Residents press council on hydrant repairs, second egress and developer phasing
During public comment residents raised fire-safety concerns after local fires, urged the council to define egress routes for vulnerable neighborhoods and pressed staff to speed replacement of a bagged hydrant and other safety-critical repairs.
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During the meeting public commenters urged the council to address life-safety hazards in older neighborhoods. A resident who identified a cluster of homes near the railroad described concerns that a train-caused spark and dried vegetation could strand more than 30 homes without a second way out and asked the council to revise street definitions to require egress routes.
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