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Residents press Highland Park council on unsecured HUD property, street safety and water bills
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to secure a vacant HUD-listed house at 319 Highland Street, requested help with speed bumps on Ferris Street after repeated vehicle collisions, and asked the city to investigate inconsistent water bills for small garden plots.
Several Highland Park residents used the public-comment portion of the council meeting to press city leaders for action on neighborhood safety, housing blight and water-billing concerns.
Shannon Bryce said a house at 319 Highland Street—reported in some public data as under HUD or housing-commission control—remains unsecured and has been occupied by squatters. "It's not secured," Bryce said, describing late-night activity and recent violent incidents…
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