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Public commenters raise concerns about city communications, civic-center loan amounts and high SDCs for new construction
Summary
Public commenters told council they had difficulty obtaining responses from the communications director and alleged combined loan figures for the Independence Civic Center exceed $15 million; a local developer warned system development charges (SDCs) and construction costs make new building unaffordable in Independence.
Several public commenters used the Dec. 10 meeting to press the city on transparency and development costs.
A visitor who said they live in Salem told council they had made repeated inquiries to the communications director by email, in person and by phone with no response. The speaker said a university researcher had located a $3.9 million figure associated with a council…
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