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Residents urge Independence to avoid Polk Street Park for overnight camping, present petition with 200+ signatures
Summary
Residents and neighborhood representatives told the Independence City Council they oppose locating overnight camping in Polk Street Park, presenting a petition they say has more than 200 signatures and urging the city to identify monitored, nonresidential sites instead.
Antonia Reyna told the council the neighborhood had gathered "over 200 signatures" opposing overnight camping in Polk Street Park and urged the city to follow examples from other Oregon cities that designated monitored, nonresidential camping spaces. "Over a 100 of those were just from the community near Polk Park," Reyna said, and she described canvassing that produced neighborhood concern about safety and residential impacts.
Multiple residents echoed Reyna’s concerns about notification and safety. A resident who identified himself as Walter…
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