Case Date:

8/12/2015

Traffic from 5:00 - 6:30 on Banta is very dangerous due to lack of sidewalks and cars attempting to bypass traffic on W Country Club by driving up Banta, turning left onto Ralston, then turning to Rockport, then West onto Country Club. This leads to cars driving very fast up Banta. I would have submitted this as a "Close Call," as I was nearly hit twice. Once while pulling into my driveway, and again while picking up my mail. I believe a 4-way stoplight, with preference for W. Country Club, would be a good solution to the current 4-way stop sign which I believe generates these patterns. If there were no advantage to cutting through the neighborhood, the number of people doing so would decrease. Another solution would be to position speed cameras, or police officers to identify reckless drivers and begin ticketing more extensively in the neighborhood. However, those solutions are more temporary.

Case Date:

8/12/2015

Pedestrian button on NW corner to cross Pete Ellis doesn't trigger the cross signal.

Case Date:

8/12/2015

The section of the street is crumbling. An adjacent section was fixed last month, but this area was left unaddressed.

Case Date:

8/13/2015

Basketball courts need to be upgraded. Cracked asphalt, missing nets, trees overhang courts making some shots impossible. Maybe most importantly the asphalt doesn't stretch far enough behind the baskets so people have injured ankles after layups by landing in the grass. I'm just curious to hear if there is a plan to upgrade these courts soon. If not I would like to help make that happen by raising money.

Case Date:

8/13/2015

Curb blown apart, with exposed rebar.

Case Date:

8/13/2015

The traffic on West Third Street is consistently HORRID. The timing of the traffic lights desperately needs to be changed. Especially around peak times, like morning rush, noon-ish, and 5:00pm, traffic is so backed up and the traffic lights are so poorly timed that barely two or three cars are making it through a single light. What should be a 15 minute drive to-and-from work for me (even with some normal peak traffic factored in) but it usually takes about 45 minutes. PLEASE have someone from your department attempt to drive from downtown to the West side of town via W. 3rd street so you can see first-hand how awful it is and how poorly timed the lights are. It doesn't make sense for one light to turn green if the light ahead of it is still red and the cars are completely backed up. Nobody can go anywhere! My car has overheated a few times from remaining stagnant for so long. Please have someone do something about this and PLEASE have someone from your office try it out for themselves during a peak traffic time. It is unbelievable and ridiculous and needs to be adjusted.

Case Date:

8/13/2015

Graffiti: Vance Music Store, alley to the east, on the wall, Black Spray paint on the brick surface

Case Date:

8/13/2015

For motorists traveling south on Hawthorne, a 'long haired' bush on the north side of First St, just east of Hawthorne, obscures view of cars traveling west on First St. I travel this way each day and have had close calls when surprised by a westbound car as I was turning left on First when I thought it was clear to do so.

Case Date:

8/13/2015

Trash outside 616 n Washington

Case Date:

8/13/2015

Haven't been able to find the fall adult volleyball schedule on the city website. Help us! Thanks!