NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STAYTON CITY COUNCIL A public hearing will be held before the Stayton City Council on Monday, December 15, 2025, starting at 7:00 pm. The hearing will be held at the Stayton Community Center, 400 W Virginia St, Stayton, for the purpose of hearing testimony and rendering a decision regarding the following issue: LAND USE FILE #5-02/24 – An application for annexation of a 21-acre parcel of land fronting Golf Lane (tax lot 091W03B001500) has been submitted, proposing a zoning designation of Medium Density (MD) Residential and including a concept plan for a 74-lot subdivision. If you wish to testify as part of the Public Hearing, please read the following: Meetings allow for in-person, virtual, or written comment. To learn more about providing comment visit https://www.staytonoregon.gov/page/gov_city_council. If a community member has a barrier which prevents them from participating via one of the methods below, they should contact City staff at citygovernment@stayton oregon.gov no less than three hours prior to the meeting start time to make arrangements to participate. You are encouraged to attend and participate in the public hearing. The hearing is your opportunity to learn about the proposal and to provide information to the City Council relative to the proposed alley vacation. A map showing the alley to be vacated is available for review at the City of Stayton Community and Economic Development Department, 311 N. Third Avenue, Stayton and is posted in the Planning Commission’s section of the City web site (www.staytonoregon.gov). The City’s staff is available to explain the proposed vacation application to you. A staff report and a recommended draft decision will be available seven days prior to the hearing and will be posted on the web site once completed. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter to the City precludes appeal, and failure to identify the specific criterion to which the comment is directed precludes an appeal based on that criterion. Questions regarding the above matter should be directed by phone or letter to Jennifer Siciliano, Community and Economic Development Director, 362 N. Third Avenue, Stayton, Oregon 97383, (503) 769-2998, or jsiciliano@stayton oregon.gov .  Statesman Journal Dec. 5 & 12, 2025