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Preston council tables Gamble Avenue vacation after mixed public testimony and staff concerns
Summary
The Preston City Council heard a contested public hearing on vacating Gamble Avenue to allow a church to expand parking and voted to table a final decision while staff and the applicant discuss water looping, snow removal and potential Benson Park negotiations.
The Preston City Council on a motion Tuesday tabled a request to vacate Gamble Avenue between First and Second North so a nearby church could expand parking, after lengthy public testimony and staff warnings about future connectivity and utilities.
The council received divided input during a public hearing on a request by applicant Brandon Roberts, who told the council the church is interested in roughly 1.5 acres in phase 5 of his subdivision and that the land could be used for a parking lot to serve the temporary stake center and events such as the rodeo. "If they acquire that as a parking lot, having a road through it would just defeat the whole purpose," Roberts said.
Council staff and several residents countered that abandoning a street that appears on the city's major street plan could reduce future connectivity, complicate snow removal and remove flexibility for water looping. City Planner Sean Alverson said the existing end of Gamble lacks a turnaround and that "we won't have a water loop there, which,…
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