Parks Request

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Parks did cut the grass and pick up some of the wood. I see that the worst trees by the sidewalk and Townsend have been marked, probably for removal. Thank you.
The hedges that were shredded by totally inappropriate equipment are struggling to come back, and it looks like whoever did that effectively killed many of those shrubs. This is shameful. It makes me wonder how many Parks employees have an arborist license. The way the trees and shrubs are treated is simple: destruction, or total neglect until they are too dangerous.There is no pro-active work done in the Park at Fort Wooster. Trash removal is all done by volunteers.
The Police have said that they were doing surveillance on the tent occupant, but the tent does need to be removed.

05/24/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

The Parks dept. continues to neglect this park, to leave dangerously rotten trees unattended, and to ruin the shrubbery. If it weren't for locals pulling tires and furniture out of the park, and cleaning the edges, it would be a total dump.

07/01/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Until those of us who live next to the park and across the street from it see that the dead and rotting trees along the edges of the park next to the street have been pruned or removed, this issue is open.

07/23/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Still waiting for some pruning and tree cutting from Parks. dangerous trees right next to the road, but next to no action, just the bare minimum of clean-up from the earlier damage. Stays open until we get some action for our park beyond mowing the lawn.

08/22/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Dangerously unhealthy trees with dead limbs right next to the road, that could fall and hit pedestrians or cars.Picked up a bag of trash and saw 4 teens with vests picking up trash this weekend, so that was nice.

10/21/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

Tommy (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Hi Sam,

You reported this issue 6 months ago and the city still has not yet posted a comment. The director of New Haven Parks is Ms. Rebecca Bombero and she is the one who monitors issues reported on this platform. Sometimes, she doesn't notice SeeClickFix tickets. You might want to contact her to give her a heads up about this issue. Her contact information is as follows:

Phone: 203-946-8027 or 203-946-8020
Email: RBombero@newhavenct.gov

I hope this information helps.

10/21/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Thanks, Tommy. I know Rebecca - there is not much she can do about it, - I just want to keep the issue alive until Parks gives us more attention.

10/22/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

Tommy (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Sam,
If there is anyone who can help with this issue, it is Rebecca Bombero. She is the boss of all the people who work in the parks. She is the Director of New Haven Parks. The fact that there have been no posted comments from Ms. Bombero or any other personnel employed with our city indicates nobody knows about this issue other than the people who happened to click on a link directing them to this issue.

In vernacular, this issue has not yet been acknowledged by our city.

10/22/2018 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

There are still some trees with dead limbs next to Townsend Ave. along the lower part of Fort Wooster Park. They have been marked with an "X" so I assume they will be taken down in the months ahead. I cleared some limbs that had fallen onto Townsend Ave., and threw them over the hedge into the park.

Up by the site of the old Marlin estate, there is a small pile of used tires now, and the paved road is getting very overgrown. Some dead trees have fallen on the wires that still run between poles up to the old estate - it looks very bad. Remnants of the tent that was there are still visible.
I picked up a bag full of litter along Townsend again, and will trim the bushes that now obscure the back of the monument to the Indians, if the city does not do it this Spring. The Friends of Ft. Wooster plan to have a spring clean up with volunteer students, at least at the top part of the park.

Also, part of the low retaining wall along Townsend, by the bus stop, broke away into large concrete chunks that were left on the sidewalk by the city when they cleared the sidewalk of snow. I put them by a telephone pole in the right of way - I hope Parks can empty the trash can there by the chained entrance, and take away the concrete, which looks bad.

03/20/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

The tires are now by the trash can. I tried to attach a pic of the concrete debris too, but couldn't.

03/24/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Tried to attach other pics...

03/24/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

the tires up by the Marlin estate

03/24/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

There are also remnants of a tent and of human habitation in the woods, all kinds of garbage that needs to be picked up. I did a garbage bag full today just along Townsend Ave.

03/24/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

We still need a lot of preventative tree work done in Fort Wooster. With the Friends of Fort Wooster, I have done garbage pick ups, torn out a stump that was in the way of the mowing machines, spread out the wood chips around the fort, etc. I do litter pick ups along Townsend Ave. We have a pile of brush there that needs to be picked up, by the entrance chain and garbage can.
Thanks

07/19/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Desperate need of maintenance on the shrubs bordering the park, let alone the dead and rotting trees. People can barely use the sidewalk!

08/17/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Still waiting. At least the grass gets cut about once a month - that's about it.

09/16/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

Mar (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Thanks to Sam for caring for and about Fort Wooster Park.
I have reported a dangerous condtion at the much-neglected play area today, there is an exposed concrete slab directly underneath the zip line, and a member of our party was injured there yesterday. This is an inexcusable hazard.

10/15/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

I hope they have dealt with the hazard. We appreciate that Parks has been emptying the trash barrel by the chain on Townsend, and hope they will also clear away the big dead tree branches on the grass.

12/15/2019 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Keeping this open, as there are MANY overdue maintenance issues in the par, from dead trees along the road to trails that are blocked. Friends of Ft. Wooster has been doing volunteer work, spreading chips on the trail, uprooting dead trees that prevented mowing in some spots, etc.

02/16/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Keeping this open - I know Parks are very busy, but when they get a chance, our Ft. Wooster park needs some attention, especially trees along Townsend Ave. in the Marlin estate side of the park. I pick up trash and dead branches on the other side, and pile the branches by the entrance.

03/14/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

We still need tree work done in Ft. Wooster Park, all over the park, but for the safety of visitors, especially at the top part near the memorial, and down along Townsend Ave., where some dead trees have already had branches fall into the street. Thank you.

04/13/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

The shrubs along Townsend Ave. are taking up half the sidewalk, like almost every year. I hope they can be trimmed and not half destroyed by whatever machine Parks used last time - which made them look awful. Also, I pile dead branches gathered in the lower park (Indian monument, historical marker) over by the gate, and hope they can be picked up sometime.
Lastly, the people mowing are damaging the trees and the marker poles. Those areas need to be weed whacked, I will attach pics. That said, we appreciate the mowing and all the work that Parks is doing - we know you are understaffed. Thank you!

06/12/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Thank you for the mowing. Tree work needed in Marlin estate side of park and up on top at the fort.

07/12/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Needless to say, there is a LOT of work to be done clearing downed trees and branches, starting with the tree that is down at the top of the park, between the historical marker and the stone and plaque.
We also need to get our trash can back - it disappeared after the storm, Isaias. It was located by the chain gate on Townsend Ave.

08/11/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

DA (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

I agree with Sam. I traversed the park the day after the storm and both trails need a lot of work. It was a bit of a jungle gym climbing through it all. Downed trees and large limbs need to be cleared. I know this park isn't going to be high on the priority list but I hope that it is on the list and when the parks department comes by they won't overlook the less used trail whose entrance is on the Marlin Estate side, and is completely blocked by downed trees. It could be easily overlooked in its current condition.

08/11/2020 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

WE got our trash can back down on Townsend Ave. at the gate - thank you. The volunteer group Friends of Fort Wooster has been clearing the trails of downed trees and has done a LOT of work. Parks unfortunately came and did their annual massacre of the shrubbery along Townsend Ave. They just shred everything, regardless of the size of the bush or tree, and leave it looking like a war zone. For shame - you woulod think there might be an arborist in the Parks Dept.? It looks horrible and passes for "maintenance" - although it is not maintenance at all, just smashing everything down and ripping it to shreds. Great value for our tax dollars. In the meantime, trees are still rotting and dropping limbs in the street and in the park.

01/08/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Our park is obviously on a very minimum maintenance budget. VERY minimum. I bet East Rock and Westwood parks get a lot more care.
We have a lot of trees down still, and are patiently waiting, even if we cleared all the trees blocking trails by ourselves.
Picked up 2 bags of litter, and the fallen branches along Townsend, that are all mixed in with the bushes now, are pretty unsightly.
Still waitng for a response to the repair request on the retaining wall.

03/09/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

The city is paying the price for the virtually zero maintenance it does on this park. Apparently some more rotten trees fell on private property recently and people are angry. No surprise. The trees receive ZERO maintenance. They just get cut down if they are on the main lawn and are dead, maybe once every few years.
The retaining wall on the sidewalk? Hello? Anyone read this?

04/08/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Some drees were dropped by Parks because a neighbor of the park was worried they would fall on their house. This is the only way we get maintenance done? There are dead and very compromised trees along Townsend Ave. rigght now, right next to where Parks is working. Will they remove them? And how about the retaining wall?

05/10/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Thanks to Parks for removing the diseased and dangerous trees along Townsend Ave. before they fell into the street. Sadly, they removed a number of healthy trees as well and left the usual battle zone mess of deep tire marks from the front end loader they use to do "tree work" and "landscaping." Will they fix the ruts, re-grade the areas they ran all over, re-seed the lawn? We'll see. In the meantime, the "hedge" is recovering from being bush-hogged and may survive even if it looks like crap.

06/07/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Attaching some pics of the damage, and of the broken sidewalk slab that the city "repaired" - leaving a broken edge sticking up - nice lawsuit waiting to happen and another hazard and eyesore created. This is what your tax dollars get you in New Haven. The city would be so much better off hiring private companies to do the work.

06/07/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

Anonymous Hiker (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Sam, kudos to you for your vigilance in trying to preserve this lovely Park. Please keep trying; I'd suggest contacting the City directly. R Bombero is no longer head of Parks but you can find a contact in the City website directory.

I agree that many parks and open space in the City are neglected. This is *exactly* the reason that I hope the Townsend Estate does not revert to City ownership. I think it has a better chance at preservation if someone ecologically and historically minded purchases it privately and tends to it.

06/07/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Thank you, anonymous hiker, and please do keep enjoying our park. I am in touch with Bill Carone, head of Parks, but things move very slowly and mysteriously. With the Friends of Fort Wooster, we are making progress on several fronts, with the help of URI.

06/08/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

We are making progress with URI and a local homeowner who may be able to water newly planted trees, because Parks apparently cannot commit to watering new trees.
They have yet to decide about the "hedge" that is out of control and overgrown. To the good, the Friends of Fort Wooster have had a successful Greenspace program this summer, and the upper park is looking a lot better. Also to the good, Parks has agreed to mow up there regularly, and has delivered about ten loads of mulch for the reclaiming of the trails.

08/06/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

The picture says it all - no maintenance from the Parks Dept. on this hedge, which fronts a major roadway in our city. Shameful. This was taken a few days ago, around Sept. 2. Our tax dollars not at work. The sidewalk is still broken and protruding where a Parks front end loader broke the slab. Yhey will probably come as they do once a year with a brush-hog and shred the hedge and everything else growing along that edge of the park. It's really quite shameful, Mr. Elicker. You need to hire about 5 more people for the Parks Dept.

09/05/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

There was zero work on the hedge this entire summer. Nothing. It covers 2/3 of the sidewalk and is a disgrace to the Parks Dept. Hire more people for Parks.

10/05/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

TomasDavis (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

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11/25/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Well, for once Parks actually trimmed the hedge, even if they didn't do all of it. Thank you - it looks much better. Thank you for not trashing it and shredding it.

11/25/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Now if Parks can cut back the creeping undergrowth that has stolen 30 feet of park lawn over the last 20 years, that will be called maintenance, both on the Marlin estate side, and on the monument side.

12/06/2021 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Still waiting for the sidewalk repair and the retaining wall repair.

01/04/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

As it turns out, Parks didn't trim the hedge, which looks so nice - it was actually someone from the Friends of Ft. Wooster. Parks can make up for some of these deferred maintenance issues by cutting back 30 ft. of undergrowth all along the wooded edge of the lower park along Townsend Ave.

02/03/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Now there is another section of the retaining wall that is breaking away and threatening to fall into the sidewalk, so it needs repair also. In addition, when the city plows the snow from the sidewalk along Townsend, in front of the park, the plow is too wide and it tears up the grass every time. Please get an adjustable plow blade that fits the width of the sidewalk.

03/06/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Does anyone from the city read this? If you do, please comment.

04/03/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

Tommy (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Hi sam,

This issue was reported almost 4 years ago, but its status is still only "Open" instead of "Acknowledged".

That means this issue has been ignored. When one of our city's officials acknowledges an issue, they change the status from "Open" to "Acknowledged".

Most issues are acknowledged within a few days from the date it was reported. It looks like this one fell through the cracks.

I hope this information helps.

04/03/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

What do users have to do to get it "Acknowledged" ?

04/04/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

Anonymous Hiker (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Maybe they're looking at the thread creation date and not new activity?? Perhaps a new, fresh thread with a link to this one? Thank you for advocating for this lovely spot. I'm not nearby, but work to protect a park near me and it's always very much an uphill battle ( unfortunately)

04/04/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

Tommy (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Hi Sam,

Your reported issue hasn't been intentionally neglected. It simply was a case of bad timing. Every once in a while, that happens.

When a reported issue is not "Acknowledged" within several days from the date it was reported, it usually remains unacknowledged forever.

You should open a new issue and reference this issue which is https://seeclickfix.com/issues/4366738-parks-request

If you need any help accomplishing this task, please let me know.

I hope this information helps.

04/04/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

sam (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Thank you Tommy and Anonymous hiker. I'm not sure how it happened, but we are getting a meeting in the next few weeks with the head of Parks to go over some of the issues I have been advocating for. I volunteer with a small group called the Friends of Fort Wooster, and it may be that someone who follows our activity has connections with the city. Stay tuned.

04/05/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

Anonymous Hiker (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Fabulous good luck Sam!

04/05/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

Tommy (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)

Best of luck, Sam.

04/06/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

La qiray Parks East Side Supervisor (La Caddeeyey Rasmi ah)

Thank you for your report. Staff has been assigned to review and address accordingly.

04/10/2022 · Sheeg Sheegay

La xidhay Parks: West Side Supervisor (La Caddeeyey Rasmi ah)

We are trying to delineate issues that are current and need the city's attention to resolve. Any issues prior to 2023 are being closed. If your issue remains and needs to be addressed by the city, please either re-open or open as a new See Click Fix issue. Thank you.

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