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Residents urge caution on parking loss, tree-well safety and outreach for Laguna Beach streetscape plan
Summary
During public comment at the study session, residents and local committee chairs urged the council to limit additional parking loss, improve tree-well safety, test designs with the fire department and broaden outreach to downtown businesses before adopting more aggressive streetscape options.
Multiple members of the public spoke during the two-minute public-comment slots at the Laguna Beach City Council study session, raising a consistent set of concerns about the streetscape vision presented by SWA Group.
Steve Chatham, chair of the Environmental Sustainability Committee, urged the city to consider bicycle parking in newly opened curb-extension areas and to engage local artists to design integrated bicycle racks. “There is almost a complete lack of places for people to…
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