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Residents press commission to address trash, safety on Fifth Street; staff to monitor speeds and pickups
Summary
Residents urged the City Commission to restrict use of a paved public parking area on Fifth Street to reduce litter, overnight parking and dangerous turns; staff will deploy a speed/count device, increase trash pickup and explore signage before any resident-only restriction.
Residents and commissioners sparred over whether a paved public parking strip on Fifth Street should be converted to permit-only residential parking, with neighbors saying trash, overnight vehicles and unsafe U-turns have worsened since the area was paved for public parking.
The dispute reached the City Commission on May 5 after residents petitioned the city. Chuck Knight, who identified himself as a Fifth Street resident, told commissioners: “I wish every 1 of you on Monday morning could drive down there and forget about the short term rental thing. Look at the garbage that we have to pick up and watch the speeding that happens.” Ashley Trichette, another…
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