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Council hears resident pleas and staff updates as city weighs loitering, safety and enforcement options
Summary
Residents raised health and safety concerns linked to congregation in a downtown alley; council and staff described options including nuisance tracking, cameras, partnerships with service providers and exploration of area-specific enforcement models.
Residents and council members at the Feb. 12 Aberdeen City Council meeting described ongoing public-safety and public-health problems in an alley behind a downtown clinic and asked the city to take further action. The meeting recorded extended discussion of enforcement options, outreach and infrastructure changes aimed at reducing loitering and related criminal activity.
Kim McCollum (Ward 5) told the council she had returned from an emergency-room visit and found people smoking under her bedroom window, and that the ongoing congregation of people in the nearby alley had affected her health and employment. "I come home from the ER with 15 people smoking under my bedroom…
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