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Residents press council on homelessness, property blight and a community garden proposal
Summary
Public speakers urged stronger code enforcement and action on homeless encampments, cited specific problem properties and proposed a community vegetable garden and regional approach to rough sleeping.
Several residents used the council’s public‑comment period to press the city for firmer action on homeless encampments, property blight and neighborhood disputes, and to propose a community garden.
Brian Ostovitz said people were living in vehicles and leaving “mounds and mounds of trash” along Bull Market Lake Road near the Biloxi River and asked the city to investigate because floodwater can carry debris into the river. “My concern is, what’s going on with the waste? What’s the garbage happening with?” Ostovitz said. He said code enforcement officers told neighbors they could not act because the…
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