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Residents urge council to delay Mishiquis Park road closure, request public meeting
Summary
Several residents told the Alpena City Council during public comment that planned changes at Mishiquis Park — including closing a road and relocating courts — would reduce year-round access and harm wildlife and neighborhood character; speakers asked the council to hold a neighborhood meeting before advancing the plan.
Several residents urged the Alpena City Council on May 5 to slow or reconsider planned changes at Mishiquis Park, asking the council to hold a public meeting so neighbors can review revised plans and ask questions.
Becky Durfee of 525 Thunder Bay Avenue told the council she is a descendant of Michael Padd and said family history and long-term neighborhood use make the proposed changes personal. Durfee said the plan discussed five years ago should be revisited because the neighborhood has changed and residents who now live there were not part of the earlier process. “I would just like to publicly ask for that meeting,” she said.
Residents who spoke raised several recurring objections: moving the park entrance and parking closer to houses, closing a circular road that currently provides near-shore vehicle access, relocating volleyball courts away…
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