Opp v. City of Portland

In November 1996, the Portland City Council approved a conditional use permit for a community center in a public park area. During a recess in the council’s proceedings on the permit application, Mike Lindberg, then a member of the council, conversed briefly with a person in the audience, Cooley. Petitioner, an opponent of the application, appealed to LUBA. She contended, inter alia, that Lindberg’s conversation with Cooley constituted an ex parte contact that was not disclosed on the record and that opponents were not given an opportunity to rebut. LUBA remanded the case to the city council…