Good afternoon, Clackamas County. This look at the week ahead comes with lots of dreaming about last weekend's warmth and sunshine.

But, we all must forge ahead and pray for more beautiful spring weather. In the meantime, I'll be busy bringing you lots of big news.

Check out some issues I'll be writing about, and let me know in the comments if you have any questions you want answered in upcoming stories.

1. Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Deanne L. Darling will hear a Damascus residents’ argument that voters actually disincorporated in November. Many residents plan to show up for the 1:30 p.m. Tuesday hearing.

Damascus residents overwhelmingly voted for Measure 3-433, which would have dissolved the city. However, the state requires that a majority of registered voters in a city vote in that election, and then that the majority of those voters vote for the measure to win.

The high voter turnout number means that the vote failed, even though the majority of people who did vote wanted to disincorporate.

However, disincorporation advocate Chris Hawes is challenging the city on its interpretation of the law.

Brush up on the nuance and background with these three stories:

2. The Clackamas County community survey, conducted every two to four years since 2000, is back and could change the commissioners’ priorities for the next few years.

For instance, the board launched an education campaign about how the county’s roads trail comparable counties and cities in keeping up with maintenance. They are likely to ask voters to fund, through an as-yet-undetermined mechanism, the repairs needed to bring roads up to better condition.

However, the community survey found that “clear majorities” believe the roads are in good or excellent condition and don’t want to pay for increased maintenance, according to the staff report.

Staff will present the survey results and discuss the findings with the board at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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3. Clackamas County is considering final approval for a one-year ban on medical moratorium facilities.

The Oregonian reported on the commissioners’ reasons for leaning toward adopting the moratorium, and then talked to a dispensary’s staff in unincorporated county about how the temporary ban would likely shut them for good.

The county meeting is held at 6 p.m. Thursday at 2051 Kaen Rd in Oregon City.

-- Molly Harbarger