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 Maughan, although several councilors said they were torn by the matter and praised Maughan for bringing it forward.
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The Corvallis City Council and the Benton County Board of Commissioners heard the final recommendations of an advisory board on homelessness at a virtual work session Thursday.
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BY: Augustina Tawiah
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A deep gully on the side of the road at Red Top in the Ga South Municipality
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The Ga South Municipal Assembly has disclosed that work on the six-kilometre Oshiyie Red Top Road (Ajasco-Sea View to West Hills Road) will start at the end of this month.
The road is the shortest route motorists use to connect to the West Hills Mall and its environs from Kokrobite, Oshiyie, Bortianor and New Aplaku and surrounding areas.
With the rains starting soon, residents have stepped up their appeal for the road to be constructed and completed on time.
West Hills Neighborhood Association residents and two city councilors teamed up Thursday on a remote discussion of southwest Corvallis issues.
Jan Napack (Ward 1) and Gabe Shepherd (Ward 4) answered questions from community members for 150 minutes, with infrastructure and development concerns dominating the discussion.
Narrow and hilly West Hills Road, which slices west when Western Boulevard veers southwest to merge with Highway 34, came in for the harshest criticism. Residents say the road is failing now and yet numerous new developments have been proposed for the area.
âThis has to be addressed,â said Jon Polansky. âItâs the elephant in the room. We need to see some answers.â