Case Date:

1/21/2019

woodlawn, 1st to Maxwell, sidewalks not shovelled

Case Date:

8/26/2016

For years I have problems with my neighbor's trash in my yard. His cans are on Habitat Street, his own private dump, despite a City Ordinance prohibiting it. He does not empty his trashcans, he does not cover them; animals take trash to nearby yards and other parts of City property. In the past, Wykoff was not helpful, and Mayor Kruzan was not interested, and the police had other priorities. Recently it has bounced around in City bureaucracy for months: HAND, the Street Department, back to HAND, over to Title VI, back to HAND, and back to the Street Department, which they will not enforce the Ordinance. Trash still appears in my yard. There must be organizational and management issues, but the results are the same: no solutions. The appearance is either incompetence or corruption. I am tired of the run-around; I have lost the use of my property and it's full value. I just want the cans moved back on his property, away from mine. If the cans are not a real problem, then they can not be a real problem on his own property. The next escalation goes to the Police Department, the Herald-Times, or the Courts.

Case Date:

8/2/2016

There is a problem with enforcement by HAND. Months ago I requested the City stop the trash and garbage coming from 1417 West Habitat Street. It went from Matthew Swinney in HAND, to the City Street Department, to the Director of HAND, to Rosie Beaman of HAND, who told me a decision would be reached last week. This week she does not return my calls. I still have my neighbors trash in my yard. My other neighbor still has trash in his yard. There is still trash on City Property. There are still trash cans left permanently on City property, despite an ordinance against it. HAND has pictures. Besides the unsightly view, there is the attraction for vermin and the health risks. I just want the trash picked up, and the cans moved back on his property, where they belong.

Case Date:

7/31/2017

furniture pieces on Fountain St sidewalk near Adams St.

Case Date:

4/30/2018

The Water hydrant at 7th and Spring Street has been neglected for years. I asked the Utilities Department to fix it last year, but nothing has been done about it. Can you get it painted before the election?

Case Date:

8/7/2017

Thanks for painting some of the fire hydrants in Waterman. You missed the one at 7th and Spring St; it's the one covered by vines.

Case Date:

5/22/2024

During trash pick-up today, the trucks doing the work were leaking significant amounts of oil or hydraulic fluid at each stop. Because of this morning's rain, this left an iridescent pool at every pick-up location. We appreciate the great service provided, but both the trucks and the neighborhoods would be much better off without the leaking oils left behind. I suspect those trash trucks are very expensive, and will survive longer with regular maintenance.

Case Date:

2/24/2022

At 4219 Deckard Dr. in Eastern Heights, there is a small blue Mazda which daily is parked facing the wrong way in front of this house, despite a very wide and accessible driveway a few feet away. This parking causes MCCSC buses, City of Bloomington Snow and Salt trucks, and neighborhood traffic to dodge hazardously around this car on a regular basis. It would be a good thing if the owner could be advised and encouraged to park in a manner that does not inconvenience the rest of the community. Thank you.

Case Date:

2/8/2022

'610 Flats' apartments on the East side of N. Smith Road is about the only residence that has not cleared their sidewalk between 10th St and 3rd St. It would be good if they would be encouraged to do so. Thank you

Case Date:

3/9/2022

In response to uReport case# 178473, thank you for the information. Unfortunately, there have been collisions at that intersection and I do not understand why your department does not have records of that. I have one photo from a collision on July 27, 2021. As you can see, a COB employee responded to the scene in lieu of the Bloomington Police Department (BPD) as they were too busy. For over a year now I have raised concerns with multiple staff with the City of Bloomington. I have been told multiple times that BPD is too short-staffed to enforce traffic laws and they can only respond to when they witness one. I have also been told that speed limit signs with a display showing the radar calculated speeds do not work, that children-at-play signs do not work, and that stop-signs are not to manage speed, but to manage the right-of-way. Well, speeding motorists are impacting the right-of-way as well as the safety and well-being of life and personal property in the Maple Heights neighborhood. I find it hard to believe that the only solution is the Resident-Led Process of the Traffic Calming and Greenways Program. That would be a reasonable suggestion for community involvement if BPD was staffed enough to be able to provide what their mission value states of "to safeguard life and property..." Safeguard as a verb means to protect something from harm, and not to respond to something after the fact. I know BPD is doing the best they can but there should be more resources allocated to them so they can enforce traffic laws that safeguard life and property. I strongly hope that soon there are more resources allocated to BPD so they can increase their staffing levels and not have to prioritize everything they do. It would be great if they could have officers assigned to traffic enforcement. I worry about the future with so much development and population growth. Will Bloomington Fire Department next be prioritizing which fires they can put out? As for the included photo, that photo of the collision at 13th and Fairview was chosen to show the COB vehicle that had responded to the scene. I have others that show that where the vehicles landed directly in front of my neighbor's house where she had just an hour before been standing with her newborn baby as I walked home from a lunch-time walk. That neighbor moved out of the neighborhood shortly after and had told me one of the reasons was because of the speeding motorists. My other neighbor also submitted a uReport speaking of how they don't feel safe because of the speeding motorists. I asked my mail carrier what she thought about the motorists in the neighborhood and her response, "scary." It just takes one, you know. You may show up and monitor and that day no one speeds, but it only takes one to kill someone. I have seen one friend in a coffin, another friend who had to relearn how to read and walk as well as another loved one who had to have their entire leg rebuilt - all because of negligent motorists. It just takes one. If there are people breaking the laws, then there needs to be enforcement or it needs to be made less easy to break the law even if that impacts the law abiding people. It is like decay in your teeth. If there's no enforcement of the small laws, the problem grows. In the almost three years I have lived here, far too many people have died and been injured in this city from negligent motorists. If a police car is monitoring in an area, then motorists will eventually learn to not break the law. If there is never any consequences, then sadly people won't be respectful of their community. I do not request a reply, but I still hope this gets routed to the appropriate-to-the issue staff. Thank you for your time.