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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1. The property owners and registered voters have initiated a proposal by a consent petition to annex to the City of Portland the property described in Exhibit A, and generally illustrated with Exhibit B.  
2. The property owners want to annex to Portland to obtain City sewer service for site within the boundaries of the City’s Urban Services Boundary. The applicant has taken steps toward applying for public works permits to make these extensions (2021-043815-000-00-EA).
3. The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability prepared a staff report meeting the requirements of City administrative rule and Metro code on July 14, 2021, more than seven days before the first reading of this ordinance.
4. Based on the July 14, 2021 Staff Report attached as Exhibit C, which Council adopts in whole as its own findings, this proposal for annexation meets the applicable approval criteria.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The proposed annexation described in Exhibit A is approved.
2. The subject territory is withdrawn from the Tualatin Valley Fire/Rescue District #1 JT.
3. The City Auditor is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this Ordinance with the Boundary Change Office of Metro.

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists in order that there be no delay in extending services, therefore, this Ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage by Council.