NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE RENEWAL OF CURRENT OPERATING LEVY FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND PARKS.

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE In accordance with ORS 250.275, notice is hereby given that the following ballot title for a measure referred by Hillsboro City Council has been filed with the City Elections Officer of Hillsboro on February 1, 2022. CAPTION: RENEWAL OF CURRENT OPERATING LEVY FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND PARKS. QUESTION: Shall Hillsboro renew the operating levy of $1.72 per $1,000 for police, fire, and parks for five years beginning 2023-24? This measure renews current local option taxes. SUMMARY: This measure would renew the current police, fire, and parks operating levy approved by voters in 2017, which expires in June 2023. Renewing the levy would pay for continuing current services for police, fire and emergency medical response, and parks maintenance. The majority of the levy would go to the Hillsboro Police and Fire & Rescue departments, and the remainder to parks maintenance services. The City Council placed this measure on the ballot to maintain existing services and programs for police, fire, and parks maintenance, such as: Police would maintain: — Patrol officers and neighborhood patrols — Detectives for investigations, including internet crime, fraud, and elder abuse — Community policing programs — Homelessness engagement and mental health response — Child abuse and domestic violence intervention — Youth services and school resource officers Fire & Rescue would maintain: — Current response times for emergency calls — Emergency response and rescue capabilities for wildfire incidents — Fire prevention, fire investigation, public education, and safety programs — Disaster preparedness programs Parks would maintain: — Recreation facilities, parks, playgrounds, ball fields, wetlands, natural areas, and future developable parkland Estimated revenues for each year of levy: $26,990,140 in 2023-24 $28,069,746 in 2024-25 $29,192,536 in 2025-26 $30,360,237 in 2026-27 $31,574,647 in 2027-28 An elector may file petition for review of this ballot title in the Washington County Circuit Court no later than 5 p.m. on February 11, 2022. For further information, contact City Recorder/Elections Officer at 503-681-6117. /s/Amber Ames City Recorder Publish February 3, 2022 HT230520

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