closed #159142
Parks & Playgrounds
415 N Oak ST
- Case Date:
- 5/18/2017
Lights are out on 153, 77, and 51 along the B-Line
Lights are out on 153, 77, and 51 along the B-Line
Gate on tennis courts broken - bottom mount bolt broken and missing mechanism to keep door closed
Bike rack at Park Ridge East playground is damaged and coming loose from the pavement; it looks like a car has run into it.
The water fountain at Park Ridge East Park is continuously running.
There is a whole lot of bush clover growing around the picnic area beyond the gate at Leonard Springs Nature Park. bush clover is invasive especially in wooded areas and should be removed.
Someone has set up what looks like a junk store on the east side of People's Park up against the bike shop wall.
The same group of people is claiming and staying in the gazebo at the Building and Trades park every single day. They are there from open to close, sometimes sleeping on the ground as if it is their personal camp site. Nobody else has a chance to use the shelter because this group is there the entire time the park is available for use. This was a problem last year, and the group referred to the park as their "turf" during an altercation with my neighbors. My house was recently broken into, and it concerns me to know that there are people who can just sit there all day and see exactly when we are coming or going. I don't mind people using the park (because public use is the purpose of a park), but I think it is unreasonable for one group of people to practically live in the park and claim the shelter every day, to the exclusion of other park users. It would be helpful if they could inhabit a different park - or just be somewhere else - on at least some days.
A section of the wood fence at the Howe St entrance to the Buildings and Trade Park was taken down when the city cut down one of the trees along the street. It has been 2 months and the pieces of the fence are still where they were left on the ground. In true broken window fashion someone has now broken down the far end of the fence. This should have been repaired long ago.
There are some very large holes on the north side, but almost centered on the large playing field. They are hidden from sight by the grass growing over them, but some are big enough for a foot/leg to fall into (as it happened today!) I assume an animal is busy digging these, but I know the city has filled them before, it would be great if someone could fill them again! Thanks so much!
People are driving through the park full of children.