Your Tuesday evening update on Salem news
Good evening, Salem.
City councilors held a lengthy meeting Monday which ended with approving the budget for the next year, and narrowly rejecting a motion to allow taller buildings in the South Central Association of Neighbors neighborhood.
Monday’s city council meeting stretched long into the evening – over four hours – with councilors extending the meeting time until 10:30 p.m.
Two hours of the meeting was spent hearing public testimony, much of it on the ordinance that would have allowed taller mixed-use apartment buildings in SCAN, the neighborhood just south of downtown that includes Bush’s Pasture Park.
The council ultimately voted the ordinance down 5-4.
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