With three new members, the Albany City Council held its first meeting of 2023 on Wednesday night. It was a ceremonial affair, and if you weren’t there and want to see how it went, you should look it up on YouTube.
City vacates street to help Helping Hands
Written August 24th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Three members of the Albany City Council plus the mayor Wednesday pushed through a move to vacate or abandon a short section of Jefferson Street, an action the Helping Hands homeless shelter needs to expand.
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Tags: Albany City Council, Helping Hands, homeless, Jefferson Street, street vacation
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City gets one offer for ex-Cumberland lot
Written May 13th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Envision a little pocket park at this corner, with parking spaces behind it and three or four businesses in what now is the warehouse at the back.
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Tags: 401 Main Street, Albany City Council, Baldwin General Contracting, cumberland church, Santiam Road, surplus property
Tags: 401 Main Street, Albany City Council, Baldwin General Contracting, cumberland church, Santiam Road, surplus property
Impact fees and the price of new houses
Written December 14th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
You know what’s kind of fun now and then? It’s to ride your bike on a network of brand new, freshly paved suburban streets before there’s any traffic because the houses have yet to be built.
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Tags: Albany City Council, city fees, impact fees, new houses, new subdivisions, System development charges
Tags: Albany City Council, city fees, impact fees, new houses, new subdivisions, System development charges
Albany council leaves viewers in the dark
Written December 1st, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Like a mystery novel that ends each chapter with a cliffhanger, the Albany City Council on Wednesday night left its audience hanging and wanting to know more.
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Tags: Albany City Council, executive session, indemnifying employees, litigation
Tags: Albany City Council, executive session, indemnifying employees, litigation
Hazelwood: Sale of little city park is complete
Written November 13th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
In case you’ve not been keeping track, the sale of Albany’s Hazelwood Park to neighboring property owners has now been completed.
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Tags: 17th avenue, Albany City Council, Albany parks, City of Albany, Hazelwood Park, saving woodland, Schukow
Tags: 17th avenue, Albany City Council, Albany parks, City of Albany, Hazelwood Park, saving woodland, Schukow
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Flags at Albany City Hall: Taking a look
An evening bike ride took me past Albany City Hall on Thursday, June 1, and I saw the results of action the city council took on May 24 in the matter of flags on display.
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