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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Unofficial May 21, 2024, Election Results as of 8:00 a.m. May 22, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">If any library measures are missing, please contact Ferol Weyand in Library Support and Development at the State Library of Oregon.
<a href="mailto:Ferol.weyand@slo.oregon.gov">Ferol.weyand@slo.oregon.gov</a>. Phone 503-378-2525.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Measure</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">
<b>6-211 – City of Coos Bay</b></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">* this measure was accidentally presented as a yes/no questions, rather than a choice between locations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">QUESTION:
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</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Replace the library at the current site downtown($35M) or on Ocean Blvd adjacent to Cascade Farm & Outdoor ($28M)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">SUMMARY:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">The outcome of the election on this advisory question will not be binding. It will provide information to the Coos Bay City Council in consideration of the future location
of the Coos Bay Public Library. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">The existing Public Library in downtown Coos Bay is structurally failing and efforts have been underway to identify a location to rebuild the facility. The current facility
sees over 100,000 visits annually and is a vital community resource, providing access to a physical book collection of 82,573 volumes plus electronic books, study areas, computer and internet access, community meeting rooms, education programs like Children’s
Storytime and outreach efforts like Community Fridge and Library on the Go. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Two sites have been identified as possible future locations of the library: rebuilding the library at the current site, estimated to cost $35 million or constructing a new
library on Ocean Blvd, adjacent to Cascade Farm & Outdoor, estimated to cost $85 million. The Ocean Blvd site would also include a 911 dispatch center and disaster response center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Yes (56.72 %)
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"> No (43.28
<b>%</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Measure 21-222 – Lincoln County Library District – Local Option Tax For Library Services<br>
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QUESTION:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Shall Library District renew levy of 9¢ per $1,000 assessed value for five years, beginning 2025-26, to fund your library?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">This measure renews current local option taxes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">SUMMARY:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">This measure will renew the expiring local option tax. Approval of this measure continues providing funding at its present level for the Lincoln County Library District and the funding
it provides to libraries in Lincoln City, Newport, Siletz, Toledo and Waldport.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">It is estimated that this measure would raise approximately $403,491 in tax revenues for 2025-26,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">$415,596 in tax revenues for 2026-2027, $428,064 in tax revenues for 2027-2028, $440,906 in tax revenues for 2028-2029,
and $454,136 in tax revenues for 2029-2030. The estimated tax cost for this measure is an ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best information available from the county assessor at the time of the estimate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Yes (66.84 %)
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">No ( 33.16<b>%</b>)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><a href="https://results.oregonvotes.gov/">https://results.oregonvotes.gov/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#473659">Ferol Weyand</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#30243C"> (</span></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#660066">she/her/hers)<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#660066">Library Support Specialist</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#660066"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#30243C">State Library of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#540054"><a href="mailto:ferol.weyand@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">ferol.weyand@slo.oregon.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#660066">
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