The Clackamas County Board of Commissioners has voted in favor of placing a Street and Road System Maintenance Fee before voters this November. The vote came during the Board's regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 4. Commission Chair Bill Kennemer explained the need to put the measure before voters now, "we have made great strides in doing more with less, but we're losing the battle on road maintenance. Sending this fee out for voter consideration, at this time, is the prudent thing to do."
  Ken Baker, a member of the Transportation Maintenance Fee Advisory Committee which studied the option early in the process, echoes the need in Clackamas County, "when the red warning light goes on in your car, you're supposed to stop and fix the problem immediately. We're at that point with roads."
  If approved by the voters the fee will initially only apply in unincorporated areas of Clackamas County. It can also apply in cities if the city councils or the city voters in another later decision allow the ordinance to operate in the city. Money collected in unincorporated Clackamas County will be spent only in the unincorporated area. If a city approves the fee, money collected in that city must be spent there.
  "The Clackamas County Coordinating Council, made up of elected officials, citizens, business and stakeholders, studied the issue extensively. This fee ensures all users of the road system - single family households and businesses - pay their fair share of maintenance costs to keep the road system in good condition," said Happy Valley Mayor Gene Grant, "This measure is needed right now to try and close the gap with much needed funds for our roads."
  The proposed fee would be dedicated for road maintenance purposes only, such as: preventive and corrective road treatment such as pothole patching and overlays on 1,425 miles of roads and streets; building road shoulders for safety; maintaining more than 153 bridges and more than 8,000 culverts; installing and maintaining

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  For a single family home, the proposed fee would be

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