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Residents urge monuments, park protections and preservation projects at council public comment
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to accept a Ten Commandments granite monument donation, protect park ducks from cruelty, install sidewalks and crosswalks at Mary Jo Peckham Park, support adaptive reuse of a historic rice dryer, and praised a donated locomotive sculpture.
Multiple residents used the Jan. 26 public-comment period to raise issues ranging from park wildlife protection to historic preservation.
Andre Barber, scoutmaster of Troop 320, proposed a granite monument commemorating the nation’s 250th birthday and religious freedom and said the troop hopes the city will accept the monument, sited in Old Town Katy; he estimated the monument cost at $8,000–$12,000 and said the troop has raised more than $7,000 so far and would provide benches and landscaping as part of the project.
Angela Shaver,…
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