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Residents tell Lakewood council permitting portal is failing and urge stronger Garry oak protections
Summary
Multiple residents told the Lakewood City Council that the new Clarity permitting portal is hard to use and that the city should require disclosure and stronger protections for Garry oaks; staff provided documents in person but the public speaker called for code changes and outreach to real estate professionals.
At the March 2 Lakewood City Council meeting, public commenters raised two recurring concerns: technical failures with the city's new permitting portal and inadequate disclosure/protection for Garry (Garry) oaks on private property.
"The system you have implemented is effectively impossible to use," Christina Manetti told the council, describing cases in which the portal loops, lacks a clear documents list and prevents downloads of materials that were…
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