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Resident urges council to finish Rice Avenue extension after decade of delays
Summary
JR Hernandez, speaking for the first time, asked the council to complete a long-delayed Rice Avenue extension that he says has been promised for more than a decade and offered to provide evidence or funding help.
JR Hernandez told the council he and his family have been waiting more than a decade for the completion of a number of neighborhood streets and asked the council to prioritize the extension of Rice Avenue. "We've been patiently waiting for over a decade to have a lot of streets and community finished," he said, and offered to provide evidence, financial contribution or other support to move the project forward.
Hernandez said he is willing to present required documentation or to help pay his share of taxes to advance the project and urged the council to consider procedures and options for building out the neighborhood streets. The request was made during the public-comment period and no formal agenda item or staff response on funding or timeline was recorded that evening.
Why it matters: Street-completion projects affect property access, local tax base and long-term development. The resident’s request establishes community interest and willingness to cooperate; next steps would typically include staff analysis of costs, funding sources and an engineering schedule.
