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Resident asks council to allow sale of small city parcel; administration warns against setting precedent
Summary
Adjacent homeowner Elizabeth Cooper urged the council to redesignate a 2,700‑square‑foot strip of city land so it could be sold to resolve an encroaching fence and access issue; city staff said the parcel is part of a larger parks designation, cited code constraints and recommended against initiating sale legislation.
An application to buy a roughly 2,700 square‑foot corner of city land prompted public comment and a policy discussion, but council took no legislative action.
Elizabeth Cooper, the adjacent homeowner, told council the cedar fence encroaches on city land, leaves her backyard gate on city property and requires resolution. "It’s a typical 6 foot cedar fence you would find around a house…
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