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Dearborn Heights residents press council on county tree maintenance and police response to assault reports
Summary
During public comment at the July 15 special meeting, residents raised a request to prune two county-owned pine trees on Hines and a resident described repeated reports to police after an alleged July 4 assault; council members said staff would connect residents with county public works and the police chief.
Two residents used the public-comment period at the Dearborn Heights City Council special meeting on July 15 to raise neighborhood maintenance and public-safety concerns.
Mike Hankins, who identified himself as a Dearborn Heights resident associated with Riverside Properties and living on West Outer Drive, urged the council to allow pruning of two large pine trees on the south side of Hines — one across from Parkland Park and another toward Ford Road — that he said were being choked by vines. Hankins said he used…
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