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Residents press Westminster council for rules on e‑bikes and improvements to worn parks
Summary
Multiple residents and parks commissioners urged the council to act on public‑safety concerns about increasingly powerful electric bicycles on sidewalks and to address maintenance and vandalism problems at Frank Fry and other parks.
Several residents at the Feb. 12 Westminster meeting urged the City Council to take steps on e‑bike safety and park maintenance after a string of near misses and visible park deterioration.
Michael Varangia, a resident who said he frequently travels Magnolia, described a social‑media report of a near collision involving a teenager on an electric bicycle traveling on the sidewalk and asked the city to consider regulations including age limits and helmet requirements. “We need to really do something to keep them off the sidewalks, get some type of regulations to control this,” Varangia told council members.
Deputy Chief Weber of the Westminster…
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