Editing Gladstone, Oregon (section)

==Public services==

[[File:City Hall - Gladstone, Oregon.JPG|thumb|right|250px|City Hall and municipal court]]

===Public safety and quality of life===
{{See also|Gladstone Police Department}}
Some polling data suggests that Gladstone citizens are satisfied with city services they receive and a large majority consider Gladstone a particularly "good/excellent" place to live.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/files/200806_TOPLINE_City_of_Gladstone_June_2008.pdf |title=Moore Information: opinion research - strategic analysis |date=2008 |website=www.ci.gladstone.or.us |access-date=4 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905131525/http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/files/200806_TOPLINE_City_of_Gladstone_June_2008.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/files/201008_PRESENTATION_City_of_Gladstone_Voters_Aug_2010.pdf |title=Moore Information: opinion research - strategic analysis |date=2010 |website=www.ci.gladstone.or.us |access-date=7 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908043454/http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/files/201008_PRESENTATION_City_of_Gladstone_Voters_Aug_2010.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Perhaps reflecting this support, the police, fire, and medical services levy renewal measures were overwhelmingly approved by voters in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Gladstone_City_Police_Services_Levy_Renewal_Measure_%28November_2012%29 |title=Gladstone City Police Services Levy Renewal Measure (November 2012) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=4 September 2014 |archive-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706135030/https://ballotpedia.org/Gladstone_City_Police_Services_Levy_Renewal_Measure_(November_2012) |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Gladstone_Fire_and_Medical_Services_Operating_Levy_Measure_%28November_2012%29 |title=Gladstone Fire and Medical Services Operating Levy Measure (November 2012) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=4 September 2014 |archive-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706135042/https://ballotpedia.org/Gladstone_Fire_and_Medical_Services_Operating_Levy_Measure_(November_2012) |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2012/11/gladstone_measure_3-402_3-403.html |title=Gladstone voters approve renewal of police and fire levies |last=Edwards |first=Victoria |date=November 6, 2012 |website=Oregonlive |access-date=4 September 2014 |archive-date=5 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905132019/http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2012/11/gladstone_measure_3-402_3-403.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Schools===
Gladstone is served by the [[Gladstone School District]], which includes John Wetten Elementary School, Kraxberger Middle School, and [[Gladstone High School (Oregon)|Gladstone High School]]. In 2006, a bond was passed to allow approximately $40&nbsp;million worth of [[construction]] work on the three schools.<ref name=Schoolbond>{{cite web|title=Questions and Answers about the Gladstone School Bond |access-date=September 12, 2014 |url=http://www.gladstone.k12.or.us/Bond/Bond%20Brochure%20Final.pdf |website=www.gladstone.k12.or.us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808063149/http://www.gladstone.k12.or.us/Bond/Bond%20Brochure%20Final.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2007 }}</ref> The majority (approx. $26&nbsp;million) of the money was applied towards a remodel of the high school.<ref name=Schoolbond/> The district later refinanced the bond, saving taxpayers over 5 percent on its total ($805,040), with savings to begin in the 2024 tax year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gladstone Schools refinances bonds, saving taxpayers thousands|access-date=January 22, 2015|url=http://gladstone.k12.or.us/gladstone-schools-refinances-bonds-saving-taxpayers-thousands/|website=www.gladstone.k12.or.us|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109212513/http://gladstone.k12.or.us/gladstone-schools-refinances-bonds-saving-taxpayers-thousands/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Public library - Gladstone, Oregon.JPG|thumb|Gladstone Public Library]]

===Library===
The county operates a library in Gladstone that is part of the [[Library Information Network of Clackamas County]]. In 2012, the city council approved plans for a new $10&nbsp;million library, but ballot measures backed by the group Save Gladstone blocked the financing and construction pending specific voter approval.<ref>{{cite news|last=Edwards|first=Victoria|title=Meet the measure: Gladstone 3-413 will decide fate of new library|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2012/10/meet_the_measure_gladstone_3-4.html|access-date=3 October 2012|date=3 October 2012|work=The Oregonian|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021183055/http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2012/10/meet_the_measure_gladstone_3-4.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Gladstone_City_Library_Bond_Measure_%28November_2012%29 |title=Gladstone City Library Bond Measure (November 201 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=4 September 2014 |archive-date=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111131610/https://ballotpedia.org/Gladstone_City_Library_Bond_Measure_(November_2012) |url-status=live }}</ref> The city then placed a new measure on the November 2014 ballot for a $6.4&nbsp;million option.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bamesberger|first1=Michael|title=Gladstone seeks voter approval to move forward with new, scaled-down library plan|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2014/10/gladstone_library_vote.html|access-date=16 October 2014|work=The Oregonian|date=October 15, 2014|archive-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019022238/http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2014/10/gladstone_library_vote.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Plans were put on hold when supply shortages during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] increased the cost of materials beyond budget constraints.

===Parks===
Despite its relatively small geographic size, the City of Gladstone recognizes 14 parks and recreational areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/parksites |title=Gladstone City Parks |website=City of Gladstone |access-date=14 June 2019 |archive-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225095052/https://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/parksites |url-status=live }}</ref> Parks include: Abernethy Lane Trail, [[Cross Park]], Dahl Beach, Dierickx Field, [[Gladstone Nature Park]], Glen Echo Wetland, [[High Rocks Park]], [[Max Patterson Memorial City Park]], Meldrum Bar Park (controversial for being the only city park in the region to impose a day use fee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-24 |title=Gladstone to impose $3 daily fee at Meldrum Bar Park |url=https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/gladstone-to-impose-3-daily-fee-at-meldrum-bar-park/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=KOIN.com |language=en-US}}</ref>), Nick Shannon Park, Ridgegate Tracts, Robin Hood Park, Salty Acres Wetlands and [[Stocker Park]].

===Public transit===
Gladstone is within the [[TriMet]] transportation district, and transit service in the city is provided by TriMet bus routes 32-Oatfield,<ref>{{cite web|title=32-Oatfield|url=https://trimet.org/schedules/r032.htm|publisher=[[TriMet]]|access-date=2015-11-21|archive-date=2015-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122015958/https://trimet.org/schedules/r032.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 33-McLoughlin/King Road,<ref>{{cite web|title=33-McLoughlin/King Rd|url=https://trimet.org/schedules/r033.htm|publisher=[[TriMet]]|access-date=2015-11-21|archive-date=2015-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121232259/https://trimet.org/schedules/r033.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 34-Linwood/River Road,<ref>{{cite web|title=34-Linwood/River Rd|url=https://trimet.org/schedules/r034.htm|publisher=[[TriMet]]|access-date=2015-11-21|archive-date=2015-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121231448/https://trimet.org/schedules/r034.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and 79-Clackamas/Oregon City,<ref>{{cite web|title=79-Clackmas/Oregon City|url=https://trimet.org/schedules/r079.htm|publisher=[[TriMet]]|access-date=2015-11-21|archive-date=2018-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053241/https://trimet.org/schedules/r079.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the 99-Macadam/McLoughlin rush-hour express route.