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Resident voices concerns about water quality and priorities as council refers public water access plan to committee
Summary
A resident told the council R40‑25, the equitable public water access plan, is premature because many of the 120 proposed projects lack realistic short‑term feasibility and some access points suffer from water‑quality problems. The council later referred the plan to the Environmental Matters Committee for further review.
At the start of the general public comment period, Heidi Rothenhaus told the council she opposed adoption of the city’s equitable public water access plan (R40‑25) as drafted, saying staff had not adequately prioritized projects and that some proposed access sites have water‑quality or depth problems that make short‑term use unsafe or infeasible.
Rothenhaus said the plan lists more than 120 projects and assigns many to short‑term timelines despite what she described as incomplete evaluation of…
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