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Resident says minutes omit safety testimony, plans LUBA appeal over waterfront remodel

St. Helens Planning Commission · July 10, 2025
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Summary

A pair of citizens urged the planning commission to correct its May 13 minutes to reflect testimony that construction methods created immediate safety hazards and argued that the commission or staff erred in treating a demolition-as-remodel. One speaker said he will file a LUBA appeal if the Notice of Decision is not issued.

Steven Toske, a St. Helens resident and frequent commenter on planning matters, told the commission he reviewed the May 13 hearing record and said the minutes omit repeated testimony that chosen construction methods created immediate safety hazards at the waterfront remodel site.

"...the chosen construction methods by the contractor resulted in an unsafe condition, which could cause the immediate death and significant bodily injury of anyone on a construction site," Toske said,…

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