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Council debates shifting right-of-way maintenance to city amid cost and authority concerns
Summary
Councilors debated a proposal to have the city maintain rights-of-way and alleys rather than property owners, with concerns about budget, staff capacity and overlap with existing code enforcement; no ordinance was adopted and council asked staff to identify public-safety priorities.
Councilors spent an extended portion of the meeting debating whether the city should resume responsibility for mowing and maintaining rights-of-way and alleys that have long been the property owners’ responsibility. A councilor said many neighbors in their ward, including elderly and low-income residents, cannot manage the upkeep and urged the city to take responsibility in cases of need. The proposal under discussion was framed as a direction to the city attorney to draft an ordinance making the city responsible for certain rights-of-way tasks.
Opponents and staff raised practical and legal concerns.…
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