By Paula Mabry Planning code changes that would make limited, tiny-unit transitional housing for the homeless possible on church property in Silverton will have their fourth public hearing Aug. 6. The Silverton Planning Commission held two hearings prior to sending its recommendation for approval to the council. After an hour of public testimony July 2 the council added the topic […]
By James Day A possible path to placing small unit transitional housing for the homeless on church properties in Silverton is now in the hands of the City Council. The Silverton Planning Commission strongly backed new development code language on June 12. The council will consider the recommendation at its July 2 meeting. A standing-room-only crowd of 60 people was […]
Silverton Community Development Director Steve Kay has been on the job at city hall for one month, but he’s not new to the community. Kay has served on the Silverton Planning Commission for two years, lives in Silverton and participates in community events with his wife, Nicole.
By Brenna Wiegand In his 10 years on Silverton’s Planning Commission, Eric Stroup has never seen an outpouring so large or so emotionally charged as that which arose in a matter of days in opposition to a land-use proposal by Quikrete Companies Inc. “When the public comes out en masse it’s our job to listen,” said Stroup. Yet responding to […]
By Jan Jackson
About 80 Silverton residents attended the City of Silverton Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19, where commissioners approved a conditional-use application to allow Quikrete to establish a packaged concrete manufacturing facility at 1204 Mill St. The site is the former Champion Homes manufacturing facility adjacent to Mark Twain Junior High School athletic fields.
Some of the residents had come to protest the siting, demonstrating with signs outside the Community Center before the meeting began. Among them was Michael Sharrar who said, “This garden city doesn’t need silica dust pumped over our school .”
During the meeting’s PowerPoint presentation it was explained that the company will not perform silica dust-producing activities like cutting, breaking, crushing, drilling, grinding or any abrasive blasting.
