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• Measure 49 also provides a fair, simple process to build up to 10 homes by documenting an equivalent loss in value – as long as the extra houses are not on prime farmland or forestland and don’t threaten limited water supplies. (In those cases, property owners can still get up to three homesites if that was allowed when they bought their land.) • And Measure 49 protects the property rights of neighbors,by not allowing massive subdivisions, industrial or commercial development where it just doesn’t belong. Measure 49: Fair for Property Owners. Right for Oregon. Ken Faulk, Benton County (This information furnished by Ken Faulk.) This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255. The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument. Argument in Favor Measure 49 Will Stops the Abuses of Measure 37 Measure 37 was supposed to help small landowners – not large developers. But the claims for development filed during the first two years of Measure 37 tell a different story. For every claim filed by small landowners seeking to build one to three homes on their property, there have been four claims filed for subdivisions, for commercial and industrial projects, and for developments that claimants have not yet specified what will be built. These numbers come from a hard count of Measure 37 claims by Portland State University’s Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies. The numbers show: •Claims filed by landowners known to be seeking one to three homes: 1,821 claims on 62,860 acres. •Claims known to be seeking housing subdivisions: 2,753 claims on 319,322 acres. •Claims on land now reserved for Oregon’s farms and forests: 4,580 claims on 487,898 acres. •The ten largest subdivisions alone would carve out 34,850 home sites on 41,837 acres. We shouldn’t allow developers and speculators to take advantage of Measure 37 in this way. We shouldn’t allow our prime farm and forest lands to be paved over for massive subdivisions. Measure 49 offers a better way: •It offers fast track approvals for the over 1,821 land owners who have filed claims to build one to three homes on their property. •It offers a reasonable compromise for thousands of land owners who filed claims for larger developments. These land owners can opt for three homes or seek up to ten homes on land that is not reserved for high-value farming or forestry and is not threatened with a shortage of groundwater. •It closes loopholes in Measure 37 that will otherwise allow speculators and developers to destroy the most productive lands in our state. Give small landowners what they were promised by Measure 37. Stop the abuses by developers and speculators. Vote Yes on Measure 49. (This information furnished by Brian Rae, Yes on 49 Campaign.) This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255. The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument. Argument in Favor A Message from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Protect Oregon’s Future. Respect Oregon’s Past. Please Vote Yes on Measure 49 I’ve had the honor of representing Oregon in the United States Senate for almost 12 years. Throughout my service, I have been acutely aware that the decisions I make have an important impact on the future of our state. And, I’ve tried to make sure those decisions reflect the values of Oregon, and the legacy that has been passed on to all of us. This fall we face a state ballot measure crucial to our future. And, I’m asking you to join me in voting Yes on Measure 49 because it is so important to protecting our priceless Oregon heritage. Measure 37 articulated a principle that Oregonians believed in: respect for people’s private property rights. But the way it did that had unintended consequences – and we now can see the results. The level of development – and the kind of development it has unleashed -- will destroy our farmland, forests and special places in a way that the voters did not intend. That has been demonstrated by the bipartisan outpouring of Oregonians who have called for a fix. Measure 49 does not repeal Measure 37 – it restores the balance by allowing small individual property owners greater freedom to build, if the law allowed it when they bought their property. But it does that in a way that also protects our future by respecting our past: the legacy that is our Oregon. There are very few decisions that will have a greater impact on our state, our children and our grandchildren. My decision is to vote Yes on Measure 49. I hope yours will be too. (This information furnished by Senator Ron Wyden.) This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255. The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument. Argument in Favor Polk County Farm Bureau for Measure 49 If you want the “little guy” to get a fair shake, vote “Yes” on Measure 49. Over 42% of claims for development under Measure 37 seek 1-3 homesites. Measure 49 gives these claims a green light and transferability. That is what Oregon voters had in mind in 2004 when they approved Measure 37. Measure 49’s limits are needed.Nearly 58% of Measure 37 development claims are for large housing subdivisions, nearly 3,800 of them right on farm and forest land. The proposed subdivisions average 134 acres each; and over 60% are in the Willamette Valley. Measure 49 Arguments Official 2007 November Special Election Voters’ Pamphlet 23 | State Measures continued September 24, 2018, Meeting - Item 3