I just received a call from Louisa Purcell who lives on Kirkwood Ave. She was very distraught because she saw someone in a white city truck watering "little" trees on Kirkwood. She feels that we should be conserving water because if we don't in these dry conditions we will have a water emergency! She just wanted to pass along that complaint!
Location of your Problem: ?? Southdowns Details: The branches of the trees (willows?) on Southdowns are hitting cyclists in the face if they stay in the designated bike lane, between Woodlawn (Bryan Park) and Highland. Please check both sides of Southdowns (one-way traffic). I think the trees need a trim.
There is a street light out on the corner of Commons Dr. and Eden Dr. 1006 Commons Drive and 3373 Eden Drive is the cross Street. Please advise if this is not City of Blgtn. issue. Thank you. Lisa Funkhouser Sherwood Green HOA 339-1880
In a McDoel Gardens Neighborhood meeting a woman that lives on Morton stated that homeless folks are living in the woods off South Morton and West Dodds - trash and tall overgrowth in area.
Please! Can someone tell me why the intersection of Second Street and the B Line is still impassable?!? I understand that anything south of Second Street is part of Phase II so officially there has been no need to complete it and that there will eventually be a fancy inlay saying "Second Street" but just having a large hole where that eventually will go is unacceptable! Every other intersection along Phase II of the B Line has a piece of plywood or something laid over it so people can safely cross, why hasn't that been done at the busiest intersection along the trail! I bike that section of the B Line at least 4 times a day and every single time I have to awkwardly go offroading in order to get back on the trail for that 3 feet of trail that isn't paved. Or I have to continue on to Morton Street, usually angering drivers who are trying to turn onto Second. And that part of the B Line that isn't paved is so close to the street that is extremely unsafe for everyone. I can't count the number of times I seen children suddenly getting off their bikes in the middle of Second Street, with traffic that rarely yields to pedestrians, to maneuver around the unpaved section. Large groups of bikers will hold up traffic for a while as each of them get off their bike, walk around the hole then get back on. It is so frustrating and infuriating to continue further down south and see that landscaping has been completed and agility benches have been installed, yet no one has thought to put down a piece of plywood over that tiny section of trail that makes it extremely unsafe and inconvenient for people to use! I should have complained about this a year ago when it first became a problem but every day I thought "no, someone has to fix it, it's such an obvious problem that can be so easily fixed." I know I share this concern with many regular users of the B Line. My apologies for this not being a well-formed letter, I am just at the end of my rope!
Location of your Problem: 2910 N Ramble Rd E Details: How is it possible to get sidewalks and curbs in the part of the Blue Ridge subdivision that doesn't have them? This would go a long way to reducing erosion in this very hilly part of town. Contact Info Name: Owen V. Johnson Email: johnsono@indiana.edu
1408 South Grant Street—has privacy fence, renters used to mow the area in front of the fence next to the street; have stopped doing so and it is overgrown with weeds and seedlings; starting to look unkempt and trashy
1412 South Grant Street—renters are very nice young couple; before they moved in landlord piled brush in the front yard along with some concrete blocks; brush and blocks have been there more than a month
Called OOTM and asked to remain anonymous but nature of her comments (and number on caller id) indicated it was Ms. Keene. Went into a long diatribe about her current landlord but didn't have any specifics on what the City should do to alleviate the problem. Said she has contacted the ICLU and will write a letter to the H-T.
Location of your Problem: 317 N Fairview St. Details: The residents In the Elias Abel house at 317 N. Fairview St. leaves their garbage and recycling bins on the sidewalk permanently. They impede walking and are unsightly. This is a recurring problem. Contact Info