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Oregon City approves two annexation resolutions after heated debate over growth rate and service capacity
Summary
The commission voted to adopt resolutions authorizing two annexations (resolutions 97-44 and 97-45) after extended debate on whether the city is growing faster than it can service. Commissioners split on the policy question but approved the resolutions by majority vote.
The Oregon City Commission adopted resolutions (filed as 97-44 and 97-45 on the record) approving two annexations after substantial discussion on Sept. 3, 1997. Commissioners debated whether the city should slow annexations to allow staff time to plan for service delivery, but a majority voted to approve the resolutions.
Discussion preceding the vote focused on city capacity to provide police, fire, parks and other services amid rapid development. Several commissioners expressed concern that growth, and the pace of annexation, was…
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