Residents urge action on off‑campus parties, graffiti, stray dogs, road repairs and traffic lights; council announces UGI rate hearing

Residents and council members spent part of the meeting on a cluster of neighborhood quality‑of‑life concerns, including off‑campus student parties tied to King’s College events, graffiti and property cleanup, animal control staffing, street repair funding and traffic light timing. Council leaders also announced a TDC hearing on a proposed UGI rate increase to take public comment at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow in City Council Chambers.

Multiple residents described repeated disturbances during a recent King’s College weekend: loud parties, public urination and fights on streets between North and Beaumont and Madison Street, and block‑wide concerns about off‑campus student behavior. A resident identified the area between North and Beaumont Street and Madison Street as especially affected and urged cooperation with the…