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Scappoose Urban Renewal Agency adopts FY 2025-26 budget, adopts resolution URA2-25
Summary
The Scappoose Urban Renewal Agency approved its fiscal year 2025-26 budget and adopted resolution URA2-25 on June 16, 2025, proceeding with previously proposed appropriations, a tax categorization and a maximum indebtedness figure cited in the budget document.
The Scappoose Urban Renewal Agency voted to adopt its fiscal year 2025-26 budget and approved resolution URA2-25 at a June 16 meeting, following a brief public hearing with no public testimony. Agent Hogan moved to approve the resolution; Agent Adrian Santiago seconded, and the motion carried by voice vote.
Finance Administrator Carol Ulmer told the agency that the resolution adopts the urban renewal budget “as written” and that there were no changes from the proposed draft presented in earlier budget meetings. Ulmer said capital-improvement carryovers from the prior year are included and that the agency expects tax revenues roughly in line with the prior year — “around $500,000,” she said — subject to the county’s tax calculations.
The budget package before the agency makes appropriations, imposes and categorizes a tax levy and references the agency’s maximum indebtedness. The staff memo and Ulmer’s remarks note a maximum indebtedness figure cited in the document of about $37,000,000; Ulmer and members said the agency currently has not borrowed against that limit. Ulmer also clarified that while the urban renewal district has no debt, related debt referenced in conversation is city debt and that urban renewal proceeds are being used to pay toward the reservoir project.
Agency members discussed how the urban renewal tool could be used for future projects, including the possibility of acquiring large properties if circumstances allowed. Members referenced the Cascade Tissues building as an example of the sort of property that could be considered if prices or conditions changed; no acquisition was proposed or approved at the meeting. Ulmer described the agency’s approach as incremental spending versus taking on large, immediate debt obligations.
The agency opened and closed a public hearing on the budget with no members of the public speaking. After the hearing, Agent Hogan moved to adopt resolution URA2-25; Agent Adrian Santiago seconded, and the motion passed on a voice vote. The agency or staff will continue to monitor and review the district’s goals and available tools, including use of carryover funds and alignment with ARPA spending noted during the discussion.
The resolution was recorded as adopted; no numeric roll-call vote was read into the record at the meeting.
