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Oregon City approves reimbursement to mobile-home-park owners for sewer and water extension and authorizes development agreement
Summary
The commission authorized payment from water and sewer SDC funds to reimburse private developers (the Laughlins) for sewer and water lines they built to serve Cherry Lane Mobile Home Park and to execute a development agreement for future reimbursements.
The Oregon City Commission approved Commission Report 97-128 on Sept. 3, 1997, authorizing reimbursement to John and Carol Laughlin for sewer and water infrastructure they constructed to extend service along Highway 213 to Cherry Lane Mobile Home Park and authorizing the city manager to execute related agreements.
Nancy (last name not stated), a staff member in the utilities/planning team, presented a history of the project. The Laughlins had moved forward with construction because their park expansion timeline required infrastructure; an advanced finance district had not been established before construction. Staff calculated total project costs and estimated future equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) that the installed lines could serve (about 170 EDUs by staff estimate). Using that projection, staff apportioned the project costs: the Laughlins' share for 67 existing units was $127,368.79, and the non-Laughlin apportionment for properties that could be served in the future was $193,420.24.
Nancy recommended reimbursing the Laughlins for the portion of the project that serves other properties and that the reimbursement be paid from water and sewer SDC funds; she also recommended a signed development agreement to bind repayment and to reimburse the Laughlins for a $150 advanced-finance-district fee they had paid. Staff said the installed infrastructure was placed at elevations and locations that would allow future extension to the urban growth boundary without major rework.
Commissioners asked where funds would come from; staff said the SDC funds are available and the next item on the agenda was a corresponding budget amendment. The city manager confirmed he and staff had met with the Laughlins and that the Laughlins had agreed to the proposed approach. A motion to approve the report was moved and seconded; the commission voted unanimously to approve the staff recommendations.
Actions authorized by the vote included payment from water and sewer SDC reserves to reimburse the Laughlins for the portion of the project calculated to serve other properties and authorization for the city manager to execute a development agreement to document reimbursements and obligations.
