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Oakland Park resident urges improved park security, road repairs and Westside overlay district during public comment
Summary
Community member Wallace Peterson urged the commission to restore park ranger presence and cameras at Veterans Park, replace long-missing street trees, repave NW 30th Street and pursue an overlay district and traffic calming for West Oakland Park.
Wallace Peterson, a resident of 1941 NW 30th Street, urged the Oakland Park City Commission during public comment May 21 to prioritize park security, street repairs and neighborhood protections in West Oakland Park.
Peterson told the commission he appreciated the city’s budget staff presentation and then listed specific requests: make Veterans Park security cameras functional and monitored; restore a regular park ranger presence; replace two trees removed near a bus stop on West Loyola (NW 30th) that have been missing for nearly nine years; complete the repaving of NW 30th Street that residents were promised in 2020 and that appeared in the city’s surtax paving presentation in July 2023; replace deteriorating park signage and playground surfacing; add traffic calming on 20th Avenue (a corridor…
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