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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997 - City of Bellingham Greenways Levy Nov General 1997 Passed 58.38%ROUTER TITLE: DATE FUNCTION RECEIVED TO PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FROM PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE ELECTION SUPERVISOR RF 171997 S 2Z f 917 7 BALLOT LAYOUT PROOF LAYOUT PUBLISHED NOTICE NOV 19 im CERTIFICATION DISTRICT SECRETARY TREASURER'S OFFICE ��` 9 ASSESSOR'S OFFICE STYLE #2 GENERAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 4, 1997 ABSENTEE BALLOT GUIDE The ballot which you have received is actually a data processing card prepared for recording your vote. Do not mark, fold or punch the ballot punchcard except as outlined in the instructions. Your Mail -in B 11 P consists f: • This Ballot guide listing the ballot measures and/or candidates. • A pre -scored Ballot Punchcard. * A Ballot security envelope for the Ballot Punchcard. * A pre -addressed Return Envelope to return your voted Ballot Punchcard, which should first be enclosed in the Ballot security envelope. Now that you have received your Absentee ballot, please use -it instead of going to your poll site on election day. Absentee Voting Instructions are on the next page. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE VOTING OPEN THIS BALLOT GUIDE HOW TO VOTE Ballot Punchcard Punch chip completely out of Ballot Punchcard with a paper clip or similar device. 1. Remember to SIGN YOUR NAME on the outside of the MAILING envelope on the line under the Voter Affidavit. Your signature is compared to your signature on file with the County. 2. In the Ballot Guide, to the right of each measure or candidate, is a number which is assigned to a position on your Ballot Card. 3. Use a paper clip, tooth pick or sharp pencil to punch out the pre -scored square located just above the number assigned to the candidate or measure. 4. Write in candidates may be voted for by using the space provided on the flap attached to your ballot card. You must list both the Name and Office of the write-in candidate and the Political Party in Partisan races. Do not punch out a position number for any other candidate for that office. 5. After you have finished voting, place your Ballot Card in the Ballot Security Envelope. 6. Place the Ballot Security Envelope containing your voted ballot punchcard INSIDE THE PRE -ADDRESSED MAILING ENVELOPE. 7. Put afirst-class stamp -on the gnvg[= and mail it so it is PQ9r.1 rrkk?,d_ no later than the day of the election. The ballot will be counted if it is postmarked not later than election day and if it is received by the county auditor not later than the tenth day following any special election or primary, or the fifteenth day following a general election, 8. If you spoil your ballot or wish to change your vote, use the BALLOT GUIDE and with a pen make your selections. Return it in the Ballot Security Envelope instead of the ballot card. 9. If you have any questions about these instructions. ,please call the Auditor's Offi 7 -6742 or 3603 8-1 10. STYLE #2 MG-whatcom General Election Page 101 November 4, 1997 Whatcom County, Washington STATE MEASURES PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE 673 YES - 2 —3, Shall health insurance plans be regulated as to provision of services by designated health care providers, managed care provisions, and disclosure of certain plan information? NO-4 4 PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE 676 YES - 5 —31 Shall the transfer of handguns without trigger -locking devices be prohibited and persons possessing or acquiring a handgun be required to obtain a handgun safety license? NO-7 4 PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE 677 YES - 8 4 Shall discrimination based on sexual orientation be prohibited in employment, employment agency, and union membership practices, without requiring employee partner benefits or preferential treatment? NO - 10 4 PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE 678 YES -11 —� Shall dental hygienists who obtain a special license endorsement be permitted to perform designated dental hygiene services without the supervision of a licensed dentist? NO -13 PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE 685 YES -14 4 Shall penalties for drug possession and drug -related violent crime be revised, medical use of Schedule I controlled substances be permitted, and a drug preveNion commission established? NO - 16 4 PROPOSED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATURE REFERENDUM BILL 47 YES -17 Shall property taxes be limited by modifying the 106 percent limit, allowing property valuation increases to be spread over time, and reducing the state levy? NO - 19 AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED BY THE LEGISLATURE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4208 YES - 20 Shall the Constitution be amended to permit voter -approved school district levies to run for an optional four-year period, rather than the current two-year maximum? NO - 22 AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED BY THE LEGISLATURE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4209 YES - 23 Shall the Constitution be amended to permit local governments to make loans for the conservation or the more efficient use of stormwater or sewer services? NO - 25 TURN PAGE TO CONTINUE VOTING 0 General Election Page 201 November 4, 1997 Whatcom County, Washington COUNTY MEASURES _Whatcom County — Proposition No.1 Submitted by the County Council Shall the Whatcom County Council be authorized to fix and impose a sales and use tax at the rate of one -tenth of one percent of the selling price (in the case of a sales tax) or value of the article used (in the case of a use tax) to be expended solely for the purpose of providing funds for costs YES - 33 4 associated with juvenile detention facilities and jails, as authorized by RCW 82.14.350? NO - 35 4 Whatcom County Advisory — Proposition No. 2 Submitted by the County Council Shall the Whatcom County Council fix and impose a sales and use tax at the rate of one -tenth of one percent of the selling price (in the case of a sales tax) or value of the article used (in the case of a use tax) to be expended Advisory, YES - 41 4 exclusively for criminal justice purposes, as authorized by RCW 82.14.340? Advisory, NO - 43 4 Whatcom County Charter Amendment No.1 Article 6 Shall Article 6 of the Whatcom Amend, YES - 47 4 County Charter be amended to provide for a two year budget? Amend, NO - 49 4 General Election Page 301 November 4, 1997 Whatcom County, Washington PORT OF BELLINGHAM DISTRICT NO.1 COMMISSIONER 4 YR. TN., NONPARTISAN Vote For One SCOTT L. WALKER NP 56 4 DISTRICT NO.2 COMMISSIONER 4YR. Vote orOne�AN DOUGLAS G. SMITH NP 58 —� WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL,DIST.NO.1 WARD NELSON NP 60 4 POSITION A DAN McSHANE NP 61 4YR. Vot ForOnne�AN COUNCIL, DIST. NO. 21 RON LAGERWEY NP 63 4 POSITION A 4YR. VoteFor D eT��I CONNIE HOAG NP 64 4 COUNCIL, DIST.No.3 BOB WIESEN NP 66 4 POSmON A 4 YR. TN., NON -PARTISAN Vote For One ROBERT IMHOF NP 67 —3- COUNCIL AT -LARGE MARLENE DAWSON NP 69 4 YEAR TERM NOneFo r OneN VALLAN L. JENSEN NP 70 4 TURN PAGE TO CONTINUE VOTING General Election November 4, 1997 Page 401 Whatcom County, Washington General Election November 4, 1997 Page 703 Whatcom County, Washington CITY OF BELLINGHAM Special Election — Proposition No.1 SPECIAL OPEN SPACE TAX LEVY Shall the City of Bellingham establish a program to acquire, develop, and maintain real property and Levy interests in real property for open space, greenways, YES - 83 parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands through a regular property tax levy of $0.57 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation which Levy will provide not to exceed $20,000,000 to be collected NO - 85 4 beginning in 1998 and continuing through 2006 (or sooner), as provided in Ordinance No. 10832? COUNCIL AT -LARGE 2 YEAR TERM NONPARTISAN Vote For One LOUISE BJORNSON NP 88 COUNCIL, WARD 2 4 YEAR TERM NON -PARTISAN Vote For One GENE KNUTSON NP 90 COUNCIL, WARD 4 LESLIE RICHARDSON NP 91 4 YEAR TERM WAYNE WEED NP 92.4 NON -PARTISAN Vote For One COUNCIL, WARD 6 GARY A. GOLDFOGEL NP 934 4 YEAR TERM BARBARA RYAN NP 94 NON -PARTISAN Vote For One BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.501 DIRECTOR, POS. No.1 2 YR. UNEXPIRED TM. NON -PARTISAN Vote For One ANN WHITMYER DIRECTOR, POS. NO.4 4 YEAR TERM NON -PARTISAN Vole For One DIRECTOR, POS. NO.5 4 YEAR TERM NON -PARTISAN Vote For One BECKY DIAZ DAVID A. BLAIR NP177� NP179� NP 181 WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1997 IN THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY THE PROPOSITION TO PROVIDE $20,000,000 FOR OPEN SPACE, GREENWAYS, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, REAL PROPERTY THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $.57 PER $1,000.00 ASSESSED VALUATION BEGINNING IN 1998 AND CONTINUING THROUGH 2006 (OR SOONER) OATH OF AUDITOR STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) I do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election returns of City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington held on the 4th day of November, 1997, have not been altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when they were deposited in my office. Whatcom CQdnty Auditor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of November, 1997. y County Legislative Authority CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD STATE OF WASHINGTON) ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT WE, as the Whatcom County Canvassing Committee have completed our canvass of votes as it pertains to the Special Election held in the precincts within the boundaries of City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington on the 4th day of November, 1997 and the results were as follows: TY OF BELLINGHA Special Election — Proposition No.1 SPECIAL OPEN SPACE TAX LEVY Shall the City of Bellingham establish a program to acquire, develop, and maintain real property and interests in real property for open space, greenways, parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands through a regular property tax levy of $0.57 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation which will provide not to exceed $20,000,000 to be collected beginning in 1998 and continuing through 2006 (or sooner), as provided in Ordinance No. 10832? Levy YES - 83 -31 Levy NO - 85 -� LEVY, YES 9,649 58.387, LEVY, NO 6,878 41. 62% LEVY PASSED The can,�ass having been completed this 19th day of November, 1997. WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD County Audi r County Legislative Authority l Anty Deputy Prosecuting Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 10832 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY ON THE GENERAL ELECTION DATE TO BE HELD THEREIN ON NOVEMBER 4, 1997, OF A PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO INCREASE ITS REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY $0.57 PER THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, IN EXCESS OF THE REGULAR TAX LEVY OF THE CITY, TO BE COLLECTED COMMENCING IN 1998 TO PROVIDE AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUES NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000, THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH ADDITIONAL LEVY RATE TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE, IMPROVE, AND MAINTAIN REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY FOR OPEN SPACE, GREENWAYS, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, RECREATION FACILITIES, TRAILS, AND WETLANDS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS OR BONDS PENDING THE RECEIPT OF THOSE ADDITIONAL TAXES. WHEREAS, the 1990 seven million dollar Greenways Levy at $0.57 per thousand of assessed valuation has been collected, allocated, and designated according to the original Greenways program; and, WHEREAS, numerous citizens, local organizations, and civic leaders have expressed support for a levy to provide funds for continuing acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of current and future open space, greenways, parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands; and, WHEREAS, such funds shall also be used for all administrative and implementation costs to the City in carrying out such a program; and, WHEREAS, a citizen group entitled Beyond Greenways has developed a proposal which suggests uses for such funds; and, WHEREAS, the final report of the Mayor's Committee on Tourism identified trails and greenways as a tool to enhance tourism; and, WHEREAS, presentations have been made to City neighborhoods, to the Bellingham Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, to the Whatcom County Parks AND Recreation Commission, and to all elected City of Bellingham officials on the need for continuing greenways preservation and the importance of considering the Beyond Greenways proposal; and, WHEREAS, the City continues to experience rapid growth and development on existing private open space lands for a variety of uses which will reduce the future opportunities for a public system of greenways; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that its voters have an opportunity to vote on the question of City of Bellingham CITY ATTORNEY 210 Lottie Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone (360) 676-6903 whether to acquire, improve, and maintain real property and interests in real property for the purposes herein; and, WHEREAS, in order to pay the costs of acquiring, improving, and maintaining such real property and interests in real property and the administrative and implementation costs for the purposes herein, it is deemed advisable that the City institute a levy and use the proceeds of a temporary increase of the regular property tax levy rate of the City as authorized by RCW 84.55.050; and, WHEREAS, nothing in such levy would relieve private developers or others from obligations otherwise existing in applicable State and local development, subdivision, and shoreline laws, .regulations, and ordinances; and, WHEREAS, the question of whether the City may collect such levy must be submitted to the qualified voters of the City for ratification or rejection, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM DOES ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. (a) The City of the City interests Council finds and declares that it is in the best that its voters have an opportunity to vote on the question of whether to acquire, improve, and maintain real property and interests in real property for open space, greenways, parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands, the cost of which is to be paid from an increase in the City's regular property tax levy rate to commence in the year 1998 and continue through 2006 (or sooner), to produce an aggregate amount of tax revenues not to exceed $20,000,000. (b) Funds raised thereby shall also be used for all administrative and implementation costs to the City in carrying out this program. Section 2. (a) The City Council directs the Auditor of Whatcom County, as ex officio Supervisor of Elections, to call and conduct an election to be held in the City in the manner provided by law on General Election Day, November 4, 1997, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City for their approval proposition authorizing the City to increase its regular property tax levy by $0.57 per thousand of assessed valuation on all of the taxable property within the City, in excess of the regular tax levy of the City, to commence in 1998 and continue through 2006 (or sooner), to produce an aggregate amount of tax revenues not to exceed $20,000,000, to be used to pay City orBelling yam CITY ATTORNEY 210 Lottie Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone (360) 676-6903 the costs of acquiring, improving, and maintaining real property and interests in real property for the purposes set forth in this ordinance. (b) Pending the receipt of the money collected from the increased annual regular property tax levy, the City may issue short-term obligations pursuant to RCW chapter 39.50 or limited tax general obligations bonds to provide funds necessary to permit the City to carry out the purposes herein. Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, as ex officio Supervisor of Elections, at least 45 days prior to the November 4, 1997, election date a copy of this ordinance and the proposition to be submitted at that election in the form of a ballot title as follows: SHALL THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY FOR OPEN SPACE, GREENWAYS, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, RECREATION FACILITIES, TRAILS, AND WETLANDS THROUGH A REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $0.57 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000 TO BE COLLECTED BEGINNING IN 1998 AND CONTINUING THROUGH 2O06 (OR SOONER), AS PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NO. 10832 LEVY - YES /x/ LEVY - NO / / PASSED by the Council this 19thday of May 1997. Pat Rowe, Council President APPROVED by me this29thday of ATTEST: i n nce i . for L_ AVRO�ED AS TO FO RR Of f ice of t ity ATturrfey Published: . June 2, 1997 May Mark'Asafundsbn. Mayor . 1997. City of Bellingham CITY ATTORNEY 210 Lottie Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone (360) 676-6903 �� ti OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY � kk U K7 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 + • Telephone: (360) 676-6903 FAX: (360) 738-7418 June 10, 1997 Supervisor of Elections Auditor's Office Whatcom County Courthouse 311 Grand Avenue Bellingham WA 98225 Attn: Pete Griffin Re: Ballot proposition for November general election Dear Mr. Griffin: As requested. enclosed is a copy of Ordinance No. 10832 whereby the City of Bellingham requests that you put on the November 1997 general election ballot the matter referenced therein. The ballot title is contained in section 3 of the Ordinance. I trust this satisfies the City's statutory obligation regarding notice to the Auditor's Office as ex officio Supervisor of Elections. If this is not the case or if there is anything else you require, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your assistance. V my yours, r v Richard N. Little, Jr. Assistant City Attorney cc: Mark Asmundson Pat Rowe Lynn Carpenter Dawn Sturwold enc. NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION CITY OF BELLINGHAM WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON November 4, 1997 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 4, 1997, a special election will be held in the above -named City, for the submission to the qualified electors of said City of the following proposition: Proposition No. 1 SPECIAL OPEN SPACE TAX LEVY Shall the City of Bellingham establish a program to acquire, develop, and maintain real property and interests in real property for open space, greenways, parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands through a regular property tax levy of $0.57 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation which will provide not to exceed $20,000,000 to be collected beginning in 1998 and continuing through 2006 (or sooner), as provided in Ordinance No. 10832? LEVY, YES ....... [ ] LEVY, NO. ....... [ ] The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Shirley Forslof Whatcom County Auditor and Ex-officio Supervisor of Elections Publish: October 29, 1997 ORDINANCE NO. 10832 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY ON THE GENERAL ELECTION DATE TO BE HELD THEREIN ON NOVEMBER 4, 1997, OF A PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO INCREASE ITS REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY $0.57 PER THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, IN EXCESS OF THE REGULAR TAX LEVY OF THE CITY, TO BE COLLECTED COMMENCING IN 1998 TO PROVIDE AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUES NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000, THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH ADDITIONAL LEVY RATE TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE, IMPROVE, AND MAINTAIN REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY FOR OPEN SPACE, GREENWAYS, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, RECREATION FACILITIES, TRAILS, AND WETLANDS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS OR BONDS PENDING THE RECEIPT OF THOSE ADDITIONAL TAXES. WHEREAS, the 1990 seven million dollar Greenways Levy at $0.57 per thousand of assessed valuation has been collected, allocated, and designated according to the original Greenways program; and, WHEREAS, numerous citizens, local organizations, and civic leaders have expressed support for a levy to provide funds for continuing acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of current and future open space, greenways, parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands; and, WHEREAS, such funds shall also be used for all administrative and implementation costs to the City in carrying out such a program; and, WHEREAS, a citizen group entitled Beyond Greenways has developed a proposal which suggests uses for such funds; and, WHEREAS, the final report of the Mayor's Committee on Tourism identified trails and greenways as a tool to enhance tourism; and, WHEREAS, presentations have been made to City neighborhoods, to the Bellingham Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, to the Whatcom County Parks AND Recreation Commission, and to all elected City of Bellingham officials on the need for continuing greenways preservation and the importance of considering the Beyond Greenways proposal; and, WHEREAS, the City continues to experience rapid growth and development on existing private open space lands for a variety of uses which will reduce the future opportunities for a public system of greenways; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that its voters have an opportunity to vote on the question of City of Bellingham CITY ATTORNEY 210 Lottie Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone (360) 676-6903 whether to acquire, improve, and maintain real property and interests in real property for the purposes herein; and, WHEREAS, in order to pay the costs of acquiring, improving, and maintaining such real property and interests in real property and the administrative and implementation costs for the purposes herein, it is deemed advisable that the City institute a levy and use the proceeds of a temporary increase of the regular property tax levy rate of the City as authorized by RCW 84.55.050; and, WHEREAS, nothing in such levy would relieve private developers or others from obligations otherwise existing in applicable State and local development, subdivision, and shoreline laws, regulations, and ordinances; and, WHEREAS, the question of whether the City may collect such levy must be submitted to the qualified voters of the City for ratification or rejection, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM DOES ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. (a) The City Council finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the City that its voters have an opportunity to vote on the question of whether to acquire, improve, and maintain real property and interests in real property for open space, greenways, parks, athletic fields, recreation facilities, trails, and wetlands, the cost of which is to be paid from an increase in the City's regular property tax levy rate to commence in the year 1998 and continue through 2006 (or sooner), to produce an aggregate amount of tax revenues not to exceed $20,000,000. (b) Funds raised thereby shall also be used for all administrative and implementation costs to the City in carrying out this program. Section 2. (a) The City Council directs the Auditor of Whatcom County, as ex officio Supervisor of Elections, to call and conduct an election to be held in the City in the manner provided by law on General Election Day, November 4, 1997, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City for their approval proposition authorizing the City to increase its regular property tax levy by $0.57 per thousand of assessed valuation on all of the taxable property within the City, in excess of the regular tax levy of the City, to commence in 1998 and continue through 2006 (or sooner), to produce an aggregate amount of tax revenues not to exceed $20,000,000, to be used to pay City of Belling yam CITY ATTORNEY 210 Lottie Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone (360) 676-6903 the costs of acquiring, improving, and maintaining real property and interests in real property for the purposes set forth in this ordinance. (b) Pending the receipt of the money collected from the increased annual regular property tax levy, the City may issue short-term obligations pursuant to RCW chapter 39.50 or limited tax general obligations bonds to provide funds necessary to permit the City to carry out the purposes herein. Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, as ex officio Supervisor of Elections, at least 45 days prior to the November 4, 1997, election date a copy of this ordinance and the proposition to be submitted at that election in the form of a ballot title as follows: SHALL THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO ACQUIRE. DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY FOR OPEN SPACE, CREENWAYS, PARKS. ATHLETIC FIELDS. RECREATION FACILITIES. TRAILS, AND WETLANDS THROUGH A REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $0.57 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE AND 0 CONTINUING THROUGH 006 (ORS0 TO SOONER), ASBE EPROVIDEDI NG 998 IN 1 IN ORDINANCE N0. 10832 LEVY - YES /x/ LEVY - NO /_/ PASSED by the Council this 19thday of May 1997. CW 4^_ at awe, ounci resi ent APPROVED by me this 29thday of M ATTEST: �u�`� Yn nce I for A RO ED AS TO FORM - ice o t ity Published; June 2, 1997 1997. City of Bellingham CITY ATTORNEY 210 Lottie Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone (360) 676-6903 STATE OF WASHINGTON, ss Affidavit of Publication COUNTY OF WHATCOM, SPECK LELECTION CITY OF BELLINGHAM 111ATCOM CotNTy WASHINGTONN Novemberg 1,997 iGIVEN that on , NOTICE IS HEREBY Nove her 9 1997esday ciat election wilt he held 1n the abave.named Ci the submission to For qualified electors of said City or the following p ositlan; rap - SPECIAL OPEN SPACE TAX LEVY Shall the City o haf Belling= m establish a ppraginffi to acquire, de'ealve+op and mainand interest, rests in real prop_ ertY for open space, reenways parks, athlete. fields, recreation facilities, trails and wetlands erty tax a regular prop. one tax of SO'57 per assessed vatuat onlI which rs of Will provide not o exceed beg! n in to Ile collected ginning in 1998 and con- tinuing through 2006 (or saonerl, as provided in Ordinalice No, 10832? LE ' l The polls for such special election shall b6from 7,00aSWhreyFnoBb orslaf andtcom County Auditonr ribc.ofcio Superviso of (%lectionS r (L873 Kathy Kincaid being first duly sworn on oath says: That (s)he is the Public Notices Clerk of The Bellingham Herald, a daily newspaper of general circulation in said county and state and of Federated Publications, Inc., a Dela- ware Corporation (publisher of said newspaper), and authorized to make this affidavit; that the legal notice entitled in the cause and court named on the attached copy which is a true and correct copy of the original (and hereinafter referred to as "Notice") was pub- lished in the regular and entire issue, and not in supplement, of each number of said newspaper published and circulated on the following dates, to wit: October 29, 1997 that for more than six months prior to the date of the first publica- tion of said Notice, at all times since, and now, the said "The Bell- ingham Herald" has been established, published and circulated in the English language continuously and continually as a daily newspaper in the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washing- ton, the some being at all times printed either in whole or in part in an office maintained at said place of publication; that such news- paper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of Whatcom County, Washington; that the full amount of the fee charged for such publication is $ 38.25 C�c7 r i L Subs ed and sworn to before me this 31st day of October 19 97 NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington, residing at Bellingham