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Residents raise safety, liability and contractor concerns over riverfront events and city boat
Summary
Public commenters at the July 16 council meeting reported injuries from a replaced dance floor at a riverfront event, urged the city to sell a problematic boat, and criticized the city—s contractor performance and public-safety planning.
Several St. Helens residents used the July 16 public-comment period to raise safety and liability concerns about recent riverfront events and a city-owned boat, and to criticize the tourism contractor the city is using for events.
Joel Warner told the council he attended the 13 Nights festival and said the dance surface used previously had been removed and replaced by a sidewalk cutting through the dancing area. Warner said the change led to injuries and called the condition a liability: “They took the dance floor out, and they put a sidewalk right right in right in the middle of the dance floor,” and he reported seeing people roll ankles and one person…
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