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Residents urge more neighborhood services, oppose zoning changes and ask for practical supports during public comment
Summary
Eight callers during public comment urged the committee to prioritize neighborhood services: callers cited lack of recreation centers in District 7, urged apprenticeship programs, requested hand warmers and regional transit passes for people in need, and accused planning staff of limiting appeal rights tied to a proposed zoning ordinance.
During the Neighborhood Community Service Standing Committee’s public-comment period, eight callers raised a range of neighborhood concerns, with recurring themes of insufficient services in District 7, the need for workforce-training pathways, and frustration over proposed zoning changes.
Betty A. Varner, identifying herself as Community President of the DeSoto Elswood Black Association, described a caregiver-support program that serves people who need respiratory or assisted-care services and provided a phone contact for…
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