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Committee recommends sale of small city parcel at 100 Church Street amid neighborhood safety debate
Summary
Committee recommends sale of a small city parcel at 100 Church Street to adjacent owners after debate over public-safety nuisance problems and preserving green space.
The Municipal Services, Facilities, and Infrastructure Committee voted 4–1 to recommend that the city manager be authorized to negotiate and execute the sale of city-owned land at 100 Church Street (parcel number 574015). Supporters framed the transfer as a way for private abutters to address persistent public-safety and nuisance problems on the parcel; opponents and several members of the public urged caution, asked staff to confirm the deed and raised concerns about losing public green space.
Paul Rodenhauser, representing adjacent property owners and real-estate interests, described the parcel as “quite a nuisance and a problem” and said tenants in nearby buildings had complained…
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