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Citizen says May 13 ‘remodel’ decision created safety risk and vows LUBA appeal; commission amends minutes
Summary
A St. Helens resident told the Planning Commission the May 13 decision treating a waterfront project as a remodel ignored testimony that construction methods created an immediate safety hazard and said he will file a LUBA appeal; the commission voted to amend the minutes to add clarifying testimony.
A St. Helens resident told the Planning Commission that the body’s May 13 handling of a waterfront project treated the work incorrectly as a “remodel” and failed to record testimony that construction methods had created an immediate safety hazard.
Steven Toske, a citizen of St. Helens, told commissioners that contractor testimony before the commission had described construction methods that “could cause the immediate death and significant bodily injury of anyone on a construction site,” and that description was missing from the minutes of the May 13 hearing. “I’m going to be filing a LUBA complaint,” Toske said at the meeting.
The concern centers on whether…
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