- Case Date:
- 4/12/2020
Trail construction crews blocked up streams with riprap and culverts, destroyed understory growth with mounds of soil left on trail side, and damaged numerous old trees with careless use of equipment
Debris Removal (Sand, General Street Debris)
2314 S Madison ST
- Case Date:
- 4/12/2020
Yard has had downed logs for over a year and no mowing
Website & Web Services Feedback
1419 E Elliston DR
- Case Date:
- 4/12/2020
This South Carolina town has produced these very inexpensive masks and are handing them out for free. They are based on IU professor and Bloomington resident Jiangmei Wu's free origami design. They can be easily assembled by the user using rubber bands and are made of paper. Something for Bloomington to think about doing. Thank you. Ron Day
https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/free-mask-drive-thru-being-offered-in-trailblazer-park-pavilion-this-week-city-of-travelers/article_26c8e2b4-7d06-11ea-b0eb-7fb1cb0c764f.html?fbclid=IwAR1rSXMSSUSSucaT6j4RamfvbdirZ0vGGcmr8t0p5JPW1JNZXTdNl-qmbfE
Drainage or Runoff
2017 E Marilyn DR
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
Dear Mr. Howard, Mr. Peden, Mr. Meyers, and Mr. Rollo,
We are the property-owners at 2017 E Marilyn Dr. abutting Mr. Howard’s residential construction project at 1110 S. Covenanter Dr (http://howardshomeimprovement.com).
We're writing because we're concerned about the addition of gravel this past week to Mr. Howard’s lot, raising it several feet above our property, creating what looks sure to become a pond of run-off water along the eastern edge of our property and causing likely flooding at the southern edge. A marshy meadow that used to collect water on Mr. Howard’s property has been shifted onto our property.
In order to get a sense of the impacts and the city’s review of them, we are hoping to talk with Mr. Howard and a city inspector before further work proceeds. We are also concerned that the property line has not been staked and our property is being used for construction staging, with considerable removal of vegetation and possible spreading of gravel across the property line.
Here is a rough calculation of the drainage runoff from Mr. Howard’s property onto ours:
The raised area is 30’+60’+10’=100' X 12’ = 1200 sq ft (at the side) and 22’ + 12’ = 34’ X 10’ = 340’ sq ft (at the back) = 1540 sq ft (total).
At an average 5” rainfall in May, that would create 4,800 gallons or 640 cu ft of runoff.
Annually, rainfall is about 50” so the runoff would be about 48,000 gallons or 6400 cu ft per year. But with climate change we suspect those amounts are going to increase (rainfall for every month this year has exceeded the norm).
We arrived at this estimate using the USGS rainfall calculator: https://water.usgs.gov/edu/activity-howmuchrain.html
And we used rainfall estimates from: https://www.weather.gov/ind/Precip_scorecard_IND
For the raised area of Mr Howard’s property, we used the schematics attached below.
We also have attached photographs showing the construction staging on our property, and the effect of the land build-ups on the east side of our property line.
Thank you for your help,
Ben and Jenny Robinson
Potholes, Other Street Repair
3000 N Lakewood CT
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
Corner of Lakewood Dr. and North Dunn: Curb broken down, extreme erosion next to the road. Large drop-off from road/corner creating traffic hazard.
Potholes, Other Street Repair
914 N Orris DR
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
Street light out.
Parks & Playgrounds
600-698 W Smith Ave, Bloomington, Indiana, 47403
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
Hi, please reopen the basketball hoopa at Building & Trades Park. I understand it is a small thing, and closing the hoops is done in the interest of public health, however basketball is something that can be done individually, or among persons sharing quarantine, with no risk of contamination of shared surfaces (as would be the case at the playgrounds for example). Seeing as outdoor activity was declared essential, it makes more sense to determine unsafe groupings that to preemptively punish responsible citizens trying to engage in recreation safely. Thanks for your consideration.
Potholes, Other Street Repair
1337-1339 S Hickory Grove Ln, Bloomington, Indiana, 47403
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
Hickory Grove Lane on the west side of Bloomington in the zip code 47403, the whole road which is about 2/10ths of a mile long. And the end of the road is full of potholes. When it rains it looks like a pond. I don’t think it would be that expensive to repair this short lane.
City Performance
2201-2305 N Walnut St, Bloomington, Indiana, 47404
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
There is a homeless camp located between Old SR 37 and North Walnut, just north of 45. The entrance is on Old 37 as you head down into Lower Cascades Park. I witnessed multiple individuals entering the area on Saturday afternoon.
With a social distancing guidelines in place, it seems like an encampment is a disaster waiting to happen.
Street & Traffic Signs
1000-1098 N Summitt St, Bloomington, Indiana, 47404
- Case Date:
- 4/13/2020
Google directions tells drivers to turn left onto "W. 14th St." from Monroe Ave. when coming to my house but there is no sign that says "W. 14th St." The sign actually says "Summit." I myself have gotten mildly lost before I knew the area. Can you please add a sign to that signpost that says "W. 14th St.", please? Or update Google maps?