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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #188039

Parks & Playgrounds:

Other: A large group of my friends and I have red, painful chemical burns from the grass. I can still see imprints of individual blades of grass on my legs after 4 days. The chemicals used are far too strong and this is unacceptable for a public park where children play.

Assigned to
Hsiung Marler

History

4/17/2024 18:28:10 Closed by Hsiung Marler

Unclear what cause person's experience. No chemicals are used on the turf at SYP. There was some recent herbicides used in some of the restoration areas, but that was after the incident.

Sent notification to Hsiung Marler, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=188039 Closed by Hsiung Marler Unclear what cause person's experience. No chemicals are used on the turf at SYP. There was some recent herbicides used in some of the restoration areas, but that was after the incident.

4/17/2024 18:27:08 Hsiung Marler contacted Anonymous

Eliza, Thank you for your email. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I'm not sure of the cause. I assume your experience was at Switchyard Park on April 13. Is that correct? Just recently on April 15 and April 16 there were some mild herbicides. However the only locations that were sprayed were restoration areas. No chemicals have been applied to any of the turf areas at Switchyard. Not ever. If you can provide additional details like the specific day and location I can try to investigate further. Again, I'm sorry for your experience and we want to do what we can to prevent any such future occurrences. Hsiung Marler Recreation Facilities General Manager Bloomington Parks and Recreation marlerh@bloomington.in.gov ph: 812.349.3961

Sent notification to Hsiung Marler, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=188039 Hsiung Marler contacted Eliza Klinedinst Eliza, Thank you for your email. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I'm not sure of the cause. I assume your experience was at Switchyard Park on April 13. Is that correct? Just recently on April 15 and April 16 there were some mild herbicides. However the only locations that were sprayed were restoration areas. No chemicals have been applied to any of the turf areas at Switchyard. Not ever. If you can provide additional details like the specific day and location I can try to investigate further. Again, I'm sorry for your experience and we want to do what we can to prevent any such future occurrences. Hsiung Marler Recreation Facilities General Manager Bloomington Parks and Recreation marlerh@bloomington.in.gov ph: 812.349.3961

4/17/2024 12:36:48 Tim Street assigned this case to Hsiung Marler

Sent notification to Hsiung Marler, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=188039 Tim Street assigned this case to Hsiung Marler You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

4/17/2024 09:17:43 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street

Sent notification to Tim Street, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=188039 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

4/17/2024 09:17:43 Opened by Anonymous

1601 S Rogers ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47403
Latitude39.146770477295
Longitude-86.537071228027
TownshipPerry

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