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Neighbors Raise Flooding, Safety and Playground Concerns Over Proposed Fernberg Park Shelter and Middle Housing Development
Summary
Several neighbors urged the Milwaukie City Council and staff to pause or redesign a proposed 20x20 covered shelter at Fernberg Park and pressed for upgraded playground equipment; other commenters raised drainage, parking and homelessness concerns tied to park use and a nearby middle‑housing project.
Neighbors near Fernberg Park and attendees of Monday92s Milwaukie City Council meeting pressed the city to reconsider a neighborhood proposal for a covered shelter in Fernberg Park and raised multiple concerns about a separate middle‑housing development on Harrison Street.
Several residents who live adjacent to Fernberg Park said the park is largely wetland and already experiences yard and basement flooding during heavy rain. They asked the council and staff to evaluate drainage and stormwater impacts before approving a 20‑by‑20 covered shelter with a concrete pad, and to consider how roof runoff and a new pad could increase ponding and basement seepage for nearby homes.
Resident Sarah Soderberg said her property faces the park and described “swampy yards and wet basements” near the proposed shelter location, arguing that additional…
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