Water Utility Problems
3500 E Morningside DR
- Case Date:
- 2/2/2019
I live at 3500 E Morningside Drive in Bloomington (47408), and there is quite a bit of water rushing through the culvert along Morningside drive, coming from the east. I expect there is a water main break somewhere east of my house. (2/2/2019 - 7:44 a.m.)
Yard Waste
3500 E Morningside DR
- Case Date:
- 11/15/2012
Recycling
3443 E Longview AVE
- Case Date:
- 4/18/2019
carts should be 4ft apart
Recycling
3442 E Longview AVE
- Case Date:
- 6/11/2014
must be sorted
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2018
trash out in yard( believes it's been months)
Excessive Growth
3433 E 3rd ST
- Case Date:
- 7/14/2017
See attached email.
- Case Date:
- 2/25/2018
Subject: Re: uReport Case #162510 - 3433_E._Third_St._property_needs_owner_attention
Mike Arnold --
An update from a coupe weeks past on this address, I have been been busy or else would have sent a message sooner.
2/10/18: I reported to Bloomington Police the north, back of house, doors open. Lower door wide open, upper door open but storm door closed. Officers (six) arrived and cleared the house, Windows are still unlocked and storm windows may be opened as they are not closed in place on nearly all windows. Please make contact with the owner and request that they close all windows and check the two doors so they may be closed and locked.
I have mentioned to you in the past, on the lower door, stone wall has fallen and mud prevents storm door to close. This needs attention.
Please be more aggressive in your home owner contact. Monitoring this house and follow up on securing the house is now using Police time and resources. Plus my time and others neighbors concern that the house is being entered by homeless and others trespassers. It appears a mess inside and needs attention.
If you cannot get results on this homeowner's negligence, see history back to 2004 where the city has sited issues, I will follow up with the Mayor and City legal. This needs to be solved to hold the homeowner accountable for action before something bad happens; house fire, frozen water pipes, trespassers cause issues.
If you can, please tell me who the homeowner is and their contact information. I am willing to contact them to discuss issues (as the Neighborhood Association representative) - plus Bloomington Police wish to make contact. By the way - the house has not been occupied since December 2016.
See attached photos
Thanks -
Steve Akers
3449 E. Longview Ave.
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From: uReport <uReport@ureport-prod.bloomington.in.gov>
Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 10:32 AM
To: spakers@iu.edu
Subject: uReport Case #162510
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=162510
Closed by Mike Arnold
Have driven by the property. The doors and windows are closed. Does not appear to be occupied. HAND will monitor the structure.
Sidewalk Snow Removal
3433 E 3rd ST
- Case Date:
- 2/11/2014
Houses on north side of street between Bloomingfoods (on the South) to 3501 E. 3rd (on the north) have not shovelled snow. Complainant emailed Public Works.
Parks & Playgrounds
3425 E Longview AVE
- Case Date:
- 1/16/2019
Hi,
I contacted the city a few weeks ago regarding the status of Park Ridge Park and the materials on areas around the park and shelter in that park. In that note, I suggested cleaning up the debris in the park so as to prevent having to mitigate the problems caused by leaving them over the winter. The past two years, erosion mitigation was done on the park and it occurred to me that if the debris were removed, their would be less work in the spring to get the park back to the way it was at the beginning of fall. That suggestion was passed on to Dave Williams and I have not yet heard anything back from the parks department. I would like to know what the plans are for park with regards to debris removal. I am concerned now that since the true winter has begun and the city leaf removal is over, the debris will now remain in place all winter, hopefully to be removed soon enough in the spring such that only minimal work will have to be done in the spring. Perhaps if I had none that Parks would not be able to handle the debris removal, we could have organized a neighborhood effort to take care of the problem but it seems like that time has passed.
To be clear, I really appreciate the responsiveness the Parks Department has had to suggestions and concerns about the Park Ridge Park and no doubt all the other parks. The erosion mitigation efforts conducted over the last two years did have a very positive effect and the park, the neighborhood and the city are all better for them. I am sure that something will get worked out this time as well and look forward to hearing what the plan is going forward for our wonderful, small and highly shaded park.
Thank you.
Parks & Playgrounds
3425 E Longview AVE
- Case Date:
- 12/7/2018
First - thank you for how responsive the department has been to our observations about Park Ridge Park. We really appreciate it!
Park Ridge has a density of plants in and around it and is a relatively small park. As such, the amount of debris that can accumulate on the park compared to its size is quite high. We have witnessed that this debris tends to remain over the winter and well into spring if it isn't removed. We have seen that this eventually causes problems as the debris prevents grass from overwintering well and regrowing in the spring. This leads to bare spots (especially since the park is pretty all sloped except for the build in structures) leading to erosion. The Parks Department has worked diligently to mitigate these erosion issues through sowing grass seed, putting down straw mats, etc. This has been effective at at least stopping the erosion. However, I wonder if these mitigation efforts will have to be repeated next spring given the amount of debris in park. I suggest removing the debris now to hopefully prevent future problems and accompanying efforts to fix those problems. Please let us know what you think and thanks again for your responsiveness and hard work at making Park Ridge and Bloomington a great place to live and work.
Cheers,
John