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Council hears competing claims over dredge spoil and a proposed brownfield designation for Pleasure Island
Summary
Council members and residents debated a proposal to designate about 900 acres on Pleasure Island as a brownfield after speakers alleged dredge spoil and other material had been dumped on city‑leased parcels; council asked staff and the city attorney to research legal authority and bring a resolution back to council.
Council members and residents spent the largest portion of Tuesday night’s meeting debating whether to begin the process of designating roughly 900 acres on Pleasure Island as a brownfield and how the city should respond to what speakers described as recent dumping and spoil from a Corps of Engineers dredging project.
Council member Lewis urged the council to act, presenting before‑and‑after photos and saying the parcel had been “polluted” after the lessee failed to vacate land the city holds under a lease. “So all I want the council to do is to go ahead and vote to designate this a brownfield so we can get the process started,” Lewis told the council.
Multiple public commenters described long‑running problems on…
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