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Oregon City residents urge moratorium on Holcomb Boulevard development, cite evacuation dangers
Summary
Residents from Park Place and Abernathy Landing told the Oregon City Commission they experienced hour‑long evacuations during 2020 fires and asked the city to require infrastructure upgrades before approving new housing along Holcomb Boulevard.
Residents of Park Place and nearby neighborhoods pressed the Oregon City Commission on evacuation safety and local infrastructure during public comments at the commission's February meeting, saying previous wildfire evacuations exposed narrow roads and chokepoints that would worsen with more housing.
The most detailed testimony came from James Nasita, who said state laws have eroded local decisionmaking but asked the commission to preserve citizens' charter rights regarding urban renewal votes. Residents Mary Ann Lee, Tom Guile and others described the September 2020 evacuation that they said took "over an hour" to…
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