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Monmouth council picks written public comment and staff to decide HB 3395 shelter applications
Summary
In a 3-2 vote Nov. 19, Monmouth City Council directed staff to accept written public comments on completed HB 3395 emergency shelter applications and to have city staff, not the council, make the final decision. The decision applies to an application filed by Church at the Park and follows legal guidance that local review is limited to narrow safety and public-health criteria.
Monmouth, Ore. — The Monmouth City Council on Nov. 19 voted 3-2 to direct city staff to process emergency shelter applications under HB 3395 using a written public-comment period and to have staff make the final determination on whether the application meets the narrow statutory criteria.
The motion, made by Councilor McKeel, followed a work session in which staff and city attorneys described HB 3395 as a state law that limits local governments to six specific review criteria focused on public health and safety and removes a local appeal process (appeals instead go to circuit court). Suzanne Dufner, the city's community and economic development director, told councilors the application from Church at the Park is currently under staff review and that the work session was intended to decide whether there would be a hearing and who would decide the…
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