History of the Lake Management District #1
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The Lake Osoyoos Association and the Okanogan County Noxious Weed Board obtained grants from the Department of Ecology to control milfoil and other invasive species on Lake Osoyoos. The program achieved measurable success but, funding from the grants has been expended and further grant funding is not available.
The Lake Osoyoos Association gathered the signatures of landowners, along and in the vicinity, of Lake Osoyoos who favor the formation of a Lake Management District and the collection of a special assessment on property contained therein to fund further milfoil control measures. RCW 36.61.020 allows the Board of County Commissioners by resolution to announce its intent to place before the property owners a ballot measure to form and finance a lake management district. Members of the Lake Osoyoos Association and other interested parties met and developed recommended boundaries for the Lake Management District, which included adjoining properties and others in the vicinity of Lake Osoyoos that they believed would benefit from inclusion in the district
The BOCC determined that the property owners should have the opportunity to consider forming and financing a Lake Management District within the proposed boundaries. A Resolution of Intent was adopted and a public hearing was scheduled.
The BOCC conducted public hearings on July 31, 2017 and August 29, 2017 to take public testimony and consider the proposed Lake Management District. After considering written comments and public testimony the BOCC determined that additional review of the proposal was necessary to:
1) Evaluate the potential impacts of the Aquatic Weed Abatement Program to agricultural activities;
2) To determine if land in agricultural production should be excluded from the district;
3) To determine if parcels identified as secondary property would benefit from inclusion in the district;
4) To determine if the boundaries of the district should be extended to the dam.
A work group consisting of county staff, farm bureau representative, Lake Osoyoos Association representative, and City of Oroville staff met in a public meeting in Oroville on October 10, 2017 to discuss revisions to the boundaries of the Lake Management District proposal. The work group decided to recommend that the boundary should be moved down lake to the dam and only parcels adjoining the lake should be included except for the common lake front lot in Veranda Beach and parcels in agriculture without residential structures. Based on the recommendations of the work group a revised Lake Management District map and parcel owners list was created.
The BOCC scheduled a public hearing for July 10, 2018 in Oroville Washington to take public testimony regarding the revised boundaries of the proposed Lake Management District. The BOCC heard public testimony and considered all information submitted for the record. The BOCC continued the public hearing to July 16, 2018 in the Commissioners Auditorium in Okanogan Washington for further deliberation, closing the record to further public verbal testimony but leaving the record open for written comments. After further review of all materials submitted for the record and additional information provided by staff, the BOCC found it was in the best interest of the public to move ahead with forming Lake Management District #1 and levying a special assessment against the properties therein by putting the question to the landowners within the proposed district in accordance with Revised Code of Washington 36.61.070.
The BOCC conducted a public hearing on December 18, 2018 in the Oroville City Council chambers to take public testimony regarding the revised proposal to form Lake Management District #1. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Commissioners determined that the Veranda Beach Homeowners Association should be contacted regarding their position on being included in the district and additional information regarding what weed control measures could be used in the buffer zone along the border with Canada. Following outreach by the Director of Planning and the Director of the Noxious Weed Board, the Veranda Beach HOA decided they were opposed to being included in the district because they fund their own weed management program. In addition, information was gathered which determined that weed control procedures were available that could be utilized in the buffer zone along the border with Canada
The majority of the ballots returned were marked in favor of forming the LMD#1. The BOCC adopted Ordinance 2018-14 on August 28, 2018 authorizing the formation of Lake Management District #1. On September 5, 2018 and September 6, 2018, a Notice of Final Decision was published in the official county newspaper starting a 40-day appeal period. No appeals were filed.
The BOCC adopted resolution 154-2018 which certified the special assessment roll for Lake Management District #1 on December 24, 2018.
PROCESS for submitting OBJECTIONS:
OBJECTIONS may be filed in writing or electronically to:
Lalena Johns, Clerk of the Board, at 123 5th Ave N Suite 150, Okanogan, WA 98840 or at ljohns@co.okanogan.wa.us
Objections to the proposed special assessment roll must be made in writing, shall clearly state the grounds for objections, and shall be filed with the governing body (BOCC) prior to the public hearing. Objections to a special assessment or annual special assessments that are not filed in writing as required shall be deemed waived and shall not be considered by the governing body or a court on appeal.
CURRENT INFORMATION:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be conducted by the Okanogan Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), acting as a Board of Equalization, to hear objections against the special assessment levied by Lake Management District #1 formed on August 28, 2018 by Ordinance 2018-14 around Lake Osoyoos near Oroville WA.
The public hearing is scheduled for December 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Auditorium in the Virginia Grainger Building at 123 5th Ave N in Okanogan Washington to certify the 2023 Special Assessment Roll for the Lake Management District #1 around Lake Osoyoos near Oroville, WA.
OBJECTIONS may be filed in writing or electronically to:
Lalena Johns, Clerk of the Board, at 123 5th Ave N Suite 150, Okanogan, WA 98840 or at ljohns@co.okanogan.wa.us
Objections to the proposed special assessment roll must be made in writing, shall clearly state the grounds for objections, and shall be filed with the governing body (BOCC) prior to the public hearing. Objections to a special assessment or annual special assessments that are not filed in writing as required shall be deemed waived and shall not be considered by the governing body or a court on appeal.
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The 2023 special assessment roll for Lake Management District #1 is available for public inspection on the Okanogan County Planning Department website at www.okanogancounty.org/planning and on the City of Oroville website. A paper copy of the assessment roll is available for inspection at the following locations during the hours noted:
- Okanogan County Office of Planning located at 123 5th Ave North Suite 130, Okanogan WA between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Board of County Commissioners Office at 123 5th Ave N Suite 150, Okanogan WA between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Oroville City Hall located at 1308 Ironwood Street in Oroville, WA between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Questions regarding the special assessment roll and public hearing should be directed to: Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development, Pete Palmer, Director, 123 5th Avenue North, Suite 130 Okanogan, WA 98840 (509)422-7218 or spalmer@co.okanogan.wa.us.
Date of Publishing is: November 9 and 10, 2022 and November 23 and 24, 2022.
Current Special Assessment Roll Lake Osoyoos
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