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Residents urge caution on parking loss, sidewalk burden and timing during Edina Presidents A & B hearing
Summary
At a Dec. 9 public hearing, residents praised utility repairs but pressed the council on loss of on‑street parking near Alden Park, maintenance responsibility for new sidewalks/paths and construction timing; council asked staff for more data on peak parking and to include weekend comments in the Dec. 17 packet.
Dozens of residents who spoke at the Dec. 9 Edina City Council public hearing voiced support for utility upgrades but expressed strong reservations about proposed sidewalks/shared‑use paths, narrowed street widths and loss of on‑street parking near Alden Park.
Aaron Hill of 323 Monroe said the neighborhood survey and resident feedback show substantial opposition to sidewalk additions and that removing parking around Alden Park would shift game‑day parking several blocks away, creating pedestrian‑safety and convenience problems. Several other speakers raised similar concerns, describing frequent peak‑period parking near parks and asking staff to analyze how reduced…
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