{"id":4306,"date":"2021-10-27T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2021-10-27T19:06:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T19:06:53","slug":"loveloparks-vote-yes-on-citizens-measure-3-568","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/2021\/10\/27\/loveloparks-vote-yes-on-citizens-measure-3-568\/","title":{"rendered":"LoveLOParks: Vote YES on Citizens\u2019 Measure 3-568"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On behalf of every volunteer, donor, and 4,800+ petition signers, the LoveLOParks Steering Committee hopes you\u2019ll join us and vote YES on citizen-initiated Measure 3-568 \u2014 the only natural parks measure on the ballot with carefully vetted and unbiased endorsements from Oregon Wild and Sierra Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measure 3-568 started from a genuine concern to protect our natural parks from City development ambitions. It wasn\u2019t one episode, two, or even three; it has been decades of City exploitation, attempted development, and an appetite to demolish land at the expense of our natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measure 3-568 is the only measure that precisely defines in the City Charter 16 natural parks, their boundaries and acreage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Charter can only be altered by voters \u2014 the ultimate citizen involvement; whereas, City ordinances can be altered by any current or future City Council at any time. This legal safeguard has protected Springbrook Park for 40+ years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measure 3-568 is the only measure that deliberately focuses on sensible development limitations to keep our natural parks safe, accessible, healthy, and vibrant natural habitats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADA compliance, park and infrastructure maintenance \u2014 including fire prevention, ecological care, climate change mitigation, and stewardship will continue as it has for Springbrook Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measure 3-568 is the only measure that intentionally expands and enhances Springbrook Park\u2019s proven, strong and legally-binding Charter text providing transparency and clarity to the improved protections and additional parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our opponents want you to believe our intentions have been nefarious, misguided, and lacking collaboration. They want you to believe that 4,800+ petition signers and hundreds of volunteers are a \u201cvocal minority.\u201d They refuse to accept Oregon\u2019s democratic citizen initiative process and fail to recognize the significance of our accomplishment to qualify for the ballot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, City politicians chose to forward a rushed, disingenuous, and flawed competing measure giving wide latitude through City ordinances to change park boundaries and to develop them in the future, while running a campaign centered on misinformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have even omitted Section 46A that restricts structure heights over 50 feet in residential zones! City politicians fear losing the option to develop these natural habitats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did a major developer contribute $10,000 to their PAC? Why did two high-end realtors donate $3,000? What is expected in return?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our efforts have been rooted in transparency and integrity with a focus on communication, collaboration, data, and facts. We attempted to collaborate with City politicians to no avail even as they repaint history by saying otherwise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have no vested interest except protecting our natural parks for our community\u2019s continued enjoyment of their forests, meadows, and abundant wildlife and preserving our way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last 24 months, we\u2019ve mailed Measure 3-568\u2019s Charter text to ~90% of voting households. The City\u2019s Charter text has not been widely available. As such, we\u2019ve provided both texts to voters to help them make an informed decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voters should read both full texts and not rely solely on the limited information within the Voters\u2019 Pamphlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope we\u2019ve earned your support for Measure 3-568. If you\u2019ve already voted, you can still help inform and encourage your friends and neighbors: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vote YES on Measure 3-568 and NO on Measure 3-575<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about both measures- https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/compare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LoveLOParks grassroots effort is made up of hundreds of Lake Oswego residents guided by a steering committee: Scott & Joey Handley, Betsy Wosko, Michael Louaillier, Kirsten Sommer, and Brad Home.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LoveLOParks Steering Committee’s letter published as a Citizens’ View in the October 27, 2021, issue of the LO Review: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOVELOPARKS’ STEERING COMMITTEE’s
CITIZENS’ VIEW<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On behalf of every volunteer, donor, and 4,800+ petition signers, the LoveLOParks Steering Committee hopes you\u2019ll join us and vote YES on citizen-initiated Measure 3-568 \u2014 the only natural parks measure on the ballot with carefully vetted and unbiased endorsements from Oregon Wild and Sierra Club. Measure 3-568 started from a genuine concern to protect our natural parks from City development ambitions. It wasn\u2019t one episode, two, or even three; it has been decades of City exploitation, attempted development, and an appetite to demolish land at the expense of our natural environment. Measure 3-568 is the only measure that precisely… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-protect-lo-parks","category-news-promoted"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4355,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions\/4355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}