NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE Estacada Fire District No. 69

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE Estacada Fire District No. 69 CAPTION: Merge Estacada Fire District #69 with Clackamas Fire District #1. QUESTION: Shall Estacada Fire District #69 merge with Clackamas Fire District #1, creating a new fire district covering both Districts territories? SUMMARY: Clackamas Fire District #1 has provided fire and emergency services to Estacada Fire District No. 69 since January 1, 2020 through an Intergovernmental Agreement. To provide services more efficiently, the Districts now desire to merge Estacada Fire District No. 69 into Clackamas Fire District #1. The result of a merger is the creation of a new fire district (to be called Clackamas Fire District #1) which will serve the territories of both districts at a tax rate of $2.4012 per $1,000 of assessed value. Currently, Estacada Fire District No. 69 has a tax rate of $2.4029 per $1,000 of assessed value and Clackamas has a tax rate of $2.4012 per $1,000 of assessed value. All of Estacada Fire District No. 69’s duties, obligations, assets and liabilities shall be transferred to Clackamas Fire District #1 upon successful merger. In order to pass, this measure must be approved by a majority of electors in both Districts. This ballot title was filed with the County Clerk of Clackamas County on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Voters have until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 3, 2020 to petition for review of the ballot title in the Clackamas County Circuit Court. Any voter filing a petition for review must also file a copy of the petition with the Elections Division, 1710 Red Soils Ct., Ste. 100, Oregon City, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the next business day after the petition is filed with the Circuit Court. ATTEST: SHERRY HALL, COUNTY CLERK Published July 30, 2020. EN172429

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