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Residents press city on parks, invasive 'goat head' weeds, animal pickup and meeting alerts
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Summary
Residents asked about goat-head thorn removal at parks being upgraded for softball and dog use, praised improvements to dead-deer pickup response, and queried a postponed 'sanctuary city' study; staff explained goat-head mitigation options and how alert links operate.
Several members of the public used the question-and-answer portion to press the city on neighborhood services.
Nicole asked whether goat-head thorns at the airport-area park would be removed as part of upgrades for youth softball and potential dog-park use. Becky and Ricky described goat-heads as a widespread, difficult-to-eradicate weed: they seed when they die and are hard to remove without burning; the city has used mechanical rollers to collect dead seedheads and irrigation to keep plants from seeding, and staff said they continue to explore options.
A resident praised faster dead-deer pickup since earlier poor experiences; staff confirmed a street-department number ((360) 289-2824) for reporting carcasses and said current response was improved. Another resident asked about a "sanctuary city" study meeting that had its alert link deactivated when the city changed the posted alert; staff said the link mechanism deactivates when alerts are modified and that the item will be rescheduled.
City staff encouraged use of the online calendar for meeting schedules and asked residents to forward grant or program leads to staff for review.
