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Residents urge caution on river project, request more public restrooms and question school voucher funding in public forum
Summary
Public forum speakers raised concerns about sedimentation if floodgates are removed at the Whitewater Park, urged more publicly accessible restrooms for older residents, and questioned whether local property taxes fund state school voucher programs. The library announced a new music garden funded by the Cedar Falls Community Foundation.
Public comment at the City Council meeting covered multiple topics: the river/Whitewater Park project, the city's strategic planning outreach and restroom access, local tax concerns regarding school vouchers, and a library project update.
Dennis Preckler warned about sedimentation if the city proceeds with a phase of the Whitewater Park that removes floodgates. "If we build it, we will probably spend even more than we did for the lower one... I'll guess 10, conservatively," Preckler said, and argued that fixed dams without floodgates can trap silt…
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