We received a phone call from a constituent who complained that the sidewalk by SpringHill that connects Morton and N College is EXTREMELY icy and she has witnessed numerous people falling at this location.
The construction crew has blocked the sidewalk with fencing, and the grassy area is slick and muddy making it hazardous to walk on. As a result, pedestrians are walking in the traffic lane (not safe!). Can we find a different solution so nobody gets hurt?
Springhill Suites has several flag type signs along College Ave.
BPD called Street Dept. to report that there was an accident at the alley between College and Morton (they were turning on to College). over grown weeds were a factor. They would like some one to take care of it.
Street lamp in front of 501 N College (American German bank) is out. Duke Energy says it is not one of their lights.
Street signs missing at College/ 9th intersection.
Bell Trace has once again not cleared their sidewalks on East 10th or John Hinkle.
They can’t stay within the lines. Fine then already.
Someone has set up what looks like a junk store on the east side of People's Park up against the bike shop wall.
Homeless people are again living in People’s Park. They’re using drugs, fighting, leaving trash everywhere, screaming and yelling, urinating and defecating and have taken over most of the benches and tables. It also appears that they are sleeping there overnight. We bought ice cream across the street and expected to have a nice Sunday afternoon in the park for thirty minutes or so… we tried sitting on the steps of a business on the opposite side of Dunn Street but the shrubbery nearby was probably soaked in urine based on the stench. We simply left at that point….. No other Indiana city of the same size and population has a homeless population of 1 % of that of Bloomington and that is directly attributable to the fact that Bloomington attracts these people by virtue of feeding them and enabling them unlike anywhere else in Indiana. I’ve lived in and near Bloomington since 1974 and this has simply gotten totally out of hand.