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SPECIAL ELECTION — JUNE 27, 1989
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IN TH IS M A N N ER ONLY:
T H IS S T U B T O B E R E M O V E D B Y E L E C T I O N B O A R D
SEE TE X T O F M EA SU R ES O N SEPARATE
SH EET O R P O ST ED IN VO TIN G BOOTH
STATE MEASURES
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R EM OVES C O N S TIT U T IO N A L LIM ITATION ON
USE OF PROPERTY F O R F E ITE D TO STATE
Q U E S T IO N : Shall O regon Constitution be
-t am ended to permit Legislative Assembly
to determ ine use of proceeds from property
forfeited to the state?
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PROHIBITS SELLING/EXPORTING TIMBER FROM
STATE LANDS UNLESS OREGON PROCESSED
Q U E S T IO N : Shall O regon Constitution be
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CITY MEASURES
CITY OF PORTLAND
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SUBMITTEO TO THE VOTERS BY THE CITY COUNCIL
THREE-YEAR SE R IA L LEVY FOR
EM ER G EN CY C O M M U N IC A TIO N SYSTEM
Q U ESTIO N : Shall Portland levy $2,500,000 each
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for police and fire communication system
beginning 1989-90?
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THREE-YEAR SE R IA L LEVY FOR
Y O U T H -O R IE N T E D PARK IM PR O VEM EN T
C O N S TR U C TIO N A N D O PERATIO N
Q U ESTIO N : Shall Portland levy $2,433,334 out-
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LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL
DISTRICT #7J
TAX BASE FO R H IGH SC H O O L PR O G R A M S
Q U ESTIO N : Shall Barlow-Gresham Union High
3 School District establish a new tax base
J of $9.063.310 for the 1989-90 fiscal year?
TO ESTABLISH A N EW TAX BASE
Q U ESTIO N : Shall Lake Oswego School District
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replace the 1980 tax base with a
new $29,975,000 tax base beginning
in 1989-90?
EXPLANATION: The school district's present tax
base was approved in 1980 Because of enroll­
ment growth, it is no longer adequate to fund cur­
rent programs The school district is requesting
a new tax base to support current operating ex­
penses including increases in staff and supplies
needed because of enrollment growth The new
tax base is expected to provide financial and
educational stability for the next three years
The district expects to levy $24,406,608 of the new
tax base in the first year The proposed tax base
will replace the current tax base of $19.542.310
PU RPO SE: The Barlow-Gresham Union High
School District's current tax base was established
in 1955. For the past 34 years, special levies have
been necessary to maintain school funding Th's
measure will eliminate the current need for spe­
cial levies to fund Gresham High School and Sam
Barlow High School If approved by voters, the
outdated tax base of $2,745,11200 will be
replaced The high schools will be removed from
the safety net'' and stable funding will be provid­
ed for approximately 2,900 students (grades 9-12).
The new tax base will: 1) Restore full school day
for all students to insure they will be able to meet
college and vocational school admission require­
ments; 2) Restore full bus service to all students;
3) Eliminate user fees and community fund­
raising for athletics and other student educational
activities This measure is submitted pursuant to
Article XI of the Oregon Constitution and
grants permanent tax levying authority
YES
TAX BASE FOR G RADE SC H O O L PROGRAM S
Q U E S TIO N : Shall Gresham G rade School Dis-
nc d trict No 4 establish a new tax base of
$11,525,748 for the 1989-90 fiscal year?
PURPOSE: The Gresham Grade School District's
current tax base was established in May. 1952
For the past 37 years, special levies have been
necessary to maintain school funding This meas­
ure will eliminate the current need for special
levies to fund the District's seven grade schools
and two middle schools and will replace the out­
dated tax base of $1.867,31900 If approved by
voters, the new tax base will provide stable school
funding for approximately 5.000 students and will
be used to 1) Continue providing basic educa­
tion for K-8 students, 2) M ake staff restorations
to increase individual instruction for all students.
3) Lengthen the school day to increase learning
time; 4) Provide additional services for the Dis­
trict's at-risk children; 5) Restore athletic oppor­
tunities for all middle school children; 6) Provide
after-school and sum mer school educational
activities This measure is submitted pursuant to
Article XI of the Oregon Constitution and
grants permanent tax levying authority
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T H IS S T U B T O B E R E M O V E D BY E L E C T IO N B O A R D
SCAPPOOSE SCHOOL DISTRICT 1J
ESTA B LISH IN G A SC HO O L TAX BASE
Q U ESTIO N : Shall a tax base of $4,500.00000
e a be established for Scappoose School
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District No 1J?
EXPLANATION: At this time the district has no
tax base This m easure would set a tax base
amount pursuant to Section 11. Article XI. Oregon
Constitution The tax base would become
effective in the 1989-90 fiscal year
A tax base gives a school board the chance to
plan ahead and make better use of the money
Before any taxes are levied, the budget must be
approved by the local budget com m ittee
However, any increase over six percent must also
have voter approval
YES
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NO
BURLINGTON WATER DISTRICT
YES
NO
REYNOLDS SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 7
NO
GRESHAM GRADE SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 4
M ARK YOUR C H O IC E(S)
IN TH IS M A NN ER ONLY:
T H IS S T U B T O B E R E M O V E D B Y E L E C T IO N B O A R D
BARLOW-GRESHAM UNION HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. U2-20 JT
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26-1 year tor ,hree years ou,side 'ax
MARK YOUR C H O IC E(S)
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T H IS S T U B T O B E R E M O V E D B Y E L E C T IO N B O A R D
R EY N O LD S SC H O O L D ISTR IC T NO. 7
SPEC IA L O PERATING LEVY
Q U E S TIO N : Shall the District levy $2.347.403 in
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year 1989'90 in excess of the
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amount levied for operating purposes in
fiscal year 1988-89 and outside its tax base?
EXPLANATION: This measure will authorize Rey­
nolds School District No 7. in fiscal year 1989-90,
to levy a tax outside the 6 % limitation as speci­
fied in the Oregon Constitution The proceeds o,
this special operating levy will be used to help
finance educational programs during the 1989-90
school year
ONE-YEAR OPERATING LEVY
FOR WATER SERVICE
QU ESTIO N : Shall the District be authorized a
2 6 -6 one’year 525,000 levy outside the tax
base for water service?
EXPLANATION: This measure will authorize the
Board of Commissioners to levy $25.000 for one
year beginning July 1, 1989
Proceeds from the levy will be used to help pay
the cost of water purchased from the City of Port­
land and to distribute water to district residents
This is a special one-year levy for 1989-90 to be
made outside the tax base authorized by Article
XI. Oregon Constitution
YES
NO
Reynolds School District No 7 provides free pub­
lic education for more than 6,500 children For the
last two years, the District has provided educa­
tional services without any increase in revenue
derived from property taxes
For 1989-90, the District's approved operating
budget is $26,506,796 The total amount to be
raised from property taxes in support of this bud­
get is $17.454,456 This request is the exact
amount required to balance the 1989-90 general
fund budget
VICKI K. ERVIN,
Director of Elections
Multnomah County
YES
NO
NO
TEXT OF STATE AND CITY OF PORTLAND MEASURES
STATE MEASURES
REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
REM O VES C O N S T IT U T IO N A L LIMITATION ON
USE OF PR O PER TY F O R F E ITE D TO STATE
Q U E S T IO N : Shall O regon Constitution be
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am ended to permit Legislative Assembly
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to determ ine use of proceeds from properly
forfeited to the state?
EXPLA N A TIO N : Amends Oregon Constitution
The Constitution now requires that proceeds from
property forfeited to the state must be placed in
the Common School Fund The existing provision
also has the effect, under current federal law. of
depriving the state of potential revenue for law
enforcement purposes from federal property for­
feiture laws, th is am endm ent removes the con­
stitutional requirement that proceeds of properly
forfeited to the state be placed in the Common
School Fund
ESTIMATE O F FINA N CIAL EFFECT The state
currently collects $600,000 per biennium in drug
forfeiture proceeds through a federal program
The money is now used for law enforcement This
constitutional amendment allows the state to
continue receiving those federal drug forfeiture
proceeds Without this constitutional amendment,
the state could not participate in the federal
program Other kinds of forfeiture proceeds are
dedicated to the Com mon School Fund by sta­
tute and ir e not directly affected
NOTE:
Official Ballot Card Will
Contain Only the Measure
Number, Caption, Question
and Yes, No.
(3) Oregon's Attorneys General have questioned
the constitutionality of state export bans since
1961 The state continued to restrict exports until
1984 when, following a Suprem e Court decision
finding a slate log export ban in Alaska /South
Central Timber Development. Inc. v. Wunmcke) to
be unconstitutional, enforcement of Oregon's log
export ban stopped;
PROHIBITS SELLING/EXPORTING TIMBER FROM
STATE LANDS UNLESS OREGON PROCESSED
Q U E S T IO N : Shall Oregon Constitution be
2 amended to prohibit sale or export of timber
from state lands unless
processed in Oregon?
EXPLA N A TIO N : Legislative referral Amends
Oregon Constitution. Article VIII, by adding new
language Prohibits State Land Board from
authorizing sale or export of timber from state-
owned lands unless that timber is processed in
Oregon Prohibits Legislative Assembly from
authorizing timber sale or export from other state
lands not under State Land Board jurisdiction not­
withstanding prior agreements or statutes unless
processed in Oregon Permits exception for tim­
ber declared surplus. This m easure effective
when Congress, a court, or Oregon's Attorney
G eneral affirms state’s right to exercise this
authority
ESTIMATE OF FINA N CIAL EFFECT: In the 1988
calendar year, sales from state m anaged timber
land generated $12.5 million for the Common
School Fund. $ 10 9 million to help fund the State
Departm ent of Forestry, and $18.3 million for lo­
cal governments. Should an export ban be effec­
tively enforced, these revenue flows could be
reduced This is due to an apparent price premi­
um on currently high grade exportable logs Re­
cently, though, this price premium has been
narrowing due to tight timber supplies Increased
jobs that result from retaining the logs for process­
ing within the state could offset the revenue loss.
The amount of revenue affected is unknown
because it is difficult with confidence to separate
the "exportability" price component from other
market forces acting on the price of logs Further,
it is unknown to what extent processing the logs
within the state will result in offsetting the poten­
tial revenue lost due to lower log prices
(4) Although they remain in state timber sale con­
tracts and in Oregon statutes, Oregon's log ex­
port restrictions are not enforced Log exports of
state timber have steadily grown and in 1987 near­
ly 40 percent of all state timber sold was
purchased by log exporting firms;
(5) In 1988 Congress considered legislation to give
states the right to limit exports of state-owned tim­
ber consistent with the historic Congressional
direction on federal public lands Despite strong
support from western states no final action was
taken;
(6) In the federal budget submitted by President
Reagan for fiscal year 1990. removal of log export
restrictions from public lands was proposed Im ­
pacts are estimated to be 600 million board feet
of additional log exports at a cost of 2,500 direct
tim ber industry jobs;
(7) Oregon's timber supply is increasingly inade­
quate to meet current mill capacity; and
(8) W hen a state exports logs instead of lumber,
it is functioning similar to the developing nations
of the world that rely on their unprocessed natural
resources as a primary means of generating for­
eign exchange revenue By exporting raw materi­
al. we lose the value added by manufactunng, the
jobs involved directly in the manufacturing
process, and the related spin-off jobs that also add
to our economy; and
Whereas in order to assure that timber harvested
from state and federal public lands in Oregon is
processed in Oregon, the Legislative Assembly,
other state-wide officials and state agencies shall
use all legal m eans necessary to
Whereas the Legislative Assembly and the people
of the State of Oregon find that:
(1) In recognition of the importance of m aintain­
ing employment in local mills, community stabil­
ity and in the face of timber supply shortages,
beginning in 1968 and each year thereafter
Congress has enacted restrictions on log exports
requiring domestic processing on timber sold and
harvested from federal lands in the west.
(2) In recognition of the importance of maintain­
ing employment in local mills and community
stability, in 1961 the Oregon Legislative Assem­
bly passed a bill requiring all timber sold from
Board of Forestry and Common School lands to
be "phmanly processed” in the United States In
1963. the law was am ended to authorize the
Department of Forestry to issue permits allowing
the export of unprocessed logs harvested from
state-owned lands under certain limited circum-
stances This provision was repealed In 1981;
(1) D em and that the federal policy continue the
existing Congressional prohibition of sales of un­
processed timber from federal lands for export
(2, Support and assure passage of federal legis­
lation authorizing states to require in-state-
processing of timber severed from state-owned
lands; and
(3) Insist that the United States Secretary of the
Intenor and the United States Secretary of Agricul­
ture vigorously administer and enforce the exist­
ing prohibition of sales of unprocessed timber
from federal lands; and
resolution, including the voter referendum results,
to the President of the United States, the United
States Departm ent of Agriculture, the United
States Departm ent of the Interior, the President
of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
United States House o, Representatives, each
member of Congress and the governors and legis­
lature of the other 49 states: now, therefore.
Be It R esolved by th e Legislative A ssem bly of
th e S tate of O regon:
PARAGRAPH 1 The Oregon Constitution is
amended by creating a new section 7 to be added
to and m ade a part of Article VIII and to read
SEC TIO N 7 (1) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of
section 5 of this Article or any other provision of
this Constitution, the State Land Board shall not
authorize the sale or export of timber from lands
described in section 2 of this Article unless such
timber will be processed in Oregon The limita­
tion on sale or export in this subsection shall not
apply to species, grades or quantities of timber
which may be found by the State Land Board to
be surplus to domestic needs
(2) Notwithstanding any pnor agreements or other
provisions of law or this Constitution, the Legis­
lative Assembly shall not authonze the sale or ex­
port of timber from state lands other than those
described in section 2 of this Article unless such
timber will be processed in Oregon The limita­
tion on sale or export in this subsection shall not
apply to species, grades or quantities o, timber
which may be found by the State Forester to be
surplus to domestic needs
(3) This section first becomes operative when fed­
eral law is enacted allowing this state to exercise
such authority or when a court or the Attorney
General of this state determines that such authori­
ty lawfully may be exercised
PARAGRAPH 2 The am endment proposed by
this resolution shall be submitted to the people
for their approval or refection at a special elec­
tion held on the sam e date as the next election
as provided by law
W hereas within 10 days after the effective date
of the am endment proposed by this resolution,
the Secretary of State shall transmit copies of this
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_________CITY MEASURES________
CITY OF PORTLAND
SUBMITTEO TO THE voters by the city
council
THREE-YEAR SER IA L LEVY FOR
EMERGENCY COM M U NICA TIO N SYSTEM
QU ESTIO N : Shall Portland levy $2.500.000 each
26-1
year ,or ,bree Years ou,S'de tax base
w * 1 2 lor police and fire communication system
beginning 1989-90?
PURPOSE This m easure would allow a tax levy
of $2.500.000 each year for three years This levy
is for tne City's public safety communication sys­
tem and related equipment Some of the money
would be used to buy computer-aided dispatch
systems, and to put computer terminals in fire
trucks and police cars, and to improve 911 serv­
ice Some of the money would be used to buy a
m anagement information system
The total amount of money that would be raised
by the levy is $7.500,000 The levy would expire
in three years
It is estimated that the tax impact of this measure
will be 174 per thousand dollars of assessed val­
uation The estimated tax cost tor this m easure
is an ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best infor­
mation from the County Assessor at the tim e of
estimate The levy is outside the limitation pro­
vided in the Oregon Constitution
THREE-YEAR SER IA L LEVY FOR
YO U TH -O R IE N TE D PARK IM PR O VEM EN T
C O N STR U C TIO N A N D OPERATIO N
Q U E S TIO N : Shall Portland levy $2.433,334 out-
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Slde ,ax base eacb Y®ar tor three years
* beginning 1989-90 tor constructing and
operating park improvements?
PURPO SE: This measure would allow the City to
levy taxes of $2.433334 each year tor three years
This levy is tor park improvements The focus will
be on protects to serve youth The proceeds would
be used to construct and operate capital protects
set out in the Park Futures Study O ne such
protect is to build or rebuild sixteen athletic fields
for youth sports Another is to build or fix five com­
munity centers and eight playgrounds Included
is the pool at Matt Dishm an The levy will fund
improvements to m ake parks more safe The
money also will be used to develop or rebuild thir­
teen park sites $6.400.000 is the planned cost of
the improvements The rest of the money is to
operate these improvements after they are made
The total sum of money that will be raised by the
levy is $7.300.002 The levy will expire in three
years It is estimated that the tax impact of this
measure will be 16.64 per $1.000 of assessed
value The estimated tax cost tor this m easure is
an ESTIMATE ONLY It is based on the best in­
formation from the County Assessor at the time
of the estimate The levy is outside the limitation
provided in the Oregon Constitution
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