) The assessor shall determine the amount of taxes that would be produced by extending the tax rate computed
under paragraph (a) of this subsection against the increment of each code area.
(c) The total amount determined for all code areas containing urban renewal areas included within the urban
renewal plan is the maximum amount of funds to be raised for the urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes.
(6)(a) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal agency as determined under
subsection (5) of this section, or the maximum amount, as determined under subsection (2) of this section, shall be
certified by the county assessor to the tax collector. The tax collector shall include the amount so certified iri the
percentage schedule of the ratio of taxes on property prepared under ORS 311.390 and filed with the county
treasurer. Notwithstanding ORS 311.395 (6), the county treasurer shall credit the amount to the urban renewal
agency and shall distribute its percentage amount to the urban renewal agency as determined by the schedule at the
times other distributions are made under ORS 311.395 (7).
(b) The county assessor shall notifY the urban renewal agency of the amounts received under subsection (5) of
this section or amounts received pursuant to the notice provided in subsection (2) of this section for each urban
renewal plan area. Any amounts received by the urban renewal agency under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be
attributed to the urban renewal plan in which the urban renewal area is included, shall be paid into a special fund of
the urban renewal agency for the urban renewal plan and shall be used to pay the principal and interest on any
indebtedness issued or incurred by the urban renewal agency to finance or refmance the urban renewal plan.
(7) Unless and until the total aSsessed value of the taxable property in an urban renewal area exceeds the total
~ssed value specified in the certified statement, all of the ad valorem taxes levied and collected upon the taxable
property in the urban renewal area shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing districts.
. (8) The agency may incur indebtedness, including obtaining loans and advances in carrying out the urban
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. renewal plan, and the portion of taxes received under this section may be irrevocably pledged for the payment of
principal of and interest on the indebtedness.
(9) The Department of Revenue shall by rule establish procedures for giving notice of amounts to be raised for
urban renewal agencies and for determination of amounts to be raised and distributed to urban renewal agencies.
(10) The notice required under this section shall serve as the notice required under ORS 310.060 for the special
levy described under ORS 457.435. [1961 c.554 95; 1979 c.621 926; 1981 c.804 9106; 1983 S.s. c.5 925; 1985 c.613
917; 1987 c.l58 987; 1991 c.459 9335a; 1997 c.541 9449; 1999 c.579 926; 2003 c.l90 916]
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Note: Section 19, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, provides:
See. 19. The amendments to ORS 311.345, 311.385, 311.390, 311.395, 311.480 and 457.440 by sections 6, 8,10,
12,14 and 16, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, apply to taxes, interest and related penalties:
(I) Due under ORS 311.405 or 311.480 on or after the effective date of this 2003 Act [November 26, 2003]; or
(2) Due pursuant to an order ofa bankruptcy court issued before July 1,2008. [2003 c.l90 919; 2003 c.704 910]
Note: The amendments to 457.440 by section 17, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, apply to taxes, interest and
related penalties due under 311.405 or 311.480 on or after July I, 2008, or due pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy
court issued on or after July 1,2008. See section 20, chapter 190, Oregon Laws 2003, as amended by section II,
chapter 704, Oregon Laws 2003. The text that applies on and after July 1,2008, is set forth for the user's
convemence.
457.440. During the period specified under ORS 457.450:
(I) The county assessor shall determine the amount of funds to be raised each year for urban renewal within the
county levied by taxing districts in accordance with section Ic, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS
457.420 to 457.460.
(2) Not later than July 15 of each tax year, each urban renewal agency shall determine and file with the county
aooessor a notice stating the amount of funds to be raised for each urban renewal area as follows:
~a) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option One as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(a), the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised by dividing the taxes
under section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(b) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Two as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(b), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by the special levy.
(c) If the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency has chosen Option Three as provided in ORS
457.435 (2)(c), the notice shall state the amount of funds to be raised by special levy in addition to the amount to be
raised by dividing the taxes as stated in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.435 (1).
(d) If the plan is not an existing plan, the notice shall state that the maximum amount of funds that may be raised
by dividing the taxes under section I c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be raised for the agency.
(3) If a municipality has chosen Option Three pursuant to ORS 457.435, the maximum amount of funds that may
be raised for an urban renewal agency by dividing the taxes as provided in section I c, Article IX of the Oregon
Constitution, may be limited by the municipality in which the urban renewal agency is located. The decision of the
municipality to limit the amount of funds to be included in the notice filed under subsection (2) of this section shall
be reflected in the certified statement filed by the urban renewal agency with the county assessor.
(4) Not later than September 25 of each tax year, the assessor of any county in which a joint district is located
shall provide, to the assessor of each other county in which the joint district is located, the assessed values of the
p<up"';)' in the joint district that is located within the county, including the certified statement value and the
increment for each code area containing any urban renewal area located within the joint district, and a copy of the
notice filed by the urban renewal agency for the area located within the joint district under subsection (2) of this
section.
(5) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes as
,..rl)vided in section 1 c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, shall be computed by the county assessor as follows:
(a) The county assessor shall compute the total consolidated billing tax rate for each code area in which an urban
renewal area of the plan is located.
(b) The assessor shall determine the amount of taxes that would be produced by extending the tax rate computed
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un er paragraph a 0 s su seclIon agamst e mcrement 0 eac co e area.
( c) The total amount determined for all code areas containing urban renewal areas included within the urban
~wal plan is the maximum amount of funds to be raised for the urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes.
(6)(a) The maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal agency as determined under
subsection (5) of this section, or the maximum amount, as determined under subsection (2) of this section, shall be
certified by the county assessor to the tax collector. The tax collector shall include the amount so certified in the
percentage schedule of the ratio of taxes on property prepared under ORS 311.390 and filed with the county
treasurer. Notwithstanding ORS 311.395 (5), the county treasurer shall credit the amount to the urban renewal
agency and shall distribute its percentage amount to the urban renewal agency as determined by the schedule at the
times other distributions are made under ORS 311.395 (6).
(b) The county assessor shall notify the urban renewal agency of the amounts received under subsection (5) of
this section or amounts received pursuant to the notice provided in subsection (2) of this section for each urban
renewal plan area. Any amounts received by the urban renewal agency under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be
attributed to the urban renewal plan in which the urban renewal area is included, shall be paid into a special fund of
the urban renewal agency for the urban renewal plan and shall be used to pay the principal and interest on any
indebtedness issued or incurred by the urban renewal agency to finance or refinance the urban renewal plan.
(7) Unless and until the total assessed value of the taxable p.up....;; in an urban renewal area exceeds the total
assessed value specified in the certified statement, all of the ad valorem taxes levied and collected upon the taxable
property in the urban renewal area shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing districts.
(8) The agency may incur indebtedness, including obtaining loans and advances in carrying out the urban
renewal plan, and the portion of taxes received under this section may be irrevocably pledged for the payment of
principal of and interest on the indebtedness.
(9) The Department of Revenue shall by rule establish procedures for giving notice of amounts to be raised for
urban renewal agencies and for determination of amounts to be raised and distributed to urban renewal agencies.
(I 0) The notice required under this section shall serve as the notice required under ORS 310.060 for the special
: described under ORS 457.435.
457.450 Notice to tax assessor; provision for debt retirement; distribution of remaining tax increment
funds. (l)(a) ORS 457.440 shall first apply to the assessment roll next following the tax roll referred to in ORS
457.430 if the assessor is provided notice of a plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency
prior to January 1 before the tax year to which the plan first applies.
(b) If the assessor is not provided notice of plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency
prior to January I before the tax year to which ORS 457.440 would otherwise first apply, then ORS 457.440 shall
first apply to the assessment roll next following the assessment roll described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) When the principal and interest on indebtedness to which the portion of taxes is irrevocably pledged for
payment under ORS 457.435 or 457.440 is fully paid, or it is found that deposits in the special fund are sufficient to
fully pay principal and interest on that indebtedness either through direct payment of the indebtedness or by payment
of principal and interest on bonds or notes issued to finance the indebtedness, the agency shall notifY the assessor of
that fact.
(3) All moneys remaining unexpended from the special fund provided for in ORS 457.435 or 457.440, after
payment of all the principal and interest on indebtedness is provided for, shall be turned over to the county treasurer
by the agency and prorated by the treasurer back to the taxing districts in which the area, or part thereof, is located, in
proportion to the amount of money in the fund attributable to each taxing district for the last fiscal year in which tax
levy moneys were paid into the special fund of the agency under ORS 457.435 or 457.440. [1961 c.554 96; 1971
c.426 91; 1979 c.621 927; 1991 c.459 9335b; 1997 c.541 9450]
457.460 Financial report required for agency; contents; notice. (I) An agency shall, by August I of each
vpar, prepare a statement on the same basis on which its financial statements are prepared containing:
(a) The amount of money received during the preceding fiscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from
indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460;
(b) The purposes and amounts for which any money received under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from
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indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 were expended during the preceding fiscal year;
(c) An estimate of moneys to be received during the current fiscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 aod from
~btedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460;
(d) A budget setting forth the purposes aod estimated amounts for which the moneys which have been or will be
received under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.460 are to be
expended during the current fiscal year; and
(e) An analysis of the impact, if aoy, of carrying out the urbao renewal plan on the tax collections for the
preceding year for all taxing districts included under ORS 457.430.
(2) The statement required by subsection (1) of this section shall be filed with the governing body of the
municipality. Notice shall be published that the statement has been prepared aod is on file with the municipality aod
the agency and the information contained in the statement is available to all interested persons. The notice shall be
published once a week for not less than two successive weeks before September I of the year for which the statement
is required in accordance with ORS 457.115. The notice shall summarize the information required under subsection
(l)(a) to (d) of this section and shall set forth in full the information required under subsection (l)(e) of this section.
[1979 c.621 ~23; 1991 c.459 ~335c; 1997 c.541 ~451]
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