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Residents urge cleanup, transparency and traffic action at Riverside council meeting

Riverside City Council · April 7, 2026
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Summary

Three Riverside residents raised multiple concerns during public comment on April 6: unaddressed property cleanup and possible EPA involvement behind Beatrice Drive, requests for records about a reported $6 million building sale and allocation of cannabis-tax revenue, and repeated reports of nightly drag racing and calls for speed bumps or stop signs.

Three residents used the April 6 public-comment period to press the Riverside City Council on property maintenance, government transparency and local safety issues.

Dan Teevert of 15 Beatrice Drive said he has repeatedly asked the city since last November for a document the city provided (a stormwater pollution prevention plan) and that a privately owned property behind Beatrice Drive has not been cleaned up after trees and vegetation were cut. “They started cleaning out the trees and vegetation back there back in June…They’ve not touched the property as far as cleaning it out,” Teevert said, adding that the EPA had inspected the site recently and that neighbors expected…

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