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Consider Directing Staff to Move Jean Sweeney Park Fencing. (Councilmembers Herrera Spencer and Daysog) [Not heard on October 5, 19, November 2, 16, December 7, 21, 2021, January 4 or 18, 2022]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Councilmember Herrera Spencer and Councilmember Daysog
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): September 20, 2021
Council Meeting date: October 5, 2021
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
That Council direct City Staff to move the fence that's currently on Jean Sweeney Open Space Park ("Park") property so that it is on the boundary separating Park from Union Pacific property. It has been brought to my attention that the fencing is not currently on the Park boundary, actually reducing the size of the Park, access to the public of what is Park land and placing many of the grown trees outside of the Park fencing.
Attached is a map prepared by Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Fund illustrating the property that the City has already purchased but which is outside of the current Park fencing, and a draft of where the fence should be placed.
Thank you for your consideration
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2. Encouraging economic development across the Island
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