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Resident urges city to repurpose small vacant lots for tiny net‑zero homes, gardens and low‑profile solar

5751000 · August 27, 2025
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During public comment a resident urged the committee to find alternatives to paving small vacant lots, proposing net‑zero small homes, low‑profile solar and reuse of empty lots that once served as gardens; he also raised concerns about slow municipal responses to burned houses

Steve Hendry, a resident, used his three minutes of public comment to urge the city to reconsider how it manages small vacant lots in neighborhoods.

Hendry described two empty lots near Clayman Union and said one had once been a community garden. He argued small lots "could" host small, energy-efficient housing and low-profile solar installations rather…

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