Traffic Suggestions
3613 E Park LN
- Case Date:
- 7/28/2020
I have speeding cars using my street (East Park Lane) as a shortcut from/to Smith Rd to 3rd St/Pete Ellis. This will only get worse when the new IU hospital opens. We have new families with children walking and biking this street. There isn't a sidewalk and this isn't about the amount of traffic. It is a road psychology issue. An example: delivery and lawn-care trucks w/trailers use out street to avoid the speedbumps on Morningside and Longview. Thank you for your attention.
Excessive Growth
311 E 12th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/28/2020
Lawn needs cutting again.
Street & Traffic Signs
401 E Glendora DR
- Case Date:
- 7/28/2020
Street sign at the corner of Glendora and Barbara was hit (I think). We have the sign topper that fell off and will replace it, but we’d like help standing the pole up straight. Thanks!
Street & Traffic Signs
220 N Madison ST
- Case Date:
- 7/29/2020
The pedestrian crossing sign has been missing from where the B-Line crosses 7th Street for about two weeks. I called BPD dispatch about this issue two weeks ago, but the sign is still missing. Very dangerous for people using the B-Line and for drivers crossing the B-Line.
Excessive Growth
817 W 11th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/30/2020
Yard overgrown, has snakes in it that come unto neighboring properties, please get yard mowed. Also possible line of sight issue with bushes that obscure sight of any car pulling into street.
- Case Date:
- 7/30/2020
Neighbors have left their garbage cans on my property for +48 hours after trash pickup
Sewer Problems (Storm Sewers)
702 W 4th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/30/2020
The stormwater grates at West Fourth and Fairview literally had small bushes growing in the sediment. I cleaned them again today-but why oh why can't these be part of regular maintenance? When they are blocked, which is most of the time, the water gets 6-8 inches deep at the alley near my house. I brought this to council last year when the city voted to raise fees and was promised by the director (Vic?) that this would be remedied. I have yet to see a clean up schedule or to see a worker ever clean these grates or clean the streets. I'm sick of it. There seems to be no dearth of resources for curbs and flower boxes and traffic restriction work. Why can't the city maintain the streets and storm sewers in a systematic fashion? What is the schedule for cleaning?
City Performance
927 N Jackson ST
- Case Date:
- 7/30/2020
You just don't get it. It's not about having a "better" police nationally credentialed by a profession steeped in oppression. You don't get praise for being the top 5 percent of oppressive militarized domestic forces. Are functions of an armed police force necessary unfortunately in present day United States, yes. But should they be LEADING public safety? Absolutely not. Change starts at the top and a public safety chief, perhaps of a law background or social work or public health, not police, needs to be in charge. Social workers and resource officers are seen as LESS THAN by police, as an ACCESSORY to a primary police force. That needs flipped. We need management, particularly a chief, as a social worker for instance. Social workers know when to call on police. Police can be an ACCESSORY to social work. That's the change that is needed. Policing must become the SECONDARY profession and presence when it comes to making sure we are a safe community. Social work and related can be 24 hours just the same as police; ask a foster care case manager. This is solvable! Change the system. The expertise in the community is there.
Parks & Playgrounds
400 W 7th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/31/2020
How long will the City allow graffiti to be over a pride flag and trans flag on a mural? People's park. You can celebrate black lives matter without saying marginalized LGBT lives don't. Time to think of a different way to honor blm. Bring back rare Midwestern recognition of lgbt people. Please. It's just plastered over like the city doesn't care.
Blocked Street
502 N Rogers ST
- Case Date:
- 8/1/2020
Just had a question. What are the cones at 3rd and N Smith for? Are improvements happening? Hope so. The new bike lanes are cool but N Smith is backing up more now with inability to turn easily. Thank you!