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the ability to sell a reasonable portion for investment. Thus, I
<br />voted for Measure 37 in 2004.
<br />But now I see how I was mistaken.
<br />Just look at the vast amounts of farmland and forests specified
<br />for subdivisions and other inappropriate development
<br />demanded in the more than 7,500 claims filed under
<br />Measure 37.
<br />Farmland and forests in Oregon are the major target for this
<br />development – nearly 600,000 acres of it.
<br />Timber companies who want to become land speculators, and
<br />other large-scale developers seeking commercial gain—not
<br />the families I thought I was helping—stand to gain from much
<br />of this proposed development.
<br />Measure 49 lets us achieve what people intended —to
<br />help families.
<br />It allows up to three homesites to be built on land if the owners
<br />could do so when they bought it. It enables these types of
<br />claims to proceed immediately to the regular development
<br />process.
<br />Interests of big business and land speculators who
<br />simply want to make a fast buck should not undo what
<br />makes the Hood River Valley, and Oregon, unique and
<br />economically viable.
<br />Let’s not lose the beauty of this region and our way of life to
<br />profiteering.
<br />Join me in voting “YES” on 49. Let’s get it right!
<br />Michelle Rabin, Hood River County
<br />(This information furnished by Michelle Rabin.)
<br />This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255.
<br />The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the
<br />State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any
<br />statement made in the argument.
<br />Argument in Favor
<br />And under the category of
<br />“You’ve got to be kidding me…”
<br />There are thousands of Measure 37 claims that threaten our
<br />farmland, forests, water and neighborhoods. But some are
<br />even more outrageous than others. Just some examples:
<br />Location: Falls City, Polk County, 62 acres
<br />Current zoning: farm-forest mixed use
<br />Intent: Go-cart track, motorcycle track, mud bog, “defensive
<br />driving education”
<br />Location: French Prairie Road NE, St. Paul, Marion County
<br />293 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Operation of a gun-club/rifle range/paintball park,
<br />residential subdivision
<br />Location: SW Vandermost Rd., Beaverton, Washington County
<br />132 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Landfill expansion, transfer station addition
<br />Location: Wilson River Highway, Washington County
<br />Current character of area – residential
<br />Intent: Storage of cargo containers and tractor trailers, outdoor
<br />parking of five or more vehicles
<br />Location: South Nowlens Bridge Road, Molalla, Clackamas
<br />County, 25 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Private Paintball Park, playgrounds, and campgrounds
<br />Location: Directly adjacent to a Girl Scouts camp,
<br />Wallace Creek Rd, Springfield, 158 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Subdivision into 31 lots
<br />Compensation demanded: $2.45 million
<br />Location: Deschutes and Crook counties
<br /># of acres: N/A
<br />Intent: Installation of electricity transmission towers up to
<br />80 feet tall
<br />Compensation demanded: Crook: $74,906,000.00; Deschutes:
<br />$168 million
<br />ROCK BLASTING
<br />At least 25 M37 claims were filed statewide asking for quarries
<br />or mining operations, including:(source: PSU/IMS database)
<br />Location: NW Bacona Road, Washington County, 305 acres
<br />Current zoning: forest use
<br />Intent: rock quarries/rock pit
<br />Location: Lava Bed Drive, Parkdale, Hood River County
<br />51 acres
<br />current zoning: Forest use
<br />intent: mineral extraction
<br />Location: Jacksonville Reservoir Road, Medford, Jackson
<br />County, 157 acres
<br />current zoning: Forest use
<br />intent: Mine sand, rock, shale, gold from property
<br />Location: North Widow Creek Road, Otis, 113 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Crush, screen, process rock
<br />(Information provided according to most recent public data
<br />available.)
<br />(This information furnished by Terri Steenbergen.)
<br />This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255.
<br />The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the
<br />State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any
<br />statement made in the argument.
<br />Argument in Favor
<br />PROTECT OREGON’S HUNTING HERITAGE
<br />VOTE YES ON 49
<br />In Oregon we are blessed with wildlife habitat that sustains big
<br />game like elk, deer, cougar, black bear, and big horn sheep.
<br />Unfortunately, poorly-planned development allowed by
<br />Measure 37 threatens to destroy and hamper access to
<br />much of the critical winter range that this wildlife needs
<br />to survive.
<br />Measure 37 claims span 750,000 acres across Oregon—on
<br />mostly forest and farmland. Over 4,000 subdivisions could
<br />result from these claims, permanently destroying the habitat
<br />that big game needs to survive.
<br />If we don’t act to fix the flaws of Measure 37, we’ll
<br />lose much of the big game that make Oregon’s outdoors
<br />so unique.Here are just a few of the claims that Measure 37
<br />loopholes have unleashed:
<br />•A highway rest area, public tourism center, and RV camp-
<br />ground with gift shop, convenience store and restaurant
<br />on open space conservation in Southern Oregon;
<br />•Subdivisions and commercial development on open space
<br />conservation land in Jefferson County;
<br />•Commercial development and subdivisions on over
<br />6,000 acres in Jackson County;
<br />• Loss of protected big game habitat to residential
<br />development on over 800 acres in Union County;
<br />Measure 49 Arguments
<br />Official 2007 November Special Election Voters’ Pamphlet
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