Washington County commissioners approve property sale, park-district annexation, housing tax-exemption changes and supplemental budget; authorize data‑sharing I

Washington County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the sale of a county-owned parcel to King City, adopt an update to the county's nonprofit low-income housing property tax-exemption ordinance, approve a spring supplemental budget adjustment and authorize an intergovernmental data-sharing agreement with Metro Regional Government related to the Supportive Housing Services program.

The approvals came as a series of staff reports were presented and public hearings were closed without public testimony. Chair Harrington called for and the board carried each motion 4 to 0.

County facilities manager Greg Wyman told the board the parcel being sold was acquired through tax-foreclosure in February 2014 and was included in the county's most recent real property auction. "Washington County has no current public use for the property," Wyman said, and the city of King City asked to acquire the parcel to provide public access to the Tualatin River through parks and trails. The county accepted King City's offer of $70,000; staff noted a newspaper notice incorrectly listed the parcel as 0.07 acres when the property is actually about 1.06 acres.

In a separate hearing the board adopted a resolution approving a consent-petition annexation of two tax lots totaling about 4.75 acres into the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD). County staff said the annexation was initiated by the property owner and is intended to…