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Shepherd’s Nook urges city action on adjacent, overgrown parcel citing fire and rodent risk
Summary
A representative of the Shepherd’s Nook thrift store asked the council to address a poorly maintained 13‑acre parcel adjacent to 201 N. Frenchwood Drive, saying tall weeds and leaning trees create fire and rodent risks and that prior certified letters to the owner returned unclaimed.
Tom Sestad, representing Shepherd’s Nook (a 501(c)(3) operator of a thrift store at 201 N. Frenchwood Drive), asked the council during public comment to step up enforcement or take action on a large adjacent parcel he said has been for sale for more than 25 years and is increasingly overgrown.
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