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Residents urge action on sidewalk funding, forest clearing, Hash Bash traffic and Earth Day permits
Summary
During public comment, residents pressed the council to fund sidewalks and pedestrian safety work, criticized tree clearing and lack of notice for a Packard development, asked for a cultural easement for Indigenous practices, and raised concerns about Hash Bash traffic and event permitting for Earth Day and related activities.
Multiple Ann Arbor residents used public comment on April 6 to press the council on neighborhood and event concerns, focusing on pedestrian safety, development notification, cultural access and event permitting.
Kathy Griswold asked the council to prioritize CA‑10 (which she described as a roughly $4.7 million sidewalk project) and to fund citywide walk‑zone improvements. She cited the Ann Arbor Fire Department’s 2025 annual report and said it showed a 22% increase in vehicle‑versus‑pedestrian crash emergency calls; Griswold asked the council to budget “3 to $5,000,000” for A2 Safe Transport needs as a bundled CIP project.
Deja Chetta, who said she…
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