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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#990000" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:#990000;font-weight:bold'>This message is one of a series about the
Property Fairness Initiative to address concerns raised<br>
by the initiative's opponents. We hope that you find this information useful.<br>
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If you find this helps you understand I-933 better, please feel free to share
it with your friends and neighbors. </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Much of the attention given to the Property Fairness Initiative revolves around
compensation cost estimates. Far less attention has been paid to the
initiative's far more important open governance provisions. It's those
provisions that provide the property rights protections that every property owner
needs, and it's those provisions that provide us with a more open governance
process that we can access.<br>
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There's long been a strong perception that government agencies have been far
too quick to add regulations that harm landowners, in part because the agencies
do not have to consider the financial or opportunity cost to the property
owner. The following provisions from Section 2 of I-933 require
government agencies to consider and document the potential impacts of a
proposed regulation of property, as well as alternatives to that regulation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(1)
To avoid damaging the use or value of private property, prior to enacting or
adopting any ordinance, regulation, or rule which may damage the use or value
of private property, an agency must consider and document:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(a) The private property
that will be affected by the action;<br>
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(b) The existence and extent of any legitimate governmental purpose for the
action;<br>
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(c) The existence and extent of any nexus or link between any legitimate
government interest and the action;</span></font><br>
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<font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(d) The extent
to which the regulation's restrictions are proportional to any impact of a
particular property on any legitimate government interest, in light of the
impact of other properties on the same governmental interests;</span></font><br>
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<font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(e) The extent
to which the action deprives property owners of economically viable uses of the
property;</span></font><br>
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<font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(f) The extent
to which the action derogates or takes away a fundamental attribute of property
ownership, including, but not limited to, the right to exclude others, to
possess, to beneficial use, to enjoyment, or to dispose of property;</span></font><br>
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<font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(g) The extent
to which the action enhances or creates a publicly owned right in property;</span></font><br>
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<font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(h) Estimated
compensation that may need to be paid under this act; and</span></font><br>
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<font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(i)
Alternative means which are less restrictive on private property and which may
accomplish the legitimate governmental purpose for the regulation, including,
but not limited to, voluntary conservation or cooperative programs with willing
property owners, or other nonregulatory actions.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Under these provisions, government agencies are required to consider these
points and to document their consideration. They are not explicitly
required to act on their assessment, but if they opt to proceed with a
regulatory approach, affected property owners will have a public record to use
as a basis for participating in the process, or should there be no suitable
alternative, to base litigation on.<br>
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One of the most important things to consider is that the only mention of
compensation is where the agency has to document its estimate of how much they
think they would have to pay if someone used the compensation provisions of
I-933 to seek relief for the impacts of the regulation on private property.<br>
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The final provision is perhaps one of the key points in this section.
Government is required to consider and document alternatives to regulation that
can satisfy the goals of the proposed action. Once the agency has done
this, the public can put forward still more alternatives that would meet the
regulatory goals, which would become part of the public record and provide a
basis for citizens in working with government to develop non-regulatory
alternatives.<br>
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Putting these nine points together into a problem-solving approach, we have a
means for government and private property owners to build creative
non-regulatory solutions to fit a broad range of ecosystem and land use
issues. We can use an enacted I-933 as a vehicle for maintaining our
private property rights and protecting our ecosystems with balance.<br>
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While some may see the Property Fairness Initiative as swatting a fly with a
sledge hammer, we see it as a strong tool for bringing agencies and citizens
together to solve real problems in ways that don't harm people or the
ecosystems we live in.<br>
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Wouldn't you say this is a fair approach to managing land use issues?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#990000" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:#990000'>Please join us in voting <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>YES</span></b>
for I-933</span></font><br>
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