closed #179066
Other
E 1st St & S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA
- Case Date:
- 2/23/2022
Yellow plastic newspaper box being used for free items located in the public right of way.
Yellow plastic newspaper box being used for free items located in the public right of way.
Next week the Roger's School will start. The school, since August of 2021, has instructed parents to drop off and pick up students to and from the parents' vehicles by using the 1st St entrance off S High St to the Faculty and Staff parking area. This is a drive-through use which is not allowed in the MI zone. Variance V-17-14 addressed this issue stating that the central area to the east of Rogers School was to be used for student drop off and pick up and that the west parking area was to be used by only the Faculty and Staff. This was clearing stated in both the Planning Staff report and testimony as well as the MCCSC representatives' letters and under oath testimony. This restriction of no student drop off and pickup in the west parking area was a continuation of the policy that MCCSC agreed to with the City several years earlier. The west parking area has a gate and signs that limit access to Faculty and Staff only. In August of 2021, MCCSC and Roger's School started to allow student drop off and pickup in the west parking area has a Covid related safety issues. The Roger's Principal stated that this drop off and pickup policy would be temporary. The Covid issue is no longer relevant but the drop off and pickup continues. As a result, at the school start and end times, S High St is often backed up to the 2nd and Maxwell Streets intersections. E 1st street is backed up past Clifton and the driveways on 1st Street are blocked. I ask the City to enforce the UDO and the variance statements. Student drop off and pickup by parents in vehicles should be restricted to the central area only. This was the plan as stated by the City and MCCSC and is consistent with not allowing drive-throughs in the MI zone.
I took this picture from University & Henderson. You cannot see the stop sign at 1st street at all. You cannot see it from 2nd & Henderson either, but I cannot upload more than 1 photo.
The street lights at E 1st St and S Fess Ave and E 1st St S stull Ave are out. This makes the neighborhood very dark, and makes it much more dangerous for pedestrians and bikers at night.
Resident reports some sort of covering, manhole or otherwise, that has popped up and is obstructing the intersection of 1st and Fess
Speed bumps are too large to accommodate 25 mph which is the posted speed limit
Pothole on E !st a block or two east of Lincoln St
1st street between Fess and Woodlawn is treacherous with coatings of ice on sidewalks, mostly outside visibly-advertised rental properties. The stretch of Woodlawn from First through Atwater is especially bad, so that pedestrians are simply walking on the street.
Significant and numerous potholes in the eastbound lane of E. 1st Street between Ballantine and Eagleson.
icy sidewalk, not cleared