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Residents urge better trail upkeep, salmon protections and protest planning; one speaker questions Juneteenth funding
Summary
During public comment at the Renton City Council meeting, speakers raised concerns about trail conditions, salmon habitat and stormwater pollutants, asked the council to coordinate police response plans for large protests, and criticized the city over a denied $5,000 Juneteenth funding request.
Several Renton residents used the public comment period to press the council on infrastructure, environment and public-safety coordination.
John Houston, a Renton resident, told the council he felt the city’s actions did not match Juneteenth rhetoric and raised a separate complaint about a past incident where his family’s evidence of a fire or bomb was not recorded; he asked whether the Juneteenth flag would be raised and said, “You guys don't listen.”
Paul Dutton urged the council to include fish passage and pollutant controls in…
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