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Aberdeen council orders repeat River Street cleanup and asks staff to draft repeal of downtown sit/lie ordinance
Summary
After a July cleanup of River Street camps "didn't go as well as we hoped," Aberdeen leaders set a second cleanup and directed staff and legal counsel to return proposed revisions that would strike a downtown "sit or lie" provision and allow policing to refer to the camping ordinance; Aug. 7 was named as the final cleanup date.
Aberdeen’s City Council agreed July 10 to repeat a River Street homeless-camp cleanup next week and asked staff and the city attorney to draft a repeal or revision of a downtown municipal code section that allows people to sit or lie on sidewalks between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Mayor told the council the initial cleanup "didn't go as well as we hoped it would have gone," and said city directors have developed a better plan for next week’s operation. The city administrator later outlined operational rules: the cleanup will start at 9:00 a.m., items outside tents will be removed unless stored inside a tent…
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