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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk191989369"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our Council and Downtown Commission discussed this 4 years ago, but Council decided not to go through with it. It’s been mentioned a few times since then, but not something that’s been
a priority of Council or the Commission currently. I’ve attached the research that was presented to them at that time.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Quinn Haase<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 2, 2026 3:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street Network Members <oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Vacancy Fee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Also something I’ve been grumbling about to my City Manager. If anyone has any data on this being implemented effectively, I’d sure like to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 2, 2026 3:25:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street Network Members <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Vacancy Fee</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I don’t believe its been established as legal in Oregon.
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D4120">501 SW Madison Avenue, Corvallis, OR 97333</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street Network Members <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We do not but our city has been talking about it. So I would be interested in knowing who does.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 3:10<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM City Club Forest Grove <<a href="mailto:cityclubofforestgrove@gmail.com">cityclubofforestgrove@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Does anyone use a vacancy fee in their city to minimize or dissuade building owners to keep their buildings vacant? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#351C75">Donna Gustafson, President</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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