The Y would be responsible for shoveling the sidewalks in front of their property

The Y has done an excellent job clearing the sidewalks. My request was for the street to be plowed TO the sidewalk. There is a lot of snow between the sidewalk and what GS been plowed, so I was requesting that the city plow the street to the curb.

Department of Public Works assigned this issue to Christopher Webb (Director of Public Health)

SherriTJ,
Just to let you know according to the original agreement between the city and YMCA there is not suppose to be a drop off for child care or school age children on Mountain Avenue. That could be a drop off area if the YMCA put in a circular driveway; which they failed to do, Pickup and drop off on Mountain Avenue has been an ongoing issue. During peak times 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m cars are backed up to Mount Vernon Street or Summer Street because of the buses dropping off and picking up their children.. Perhaps, you should try dropping off and picking up on Dartmouth Street.

There’s on-street, one hour parking in that area, so I’m not sure why that would be a problem. I drop off and pick up every day and there has never been a backup like you describe. Sometimes all the on-street spots are full, so I simply go around the block, but never in 1.5 years have I seen traffic backed up as you describe. There may be a few cars behind the bus when it loads/unloads children, but that lasts just a couple minutes. Your suggestion to use Dartmouth St doesn’t work when the city doesn’t plow to the curb. They didn’t plow either Mountain or Dartmouth to the curb as of 5pm Friday.

Why was this closed? Neither Mountain nor Dartmouth are plowed to the curb. On the side of Mountain where parking is NOT allowed, it IS plowed to the curb, but where parking IS allowed, there’s a good 6+ feet of snow between the curb and the plowed area. Please address this, for the safety of all the children who use that area.

Really? You are upset about this when there are streets that have not been plowed and trash that has not been picked up and is still on the street. Here are a few options; use Dartmouth Street, park at the post office or use the "Y" parking lot across the street and walk a block..

Well, Kristina, since you feel the need to criticize a citizen for using this app for its intended purpose, I’ll reply, but I think your attacks on me and my request are uncalled for. All the issues you cite are important, and should of course be reported to the city. As I mentioned, Dartmouth St has also not been plowed to the curb, so parking there is not an option. It’s against posted signs to park at the PO if not conducting business there, and I actually obey those rules. I did park in the Y lot Friday morning, but it’s not easy getting a young child and their school supplies up to the entrance on Mountain Ave with conditions such as were experiencing. Are you capable of empathy, and is it possible for you to understand that someone may be trying to report something that would benefit many members of this community? This was a simple request to plow to the curb that would benefit hundreds of children each day. And, for the record, I set my alarm for 6:30am today to bring my trash out this morning rather than leave it out overnight to get blown all over the neighborhood. I’m reporting an issue using the tools provided by the city. Please move on.

This issue was recategorized from Snow/Ice on Streets to Snow/Ice on Sidewalks.

Why was this recategorized? The issue is snow on the street. The sidewalk was properly cleared by the YMCA. I requested that the city clear the snow from the street. Thank you.

Christopher Webb (Director of Public Health) assigned this issue to Department of Public Works

Due to the age and nature of this request, it is being closed by the City of Malden. If this issue is still relevant today, please open a new request or reopen this request with updated details. Thank you. (CR)