Shaking My Head at The City
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Deb in Just...an Observation
I enter and exit through my garage. The front door is for answering when UPS delivers and other such rarities, which means I open it maybe once a week. When I pull into the driveway and see something stuck on the door, I open it and clear it off.
This morning, after the grocery store, I saw something in the bushes. It looked like paper, which of course had me wondering what trash had blown into the front yard. But it was in the TOP of the bushes. I just went out to get it, since tomorrow is trash day and since I truly don’t want trash in the bushes. And it was a note.
Well, not really a note, more of a LETTER of NOTICE from the city that my street is scheduled for a Mill & Overlay / Asphalt Resurface. Which is nice to see the city tax dollars at work. But the note gets better:
“Your drive approach will need to be replaced along with several feet of curb and gutter. During the time of the drive approach replacement, you will be unable to park in your driveway for five days. We will knock on your door before we remove to ensure that your vehicle has been removed from the garage.”
Maybe it’s just me, but I think taped to my door or in the mail would have been a more appropriate spot for a note informing me that I would lose access to part of my own property. An important part of my property since it’s how I enter and exit. It’s nice they are fixing things, of course, but I’m left with all kinds of questions like am I supposed to park on the street? ‘Cause if they are tearing up all the curbs, where am I supposed to safely park. And there is a fire hydrant in front of my house, so, if I have to park in front of it, will they still ticket me?
I travel a lot for business. What if they knock on my door and I am out of town? Is my car STUCK in the garage?
The hand written addition on the bottom informs me that a crew is scheduled to start on 2/9/08, which is tomorrow. There is a phone number as well, so I can call tomorrow, hopefully before they begin work. I’m sure it will all work out. I’m just on the puzzled side and feeling like I’ve missed the secret handshake of Where to Place Important Notices.
FWGMills
08. Feb, 2009
They (the city) did a Mill & Overlay on out street a few months ago and they didn’t have to destroy our driveway entrance to do it. You must have more damage to your street than we did, like if you’re neighborhood is older than 20 years and you have a lot of Maple or Ash trees. They grow under the street and deform it by pulling water out from under it.
Deb
08. Feb, 2009
Well, I’ve been in this house for almost 23 years and the house was a couple of months old when we moved in….so it must be the age thing.
We don’t have a lot of trees