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Public forum: residents praise snow response, urge parking requests; pollinator garden and regional transit ideas noted
Summary
Public commenters and councilors praised improved bus‑stop clearing after a snowstorm, suggested asking residents to avoid street parking during snow events, reported plans to plant three red oaks and milkweed at the Vienna Pollinator Garden, and heard a departing resident urge renewed transit links with Marietta and Parkersburg.
At the start of the public forum Henry Sassen, a Vienna resident, invited people to a Saturday Penguin Invitational swim event and raised concerns about street parking during the recent major snowstorm. Sassen asked whether the city could ask residents with driveways to park off‑street during snow events to help snowplows and allow safer travel. “It would really help the city...if we can do something like that for snow removal,” he said.
Council and staff described operational changes after the storm: the…
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