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Residents urge fixes to street signs, abandoned houses and truck noise; one requests agenda item on returning offender
Summary
Multiple residents raised public-comment concerns including an incorrect street sign at Vaughn and West, long-abandoned houses needing code enforcement, repetitive Jake-brake noise from 18-wheelers on Hwy 29, and a request from Mary Lou Quesada to appear on a future agenda regarding her grandson's potential return from prison.
During the community input portion of the meeting, resident Morgan Shepherd said the sign at the corner of Vaughn and West Street was mislabeled (East Vaughn) and asked the city to correct it to West Vaughn to prevent delivery confusion. Shepherd also requested code enforcement action on two long-abandoned houses—one next to a massage-therapy business and another on Brooks Mill Road—and asked the city to board them up or remove them for safety.
Shepherd also raised repeated loud "Jake brake" noise from 18-wheelers on Highway 29, saying the trucks run the devices day and night and asking for signage and enforcement in city limits. The police representative said he would review enforcement options and the city code regarding the devices.
Later, Mary Lou Quesada—who identified herself as having 26 years in law enforcement—asked the council to place an agenda item so she could plead her family's case to allow her grandson, currently incarcerated and described by the speaker as a sex-offender who will be released in a few months, to live with them. Quesada said the household is partly within a child-safety buffer and asked council guidance on how to present their case formally to the council.
City staff acknowledged the reports of incorrect signage and reiterated that code enforcement had been or would be notified about abandoned properties; police and code staff agreed to follow up on traffic and noise enforcement.
