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Residents ask council to pause Gans Creek mountain-bike ordinance; callers urge relocated route, more public engagement
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to recall or pause the ordinance approving a mountain-bike event/trail at Gans Creek Wild Area and asked for a year of community meetings and an environmental review of sinkhole, erosion and wildlife concerns; speakers said alternatives exist and requested relocation rather than cancellation.
Several members of the public used scheduled and general-comment periods at the March 17 meeting to urge Columbia City Council to reconsider the ordinance allowing a mountain-bike course and related events at the Gans Creek Wild Area.
Public speaker Sutu Forte told council she had collected nearly 300 signatures and asked for a 90-day hiatus last January that was denied; she asked for an amendment to relocate…
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