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Although there were no action items on the agenda devoted to the topic, homelessness remained the main topic for discussion at Monday night’s Corvallis City Council meeting. Simon Date, president and CEO of the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, offered a presentation of some survey data his organization had collected on the impact on homelessness on downtown business. And the community comments section of the meeting continued to be dominated by individuals aggressively speaking out on the homelessness issue, including several people who participated in a “camp-in” protest last Th...

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Corvallis will continue its posting and cleanup of homeless camps on city property. The Corvallis City Council voted 6-2 at Monday night’s remote meeting to reject a motion from Ward 2 Councilor Charles Maughan that would have rescinded the cleanups. Maughan’s earlier motion to stop the cleanups was tabled (postponed) at the July 6 meeting because the matter was not on the agenda. The council has been under pressure from community members to discontinue the sweeps because of the challenge of where else the campers can go. After a lengthy discussion, including four pieces of oral tes...

Those were the highlights at a high-profile City Council meeting held remotely Monday night. Here is a look at the council action on the two major items: Homelessness The issue of what to do about camping on city land was resurrected by Ward 2 Councilor Charles Maughan, whose motion to stop the cleanups was tabled (postponed) at the July 6 meeting because the matter was not on the agenda. After a lengthy discussion, including four pieces of oral testimony from residents, councilors voted 6-2 to continue to post the camps. Ward 5 Councilor Charlyn Ellis was the lone councilor to vote with Maug...

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