Party Resolutions

Resolution 2007-029: Support for Measure 49 Correcting Measure 37 Land Use Issues

Sponsored by: Meredith Wood Smith, Jesse Cornett, Jill Thorn, Becky Gladstone, Mike Radway, Jenny Greenleaf and Wayne Kinney Approved: 07/21/2007

A RESOLUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OREGON

WHEREAS, the Platform of the Democratic Party of Oregon speaks to Forest, Field and Range – supporting Oregon’s small farmers, ranchers and foresters as they provide from the land and

WHEREAS, the Platform of the Democratic Party of Oregon speaks to Ecology, and Natural Resources – providing for our needs, while preserving the earth and

WHEREAS, the Oregon Legislature proposed rewriting of Oregon’s property-compensation law known as Measure 37 and

WHEREAS, it would allow landowners as many as three homes on a single rural site and put some limits on development while allowing rural landowners to build and

WHEREAS, it would restrict development, particularly on high-value farmland and in areas with limited groundwater supplies and

WHEREAS, Oregon’s land-use law, passed in 1973, limits most rural land outside cities for farm and forest uses

NOW, THEREFORE, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OREGON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Democratic Party of Oregon urges passage of this measure in the November 2007 election

Section 2. The Democratic Party of Oregon urges all Democrats to actively support and work for the passage of this measure.

Resolution submitted by Meredith Wood Smith, Jesse Cornett, Jill Thorn, Becky Gladstone, Mike Radway, Jenny Greenleaf and Wayne Kinney

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