A parks district that serves the greater Beaverton area is asking voters to approve a $280 million bond that would primarily repair, upgrade and add energy efficiency to its large portfolio of parks, swim centers, community trails and recreation centers.
If voters say yes to Measure 34-350 on May 19, property owners in the Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District are projected to see property taxes for parks and recreation capital improvements increase by 12% to 35% from the varying rates they have paid over the past 18 years.
For a typical homeowner in the area, with a home assessed at about $325,000, the increase would raise their total parks bond costs to roughly $120 a year, according to parks district communications director Holly Thompson. That is in addition to a permanent property tax that homeowners pay to the district and a special operating levy voters approved in 2024 to help cover operating costs…