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Local minister urges changes to benches, lighting and trash-can placement at North Carter Park
Summary
Gary Garden Jr, speaking during public comments, urged the board to place benches and trash cans near parking areas and improve lighting at North Carter Park, citing safety concerns near his church’s parking lot; a board member called the request "an easy fix."
During the public-comment period, Gary Garden Jr identified himself as affiliated with a ministry on Robert Street and asked the board to address lighting and the placement of benches and trash cans at North Carter Park.
Garden said there is "a dead area at the back end of the tennis courts" where concrete benches once stood and that placing benches or trash cans there would draw people closer to his church parking area and could revive past safety issues. He urged the city to locate trash cans near parking areas instead: "if there is going to be some garbage cans place they need to be over where the parking area is at that lower parking area where they first park," he said.
A board member responded that the bench and trash-can placement seemed straightforward: "that's an easy fix," the presiding official said, and staff were asked to review the suggestion. The board did not schedule a formal vote or directive at the meeting but acknowledged the concern and asked staff to consider the placement and lighting as a follow-up.
