Potholes, Other Street Repair
S Pine Meadows Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403, USA
- Case Date:
- 9/20/2022
The road needs re-paved. It was great that the potholes got filled, but the road itself just needs an actual coat of ashpalt on it or something. Every time it rains, more if it washes down the sewer drains on the street.
Nuisance Lights
35 W Tapp Rd, Bloomington, IN 47403, USA
- Case Date:
- 9/20/2022
The street lights need to be reangled or shielded so the light shines only onto the intersection and stops blinding the houses at the intersection. The light on the southwest corner is particularly bad due to the height of the land and the angle of the light. We issued several complaints when the intersection was re-done and nothing has ever been done. The light pollution is terrible at this intersection and there is no reason it should be brighter than even Walnut and Winslow. Please install light shields to angle the lighting properly.
- Case Date:
- 9/20/2022
Only emptied 1/2 of my trash can. Nothing was blocking the ability to empty. What’s up with that?
Street Lights
2701 N Dunn ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
Street light on west side of N Dunn Street at north corner of 2701 N Dunn not working.
Other
809 W 8th St, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
I live at #35. Can someone help remove these scooters in front of my house
Debris Removal (Sand, General Street Debris)
728 W Allen ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
Debris has clogged the culvert and upstream from the culvert in the ditch/creek
Debris Removal (Sand, General Street Debris)
725 S Walnut ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=180890
Why was this ticket closed with reason "Can't Fix"? Shouldn't you contact the landlord to advise them to clean this up? Another (perhaps stolen) bicycle and other personal effects have been dropped off and picked up the following day. This just on 9/17/22. This strip of overgrowth is still accruing trash. What can be done about this? If nothing can be done, will you at least provide a reason?
Water Utility Problems
2061 N Dunn ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
Water has been off for over a week, roomate has been in contact with someone trying to turn it back on for days but we are still without water
City Performance
401 N Morton ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
In regards to resolved uReport# 181500:
Reply from City: Up until recently, we've been relying on the scooter companies to enforce their users behaviors with illegally parking of the scooters. We have two positions that we are currently hiring for that are funded with fees from the scooter companies that will focus on moving into a system where fines will be issued for improper parking.
My reply with two (2) questions: I do not understand Adam Wason's reply in light of what was stated by City Attorney, Mike Rourker, in 2019 (please see below for quote). Additionally, I worked from March 2019 until October 2021 as the main point-of-contact (POC) working with the entities licensed by the City for providing the service and product of motorized scooters, and neither was I informed of any efforts to ticket the companies nor the users of the scooters. Can someone please explain to me what the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for holding the licensed entities accountable for the stipulations in the ordinance governing use and management of the scooters was prior to the recent creation and hiring of a new staff position? Also, why were no violations issued and no fines collected in over three years?
Thank you for your time.
"At its July 31, 2019 meeting, city attorney Mike Rouker told the city council that scooter companies would be fined if their users violated the parking restrictions.
Rouker put it this way: “So just to be clear, at the same time, that Bird or Lime or another scooter company may be taking those additional steps against their own users, the city, if this is an issue, will be fining them every single time we see a parking issue.”
Rouker continued, “I suppose if the company wants to move very slowly and pay lots and lots of fines to the city, until we’re fed up enough that we either revoke their license or geo-fence an area, that’s a business decision. But I don’t know if it’s a sound business decision.”
For an improperly parked scooter, the fine called for in the city’s ordinance runs $30. The fee connected to impoundment is $100, plus $10 per day storage, and another $150 for disposal.
As it turns out, the only payments the scooter companies have had to make to the city of Bloomington are the $10,000 annual licensing fees and the 15 cents a ride. The three companies now operating in Bloomington are Lime, Veo, and Bird."
Source: https://bsquarebulletin.com/2021/11/22/electric-scooter-parking-violations-zero-citations-in-over-2-years-since-local-bloomington-law-was-passed/
Additional source: https://otter.ai/s/56nnFv2HQX2elRJ40z1X8A?snpt=true
Trash
1771 S Henderson ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2022
Tenant or homeowner has left garbage/refuse by side of the road. Some of the material is bagged, some of it is loose. None of it is in an appropriate receptacle. Some of the debris has spilled over onto the multi-use trail, creating a potential obstacle and/or tripping hazard for pedestrians/cyclists/runners/disabled individuals. Garbage/refuse has been there since at least Saturday morning, 09/17/2022.