open #208805
Unsafe Buildings
928 N Lindbergh DR
- Case Date:
- 2/21/2026
Safety and Design Failure of Bicycle Storage Project at 900 North Lindbergh/Summit Courtyard I am writing to formally address the $87,000 bicycle storage project once again that this Commission approved and installed in our courtyard at 900 North Lindbergh. While the City has attempted to shift the burden of these units onto the Bloomington Housing Authority, the responsibility for the fundamental failure of this project lies with this Commission’s planning and design process. This project serves as a perfect example of why direct resident involvement is mandatory. You cannot plan for a community you do not talk to. It is not enough to post notices on social media; many of us are not on those platforms. By relying on digital-only 'outreach,' you effectively chose to exclude the very people who live here. If we had been asked, any one of us could have told you these units were redundant because we already have storage. Because they were unnecessary for residents, they have inevitably been claimed by non-residents for nefarious purposes. Furthermore, this Commission ignored the physical reality of the site. I submitted photos to uReport showing this courtyard flooding during construction, yet the project proceeded in a known flood plain. Beyond the engineering failure, the human cost is worse. Because you designed these without our input, you created an 'attractive nuisance.' These cubes are chest-high and completely opaque—they are hidden closets that security patrols cannot see into. From a cruiser, a guard cannot see behind, around, or inside them. This week, an unidentified male used that very cover to physically block the entrance to my apartment and harass my downstairs neighbor—an elderly man in a wheelchair who had just returned from a nursing home. I am 45 years old. I worked the hospitality jobs that keep this town running and rode a bike home after midnight for survival, not leisure. You have taken a tool for survival and turned it into an $87,000 hazard. The police and security cannot solve a design flaw. This Commission created this danger, and this Commission must now take the lead in fixing it. These units must be bolted shut or removed immediately. It is time to involve the residents directly and physically before another dime of public funds is wasted.