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Residents urge broader development notification and a rent registry during public comment
Summary
Public commenters at the March 17 meeting asked the council to expand project notification beyond the state's 300-foot rule for large projects and requested the city create a rent registry so renters can connect; councilmembers said staff would take input and that the topics could be agendized for fuller discussion.
Multiple residents used the March 17 public-comment period to press the council on community-notification rules for development and to request a rent registry for Albany's renter-majority population.
Dr. Steven Halpert told the council that Albany's practice of notifying only property owners within 300 feet of proposed construction projects restricts public discourse on larger projects. He cited the 1600 Solano Avenue five-story project as an example, saying 'only 73 properties were alerted' and…
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