We are your neighbors and local business owners who

voted to build the Kellogg treatment plant and system.

We have paid for it with taxes, fees, and service rates

over many years and are trying to place some common

sense into sewage treatment in our district without

paying for it again.  If Clackamas County gets their

way without a vote, their Clearwater plan will:


Increase our monthly service rates


Demolish our award-winning treatment plant


Pump our sewage uphill 6 miles to Oregon City


Triple the size of the Oregon City plant


and the total plan will cost us over $1.7 billion


with a debt scheme that will last 40 years!


To put a stop to this financial nightmare, we have

filed a referendum on the Clearwater plan and rate

increase to let the voters decide what is best for our

district. Here are some reasons why you should

support saving the Kellogg treatment plant:


In 2002 we spent millions on new pumps,


new electrical, backups, state of the

art filtering, and UV disinfection systems


Our plant exceeds all federal and state standards


On the financial side:


The plant is almost paid off


We have $15.7 million in cash reserves


Rate increases will not be needed for at least 5 years


There is a low cost alternative available for new growth


Do you really want to give up our community asset

and go into a massive debt scheme for the next

40 years when a low cost alternative is available?

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Information on this web page comes from the Clearwater studies, drafts,

financial statements, and both public and secret meeting agreements.

County files

slapp suit

Against us to

block Citizens

right to vote!


Sewage

from the

district attorney


Why we should

keep Kellogg



Scam #1 

Cost of moving

the Kellogg

treatment plant



Scam #2

Service Rates



Scam #3

Representation



Scam #4

Regionalization



Scam #5

Tri-Cities Capacity



Scam #6

Fuzzy Math



Scam #7

"Just A Typo"



Option 8,

A low cost

alternative



General

District Map


Detailed Maps

West of I-205

&

East of I-205



Oak Lodge

dropped out

of Clearwater.

We can too!


Contact Us

Web Page by

Oak Grove

Dot .Com


On Friday November 4th, we turned in 3,064 signatures to

the county election department. This took us only 18 days.


With this number of signatures, the Citizens of CCSD#1

have sent a clear mandate to the county commissioners

that we demand our right to vote on the Clearwater

plan and rate increase. On Monday November 7th. the

election department certified the Referendum

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Then the county then filed a slapp suit against us to block

our Constitutional right to our referendum.  We fought

back in court on November 10th defend our right to vote.


On November 30th. the court ruled against the county

and supported our Constitutional right to have an

election in our district!

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After three weeks of talks with the county commissioners,

we have completed our agreement.  On January 12th. 2006,


Clearwater project is canceled!


The court case has been dropped


The Petitioners have been appointed

to a seven member board to study low

cost treatment options for our district.

Disclaimer:     Consider this web page as a history lesson.  This page was written prior to December 2005

                         and does not reflect any views or statements made by or implied by the Citizens' Council in

                        CCSD#1 which was formed in January 2006.