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Council advances alley‑vacation measures after heated debate over CIP funding and access
Summary
Council considered multiple alley‑vacation measures and associated ordinances for downtown parcels; council and property owners debated whether earmarked CIP funds could be used to fence police parking and whether vacating alleys would impair business access. The council moved some items forward and scheduled others for further readings.
The Clinton City Council spent an extended portion of its meeting debating proposals to vacate portions of downtown alleys adjacent to several properties, with councilmembers and staff sparring over whether related fencing and parking improvements are consistent with the capital improvements program (CIP) approvals that originally funded ADA improvements.
Councilmember Kearns said vacating an alley so the police department could erect a fence felt premature because the CIP approval listed ADA accessibility and restroom improvements, not fencing; he urged returning the question to the council for explicit approval if the use…
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