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Residents press council on redevelopment, eminent domain for Classic Cleaners, traffic enforcement and meeting Q&A policy
Summary
During public comment Highland Park residents pressed the council on planned downtown redevelopment and the threat of eminent domain for Classic Cleaners, urged more traffic enforcement at local intersections, and criticized a new meeting procedure that, they said, limits immediate answers to follow-up questions.
Multiple Highland Park residents used the council’s public-comment periods on April 1 to press the borough for action and transparency on several issues, including redevelopment and potential use of eminent domain, traffic enforcement at neighborhood intersections, and the council’s public-meeting procedures.
A resident who identified herself as living on South Second Avenue urged redevelopment officials to avoid using condemnation against Classic Cleaners, a long-standing local business, and asked the borough to seek creative alternatives that would allow the business to remain. The speaker said Classic Cleaners has operated in the borough for 75 years and argued that forcing the business…
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