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 is at least one vagrant who has set up a camp near the back of the nature trail in RCA Community Park.
Portapotty knocked over at dog park; wind today?
Broken!
The loose ladder on the Olcott Park playground is no longer attached to ground. It looks like the S hooks have been pulled out of the ground attachments and need to be put back in. No one used it while we were there, but it looks like it could be a hazard if someone uses it without realizing it's no longer sturdy. Thanks!
There are leaves in Park Ridge Park again. It is a lot less than last time, but still significant. Sanitation still hasn't done the second round of leaf pick up in the area so there is still a chance to easily remove the leaves (and thus help the park in terms of less erosion and mud production). My leaf blower is broken so I do not anticipate being able to take care of it. If possible, it would be great to have one more round of removal now that all of the leaves are finally down. Thanks!
Oclott Park walk path, where it offshoots to Jackson Creek Middle School. There is a constant trickle of water that streams across the path and down the offshoot. On cold days it forms a treacherous layer of ice. Very difficult to cross that area when walking around the park and extremely dangerous for students walking to JCMS. Not sure if it's a natural spring or if the Olcott Building is leaking, but water needs to be diverted from running across the walking path. Someone is going to get hurt.
Drug use and sleeping in park playground.
Splash pads - I think splash pads are a wonderful summer fun activity. I look forward to taking my grandkids to the new switchyard park this summer. However I would love to see more of these around town especially in parks in the poorer parts of town. Like the Reverend Butler Park, Highland village Park, Crestmont Park, Third Street Park. Are there plans to add more splash pads in our parks?
#171036 followup. Thanks! In fact, I didn't realize that most of the work had already been done when I filed that uReport. Not so the saplings under the spruce closest to Henderson on the south side of the asphalt path. I'll check this morning, but until a few days ago there were 2 or 3 bigger than I could get thumb and first finger around.