My guess is that it is expected of the local citizen to adopt the task.

My guess is that –in the planning & budgeting stage– nobody even thought about that issue.
First, the large sign they posted on the Mall last spring was [a] facing the wrong way on a one-way street, such that no one could read it, and [b] contained so much jargon and gibberish that even a well-educated, concerned citizen had no idea what it was trying to convey.
Second, no one made any effort to educate the neighborhood about the bioswales' purpose. If my wife hadn't walked over to the work crew and asked them what they were doing, we would still be wondering why they were installed. (They capture pollutants in the run-off from the streets and re-direct them into the ground instead of letting them flow into the Sound.)

Nobody from the City or from the State has responded to this post in any way. Now they are simply overgrown with weeds. Next summer they will probably be completely obscured by weeds and saplings. They may still divert toxic run-off from going into the Sound but they will be ugly, unmanageable plots on every block. What a waste of taxpayer money!

why did you close it?

I closed it because it's obvious no one in the Harp administration knows or cares about such an issue, and I'm hoping that the Elicker administration will be more receptive. Also, if it's not closed, SeeClickFix bugs me about it every 30 days until it is resolved.

Thanks for fixing this request!