The future owners of a 13-story apartment building proposed in downtown Corvallis won't have to pay local property taxes for 10 years, a $13.4 million incentive the city offers to developers who are willing to offer public benefits ... .
Corvallis' elected leaders want to reduce the impact of immigration enforcement activity in the area and are willing to step into the gap, at least symbolically, between the city's immigrant population and federal agents ....
It's all part of an incentive to get developers to offer public benefits. But not all City Council members believe the public is getting enough benefit ....