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Residents raise drainage, hotel blight and chickens in Colfax public comment
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the council to address drainage on Culver Street, request Caltrans provide porta-potties when the highway closes, press hotel owners about property maintenance, and enforce the city's chicken ordinance; staff answered questions about a community compost site.
Multiple residents used the public comment period at the Feb. 12 Colfax City Council meeting to raise neighborhood maintenance and quality-of-life issues including stormwater drainage, porta-potty placement when the freeway closes, deteriorating hotel property, loose chickens, and a tree limb over a recycling bin.
A resident who declined to give a full name reported persistent water crossing Culver Street after a resurfacing job and asked whether city engineers had a solution. "They didn't put in drainage. They didn't put in ditches, and…
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