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Residents urge council to prioritize fire station over leased bar project in downtown
Summary
During public comment, residents criticized city plans to lease a city-owned building for a bar (referred to by the speaker as "the Bark" or "Barcantine") and urged council to instead spend on fire-station needs and first-responder infrastructure.
Several speakers used the meeting’s public-comment period on July 14 to press the City Council to prioritize funding for fire stations and first responders over a city-backed lease for a bar in a city-owned building.
Jim Fenimore, a long-time Westminster resident, said the city should not spend about $4.5 million on what he called "the bark," and instead should direct those funds toward expanding Station 1 and…
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