Thanks Linda - that's very helpful. Springfield had great success with our two ballot measures - an Urban Renewal District in an underdeveloped area (Glenwood) passed with something like 71% voting in favor and a $28.6M bond for construction of a new police station/courts/city prosecutor office and jail passed. We're on a roll :) -----Original Message----- From: Linda Ludwig [mailto:lludwig@orcities.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:32 AM To: Oregon City/County Management Association Subject: RE: [occma] BM 37 gunk The League will have additional information on M37 available at conference, in addition to being posted on our website. This will include some basic information- what are the things your council need to consider, timelines, etc., in addition to sample ordinances and sample application forms. Needless to say, we also will be working with the legislature and everyone else that is affected by the measure in order to try to lessen the detriments to cities. Linda C. Ludwig Senior Staff Associate League of Oregon Cities PO Box 928 Salem, OR 97308 1.800.452-0338 503.588-6550 FAX: 503.399-4863 email: lludwig@orcities.org >>> Ball@ci.klamath-falls.or.us 11/3/2004 9:22:56 AM >>> Joe, After BM 7 was approved, the City of Portland did adopt a procedure for the processing of claims. You might want to get a hold of a copy of that ordinance. I am sure that this will be a major topic of discussion at the LOC. My recommendation to our City Council will be that we preemptively adopt a policy of waiving challenged regulations provided the claims are valid. This policy would be based on the fact that the City simply does not have sufficient funds to be making payments and because the case by case payment decision option is inherently arbitrary and therefore politically awkward in the extreme. When the neighbors then start calling we will be suggesting that they contact our state representatives to fix it. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Joe Wrabek [mailto:admin@cityofunion.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:31 AM To: Oregon City/County Management Association Subject: [occma] BM 37 gunk Good Morning After... Does anyone have (yet) a mechanism for dealing with Ballot Measure 37 gunk that I can look at? (No, nobody's done or threatened to do anything yet. I just want to be prepared.) Joe --- You are currently subscribed to occma as: ball@ci.klamath-falls.or.us. To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-occma-105E@list.orcities.org --- You are currently subscribed to occma as: lludwig@orcities.org. To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-occma-105E@list.orcities.org --- You are currently subscribed to occma as: cpappas@ci.springfield.or.us. To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-occma-105E@list.orcities.org