Council, Urban Renewal board approve fee and annexation items; URA authorizes $100,000 development assistance for Paquette Hotel

McMinnville’s City Council and Urban Renewal Agency handled a mix of routine and development‑related items April 23, approving infrastructure cost adjustments, land‑use steps and a small urban‑renewal development assistance package.

Key outcomes at a glance

- Meadows Drive change order (Resolution 2025‑15): The council approved a change order to share additional construction costs for the Meadows Drive project. Staff said the work became necessary when crews opened pavement and discovered existing inlet and manhole connections that needed replacement; the board approved the city’s share for the added work.

- Sanitary sewer user fees (Resolution 2025‑09): The council approved a 2.5% increase in sanitary sewer rates, effective July 1, 2025. Public Works staff said the increase continues a multi‑year schedule of modest annual adjustments the council adopted after a pause during the pandemic; staff cited higher construction and chemical costs at the wastewater plant as part of the rationale.

- Annexation agreements (Resolutions 2025‑12 and 2025‑13): The council approved two annexation agreements that establish the conditions under which properties that are partly inside the urban growth boundary will join city limits when conditions are met. One agreement (Jose Garcia) requires the owner to annex the unincorporated portion of his partitioned parcel when adjoining property annexes to avoid creating an island. The other (Stanley and Nyla Cook Revocable Trust) was the more conventional voluntary annexation framework for a two‑phase 10‑lot…