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Crossley Park neighbors press Eagle council over cattle operation, flies and runoff
Summary
Multiple Crossley Park residents told the council a neighboring five-acre parcel has been converted to heavy cattle grazing, causing flies, odors, dust, mud and runoff; residents cited counts up to 60–82 cattle and urged city action, health review and enforcement.
Several residents from the Crossley Park neighborhood used the council's public-comment period to press the city for help with a nearby cattle operation they say has become a public‑health and nuisance problem.
"My name is Steve Booth," said one homeowner who serves as his HOA president, and he described visible manure, flies on home exteriors and runoff into irrigation ditches. Another resident, Andrew Olsen, told the council, "At one point, I counted over 82 cows out there," and described worsening odor, flies inside homes and damage to the field that was once pasture grass. Speakers said they had attempted private outreach to the parcel owner without success and asked the council to involve code enforcement and the health department.
Council members acknowledged the complaints and asked staff for follow-up; residents asked for a legal and public-health review to determine whether the city's nuisance or animal-control ordinances apply and whether remediation or limits on livestock numbers are appropriate.
