Blocked Street
810 W 7th ST
- Case Date:
- 1/3/2022
The North/South alley between 810 W. 7th and 804 W. 7th is being encroached upon by gardens, woodpiles, trees/vegetation and possibly the fence and cinder block garage owned by 810 W 7th St.
As a result, the alley traffic is being diverted outside of the alley right of way and onto the private property located at 804 W. 7th. This appears to have been going on for a number of years.
As the new owner of 804 W. 7th St., it is my full intention to re-claim the property/property line currently being encroached upon and proceed with renovations. I request that the Street Dept contact the owner of 810 W. 7th and order the encroachments be removed.
With the assistance of a surveyor, I have located the NW and SW corner pins delineating the right of way and pounded new T posts just outside of the right of way in those spots and plan to post the entire property line once the encroachments are removed.
Were I to reclaim the property line today, the alley would become impassible due to said encroachments. I request your assistance in remedying this situation in a civil and legal manner, as requests to the homeowner of 810 W.7th have fallen upon deaf ears.
I request that you keep me in the loop regarding this issue. I would be happy to meet with a representative of the street dept, with survey in hand, to assist in clarifying and remedying this issue, as renovations of 804 W. 7th will begin in a few weeks.
Thank you for your attention in this manner,
Sincerely,
Rick Laux
Goldfinch Properties LLC
Van Zile LLC
812/606-8332
vanzilellc@hotmail.com
Potholes, Other Street Repair
211 S College AVE
- Case Date:
- 1/4/2022
Underground utility access (not a manhole cover) in the alley has been vandalized and probably poses a danger to people walking and driving in the alley. Thought you'd want to know. Thanks very much!
- Case Date:
- 1/4/2022
Testing whether the issue with Ureport on phones is fixed
Traffic Related Complaints
1010 W 14th ST
- Case Date:
- 1/4/2022
White car, Saturn w black stripe, has been parked at the corner of Blair and 14th for over a month. No plates on car right at bus stop.
Street Lights
619 N Morton ST
- Case Date:
- 1/5/2022
Street light is flickering badly.
Unsafe Buildings
527 N Prow AVE
- Case Date:
- 1/6/2022
527 N Prow Ave has sump pump draining into the road causing dangerous road condition when it turns to ice.
Trash
700 N Washington ST
- Case Date:
- 1/6/2022
trash on Cottage Grove Avenue,, especially the 700 block of North Washington.
Potholes, Other Street Repair
325 E 3rd ST
- Case Date:
- 1/6/2022
The street is torn up across Grant and has been for months. Since bikes cannot travel on Lincoln, many use Grant as an alternative. Going across the ripped up pavement as you head across 3rd St is uncomfortable on a bike, especially when trying to quickly cross Third. I hope there are plans to repair this section soon to make travel easier for all modes of transportation.
City Performance
705 W 13th ST
- Case Date:
- 1/7/2022
The home that I rent had a city rental inspection conducted in November. I was home and neither did the inspector inspect everything that is listed on the pre-inspection addendum nor did they speak with me. There are a few issues that I would have pointed out if given the opportunity. Most notably, as listed in HAND's documentation, it states that All required openable windows shall be capable of remaining open on their own hardware. That is not the case in this home and that was not inspected. Can someone please explain to me what the procedure is for inspections? There are other issues as well that I had erroneously assumed would have been inspected since they are on the list of what is required of a rental property to have in good order.These are not issues that are perhaps directly impacting me at the moment but I do feel strongly that the house should be in actual full compliance so as to protect future renters. Property owners who rent their property should be held fully accountable to what the ordinances stipulate. Is it because of COVID that the inspector spent less than five minutes "inspecting" the entire house? Thank you.
Line of Sight
105 W 4th ST
- Case Date:
- 1/7/2022
The skywalk from the 4th street garage to Fountain Square has no lights on and is not safe when walking to our cars in the evening. Please address asap for the sake of our employees!
Thank you,
Dr. Dale (Vue by Precision Eye Group)