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Location: French Road, Prineville, 1,741 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: 2,640 half-acre lot subdivision
<br />Location: Newsome Creek Road, Post, Deschutes County
<br />15,464 acres
<br />Intent: 3,092-lot subdivision
<br />Location: 1200 Bull Boulevard, Prineville, 4,404 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Subdivide into 1,003 residential lots
<br />Location: Ashwood, Jefferson County, 6,240 acres
<br />Intent: Destination resort, including residential subdivision and
<br />commercial development.
<br />Location: Lake Billy Chinook, Jefferson County, 5,512 acres
<br />Intent: Unspecified development
<br />Location: Belmont Lane, Madras, Jefferson County, 752 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: 244-lot subdivision
<br />Location: Maupin, Wasco County, 1,051 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Surface mining, “dude ranches,” hunting and fishing
<br />lodges, conference areas, residential subdivision, etc.
<br />Location: Dufur Valley Road, The Dalles, Wasco County
<br />4,074 acres
<br />Current zoning: exclusive farm use
<br />Intent: Subdivision into 200 20-acre “ranchettes”
<br />(Information provided according to most recent data available
<br />as of Aug 20, 2007.)
<br />(This information furnished by Lynn Greenwood.)
<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 />Help Protect Our River.
<br />Vote Yes on Measure 49.
<br />As retirees, my husband and I live in Oregon’s beautiful Illinois
<br />River Valley where we enjoy the quiet and rural character of the
<br />area. We live along the Illinois River, and we cherish its clean
<br />waters and friendly community. Here, people can still swim,
<br />and salmon and steelhead still spawn.
<br />We live here because unlike many parts of the country,
<br />Oregon has preserved its forests, farmland and land
<br />along rivers and water. That’s important to us and to
<br />future generations. We never imagined that Oregon
<br />would lose this. But now a proposed development
<br />through Measure 37 on the Illinois River will forever
<br />undo this special place.
<br />And if we don’t fix it now – this November – it will be
<br />too late.
<br />A local resident is proposing to build a commercial enterprise
<br />with a store, parking lot, and arena on his property by the river.
<br />The state has approved the claim because of Measure 37.
<br />This project threatens to generate fecal pollution and fertilizer
<br />directly into the Illinois River, threatening the recreational
<br />opportunities families enjoy and the wildlife habitat native fish
<br />need to survive.
<br />And public drinking water may be threatened as well; our city’s
<br />public water intake is directly downstream from this proposed
<br />development.
<br />Our story is not unusual. Many Oregonians like us support the
<br />rights of families to build a home or two on their land – and that
<br />is protected with Measure 49. But we oppose the excesses and
<br />abuses of Measure 37 that allow commercial business uses
<br />where they don’t belong.
<br />Help keep our rivers and drinking water clean! Please
<br />support Measure 49.
<br />Thank you,
<br />D. Hover-Kramer
<br />(This information furnished by Dorothea Hover-Kramer.)
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<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
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<br />Argument in Favor
<br />Developers make the profits –
<br />and taxpayers get stuck with the bill.
<br />Measure 49 will keep large developers from
<br />shifting their costs to taxpayers.
<br />We all value public services in our communities – from reliable
<br />police and fire protection to safe roads, sanitation and water
<br />supplies.
<br />And we all pay for those services through local property taxes
<br />and user fees. We are willing to pay our fair share. But we
<br />expect others to pay their fair share as well.
<br />Under Measure 37, that’s not going to happen.
<br />Our cities and counties can barely afford to keep our police
<br />and fire departments properly equipped, our bridges and roads
<br />in good repair, and our water and sewer systems up to basic
<br />standards for health and safety.
<br />New subdivisions and sprawling developments will make
<br />things worse.
<br />If we continue to allow large developers to use
<br />Measure 37 like a bulldozer over our rural lands, they’ll
<br />make a quick profit, but we’ll end up footing the bill –
<br />either in higher taxes or fewer services.
<br />•Think of the costs of building safe new roads to far-flung
<br />housing developments on what is now farm and forest
<br />land.
<br />•Think of who pays when our cities and counties have to
<br />add police and fire coverage to reach distant housing
<br />tracts.
<br />•Think of who loses if we have to extend water and sewer
<br />lines to new developments and can’t maintain the systems
<br />we have now.
<br />Balance growth is important: We want to enjoy livable
<br />communities. But we want to make sure that all of us can afford
<br />to pay for the services that our communities require.
<br />Measure 49 will rein in developers who are pushing for
<br />massive subdivisions on hundreds of thousands or acres
<br />of what is now rural land.
<br />Measure 49 will discourage expensive, large
<br />developments that shift costs to us taxpayers.
<br />Measure 49 will keep our communities livable and
<br />affordable – before it’s too late.
<br />Vote Yes on Measure 49.
<br />(This information furnished by Rachel Grant.)
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<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 />Measure 49 Arguments
<br />Official 2007 November Special Election Voters’ Pamphlet
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