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City responds to Ardenwald neighbors on 20 Ninth Avenue street improvements, middle‑housing concerns
Summary
Resident testimony about an unimproved section of 20 Ninth Avenue and an upcoming middle‑housing pre‑application prompted city staff to outline maintenance responsibilities, sidewalk requirements for development permits, and options for using fee‑in‑lieu (FELOC) dollars. Staff said more written responses and a TSP update will clarify policy.
Neighbors of a proposed middle‑housing project on 20 Ninth Avenue raised concerns about street condition, parking, blocked mailboxes and trailers in the right‑of‑way; city staff provided operational clarifications and said they will put a written response into the record.
City Manager Emma Sager told council that 20 Ninth is not a fully improved street and that the city currently sweeps portions of streets and maintains the first two feet from the pavement edge; areas beyond that strip are maintained by adjacent property owners. Sager said the city last slurry sealed 20 Ninth last summer and does not currently have funding to increase maintenance beyond routine levels. She offered to provide a written response addressing specific ideas raised by resident…
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