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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #192517

Parks & Rec Buildings:

Other: This is a follow up on Case #192474 that Tim Street closed last week regarding unhoused individuals using the park shelter at Winslow Woods near the Community Gardens and Community Orchard as a camp. I appreciate that the BPD is aware, but these unhoused individuals continue to live in the shelter. We go to our garden plot at sunrise and they are there, sleeping, so they obviously sleep there overnight. They are there all day, taking over a third of the shelter. They continue to burn smoky, green wood in the grill. There things are spread all over. I’m not aware they harass anyone but it’s uncomfortable. Are you saying it’s okay that they live there? That anyone can basically take over a park building for private use on an ongoing basis? Because that is what they have done. It appears the City has simply ceded the park to these guys. This needs to be addressed in a better way. I feel that others should be free to use the shelter and surrounding area without these men making it feel unsafe.

Assigned to
Tim Street

History

7/31/2024 16:12:52 Closed by Tim Street

Thanks - our staff did make contact recently, and MSI security patrols have been visiting the park at 11pm to ensure park hours are enforced. BPD has also made contact. While hanging out in a park during the day is certainly permissible, parks do close at 11pm. Your reports are helpful, and while security is now stopping by nightly at this location, please let us know if you notice this continuing.

Sent notification to Tim Street, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192517 Closed by Tim Street Thanks - our staff did make contact recently, and MSI security patrols have been visiting the park at 11pm to ensure park hours are enforced. BPD has also made contact. While hanging out in a park during the day is certainly permissible, parks do close at 11pm. Your reports are helpful, and while security is now stopping by nightly at this location, please let us know if you notice this continuing.

7/29/2024 09:50:28 Tim Street commented on this case.

Thanks for the follow up. Sending staff that way right now to investigate.

Sent notification to Tim Street, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192517 Tim Street commented on this case. Thanks for the follow up. Sending staff that way right now to investigate.

7/29/2024 09:20:23 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street

Sent notification to Tim Street, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192517 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/29/2024 09:20:23 Opened by Anonymous

Winslow Woods Park

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.141822814941
Longitude-86.516403198242

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