Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 24

4C, Statesman-Journal, Salem, Sunday, June 12, 1988 ieattl primps of convention Counties seek tax approval Voters will receive ballots this week ift'N illii lypilllli Im SEATTLE (AP) After a decade of planning and more than two years of blocking traffic in downtown Seattle, the Washington State Convention and Trade Center will greet its first conventioneer next weekend. The $159.7 million project stretching across eight lanes of Interstate 5 has been called both a potential white elephant and a possible cash cow for the state, which took over full ownership of the project earlier this year. Thousands of motorists no doubt thought up more colorful adjectives for the 9.7-acre facility as construction forced detours on the freeway and downtown streets. The work coincided with a downtown construction boom and the digging of Metro Transit's bus tunnel. Despite the inconvenience and cost, center officials say people got their money's worth from the building.

"I think it's an incredible economic benefit to the city and to the state of Washington. There's no question about that," Kanellos Astor, the center's president and chief executive officer, says. The clay-colored concrete exterior of the center gives little hint of what's inside. Three floors above street level, a wall of green-tinted glass cubes looks out on tree-lined walkways stretching a block south over 1-5 to the urban forest and waterfalls of Freeway AP photo The Washington State Convention and Trade Center is ready to open in Seattle after 10 years of planning and more than two years of construction. Booth Gardner, Mayor Charles Royer and King County Executive Tim Hill.

Among the 30 or so events scheduled for the first year are Microsoft annual employee meeting with about 1,600 people on Sept. 22; Pacific Marine Expo '88 with about 6,000 people on Nov. 17-19; the International Society of Hybrid Microelectronics, about 4,500 visitors on Oct. 15-19, and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, about 3,000 people on Aug. 13-19.

Park, built in the early 1970s. Twenty-foot-tall trees find growing room inside the center's lobby, where doors lead to 102,000 square feet of exhibit halls. On the two lower floors are 32,000 square feet of retail space and parking for 929 cars. The first to meet in the center will be the people who plan meetings for others, Meeting Planners International, here June 18-22. June 23 is the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, featuring Gov.

Adair Village is asking voters to approve the sale of $250,000 in general obligation bonds to pay for improvements to the city's sewer system. Lincoln County NEWPORT Ballots for Lincoln County's June 28 election were mailed last week. The only item on the ballot is the Port of Newport's general obligation bond measure of $1.54 million. Fifteen precincts out of the 57 in the county will be voting on the issue. If the measure passes, the port district will use the money to pay off defaulted federal bonds that were used to finance the South Beach Marina.

The port district includes all of Newport, north to Otter Rock, east on Yaquina Bay to the old Ya-quina townsite, South Beach and Seal Rock. Elections specialist Carol Gillen said the ballots were mailed Wednesday so that voters will have three weekends to consider their votes. This is the second time the matter has been brought to the voters. The first measure was defeated by a 2-to-l ratio. People for Progress, a political action committee, has raised $1,850 for the campaign.

Linn County ALBANY Some Linn County voters should receive their mail-in ballots for the June 28 election in Monday's mail, Jill Van Buren of the elections office said. Voters will be deciding three school district levies and a bond issue and operating levy for the city of Halsey. Halsey is asking for a one-year operating levy of $27,950 to continue city services at current levels and a $450,000 10-year bond issue for street improvements. Both were rejected by voters in the May 17 election. Central Linn School District is asking for a one-year operating levy of $2,812,633 for the 1988-89 fiscal year.

Stayton Union High School is seeking a $1,968,791 one-year operating levy. The Marcola School District, which has only two voters in Linn County, is asking for a $44,400 levy. Anyone who has not received a ballot by Thursday should contact Van Buren at 967-3831. Yamhill County McMINNVILLE Ballots for the June 28 vote-by-mail election will be mailed June 13, officials in the Yamhill County clerk's office said. McMinnville residents will be asked to support continued service to the community center and recreational programs.

The city chose to raise user fees and keep the $55,000 operating levy at the same amount as previous years, City Manager Kent Taylor said. City residents also will be asked to approve an $80,000 one-year operating levy for the McMinnville Public Library. To retain the current level of police services, Amity voters are being asked to increase the city's tax base from $4.72 per $1,000 of assessed value to $7.21 per $1,000. The tax rate freeze passed by residents in May will remain in effect but at the higher rate if residents approve the current measure. The Chehalem Parks and Recreational District will try for a three-year operating levy at the same rate as the previous levy: $422,577 each year for three years.

Voters turned down a higher levy in the May election. City, school and fire district officials are asking voters to approve several tax measures in the June 28 mail election. Most voters will receive their ballots this week. Marion County Ballots for the June 28 Marion County election will be mailed Monday, Clerk Al Davidson said. Completed ballots must be returned to the clerk's office at the courthouse by 5 p.m.

election day or the elections office at 3180 Center St. NE by 8 p.m. New voters must have registered by June 7 to participate. Tax requests from city, school and fire officials are on the ballot. The Salem-Keizer School District wants a $4,385,780, one-year operating levy to pay for increased enrollment costs.

About 1,400 new students have entered the district in the past three years. If the levy is approved, the owner of a $50,000 house would pay $861.50 in property taxes for the school district. That same homeowner paid $717.50 this year. Voters in Keizer will decide a three-year operating levy for increased police protection. The following measures are on the ballot: CITIES Keizer Three-year serial levy; $138,001 the first year, $140,071 the second year and $142,172 the third year.

Woodburn $1 ,002,925 one-year levy. Hubbard $1 87,384 each year for three years. St. Paul $12,000 one-year operating levy. SCHOOLS Salem-Keizer $4,385,780 one-year operating levy.

North Marion $2,907,408 one-year operating levy. Cascade Union High $277,81 2 one-year operating levy. North Santiam $8,000 one-year operating levy. Stayton Union High $1,968,791 one-year operating levy. FIRE DISTRICTS Marion County Fire District 1 $225,000 each year for 10 years.

Drakes Crossing $32,000 each year for three years. Sublimity $200,000 20-year bond measure. Polk County DALLAS Ballots for the June 28 mail election should arrive in the mailboxes of Polk County voters by mid-week. County Clerk Linda Dawson said the 20,344 ballots will be taken to the post office Monday or Tuesday. They must be returned to the clerk by 8 p.m.

June 28 to be counted. About half the ballots, 9,628, will go to West Salem voters, who will be deciding on the $4 million Salem-Keizer School District measure. The rest will go to voters in the Dallas School District, the city of Monmouth and Falls City. The Dallas School District is seeking approval of a one-year levy of $882,145 to operate during the 1988-89 school year and to make capital improvements. Monmouth is asking approval of a one-year levy of $61,554 outside its tax base to maintain the current levels police and library services.

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