As ordered by the state bureaucracy, Albany will have five so-called “climate friendly areas,” but not quite yet. At least one council member thinks it’s a bad idea for Albany.
Next week the Albany City Council will again be asked to consider disposing of four city-owned vacant lots, three of them near the Helping Hands homeless shelter and one close to the riverfront.
This may sound familiar: City planners and developers set aside a pedestrian connection to make walking easier. The path becomes a nuisance to the neighbors, and now the question is: Keep the path open for walkers or close it for the neighbors?
While I was looking at Periwinkle Creek near Queen Avenue and Geary Street Monday afternoon, the Albany City Council heard of the tentative schedule for starting a new street maintenance fee and possibly a local gas tax as well.
At least a few drivers making right turns on red at Queen Avenue and Geary Street in Albany seem to have trouble coming to a stop before they start the turn.
Albany Councilwoman Carolyn McLeod, in her first month in office, sprang a couple of surprise spending proposals on the council Wednesday.
Albany ‘proceeds with litigation’ but why?
The Albany City Council has voted to sue somebody, apparently, but the members evidently don’t want the public to know the details, such as who and why.
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