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The Corvallis City Council has agreed to appropriate more than $360,000 in federal funds for services that will largely help the homeless.
Thatâs the good news on the cityâs fight against homelessness. The bad news is that Corvallis Mayor Biff Traber announced at Mondayâs remote meeting that plans by the Unity Shelter group to put together a managed camping facility near the BMX park have collapsed.
Unity Shelter, which manages the menâs shelter and hygiene center, the womenâs shelter and the micro shelters at the First United Congregational Church of Christ, had hoped to open a managed camping facility with new tents on platforms, case management and a warming hut.
Monday
⢠The Albany City Council meets in a 4 p.m. remote session. To monitor the meeting go to Zoom or call 1-253-215-8782, use the meeting ID 541 917 7500 and the passcode 252269. On the agenda are discussions on a new enterprise zone company, a mobile food units code, a shopping cart code and the Dumbeck Lane Water District.
• The Philomath City Council meets remotely in a 5:30 p.m. work session to review methodologies for system development charges (SDCs). To monitor the session and the full council meeting that follows approximately at 7 p.m. you can watch the city’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/cityofphilomath. This is a public page; no account or user fee is required. On the agenda for the full council meeting are the capital improvement plan, utility rates, the general fund fee, the transient lodging tax and social media policies.
Corvallisâ project to rework its advisory boards and commission proved to be not ready for prime time Monday.
Councilors voted unanimously at its remote session to table the plan and reconsider it April 19. Some meeting participants viewed the April 19 as a bit aggressive, and the process might move into May or even June.
An eight-person ad-hoc committee, chaired by Ward 9 Councilor Andrew Struthers, will be reformed to work on refining the proposal. On the panel with Struthers will be Councilors Charlyn Ellis (Ward 5), Hyatt Lytle (Ward 3) and Paul Shaffer (Ward 7) as well as Community Development Director Paul Bilotta, Library Director Ashlee Chavez, City Attorney Jim Brewer and Public Information Officer Patrick Rollens.
The Corvallis City Council and city staff participated Thursday in a remote two-hour work session on team building, roles and responsibilities.
The session was facilitated by Larry Patterson and Andy Parks of GEL Oregon. Parks also served six months as the cityâs interim finance director.
The discussion was a blend of principles and practical examples and came to life mainly when the latter were on the table. Issues covered ranged from parliamentary procedure to meeting protocols, with the key thread being âwhy does the council sometimes bog down?â
Patterson noted an experience he had working with an unnamed city on its transportation system plan update. The process took 2½ years.