At any moment your life and/or property could depend on Bothell’s Fire Department for fire and medical services (including Medic One). Our firefighters averaged 17.4 callouts/day in 2017. While their equipment and training are top-notch, two of our fire stations are seriously outdated and must be brought up to current standards.

When Stations 42/Downtown and 45/Canyon Park were built in 1980 and 1985, Bothell’s population was 8,000 and 10,000 respectively. Today Bothell has nearly 45,000 residents with a dramatically different demographic and thousands more homes and commercial properties needing protection.

Our firefighters deserve adequate facilities in which to live, work and train. The new stations will meet all current national and state regulatory requirements to protect their health and wellbeing. They will include an up-to-date Emergency Operations Center, appropriate quarters for female firefighters, and accommodate projected staffing for 25 – 30 years.

We paid off the Police Station bond in 2017 which reduced our city tax by ~$0.10/$1,000 Assessed Value. Thus this bond will effectively increase taxes on a $500,000 home by only $0.16/$1,000 AV ($80 per year or $6.67 per month).

Inform yourself at:  www.BothellPublicSafety.org  and www.bothellwa.gov/publicsafety

then vote Yes! to ensure continued delivery of Bothell’s number-one responsibility: Public Safety.

Submitted by: Bill Moritz, Sara J. Glerum, www.BothellPublicSafety.org

No statement submitted.

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Complete text of measure

60% yes vote with minimum turnout of 3,941 voters (Wash. Const. art. 7, sec. 2(b))

For questions about this measure, contact: Barbara Ramey, Public Information Officer, 425-806-6144, barbara.ramey@bothellwa.gov