The Legislative Assembly declares the lands protected by the Columbia River levee system in northern Multnomah County to be of statewide and regional significance because they contain significant industrial and economic lands, one of the state’s most important transportation hubs, the Portland International Airport, the second largest source of drinking water in Oregon and a […]
As used in ORS 550.150 to 550.400, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “District” means the urban flood safety and water quality district created under ORS 550.170. (2) “District board” means the board of directors of the district. (3) “Elector” means an individual qualified to vote under Article II, section 2, of the Oregon Constitution, […]
(1) An urban flood safety and water quality district is created for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining works in order to: (a) Reduce the risk of flooding; (b) Protect people and property from flood risk; (c) Respond to flood emergencies; (d) Convey water for the purpose of flood safety; (e) […]
(1)(a) Any elector or owner of land within the district may bring any proceeding that the board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district is authorized to bring under ORS 33.710. (b) The proceeding shall be governed by ORS 33.720, except as otherwise provided in this section. (c) For purposes of […]
(1) The initial board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district shall consist of 17 directors appointed as follows: (a) One director representing the City of Portland appointed by the Portland city council. (b) One director representing the City of Gresham appointed by the Gresham city council. (c) One director representing […]
(1) As soon as practicable after the election and appointment of the directors to the board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district, the directors shall meet to qualify all individuals elected or appointed as directors by administering an oath of office and to elect the officers of the district board. […]
The board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district shall: (1) Manage and conduct the affairs of the district. (2) Employ and appoint agents and employees and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the agents and employees. (3) Establish reasonable bylaws and rules for the administration of the affairs […]
The board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district may appoint stakeholder advisory committees to advise the district board on aspects of the operation of the district, to assist the board with community outreach and citizen participation or to advise the board on other matters as the board deems necessary or […]
To carry out the purposes for which it was created, the urban flood safety and water quality district is a body corporate and has the power to, without limitation: (1) Have and use a seal. (2) Have perpetual succession. (3) Sue and be sued in its own name. (4) Acquire by condemnation, purchase, devise, gift […]
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the urban flood safety and water quality district pursuant to ORS 550.230 (4) shall be governed by ORS 35.015 to 35.530. (2) The district’s authority to condemn property is limited to property located: (a) Within the managed floodplain; […]
Activities of the urban flood safety and water quality district are deemed to be urban services, as defined in ORS 195.065, if the district engages in the activities to manage flood control and safety, water quality or surface water. [2019 c.621 §11]
(1)(a) The urban flood safety and water quality district shall prepare a plan for watershed and habitat improvement and landscape resilience within the managed floodplain. The watershed improvement plan shall be coordinated with plans or programs of other jurisdictions with authority over watershed management within the managed floodplain. (b) The urban flood safety and water […]
(1) The urban flood safety and water quality district may undertake construction of works upon approval of the proposed works by the district board. (2) The district board shall obtain engineering plans for any works that require engineering. [2019 c.621 §13]
The urban flood safety and water quality district is a contracting agency as defined in ORS 279A.010 for all applicable requirements of the Public Contracting Code. [2019 c.621 §14]
(1) The urban flood safety and water quality district may construct works: (a) Across or along any street or public highway, or over any lands, that are the property of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. (b) Across or along any stream of water or watercourse, any ground water resource or […]
The board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district may finance the construction, operation or maintenance of district works by the following means: (1) Assessments made under ORS 550.310 against the benefited lands in the district, with or without the issuance of works bonds. (2) Service and user charges imposed under […]
(1) All or part of the cost of building, constructing, purchasing, operating, maintaining or improving works of the urban flood safety and water quality district may be assessed against the lands to be benefited by the works. The district board shall determine the portion of the cost, if any, that is to be paid from […]
(1)(a) The urban flood safety and water quality district may annually impose, assess and collect a tax on all taxable property located in the district in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due in the fiscal year on outstanding general obligation bonds issued by the district. (b) The tax imposed pursuant to […]
(1) To pay the costs of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining district works, the board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district may adopt an ordinance to: (a) Impose and collect service charges, fees or rates on the owners or occupants of property served by the works of the […]
(1)(a) Upon approval of the electors of the urban flood safety and water quality district, the district may issue general obligation bonds. The district may not issue or have outstanding at the time of issuance general obligation bonds in a principal amount that exceeds two percent of the real market value of all taxable property […]
