There is a new subdivision being built on this lot. The construction vehicles have damaged much of the sidewalk. When the construction is complete the builder should rebuild the sidewalk that they destroyed.
t I am writing to report a severe public nuisance and hazardous property condition at 1711 S Highland Ave . Following last week's storm, a large tree on the owner's property fell down. The resulting debris—including the massive tree trunk and multiple large branches—has been left piled up directly by my yard line. This accumulation is attracting pests, rodents, and snakes into my yard, interfering with the safe enjoyment of my property. Furthermore, the neighboring yard is completely overgrown with large clusters of Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum). This is a highly toxic, prohibited invasive species that poses a severe chemical burn and ingestion risk to humans and domestic animals. The plants are well over the city's 8-inch growth limit and are spreading toward my property line. I attempted to address these safety hazards with the property owner directly, but she refused to cooperate or permit further contact. Because of the immediate health and safety hazards posed by both the structural storm debris and the toxic vegetation, I request an inspection from the HAND Department to issue a Notice of Violation and enforce removal.
Abandoned car, flat tires, on a jack - the City has known about this vehicle for YEARS, literally years, at least six, closer to ten - does nothing. White Suburban?
A broken tree branch is hanging in the way of the path. Also the tree and pylon are covered with mature poison ivy, which extends into the pathway.
There is a large spool of wire which was left adjacent to the city bus stop outside Templeton. This was left there during fiber installation well over a year ago. Maybe more.
Regarding #213613 and some others that would be time consuming for me to find. - The city's approval of the 2024 high-density redevelopment on the 300 block of N. Jefferson Street has created a severe, entirely predictable neighborhood parking crisis that requires immediate action, not bureaucratic delay. By transitioning this corridor to RM zoning in 2021, the planning department allowed small single-family homes to be replaced by massive multi-room apartments, skyrocketing the local population from roughly 20 to over 80 residents. Because the rear parking lots are fundamentally inadequate for this density, the city is now dragging out on-street permit authorizations while claiming to "look at the issue." This gridlock is unacceptable. Rather than stalling, the city should immediately coordinate with Indiana University to absorb this student-driven overflow. We suggest requiring or incentivizing the residents of these new complexes to utilize IU parking permits for the nearby Eigenmann Hall parking lot, which sits just a block away, effectively shifting the vehicle burden off neighborhood streets and onto the campus infrastructure designed to handle it.
On the northwest side of 2nd & Walker, the construction work has cut a massive opening in the multi-use path. The asphalt is gone across the entire width of the trail, and there is a probably 5-8 inch deep abyss that is very dangerous on a bike, and would certainly be challenging for anyone walking or in a wheelchair trying to get through there safely. Can this be addressed?
There is a growing hole near the end of the sidewalk if one turns off of Henderson and walks west on the north side of E. Southern drive. It started as one of the holes drilled by a utility contractor, but it is growing and dangerous for pedestrian traffic, bikes, etc
Transit benches and seating during off peak hours of operation when the building is closed and no staff or security is in sight in between bus arrivals and departures has led to blocked access to sidewalks and benches that correspond with the proper transfer to the city's hospitality and retail districts, but when contacting Transit, the lines were either closed or I was told to just contact 911. Contacting 911 when you're one of very few bus riders and most of the persons are invited to take up entire benches and sidewalks and alleys that are dark without any supervision or preventive action after previous reports and constant, daily calls from various individuals to emergency dispatch leaves me feeling that continuing to call 911 and sexual harassment being viewed as a civil matter is unsustainable for any one individual who's just trying to use the transit center for its intended purpose against multiple unknown daily rotating individuals and unknown issue to All City officials. My rational response is to report it as I fear that I will just keep being viewed as someone who is having a personal issue and reacting poorly to daily grooming and sexual harassment in what has become a legal grey area of daily surveillance of lone, predictable, public transit commuters, and especially women. Your hospitality staff is trained to be welcoming and not always reacts or response appropriately at 6:30 in the morning off the clock to unknown individuals in an unpredictable environment. This is a pressure cooker the city needs to pay close attention to instead of asking your Transit passengers who are dropping in numbers to act as individual issues between individuals. I don't want to have to go speak to a judge and take off work to use your sidewalks.
Owner has created parking spaces with gravel in the ROW.