Leaving this open as we have not eard from the city yet on this repair.

No response from Parks or city yet, so leaving it open. I am pulling weeds along the sidewalk, as Parks only mows the lawn.

Parks has a lot to do, but we hope that the sidewalk along the Fort Wooster park, on the lower Townsend Ave., can have the hedge trimmed back, and the wall repaired.

Still waiting for action on the retaining wall. Thanks for bringing back our trash cans.

Still waiting.

Still waiting for Parks to fix the sidewalk retaining wall. If not Parks, who?

Still waiting for a response.

Still waiting, and in the meantime Parks massacred the bushes along Townsend Ave., as usual. Wondering if anyone at the City even reads these posts any more.

Still waiting for a response from any city department on this issue.

URBAN FORESTER City of New Haven assigned this issue to NH Facilities Manager

That's nice to hear. Who is the urban forester, and what is their job? Maybe a forester can get a retaining wall fixed in a city park - that would be a good example of city bureaucracy working as it should. In the meantime, the wall keeps crumbling onto the sidewalk, and the sidewalk farther down Townsend was damaged by the front-end loader used by Parks, and a hasty repair has not fixed the broken and protruding slab, a danger to pedestrians and a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Waiting for action from the East Side Supervisor on this issue and the broken slab farther down Townsend, broken by thr front-end loader Parks was using to clear trees.

Sidewalk repair was assigned to issue #11043946

Thank you. Does that include this issue, #7801433 ?

You have to be very patient, apparently, on SCF, to see action.

I don't know what issue 11043946 is, but I hope it is the sidewalk slab that also needs concrete work. To the good, Parks actually trimmed the hedge for once, instead of smashing it with a brush hog. Hurray.

Hi sam,

If you don't know what issue 11043946 is, here it is:

https://seeclickfix.com/issues/11043946

If you ever need help with today's technology, please let me know.

I hope this information helps.

Thanks, Tommy. I reported the same issue with pics, but I don't know or care what number it is - I just hope they fix it.
Sam

Waiting for action still...

How many years will it take?

SCF is broken

Hi sam,

In what way is SCF broken. It seems to be working fine for me.

Well, some issues don't seem to be addressed by the city. Maybe I shouldn't have said SCF is broken, but if it takes years for the city or anyone in the city's department concerned, to respond, then something isn't working very well.
When it works, it's great. When it doesn't, and when issues are not addressed by anyone in the city for a few years, you wonder what's going on.
The retaining wall still has not been fixed, neither has the sidewalk that Parks broke, and they never trimmed the hedge this year - someone from Friends of Ft. Wooster did - and I posted pics of the hedge covering half the sidewalk on SCF several times.

Hello Sam,

It breaks my heart to give you this news. Here's some information that might be useful. This reported issue is more than 1 year and 8 months old, but its status is still only "Open".

Usually, our city's officials change the status from "Open" to "Acknowledged" within a few days from its reported date.

Do you understand this posted comment?

What I don't understand is - why is it not acknowledged?

Hi Sam,

There are several possible reasons why this reported issue has not yet been acknowledged by our city. Rather than list all of the possible reasons, I'll offer a plausible solution.

When our city doesn't acknowledge an issue reported on SeeClickFix within several days, that means it will never be acknowledged. I monitor SeeClickFix, so I'm not guessing.

I hope this information helps.

Hi Sam,

I forgot to mention in my last posted comment, you should report this issue again.

Although I think someone at Parks is now reviewing these requests, I am going to continue to leave the issue open until the city takes action.

Still waiting

East Shore is not a priority with the City, except when it is time to collect property taxes.

Still waiting for action.

Still waiting - obviously no-one at city hall is payign attention to this.

Still waiting - it would be nice to get a little feedback from someone in the city who is responsible for reading these requests. My tax dollars not at work, apparently.

Still waiting for a response or action. This post seems dead.

Still waiting

Still waiting for action

The usual monthly "still waiting"

I wonder where these requests end up when they have been ignored for almost 3 years.

Hi Sam,

On September 8, 2021, our city's Urban Forester attempted to duplicate this reported issue with issue #11043946.

That issue can be seen here... https://seeclickfix.com/issues/11043946

I hope this information helps.

still waiting

I wonder if it is legal for private citizen taxpayers to effect this repair and deduct the cost from their property taxes? We could triple the real cost so it looks like a real City contractor job. Seriously, is this an option when the City is not doing its legal duty to maintain the public property?

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.