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Council hears residents' concerns about roads, nuisance properties and FEMA buyouts
Summary
Council members raised concerns about poor road conditions and nuisance properties; staff said code-enforcement letters have been sent and that FEMA buyout properties become public green space and cannot be sold to private parties.
Council members raised constituent concerns about road conditions (Tin Can Holler, Oak Street) and nuisance properties that have not been remediated. Chuck (speaker 3) reported residents said roads in some neighborhoods are "terrible" and urged the city to prioritize repairs.
On FEMA buyouts a council member asked whether FEMA-purchased properties could be re-sold to neighbors. Jeff (speaker 5) explained FEMA hazard-mitigation buyouts use federal funds to purchase and demolish properties and that the purchased parcels become publicly owned green space: "Those properties... cannot be leased, they cannot be purchased, and they are public spaces." Staff said letters had gone to property owners and several properties have been cleaned up; further enforcement actions were discussed as next steps.
