City Council reopens limited Cascade Crest hearing, tables final decision to Feb. 24 after dispute over long extensions

The Corvallis City Council reopened a limited public hearing on the Cascade Crest Subdivision on Feb. 3 to receive written testimony that had been inadvertently omitted from the Feb. 3 packet, then unanimously agreed to take the missing material into the record and hear public comment. After hours of testimony from residents and the original petitioner alleging historically unusual extension practices, the council voted to table final deliberations and adopt findings to a special meeting on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m.

The hearing reopened after a council motion to accept the omitted written testimony from Justin Soares, which staff said had been submitted in time but inadvertently omitted from the packet distributed to the council. Councilors unanimously approved reopening the record so the missing material—listed in the packet as Attachment CCA—could be considered.

Why it matters: Opponents told the council what they described as decades of procedural delay and repeated, lengthy extension requests that they say violated state…