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Residents highlight food‑bank demand, seek clarity on island park transfer; candidate event announced
Summary
Public commenters at the Lake Havasu City Council meeting urged support for the local food bank, asked whether the city plans to transfer Grand Island Park to residents, and promoted a September campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly.
Colleen, a representative of the Havasu Community Health Foundation Food Bank, told the Lake Havasu City Council during the meeting Sept. 10 that the pantry is marking its first year of operation and is serving about 1,000 families in the city.
She said the food bank will observe its one‑year anniversary and Hunger Awareness Month with an event Sept. 19 during the McCulloch car show and urged residents not to judge patrons by appearance. “You never know what hard times has fallen on somebody,” she said, and asked members of the public to spend a day volunteering to see how the organization operates.
The nut graf: commenters used the council’s public‑comment period to draw attention to local nonprofit need and neighborhood concerns tied to city property. The council did not take formal action on public comments, but staff answered questions and provided clarifications during the meeting.
Also during public comment, Betty Smith, a resident of the Malibu community on the island, asked whether the city plans to transfer Grand Island Park to island residents. Smith said residents had been told several years earlier that the city intended to “turn it over as a gift free to the residents in the community,” and that follow‑up information from the homeowner association had left neighbors confused.
City staff responded during the meeting that Grand Island Park remains a city park and that there were no plans at that time to release the property. Smith told council she had contacted the parks and recreation department and left a message with the city manager; she said the parks manager called and was “very, very pleasant.”
Separately, Holly Dove used the public comment period to invite residents to a campaign breakfast in Lake Havasu for Mark Kelly, a candidate for U.S. Senate, scheduled for Sept. (date stated) at the Quality Inn. The event is sponsored by the Democratic Association of Havasu and a contact phone number was provided during the announcement.
Ending: The council did not formally act on any of the items raised during the public‑comment period; the meeting proceeded to the consent agenda and the council later confirmed the park’s status as city property when responding to Ms. Smith’s remarks.
