Hey Everyone,

These were only two of us, but the City Council listened to our argument and that is really all we can ask for.  I hope more of you show up for the Tax Protest in North Bend and Bandon on Nov. 7th.

We need to make an impre

 TAX PROTEST in NORTH BEND---TAX PROTEST in BANDON---All in the same day…..

There will be a peaceful, limited and orderly “Tax Protest” at North Bend City Hall & then at Bandon City Hall during their public meetings on November 7th.

This is not a traditional protest, but more of a filibuster by the people.  We need concerned citizens to tell these governing bodies, that they need to stop increasing the debt and size of their Urban Renewal Agencies. 

NOTES:
People need to speak up during the public comment section of the meeting.
Please be orderly, polite and respectful.  Speak clearly and succinctly. 

·        Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., the council will hear public comment on prioritizing urban renewal projects at its regularly scheduled work session in the council chambers in North Bend City Hall.  They will also discuss increasing the urban renewal boundary.  www.northbendcity.org  City Hall 835 California Street, North Bend, OR  97459 Read more: North Bend looks to the future

·        Nov. 7, 7:00 p.m., the council will hear public comment during its public comment section of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting in the Bandon City Hall.  The public will get 3 minutes to comment and that is when we should stand up to speak out in single file.    www.ci.bandon.or.us   City Hall on Hwy, 101 in Bandon 

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
Urban Renewal---
---uses tax dollars designated for other taxing districts that provide for basic services, such as schools, the community college, hospitals, fire departments, and law enforcement

---causes other taxing districts to raise property taxes to cover the money drained by Urban Renewal. 

---programs have little to no oversight, and those funds have been notoriously misused by politicians.

--- projects built by Urban Renewal funding cannot be maintained by Urban Renewal money and those facilities will become the financial obligation of the state or be put into another taxing district, or they will have to create an entirely new taxing district, which either way, it will eat up more of the Property Tax Pie. 

--- affects every property taxpayer in the county, yet the majority of those people never get to vote for the Urban Renewal Boards, making this a form of “Taxation Without Representation.” 

---is a form of corporate welfare, because it takes money from the tax payer and puts that money directly into the hands of corporations and wealthy developers.

--- creates aberrations in the economy for local businesses that cannot qualify to receive Urban Renewal funding or who chose not to take the money for moral reasons.

---distorts the marketplace and inflates prices on products and services for businesses outside the Urban Renewal area’s and that cost is passed onto consumers.  

---creates an economic environment where businesses and developers expect to receive Urban Renewal money to do business or develop in the Urban Renewal area. 

--- can cause economic bubbles in local real estate markets by unnaturally inflating the assessed value of property within or near a redevelopment areas, which will increase the property taxes paid for by the taxpayer.

---takes credit for developing an area when that development may have taken place anyways in another area at another time, but it would have been developed according to consumer demands and not government mandate, and using private investment , not tax dollars. 

Money Taken by North Bend’s Urban Renewal Agency FYE 2010-2011
1.     COOS COUNTY-4H/EXTENSION                     2,071.60
2.     LIBRARY SVS                                                    16,999.26
3.     COOS COUNTY                                                  25,224.72
4.     CITY OF NORTH BEND                                    144,402.35
5.     SOUTH COAST ESD                                          10,297.05  
6.     NORTH BEND SCHOOL #13                                      97,193.80
7.     SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE                           16,389.97
8.     PORT OF COOS BAY                                         14,257.45
9.     COOS COUNTY AIRPORT                                5,605.49

Population of North Bend 9533 =$34.87 per person  332,441.69

Money Taken by Bandon’s Urban Renewal Area #1 FYE 2010-2011
1.     4H/EXTENSION                                                   2,439.82
2.     COOS COUNTY AIRPORT                                  6,599.52
3.     PORT OF BANDON                                             8,959.36
4.     SOUTH COAST ESD                                          12,199.12
5.     CITY OF BANDON                                            12,599.09
6.     SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE                           19,318.60
7.     LIBRARY SVS                                                    20,078.55
8.     SO COOS GENERAL HOSPITAL                      24,518.23
9.     COOS COUNTY                                                 29,757.86
BANDON SCHOOL #54                                              109,472.09
Total Amount Taken                                                   245,942.24

                                               

 

Money Taken by Bandon’s Urban Renewal Agency Area #2 FYE 2010-2011
1.     COOS COUNTY-4H/EXTENSION                      1,239.91
2.     COOS COUNTY-LIBRARY SVS                       10,399.24
3.     COOS COUNTY                                                  15,438.87
4.     CITY OF BANDON                                            6,519.52              
5.     CITY OF BANDON-LOCAL OPTION RATE       12,079.12
6.     SOUTH COAST ESD                                          6,319.54
7.     BANDON SCHOOL #54                                     56,795.85
8.     SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE                           10,039.27
9.     PORT OF BANDON                                           4,639.66
10.   COOS COUNTY AIRPORT                                3,399.75
11.  SO COOS GENERAL HOSPITAL                      12,719.07
Total Amount Taken                                                   139,589.80
                                                                                       245,942.24
Population of Bandon 3300=$116.83 per person     385,532.04           

 For more information contact:
Rob Taylor
541-347-9942
Email:         [email protected] 

P.S.  I have 5 seats remaining in my van for Bandon people who want to carpool from Bandon to North Bend for the first meeting, then carpool back from North Bend to Bandon for the second meeting.  

TAX PROTEST IN BANDON

There will be a peaceful, limited and orderly “Tax Protest” at the Bandon City Hall during the City Council Meeting. 

We are protesting the expansion of the Urban Renewal Agency’s debt limit from 5 million to 12 million and extending that debt all the way out to 2033. 

Tell the City Councilor’s about your outrage during the public comment portion at the next City Council Meeting.

It does not matter if you do not live in Bandon.  If you pay property taxes in Coos County, then you are paying for The City of Bandon’s Urban Renewal Projects. 

Tax Protest in North Bend---All in the same day…..

Bandon City Council Meeting:

When:        Mon, November 7, 7 pm – 9 pm

 Where:      City Council Chambers in Bandon City Hall 

Notes:        Please, be polite and respectful.  Speak clearly and succinctly. 

For more information contact:

Rob Taylor
541-347-9942
Email:        [email protected] 

I hope everyone gets a chance to attend the movie.

Afterwards would someone, please, give us your critique of the movie? 

Thanks.....

The Coos County TEA Party Presents:

Potluck & Property Rights,

We are very fortunate to have Randal O’Toole, as our guest speaker. 

Randal O'Toole is a Cato Institute Senior Fellow working on urban growth, public land, and transportation issues. O'Toole's research on national forest management, culminating in his 1988 book, Reforming the Forest Service, has had a major influence on Forest Service policy and on-the-ground management. His analysis of urban land-use and transportation issues, brought together in his 2001 book, The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths, has influenced decisions in cities across the country. In his book The Best-Laid Plans, O'Toole calls for repealing federal, state, and local planning laws and proposes reforms that can help solve social and environmental problems without heavy-handed government regulation. O'Toole's latest book is Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It, in which he presents a wide range of innovative ideas and policy recommendations for creating an effective transportation system. O'Toole is the author of numerous Cato papers. He has also written for Regulation magazine as well as op-eds and articles for numerous other national journals and newspapers. O'Toole travels extensively and has spoken about free-market environmental issues in dozens of cities. An Oregon native, O'Toole was educated in forestry at Oregon State University and in economics at the University of Oregon.

He is a former resident of Bandon and well known as The Antiplanner. 

Here is a link to his website   www.ti.org/antiplanner/ 

The Public is invited.  

When:        Friday, February 17th, 2012
Where:       The ESD Building in Coos Bay
1350 Teakwood Ave.,
Coos Bay OR
Map:          http://g.co/maps/u4axg
Pot luck at 5:00 pm, so bring your favorite dish.

Lecture starts sharp at 6:00 pm. 

No Charge, but Donations Welcome….. 

Please, read this article and submit a comment to the Bandon Western World to let them know this is not a win-win situation.

Here is the link:  Investment in Bandon is a win-win

Success in our effort to stop Bandon Urban Renewal:

At the last Bandon School Board meeting, a group of us were able to convince the board to table the bill until further review.  Otherwise, the Board would have passed the Bandon Resolution.

However, The Bandon Urban Renewal Agency is still in the process of seeking permission from the 10 other overlapping taxing districts to increase its “maximum indebtedness.”   Our group has slowed down the process, so the voters can learn about this subject. 

People need to call or email the officials in the overlapping taxing districts and persuade the members of their boards or committees to Vote against this increase in debt. 

Here is what we need to say:  VOTE NO on the Bandon Resolution to increase and extend the “Maximum Indebtedness” of the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency in Area 1. 

Here are the ten overlapping taxing districts.  The ones in yellow have already taken a vote to give concurrence on the Bandon Resolution, so we have 7 other districts that need to be contacted. 

 

Money Taken by Bandon’s Urban Renewal Area #1 FYE 2010-2011

4H/EXTENSION-------------------------------2,439.82
COOS COUNTY AIRPORT-----------------6,599.52
PORT OF BANDON--------------------------8,959.36
SOUTH COAST ESD------------------------12,199.12
CITY OF BANDON--------------------------12,599.09
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE-------------19,318.60
LIBRARY SVS--------------------------------20,078.55
SO COOS GENERAL HOSPITAL----------24,518.23
COOS COUNTY------------------------------29,757.86
BANDON SCHOOL #54-------------------109,472.09

The County Commission
www.co.coos.or.us   
541-396-3121 ext.

The Bandon School Board
541-347-4411
www.bandon.k12.or.us 

The South Coast ESD
541-269-1611
www.scesd.k12.or.us  

Southwestern College
541-888-2525
www.socc.edu/board/index~email.shtml

Coos County-Library SVS
541-888-7270

Coos County Airport
541-756-8531

 

 

Coos County-4H/Extension
541-572-5263

A TEA Party OCCUPATION in North Bend:

The City of North Bend is holding a public meeting to take comment on using Urban Renewal money for Façade Loans and Grants.  Façade is the perfect name for such a pretentious taxing program. 

This is a form of corporate welfare and the program has little to no oversight, so please attend these meetings and convince the City of North Bend to stop wasting tax dollars.   These types of Urban Renewal funding are notoriously misused by politicians.

Urban Renewal affects every property taxpayer in the county. 

Here is the link:

North Bend looks to the future

• Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m., the council will adopt a final version of the minor amendment at its regularly scheduled meeting in the council chambers.

• Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., the council will hear public comment on prioritizing urban renewal projects at its regularly scheduled work session in the council chambers. It will also discuss increasing the urban renewal boundary.

Note: Please be orderly, polite and respectful.  Speak clearly and succinctly. 

Read more: North Bend looks to the future

Money Taken by North Bend’s Urban Renewal Agency FYE 2010-2011

COOS COUNTY-4H/EXTENSION           2,071.60
LIBRARY SVS                                          16,999.26
COOS COUNTY                                        25,224.72
CITY OF NORTH BEND                          144,402.35
SOUTH COAST ESD                                10,297.05  
NORTH BEND SCHOOL #13                    97,193.80
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE                 16,389.97
PORT OF COOS BAY                               14,257.45
COOS COUNTY AIRPORT                      5,605.49

A TEA Party OCCUPATION in Bandon

There will be a peaceful, limited and orderly “TEA Party OCCUPATION” of the Bandon City Hall.  We are protesting the expansion of the Urban Renewal Agency’s debt limit from 5 million to 12 million and extending this debt all the way out to 2033. 

Let’s send a clear message to our local politicians, to stop wasting the money of Coos County taxpayers.  Tell the Bandon City Council about your outrage during the public comment portion at the next City Council Meeting.

There are 7 Urban Renewal Taxing Districts in Coos County.  Those taxing districts siphon money from county general funds, schools, libraries, law enforcement, infrastructure, 4H, and hospitals. 

It does not matter if you do not live in Bandon.  If you pay property taxes in Coos County, then you are paying for The City of Bandon’s Urban Renewal Projects. 

The Occupy Wall-Street movement is against banks and corporations receiving government “bail-outs,” well we are too.   This new Urban Renewal project is the “Solyndra of the South Coast.”

Bandon City Council Meeting:

When:        Mon, November 7, 7 pm – 9 pm
 Where:      City Council Chambers in Bandon City Hall 
Notes:        Please, be polite and respectful.  Speak clearly and succinctly. 

For more information contact:

Rob Taylor
541-347-9942
Email:        [email protected] 

Ending federal timber payments to Oregon: Rural economic collapse will harm metro area, too

Ending federal timber payments to Oregon: Rural economic collapse will harm metro area, too  

Hi:

We, here at Coos County AFP, are excited to announce that we'll be showing Agenda-- Grinding America Down at the ESD Building, 1350 Teakwood Ave., Coos Bay, on the 19th of October, which is a Wednesday. We'll start the documentary movie promptly at 5:30pm.

When Idaho Legislator Curtis Bowers wrote a "letter to the editor" about the drastic changes in America's culture, it became the feature story on the evening news, people protested at the Capitol, and for weeks the local newspapers were filled with responses. He realized then... he'd hit on something. Ask almost anyone and you'll hear, "Communism is dead! The Berlin Wall came down." Thought the word communism isn't used anymore, this film will show the ideas behind it are alive and well. Join Bowers for a fascinating look at the people and groups that have successfully targeted America's morality and freedom in their effort to grind America down. It's a well documented AGENDA.

When I asked him whether we could show the movie to the group, Curtis said, "Thank you for helping to spread the word about AGENDA. I would really appreciate it if afterward, you would encourage those who like it, to get their own copy to share with others. We made this film as a family and are trying to recoup the costs. A lot of groups that have shown it, buy a box of DVDs ahead of time to have at the showing to sell when the film is over or others get a show of hands at the end, of how many people want a copy and then they order in quantity to get a good discount. Our website, www.AgendaDocumentary.com, has all the different quantity discounts available. (ex. 10 DVDs are only $100, $10 each.)"

So we plan to have 10 or so copies on hand for your purchase.

Regards,

Rick Hoffine
Asst Chapter Leader
AFP--Coos Co.

How TIF Works
To obtain TIF funds, a city (or, in most states, a county) must draw a line around an area it wants to redevelop. This may be called an urban renewal district, a redevelopment district, or simply a TIF district.

At the time the TIF district is created, the property taxes generated by that area become the base taxes, and those taxes will continue to fund schools and other services for the lifetime of the district. But from that day forward, any increases, or increment, in taxes—whether from new development or from the increased value of existing land and developments—are retained by the urban-renewal agency for redevelopment.

While 31 states require the municipality to find that the area within the district is "blighted," as anyone familiar with the eminent domain issue knows, the determination of what is "blighted" is often contentious. Not only do 18 states not require a blight determination, at least 16 others weakened their blight requirements in the decade before the Kelo decision.26

In Missouri, neighborhoods have been declared blighted simply because the homes were older than 35 years.27 When homeowners in a Michigan city argued that their neighborhood was not blighted, the city planner responded that "‘blighted’ does not mean shabby or marked for demolition. It simply means the area has revitalization potential."28 That definition effectively eliminates the blight requirement for any city whose only goal is to increase tax revenues.

Some states allow cities to create TIF districts for reasons other than blight. Idaho, for example, allows cities near state borders to create TIF districts if they are at a competitive disadvantage with cities in neighboring states. The city of Post Falls used this to justify putting 40 percent of the land area of the city in a TIF district. Yet according to the Idaho State Tax Commission, Idaho’s overall tax burden is significantly less than Washington’s.29 It seems likely that Post Falls’s TIF districts attracted more business away from nearby Idaho cities, such as Coeur d’Alene, than from Washington state. Significantly, Coeur d’Alene created two urban-renewal districts five years after Post Falls created its first district, and two other nearby towns also recently created TIF districts.

Some states require little more than a public hearing to create a TIF district; others may require a study to determine if redevelopment is feasible. Only one state, Georgia, requires cities to ask voter approval to create a TIF district. Georgia also requires cities to obtain the consent of other taxing entities that overlap with the district.30

Though 13 states have no limit, most states limit the life of the district to between 20 and 50 years. Planners typically estimate what the tax increment will be over that time period. The city then sells bonds that can be repaid by that increment and spends the revenue from the bonds to purchase properties and clear existing structures. All but eight states and the District of Columbia allow cities to use eminent domain to compel landowners to sell property within TIF districts.31

Once existing structures are cleared, most cities also use TIF funds to make improvements within the district. Cities often build infrastructure such as streets, sidewalks, parks, sewers, water, and parking garages— infrastructure that developers would normally pay for themselves. The city then sells the land to developers, typically for far less than the city has invested.

In lieu of providing infrastructure, cities sometimes give some of the bond proceeds directly to the developers. In other cases, particularly transit facilities, sports stadiums, and convention centers, the city builds the actual structures and then manages, leases, or sells them.

There are many variations. In addition to property taxes, 17 states allow municipalities to dedicate incremental sales taxes to redevelopment, and three states allow them to dedicate incremental income or payroll taxes to redevelopment.32 Most states allow cities to create pay-as-you-go TIF districts, spending the incremental taxes (or any surplus tax revenues after making bond payments) on district improvements each year. In many such cases, the developer pays for the infrastructure and then the city rebates the incremental property and/or sales taxes until the developer’s costs have been covered.

Some states limit the amount of land a municipality can put in a TIF district. Oregon, for example, allows cities to put no more than 25 percent of their land area in a TIF district. Other states have no limit, and cities such as Mission Viejo, California; Port Richey, Florida; and Wheaton, Illinois, have either placed or proposed to place all land within their city limits in a TIF district—effectively claiming (since those states all have blight requirements) that 100 percent of the city is blighted.33

In addition to providing funds for redevelopment, TIF districts generally insulate cities from failure. Although most redevelopment agencies are run by boards of directors whose members are identical to the city councils, they are considered separate entities. If a TIF district fails to collect enough incremental taxes to repay its bonds, it can default on the bonds without jeopardizing the city’s bond rating. This allows cities to take on high-risk projects that developers might avoid even if they were guaranteed no increases in property taxes.

In 1991, the Englewood, Colorado, Urban Renewal Authority defaulted on $27 million worth of bonds sold in 1985 to support a retail development that failed and was eventually bulldozed.34 Bondholders, not taxpayers, paid the price. But this does not mean that TIF is a good deal for taxpayers. In fact, such defaults are rare because cities have many ways of capturing taxpayer funds to pay for TIF.

First, in many states, TIF agencies get rewarded for inflation. As property values increase due to inflation, TIF revenues rise even if the district does nothing to improve the area. Normally, such increased revenues would be used by schools and other tax entities to offset increased costs, but since the TIF districts are capturing those revenues, other tax districts must either raise taxes or cut back on services.

In some states, property taxes are indexed to government budgets, not to inflation, so increased property values do not automatically boost TIF revenues. But TIF agencies have other ways of using fluctuating property values to capture revenues. For example, in Idaho, when property values decline (as they did in the recent recession), the base value of the property (the portion whose taxes go to schools and other traditional tax entities) also declines. When property values recover, the base value remains at its lowest level, so TIF districts capture "incremental" tax revenues that, prior to the recession, had gone to other tax districts.

Second, in most states, TIF districts gain when other tax entities persuade voters to increase taxes. Say a school or library district convinces voters to pass a bond levy that increases taxes by $1 for every $1,000 of property value. Taxes are increased both inside and outside of the TIF districts, but the increased revenues inside the TIF districts go to TIF, not to the school or library district.

For example, in 2006, voters in a fire district in Northglenn, Colorado, agreed to increase the local fire district’s tax rates, an increase that the fire district admitted was needed mainly because local TIF districts had taken so much money from the fire district. Yet the increase also increased TIF revenues, effectively rewarding the urban-renewal agency for taking money from the fire district.35

Third, TIF districts get credit for development that would have taken place in the district anyway. If a city creates a TIF district out of a neighborhood that is already being gentrified by private developers, all the taxes on new development in the neighborhood go to the TIF district even though that development would have taken place without the TIF district.

Fourth, TIF districts get credit for development that takes place within their boundaries that would have taken place somewhere nearby anyway. In a growing region, new homes, shops, offices, and other developments will be built somewhere. TIF subsidies may attract such development to the district at the expense of development somewhere else in the region. The result is no net increase to the region’s total tax base, but a net decrease to the tax revenues for schools and other entities that must compete with the TIF agencies for funds.

A tax rate is calculated for the urban renewal plan as the consolidated tax rate for the taxing districts within the geographic boundaries of the plan. These urban renewal taxes, referred to as “tax off the increment,” are calculated as the consolidated tax rate multiplied by the value of the increment. The sharing of tax between taxing districts that get a portion of the tax imposed on the frozen base value and urban renewal agencies that get the tax imposed on the excess value is also referred to as urban renewal division of tax.

Most urban renewal agencies that have plan areas adopted before December 1996 can also impose special levies. These levies compensate urban renewal agencies for the revenue loss caused by the implementation of Measure 50. Special levies, as well as division of tax revenues, are subject to the tax limitations of Measure 5.

More information on urban renewal is available at www.oregon.gov/DOR/PTD/IC_504_623.shtml.

In Oregon, urban renewal agencies receive the bulk of their revenues through a tax increment financing mechanism. Urban renewal agencies can be approved by counties or cities with the objective of eliminating blight within an area. Urban renewal agencies do not have the authority to impose taxes (except for special levies), but they do get a portion of the property tax revenue that would otherwise have gone to taxing districts if the agency did not exist. When an urban renewal plan area is created (plan areas are created and administered by urban renewal agencies), the assessed value of the property within the area’s boundaries is frozen at the amount calculated from the most recently certified tax roll prior to the plan’s approval. The agency then raises revenue in subsequent years from any value growth above the frozen amount; this value growth is referred to as the increment or excess value.

The City of North Bend is holding a public meeting to take comment on using Urban Renewal money for Façade Loans and Grants.

This is a form of corporate welfare and the program has little to no oversight, so please attend these meetings and convince the City of North Bend to stop wasting tax dollars.   These types of Urban Renewal funding are notoriously misused by politicians.

Here is the link:
North Bend looks to the future

Oct. 10, 4:30 p.m., the city council will hear public comment on the current draft amendment during its regularly scheduled work session in the council chambers at 835 California Street.

• Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m., the council will adopt a final version of the minor amendment at its regularly scheduled meeting in the council chambers.

• Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., the council will hear public comment on prioritizing urban renewal projects at its regularly scheduled work session in the council chambers. It will also discuss increasing the urban renewal boundary.

Read more: http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_1e0efefc-a1dc-524b-8706-60fa0fdf5a10.html#ixzz1acWRKFMQ

Money Taken by North Bend’s Urban Renewal Agency FYE 2010-2011

COOS COUNTY-4H/EXTENSION               2,071.60

LIBRARY SVS                                          16,999.26

COOS COUNTY                                        25,224.72

CITY OF NORTH BEND                          144,402.35

SOUTH COAST ESD                                10,297.05  

NORTH BEND SCHOOL #13                    97,193.80

SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE                 16,389.97

PORT OF COOS BAY                             14,257.45

COOS COUNTY AIRPORT                      5,605.49

Hello,

Last night at the Bandon School Board a group of determined individuals helped delay the City of Bandon from accruing a 12 million dollar debt.  This money will be siphoned from the money collected from 10 other taxing districts.  The Board Members tabled the resolution to give concurrence to the City to increase its “maximum indebtedness.” 

Tonight, we need every able body person at the ESD Board Meeting.  The board meets at the ESD Building on Teakwood in Coos Bay at 6:00 pm.  Please, show up and tell the board not to give this concurrence by passing the Bandon Resolution.

Then we have the Coos County Commission, The Library Board, SWOCC and we still have a chance to convince the Bandon School Board to vote no.  Here is what we need to say:  VOTE NO on the Bandon Resolution to increase and extend the “Maximum Indebtedness” of the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency in Area 1. 

Here are the ten overlapping taxing districts.  The ones in yellow have already taken a vote to give concurrence on the Bandon Resolution, so we have 7 other districts to stop.  

Money Taken by Bandon’s Urban Renewal Area #1 FYE 2010-2011
4H/EXTENSION-------------------------------2,439.82
COOS COUNTY AIRPORT-----------------6,599.52
PORT OF BANDON--------------------------8,959.36
SOUTH COAST ESD------------------------12,199.12
CITY OF BANDON--------------------------12,599.09
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE-------------19,318.60
LIBRARY SVS--------------------------------20,078.55
SO COOS GENERAL HOSPITAL----------24,518.23
COOS COUNTY------------------------------29,757.86
BANDON SCHOOL #54-------------------109,472.09

The County Commission
www.co.coos.or.us    
541-396-3121

The Bandon School Board
541-347-4411
www.bandon.k12.or.us  

The South Coast ESD
541-269-1611
www.scesd.k12.or.us   

Southwestern College

Coos County-Library SVS

Coos County Airport

Hey Everyone,
At The Bandon School Board meeting, this coming Monday, I will be facing-off against the Bandon City Manager. The Board has allowed me the chance to rebuke the increase in the "Maximum Indebtedness" of their Urban Renewal Agency. The meeting is at 7:00 pm in the Bandon High school cafeteria.

There are several people attending in favor of this expansion in debt and I need some Back-up. We have a few locals coming, but this would be a great opportunity to hear the other side make their argument. It gives us a chance to hone our skills.

Please, come down to Bandon on Monday, we could meet for coffee beforehand at a local shop. Let me know what you think ASAP, and we can make arrangements.

There still are a few districts that have not given their concurrence to the City of Bandon. I am waiting to hear from the Coos County Library Board and SWOCC on their reply. The next County Commission Meeting is Tues, October 18th, at 9:30 am.

Here is the article:
http://www.bandonwesternworld.com/articles/2011/10/07/community/doc4e8e457521346398015646.txt


No Rest for the wicked...

Urgent Action Requested:

The City of Bandon is trying to raise the “maximum indebtedness” of its Urban Renewal Agency from $5,375,225 to $12,003,981 million dollars and they want to extend that debt all the way out until 2033.  That’s right, they are going to balloon up the budget and your children and grandchildren will have to pay off this financial obligation.  .

We need everyone to call the County Commission, the Bandon School Board and the South Coast ESD and politely tell their members:   VOTE NO on the Bandon Resolution to increase and extend the “Maximum Indebtedness” of the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency in Area 1.

We have only a few days left, because they meet in the second week of October starting on Monday the 10th.

Here is the contact information:

The County Commission
www.co.coos.or.us    
541-396-3121

The Bandon School Board
541-347-4411
www.bandon.k12.or.us

The South Coast ESD
541-269-1611
www.scesd.k12.or.us  

 
As expected, last night the Bandon City Council unanimously voted to give their Urban Renewal Agency the concurrence to increase its debt. Of course the city council makes up the Urban Renewal Board of Directors, so no big surprise.

However, we need everyone to call the County Commissioners and ask them not to vote for this concurrence/permission on this resolution.  We still have time.  Please, Call Bob Main and all the other commissioners and ask them not to raise the debt. 

 

Here is the number and website

www.co.coos.or.us/  

541-396-3121

Here is a short statement. 

VOTE NO on the Bandon Resolution to increase and extend the “Maximum Indebtedness” of the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency in Area 1.