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Santa Cruz County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Measure F
Boulder Creek Fire District Expansion
Boulder Creek Fire Protection District
Majority Approval Required

Pass: 3,559 / 73.47% Yes votes ...... 1,285 / 26.53% No votes

See Also: Index of all Measures
Results as of December 2 4:43pm, 100.00%% of Precincts Reporting (7/7)
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Shall the Board of Directors of the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District increase the number of its board members from three to five?

Official Sources of Information

Impartial Analysis from Assistant County Counsel
State law provides that a fire protection district board may consist of three, five, seven, nine or eleven members. The Boulder Creek Fire Protection District Board currently consists of three members.

State law permits a fire protection district to increase the number of its board members if a majority of the voters who vote on the question are in favor of that change. The Board of Directors of the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District has submitted this measure to the voters within the district to determine whether the number of board members should be increased from three to five.

A "yes" vote is a vote in favor of increasing the number of members of the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District Board of Directors from three to five.

A "no" vote is against increasing the number of members of the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District Board of Directors.

DANA McRAE, COUNTY COUNSEL
By Jane M. Scott
Assistant County Counsel

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure F. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the Santa Cruz County Elections Department at 454-2060 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

  
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Arguments For Measure F
The Boulder Creek Fire Protection District supports measure F, which increases the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District Board of Directors from three to five. For over 100 years the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District has provided a wide range of services to the Brookdale and Boulder Creek communities. The current three-member Board governs a District which covers an area of twenty-one square miles, and a population of approximately 11,000 people. We, the Board of Directors and the Fire Chief support measure F.

Increasing the Board members to five allows for:

  • More community involvement on the Board
  • More efficiency in the Board's role in the Fire District
  • A wider range of input
  • More communication and flexibility between Board members
  • The formation of Board committees to address Fire District issues

The citizens of the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District will benefit from the more diverse views this change will bring to the Fire District.

Please vote yes on measure F.

Boulder Creek Fire Protection District
s/ Jay Baker, Board Chairman
s/ Jack Kuehl, Board Member
s/ Rick Rogers, Board Member
s/ Kevin McClish, Fire Chief

(No arguments against Measure F were submitted)

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