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Residents propose buying marginal Falcon Parkland; council asks staff to negotiate terms
Summary
Homeowners near Falcon Park asked Norwalk City Council to transfer parts of Falcon Parkland into private lots to reduce city maintenance costs; council directed staff to continue negotiations and return with a formal proposal that avoids leaving small city-owned slivers and preserves drainage easements.
Residents of the Proteus/Brodies Landing neighborhood asked the Norwalk City Council on an agenda item about Falcon Parkland to consider a partial transfer of a narrow, largely unusable strip of parkland to adjacent homeowners.
The neighborhood representatives said the east portion of Falcon Park, a roughly 3-acre site, contains a drainage corridor and narrow triangular parcels that the city does not actively maintain as a usable neighborhood park. “We would like to take over the small part that we know is technically not really useful to the city,” a resident said during the discussion. City staff described prior acceptance of the parkland at development and said the area has not met expectations for a neighborhood park.
Council members and staff emphasized two constraints that must shape any transfer. Luke, a city staff member who…
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