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Residents press parks commission on disc golf equipment and homelessness in city parks
Summary
Members of the public urged the parks commission to hold and redeploy donated disc-golf baskets and to address widespread homelessness and safety/cleanliness concerns in parks; staff said donated equipment is city property and noted enforcement limits until sanctioned urban-camp solutions are in place.
Several members of the public used the commission’s audience-participation period to press two related issues: the disposition of donated disc-golf baskets and escalating homelessness and sanitation issues in Roseburg parks.
A disc-golf community representative asked why nine donated baskets were being auctioned rather than reused or installed at other parks, noting the community had raised funds and volunteered for course improvements in the past. Staff replied that donated equipment is city property and that liability and city policy limit direct donation of equipment to…
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