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Resident requests mediation with city over housing and services
Summary
Javier Gascar told council he has unresolved transportation and housing issues and asked for a mediation hearing including staff member Hal Burke and housing personnel; he said housing staff made threats and that "All I asked was for help."
During the public-comment period, resident Javier Gascar addressed the council seeking a mediation hearing involving the mayor, council and city staff to resolve outstanding transportation repairs, a ramp project and housing-related actions.
Gascar said multiple departments had been involved in work on his property but that problems remain unresolved; he named a staff member assigned to build a ramp (Hal Burke) and said the public-health department and housing had not resolved his air-conditioning and housing issues and that housing was "making threats." He asked the council to convene a mediation so staff could explain their actions and he could present his concerns.
The council acknowledged the request; no formal motion or directive to schedule mediation was recorded on the meeting record.
