Case Date:

5/1/2025

Has the city issued a tree removal permit for taking down a tree on the East side of Rogers Street just south of intersection at Patterson Drive at driveway next to Southern Stone and Fiest restaurants?

Case Date:

8/12/2024

Opposing making Green Acres a Conservation District: I am writing today as a member of the real estate community here in Bloomington having been an agent for close to a decade. I'm also writing from my experience as a commissioner of both the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals for the past several years. I can very much value and appreciate the history and architectural history of the Green Acres neighborhood. I thank the residents who put in the work and told the story of how Green Acres has evolved from the beginning. Stories like these are worth telling and being displayed to the public as much as possible. As far as the petition itself to deem Green Acres a conservation district leading to full fledged historic district designation, I believe is a very broad overreach of the intentions of historical preservation. Having lived several years in the Near West Side/Prospect Hill neighborhood as well as having owned several properties in historic neighborhoods in other cities I can speak to the impact of this type of designation personally as well. Talking about a select handful of houses, which are notable and can be kept as such, and expanding that to include several hundred that have little to no historic significance is where the overreach comes into play. As a real estate agent and investor myself, I fully understand where many are coming from who oppose this broad reach. The point of historic designation is to single out properties that carry a story all their own, not to lump an entire neighborhood, with a large rental population and no historical significance, and confine the expansion and development that is desperately needed to support a growing University and the city as a whole. I've been a part of many discussions on the commissions which I serve about how we can balance preservation with expansion and development and I've seen cases where that blends very well together and is a win-win. This is not one of those cases but since it has been presented as such I'm strongly opposed to it. I believe the intentions are misguided and really crosses a line into government intrusion into the livelihood of many tax paying owners in that neighborhood who want to continue to house students and families at a time when more housing density, of any kind, is very much needed. There are checks and balances in place already to prevent what many are referencing as the Kmart type development here and I fully support the expansion of this neighborhood. I think the goal here should be to keep the current historically significant houses in Green Acres just as they are and work to preserve other individual properties one at a time. Not taking a very broad stroke and misusing the point of preservation in the first place and thus bottlenecking an area ripe for future development. Thank you for your time.

Case Date:

7/18/2024

Heard Green Acres wants a conservation district. This is an inappropriate use of historic preservation protections. Historic preservation should be to preserve history, not to prevent development as a NIMBY tactic. This area should be able to grow and evolve to meet the density and environmental priorities of the City. There are other areas that have superior and unique historic structures. Don't make a joke of historic preservation. Please include this in public comment in the packet. The City needs a plan for historic preservation of choosing key areas of the City to protect. Blocking general development helps no one. Areas adjacent to campus should maximize student housing for the benefit of all residents.

Case Date:

10/3/2024

Dear Sir/Madam, [ TO BE FORWARDED, only to the (Office of the Mayor)(s), (Bloomington,((IN)/Monroe Co.)), (in office(s):(year(s):(2020/'21)) onward(s); (yr. 2024(A.D)), (Special Assistant to the Mayor, (Mayor Kerry Thompson), ("Office") Telephone no. : 812-349-3406] This is a letter of, ((formal) communication, only), (read:("Complaint"/"Concern")), for informing, Ms. Margaret VanSchaik, (Special Assistant to the Mayor), to contact St. Mark's ("U.M.C":(United Methodist Church)), (Church) office, (812) 332-5788, and possibly make arrangement(s) for (shipping/storage) of, my(personal) belonging(s), (initially, (stored) at the new(bldg./facility), ("I.R.A":( Indiana Recovery Alliance)), ("Far-Westside"), (Bloomington, ((IN)/Monroe Co.)), (since, as communicated , the time-limit of storage, (<1-2 month(s)), Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Ms. Diya B.((email):diybhatt@indiana.edu))

Case Date:

5/6/2025

Black Honda Fit IN license plate CUY734 is parked right up at intersection on the west side at Eastside Drive. Blocking visibility and safe turning.

Case Date:

5/6/2025

telephone line behind my house was pulled off the pole last week during storm. The main line is sagging as it is not connected to pole causing my residential service line to sag to the ground.

Case Date:

5/7/2025

Hello B-tow.. Please stop IU from practicing Politics and power on poor people. I am brown single mother who lost her job at IU at 2019 and IU has been using me for their political agenda and my kids also. I have been divorced for almost 10 years now and they have got into my case and using me to practice republicans and democrats on me because I am poor and alone here with NO support they want me to do bad and sad things to others so they can keep me poor and sad all my life so they can use me for practice please make them stop... I know you all know everything and you will not help me also because they manipulates everyone's and use fear on them and scars them and if you stand against them they deny and call you crazy and mental disorder... that is fine you can call me crazy but please make them stop pleaseeee make them stop this before it gets bigger please... thank you so much. best wishes.

Case Date:

5/5/2025

Lawn hasn't been mowed fallen limbs especially bad in backyard

Case Date:

5/6/2025

People living in rental property, corner lot @ 3956 N Feerwood are not mowing side facing Ferwood CT or back yard. Its 3 feet high. I made a report about a week ago & you came out but nothing is done. Also not mowing Boulevard.

Case Date:

5/9/2025

There are several issues: 1) Cars and frequently parked jutting into the alleyway or the city right of way, which is a hazard to traffic and also partially blocks exit from our garage. 2) Somewhere between 5 and 10 different cars come and go on a regular basis, some of which stay overnight at different times. Thus, the backyard is sometimes stuffed with cars. It's not clear who lives here and what the nature of the living situation is. For example, is this a community that provides mental health services to young men? If so, is it appropriately registered with the city? There is too much traffic at this property to fit a typical family or group living situation. I think there needs to be a welfare check or a visit of some sort by the city. 3) There still is trash stuffed underneath a blue tarp, including half of a toilet.