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Resident reports widespread poison hemlock along city roads, asks city maintenance to respond
Summary
A resident told the council that poison hemlock is growing along several roads and said they had reported the issue to property maintenance; the council did not record a departmental response during the meeting.
A Newark resident, Steven Smith of 237 Barber Park, told the council on June 23 that he has observed an increased growth of poison hemlock along several roadways, including Redington Road near a playground and near the dog park. Smith said he had reported the plants to property maintenance but that the problem persists.
"I did call in a... notice to the property maintenance," Smith said during the public comment period, adding that he had observed employees driving around but that the plants remained a problem.
The transcript does not record a city department response or a commitment to a removal schedule during the meeting. No estimate of the acreage, number of plants, planned herbicide or mechanical treatment, or budget for abatement was provided in the public comment record. The resident described the plants as a public-health concern because they appear in areas where people and pets frequent.
The council did not schedule a vote or issue a formal direction in the excerpt; follow-up with the city’s property maintenance or public-works department would be necessary to confirm planned abatement and public-safety precautions.
