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West Street undergrounding triggers months-long public debate over cost, methodology and voting rules
Summary
A months-long neighborhood undergrounding assessment drew heavy public comment at the council meeting, with residents arguing methodology, vote weighting and cost transparency; councilors heard repeated requests to delay, rework methodology and abstain from city property votes.
Council chambers filled for extended public comment about the proposed West Street Underground Utility Assessment District, where dozens of residents and property owners urged the city to delay, rework the assessment methodology, or ask the city to abstain from voting on the district’s public property votes.
Speakers described large increases in estimated parcel assessments since the project’s inception, disputed the assessment-engineer methodology (which some residents said places disproportionate burden on small lots), and noted that votes within the district are weighted by land area rather than “one property, one…
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