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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #134735

Sidewalk & Curb Complaints:

Other: The treeline along the west end of Weatherstone lane has several dead trees. With as much pedestrian traffic as there is along there I think it is a safety hazard. Please inspect it.

History

1/30/2014 08:48:03 Closed by Anonymous

The area in question is a unimproved roadway sixty feet wide extending from S Woodlawn to S Tarizan Ln. In essence, a narrow liner forest what has been left to grow. On the north side of this area, homes are right up to these trees. Urban Forestry has fallen several hazardous trees in this area over the years. Several dead trees on the south side have just showed up due to the recent years of drought. If I think any of these trees have a high probability of impacting homes, we would consider dropping the trees. I disagree, pedestrian traffic on Weatherstone (residential) is low compared to other areas. A hazardous conditions is a tree with high defect (dead) and a high value target (home, car, high foot traffic). A dead street tree right next to the road and a home on a thoroughfare rates a higher priority. Urban Forestry authorized a record number of hazardous trees last year. Currently there are 15 hazard trees from last year that have yet to be removed. February is the month I perform hazard inspections and determine the top fifty hazardous trees to remove during spring and early summer. I will revisit the Weatherstone site and determine what hazard remediation we can perform.

10/16/2013 09:18:17 Anonymous inspected this Location

Forwarded to Lee Huss for inspection

10/16/2013 09:03:26 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

10/15/2013 12:48:36 Alan Schertz assigned this case to Anonymous

Hello Adrian, This request came to an ITS category. Susie suggested that I should assign it to you. Thanks,

10/14/2013 07:37:59 Anonymous assigned this case to Alan Schertz

10/14/2013 07:37:59 Opened by Anonymous