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Committee recommends sale of small city parcel at Church Street corner after neighbors, police cite safety and nuisance concerns; opponents urge preservation

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The Municipal Services, Facilities & Infrastructure Committee voted to recommend sale of a small city-owned parcel at 100 Church Street (parcel 574015), citing neighbor complaints about drug activity and nuisances; the recommendation passed 4–1 and will be forwarded to the City Council.

The Municipal Services, Facilities & Infrastructure Committee voted to recommend the City Council authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute sale of a small city-owned parcel at the corner of Norway Avenue and Church Street (identified in committee as 100 Church Street, parcel number 574015). The motion was seconded and passed in committee with one member opposed.

Presenters and speakers described the parcel as a small, roughly 5,000-square-foot city-owned lot that neighbors and businesses say has become a locus of drug activity, loitering, public urination and other nuisances. Paul Rodenhauser, representing adjacent property owners and local…

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