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Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners
Agenda Request
To: Board of Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
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From: Monte Reinders, PE, Public Works Director (�fV
Agenda Date: August 17, 2020 1
Subject: Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment System Ordinance
Public hearing
Statement of Issue:
The Port Ludlow Drainage District was established under the authority of RCW 85.38.
A map showing the District boundary is attached. The District currently levies an
assessment to fund District activities that was authorized under Jefferson County
Ordinance 02-0808-16. RCW 85.38 requires the Board to hold a public hearing to
review the District assessment system every four years and approve an assessment
system on or before September 1. The Drainage District has requested that the Board
make no revisions to the existing assessment system.
Public Works has prepared a draft ordinance that adopts the existing assessment
system. It includes Appendix 1. Assessment System Calculation Method that explains
how the assessments on individual parcels are calculated. The ordinance is attached
for the Board's review and consideration in a public hearing.
Analysis/Strategic Goals/Pro's & Con's:
The assessment system is based on the impervious surface area and size of each
parcel in the Drainage District. Based on annual District assessment revenue of
$100,000, the annual assessment for a typical single family residence on a quarter
acre lot would be approximately $75. The County Engineer has reviewed the District's
assessment system and determined that it is consistent with RCW 85.38. The County
Engineer's report is attached.
The District is an independent municipal corporation. The Board's responsibility under
RCW 85.38 is solely to review the assessment system to determine if it is fair to
District property owners. The Board is not responsible for setting the amount of the
District's assessment or budget or for determining District projects.
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Renewing the District's assessment system will enable the District to continue to
provide drainage facilities in Port Ludlow.
Fiscal Impact/Cost Benefit Analysis:
Drainage District's assessments fund the District's activities. The County does not
fund the District. The County is authorized to charge the District for its costs incurred
in reviewing and approving the assessment system. The County Treasurer may also
impose a fee for collecting the assessments, not exceeding one percent of the
assessments. Adopting an assessment system for the District will not have a negative
fiscal impact on the County.
Recommendation:
Prior to the public hearing Public Works will review the Drainage District's assessment
system and the draft ordinance with the Board. District representatives will also be
present to discuss the assessment system.
After the hearing, the Board, at its discretion, could:
• Consider the public hearing comments and decide whether to adopt the ordinance
or
Direct Public Works to compile the comments and prepare responses and, if
appropriate, prepare recommended revisions to the ordinance or assessment
system for consideration by the Board.
In either case, the Board must approve a District assessment system ordinance on or
before September 1.
Department Contact: Monte Reinders, 385-9242
Reviewed By:
`` ilip Mort y, unty r Date
STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
In the Matter of }
Repealing and Replacing }
Ordinance No. 02-0808-16 }
Finalizing the Assessment System }
For the Port Ludlow Drainage District } ORDINANCE NO.
WHEREAS the Port Ludlow Drainage District was established in 2000; and
WHEREAS RCW 85.38 requires the Board of Commissioners to finalize the
District assessment system at least once every four years; and
WHEREAS the District assessment system was previously finalized by adoption
of Ordinance No. 02-0808-16 in August of 2016; and
WHEREAS the District has requested that the Board of Commissioners not amend
the District assessment system; and
WHEREAS RCW 85.38 requires the Board of Commissioners to hold a public
hearing prior to finalizing the assessment system; and
WHEREAS RCW 85.38 specifies that notice of the public hearing shall be made
by publishing two notices in the newspaper of record and by mailing a notice to all Drainage
District property owners; and
WHEREAS the notice of the public hearing was properly advertised and the
Drainage District property owners were individually notified by mail; and
WHEREAS a public hearing was held before the Board of County Commissioners
on the 17th day of August, 2020;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish the Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment
System to be used to set District assessments.
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY
This Ordinance is adopted under the authority conferred on Jefferson County by Chapter 85.38
Revised Code of Washington.
SECTION 3. ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
The Assessment System shall be as specified in Appendix 1. Port Ludlow Drainage District
Assessment System Calculation Method of this Ordinance.
Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment System
SECTION 4.ORDINANCE REVIEW
The Assessment System shall be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners at least once
every four years as provided for in Chapter 85.38 Revised Code of Washington.
SECTION 5. REPEALER
This Ordinance repeals and replaces Ordinance No. 02-0808-16.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or figure of this Ordinance or its application
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance or the application
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective twenty-one (21) days after adoption.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of August, 2020.
ATTEST:
Carolyn Galloway
Deputy Clerk of the Board
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, District 1
David Sullivan, District 2
Greg Brotherton, District 3
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Philip C. Hunsucker
Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
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Appendix 1: Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment System Calculation Method
As provided for in Chapter 85.38 Revised Code of Washington, the Port Ludlow Drainage District
Assessment System is designed to generate $1,000 in revenue for the District. The Assessment
System determines the amount that each parcel within the District will be assessed per $1,000 of
District revenue. The District Commissioners will determine the total annual District assessment
and the total amount assessed on each individual parcel through the adoption of the annual District
budget. If, as an example, the District budget were set at $70,000, the actual assessment on any
parcel would be the amount assigned in the Assessment System multiplied by 70.
The Assessment System is based on a combination of two assessments. The first is an assessment
on the parcel's acreage as a proportion of the total acreage within the District. The second is an
assessment on the parcel's impervious surface area as a proportion of the total impervious surface
area within the District. 35% of the assessment is based on land area and 65% of the assessment is
based on impervious surface area.
35% of the assessment, or $350.00 of the $1,000, is assigned to the area within the District. The
area portion of the assessment system consists of five Zones (Zone 0, Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, and
Zone 4). Zone 0 consists of areas permanently held in reserve or greenbelt areas that cannot be
developed. Zone 1 comprises the majority of the District. It consists of the areas that can be
developed, except for Zones 2, 3, and 4. Zone 2 is the five -acre residential lots in Port Ludlow
No. 6 that completely drain into the District. Zone 3 is the five-acrc residential lots in Port Ludlow
No. 6 that partially drain into the District. Zone 4 is the five -acre residential lots in Port Ludlow
No. 6 that completely drain out of the District. Zone 0 parcels will pay 5 percent of the area
assessment. Zone 1 parcels will pay 100 percent of the area assessment. Zone 2 parcels will pay
15 percent of the area assessment. Zone 3 parcels will pay 10 percent of the area assessment. Zone
4 parcels will pay 5 percent of the area assessment.
There are 121.9 acres in Zone 0, 430.7 acres in Zone 1, 37.5 acres in Zone 2, 19.9 acres in Zone
3, and 10.2 acres in Zone 4. The area portion of a $1,000 hypothetical assessment is:
Percentage of Area
Assessment
2016 Rate per $,1000
Assessment
Zone 0
5%
= $0.039333 per acre
Zone 1
100%
= $0.786654j2er acre
Zone 2
15%
= $0.117998 per acre
Zone 3
10%
= $0.078665 per acre
Zone 4
5%
= $0.039333 per acre
65% of the assessment, or $650.00 of the $1,000, is assigned to impervious surface area. There are
814 single family residences in the District. Based on a random sample of residences, each single
family residence is assumed to have 3,000 square feet of impervious surface or one Equivalent
Residential Unit (ERU) of impervious surface. There are 123 multi -family residences in the
District. Each multi -family residence is assumed to have 0.75 ERUs for a total of 92.3 ERUs.
There are also 266.5 ERUs associated with non-residential uses in the District. There are a total of
1,172.8 ERUs in the District. The 65% impervious surface portion of the $1,000 hypothetical
assessment is equal to $650 divided by 1,172.8 ERUs = $0.554229 per ERU.
Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment System
The rates shown in this Appendix have been rounded. The District's assessment database uses the
actual data entered into the database, not the rounded rates shown in this example.
Parcel Assessment Formula per $1,000 of District Revenue
A parcel's assessment per $1,000 of District revenue is based on the parcel's area and the area of
impervious surface measured in Equivalent Residential Units.
Parcel Assessment = (area rate x parcel area) + (ERU rate x ERUs on the parcel)
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Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment Methodology
County Engineer's Review
Port Ludlow Drainage District Background
RCW 85.38.160 requires County Commissioners to review the Port Ludlow Drainage
District assessment system in a public hearing every four years and approve an ordinance
adopting an assessment system on or before September 1. The County Engineer is
required to review the assessment system and make a report to the County
Commissioners.
The Drainage District was formed by a vote of the property owners in north Port Ludlow
in 2000. The Board of Commissioners adopted the initial District assessment system in
2001. The Board adopted a revised assessment system in August 2003. The Board
readopted that system in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The assessment system is shown in
Appendix 1. Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment System Calculation Method of
the draft Ordinance. It is based on impervious surface area and parcel acreage. The
District has requested that Jefferson County not amend the assessment system.
Assessment System Requirements
RCW 85.38.160 requires that Drainage District assessment systems be designed to
generate $1,000 of revenue for the District by distributing a portion of the $1,000 to each
parcel in the District. The actual assessment for each parcel is determined by the District
through its budget. Based on a $100,000 of District revenue, a typical parcel with a single
family residence would pay approximately $75 annually.
County Engineer's Recommendation
The Public Works Department has reviewed the Port Ludlow Drainage District
assessment system shown in Appendix 1. Port Ludlow Drainage District Assessment
System Calcu i n6Fluo`tl od. It meets the requirements of RCW 85.38.160.
Mo ers, PE Da e
Public Works Director/County Engineer
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