Case Date:

2/21/2026

Safety and Design Failure of Bicycle Storage Project at 900 North Lindbergh/Summit Courtyard I am writing to formally address the $87,000 bicycle storage project once again that this Commission approved and installed in our courtyard at 900 North Lindbergh. While the City has attempted to shift the burden of these units onto the Bloomington Housing Authority, the responsibility for the fundamental failure of this project lies with this Commission’s planning and design process. This project serves as a perfect example of why direct resident involvement is mandatory. You cannot plan for a community you do not talk to. It is not enough to post notices on social media; many of us are not on those platforms. By relying on digital-only 'outreach,' you effectively chose to exclude the very people who live here. If we had been asked, any one of us could have told you these units were redundant because we already have storage. Because they were unnecessary for residents, they have inevitably been claimed by non-residents for nefarious purposes. Furthermore, this Commission ignored the physical reality of the site. I submitted photos to uReport showing this courtyard flooding during construction, yet the project proceeded in a known flood plain. Beyond the engineering failure, the human cost is worse. Because you designed these without our input, you created an 'attractive nuisance.' These cubes are chest-high and completely opaque—they are hidden closets that security patrols cannot see into. From a cruiser, a guard cannot see behind, around, or inside them. This week, an unidentified male used that very cover to physically block the entrance to my apartment and harass my downstairs neighbor—an elderly man in a wheelchair who had just returned from a nursing home. I am 45 years old. I worked the hospitality jobs that keep this town running and rode a bike home after midnight for survival, not leisure. You have taken a tool for survival and turned it into an $87,000 hazard. The police and security cannot solve a design flaw. This Commission created this danger, and this Commission must now take the lead in fixing it. These units must be bolted shut or removed immediately. It is time to involve the residents directly and physically before another dime of public funds is wasted.

Case Date:

2/20/2026

Increasing size potholes on the section of road

Case Date:

2/20/2026

Tree branches have been cleared from the street but are still blocking the sidewalk on E 2nd St near the corner of Woodlawn Ave. I think it is a fairly important sidewalk as it is close to Harmony School.

Case Date:

2/20/2026

The southbound traffic light on Rogers does not turn green for southbound traffic. I sat through multiple full light cycles before I carefully and safely proceeded through the intersection. 4:20PM 2/20/26.

Case Date:

2/20/2026

The person on the customer service line (-3700) was extremely helpful and was able to get my garden plot reserved. What a great city employee. Name may have been Andy.

Case Date:

2/20/2026

The traffic light at Roger Street in Patterson is acting irregularly. Did not cycle for several minutes.

Case Date:

2/20/2026

Orange maintenance sign near old Sherwood oaks church needs to be picked up

Case Date:

2/20/2026

Yesterday's press release from Mayor Thomson is so inappropriate. City council followed the law with regard to delaying the reading of the ordinance for the Hopewell South PUD. It's truly incredible that the mayor, and her staff apparently, believe it necessary to publicly attack council members for doing their due diligence and following procedures clearly laid out in city code. These kinds of public attacks are not engaging in good faith. Furthermore, to claim that the concerns raised by council were merely procedural in nature is simply dishonest. Cm. Stosberg raised valid concerns about the PUD document itself, citing incorrect references and inconsistent requirements. Those seem like pretty important concerns that might impact the "merit of the product", as the mayor put it. "We are in a housing crisis, and the community should demand that its elected officials respond with urgency." The mayor is also an elected official. As a community member, I would like to demand that the mayor refrain from playing an immature blame game while attempting to rush a poorly prepared PUD through civic process. And yes, I am aware that the mayor stands by her statement.

Case Date:

2/20/2026

Just north of second and college ave, Between United Way building and Planned Parenthood the one way sign is on the ground and the remaining hanging sign is very loose

Case Date:

2/20/2026

Multiple reports have been made about this, not all associated with the correct address. The problem is at 620 N. College. This is a Chickering rental. The problem has been caused by various vehicles (Indiana, Illinois, NJ), but all are at the same address - rich, entitled students renting from a rich, entitled rental company. Here are some examples: https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=208779 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=208690 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=207150 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=208687 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=207557 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=208686 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=208777 https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=207646