Case Date:

8/1/2026

This neighbor has been parking on the sidewalk for the past two weeks. This is a family neighborhood where everyone uses the sidewalk, including many children and animals. It is not safe to force them to walk in the road. I also imagine it poses a driving hazard for those needing to back up on either side. School starts next week and the kids in the neighborhood will need the sidewalk to walk to the bus. I left a friendly note as I passed by, but she continues to do so.

Case Date:

8/1/2026

The path between Park on Morton apartments (Georgia Ave) and College Ave just south of the railroad tracks is almost completely blocked by vegetation and mud. When they cleaned up the erosion control from the recent construction just south of it, they displaced even more mud onto the path. There is also mud further upstream from longer-term erosion. The vegetation is dense across the whole path. This is a repeat of ureport #212168, which was closed because HAND couldn't think of what to do about it. *someone* has to be able to maintain this path, or you need to *escalate it beyond department heads*. it is completely unacceptable that we will simply give up on this valuable pedestrian infrastructure after all of the work was already done to construct it in the first place! This is a public ROW for pedestrians and as such it is *MORE VALUABLE* than the streets that y'all spend millions of dollars on every single year. Failure is not an option.

Case Date:

8/1/2026

Overgrown weeds/brush/branches here block view for drivers turning left (south) onto Walnut St. Pike from E. Allendale Dr. (side of Allendale east of Walnut St. Pike.)

Case Date:

7/31/2026

Tall grass on the east side of the intersection is blocking the view for drivers turning off Dunn st. onto Old 37. Very dangerous!

Case Date:

7/31/2026

The sidewalk starting at 2206 S Rockport Rd to Countryside Ln is very overgrown. It creates a hazard because you have to leave the side walk in some areas and Rockport is a bust road.

Case Date:

7/31/2026

Shrubs on NW corner of lot are almost completely blocking sidewalk

Case Date:

7/24/2026

ATT came onto my property to install fiber via a utility easement with the city and left my yard damaged per attached photo. ATT said they are not liable for the damage. The installers had stated they would return the following day to level the ground, seed and straw the area. That was over a month ago and they never returned. Who is liable for this property damage? I am prepared to file a claim against whomever that may be. Thanks.

Case Date:

7/23/2026

The property adjacent to me 922 North orris has a huge tree, that I have tried to get them to maintain for nearly 5 years. A week ago a woman that was at the property said there was a new property manager and she would have him call me. No reply. I am disabled and can no longer continue to trim this tree off of the adjoining sidewalk. The sidewalk goes over to the try North swimming pool. It runs between our properties. This tree is so overgrown it's branches get on my roof onto my property all the way down to the ground covering the sidewalk. If we did not constantly trim this you wouldn't be able to walk down the sidewalk to get to the pool or the school. I am so tired of trying to resolve this, I've told the people that cut the grass every week nearly for two years and nobody's done a damn thing. I'm hoping you can help and find out who needs to trim this back. I believe it's rented to disabled guy who's pretty much a recluse. Thank you

Case Date:

7/22/2026

Crews working on gas line notified me this morning that M Street Fiber has run their line through my sewer and broken it and it is leaking. I was told by the Utilities department to contact Kyle Baugh to arrange repair but I have been unable to reach him or the main office by phone this morning. Per your voicemail instruction I am leaving this email and asking someone to contact me at your earliest convenience. The crews do not plan to fill the excavation back in until repair is made. Thank you.

Case Date:

7/16/2026

220 W 14th St. This is a repeat of #212155. I need you to understand the methodology behind this photograph. I held my phone pointing directly ahead of me, with both of my feet squarely on the sidewalk (at the edge of the sidewalk). My phone was directly in front of my face. The branch directly in the center of the photo is exactly where my eyes would be if i had continued to walk forwards. Practically, this is a genuine problem because I really do walk along the edge of the sidewalk so that i can walk 2- or 3-abreast with my family. It's a safety problem because if I do not see the branch then it will hit my eye, as has already happened at this location! It's an inconvenience because it is a point where the sidewalk narrows from 5ft to effectively 4ft. Pedestrians are forced to reconfigure their groups at these narrowings. It costs us time and energy and makes conversing difficult. I'm not sure what enforcement authority you're acting under but it's a legal problem as well, for example BMC 12.24.040 requires a clear distance of 8ft above sidewalks. FWIW, I'm asking for 6ft. The transportation plan also weighs in on this, Table 5 Pedestrian Zone Design Parameters "Clear space for all pedestrian travel, should be clear of any and all fixed obstacles." I didn't think it was necessary to be so explicit but they were -- "any and all" definitely includes branches that extend 6 inches into your eye sockets. The specific undesirability of having fixed obstacles extending over the sidewalk exactly at eye height *for any distance* has been explicitly acknowledged and i can't believe i'm trying to point this out today. Anyways i really do appreciate that this has seen already more enforcement action than the whole city put together before about 2022 but if this is what compliance looks like then we have a problem.