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Residents cite neighborhood safety and climate concerns during public comment
Summary
During public comment, residents raised a long-running street and construction-safety complaint and urged the council to develop a climate action plan; council asked staff to investigate the street work and indicated interest in the climate topic.
Several residents used the public‑comment period to raise neighborhood safety and climate concerns. William Burnett described a long‑running issue on Walt Street where a trailer/home and associated street excavation have been present for more than two years; he said crews recently cut the street and left a missing manhole cover and that the property is an eyesore and potential safety hazard. Council suspended rules to discuss the complaint and moved to forward photos and the matter to the public‑service director for investigation and a report back to council.
Another speaker, Gerald Hasspecker (per transcript spelling), urged the council to pursue a climate action plan, citing recent unusually warm local temperatures and rising atmospheric CO2. He asked the council to take the issue seriously for public‑safety planning and suggested Warren is behind peer cities on climate preparedness. A council member responded that the city should consider a committee or a committee of the whole to pursue the issue further.
Follow up: The public‑service department will contact the resident and investigate the Walt Street site; councilmembers indicated interest in discussing a climate action plan at a future committee meeting.
