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Too much
rental property:
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Rental property
is not maintained well; enforcement
not strict enough; |
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Lots
of transients; |
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Absentee /slum
landlords and property
owners; |
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Renters—too much
subsidy, no respect for property,
no accountability (esp.
younger
generation); and |
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Junk
in yards. |
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Low
homeownership (only 30% now--need goal
closer to 70% owners/30% renters)
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Need
more quality affordable
housing. |
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Housing is
in bad shape.
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Housing is too
close together. |
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Housing is
deteriorated. |
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Too
many vacancies. |
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Current
reputation
and perception
of
crime. Feeling that this is an unsafe
area, and the stigma of
crime/drugs/prostitution;
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It is
too dark in areas; |
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Graffiti. |
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Traffic,
especially trucks
, including
noise, and speeding. Speed limits are not
enforced.
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Use
north-south streets to get traffic
off 18th Street, especially
Cranberry and
Peach
Sts., to West 12th
Street. |
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Liberty Street
overpass is too low; grade
crossings on Raspberry and
Cranberry
need
upgrading (trucks get stuck on
tracks). |
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The
poor condition of
streets. |
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Parking
problems in
many areas:
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Even/odd parking
is a burden to older
folks; |
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Inadequate
off-street parking; |
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Parked cars cause
blind spots; |
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Parking is needed
in residential areas, along 18th
Street, and by St.
Paul’s. |
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Pedestrian
crosswalks need attention, especially
at Liberty & 18th, Cherry & 18th, and
Liberty & Brown, but also at all
intersections.
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ADA
compliance is still needed at
several intersections; |
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Sidewalks are in
horrible condition and are too
narrow in places; |
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There
is no green space along the
sidewalks; |
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19th
Street sidewalks too narrow (4’)
too. |
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Lack of
small business community:
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Lack
of a grocery store & branch
bank; |
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Locals don’t
patronize restaurants; |
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There
are enough bars and clubs;
and |
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Some
taverns are nuisance bars
(drugs/prostitution). |
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No
elementary school
, therefore
students go anywhere, no common "school
spirit"
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Roosevelt Middle
School B likely to be
closed? |
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This
results in a lack of families in
the neighborhood.
(Many
neighborhood kids go to Irving
Elementary at 23rd & Plum.
Beginning in September 2007, all
children are going to
Irving.) |
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Columbus School is
a homeless
shelter (provides service but
attracts transients) and adds to the unsafe or
uncomfortable perception of neighborhood
visitors. |
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Too much
non-taxable property (social service agencies and
churches). |
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Columbus
Park is not well kept
(it
needs to be adopted) and is not well
utilized.
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Park
at 19th & Myrtle is not
maintained. |
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Parks
need more things for kids to
do. |
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Parks
being used by drug dealers – kids
are easy prey. |
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Electric
lines and poles - can they be moved to
alleys or can the lines be buried? |
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Building
codes and zoning:
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Codes
are not consistent between old and
new owners; |
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Codes
need to be more
flexible; |
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There
is too much spot
zoning; |
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Codes
are confusing, vague, the process
is slow and poorly administered (or
do
residents need
more education regarding
codes?); |
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Need
complete review of codes; get rid
of obsolete rules. |
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Look
at requiring code updates with
change of use, not change of
ownership. |
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Maintenance of
alleys. |
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The
Continental Rubber Works
site,
which is deteriorated and overgrown. |
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Whether real or
perceived, the area has an
image of
being unsafe, especially 18th Street. Dark
areas, crime, drugs, etc. need to continue to be
addressed to reverse this
image. |
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