The city owns the sidewalk adjoining your property, as well as the parking strip yet require you to pay for the maintenance unless the city causes damage, which may be the case here, BUT, what about damage done to sidewalks by city plows in NON arterial road neighborhoods? And why is this a reimbursement program? Why isn’t the city just doing the work and paying for it up front?
I have felt for a long time that the city should just pay to fix it’s own sidewalks and trim trees in the parking strip. Other cities have figured this out, and so can we.
Oh that’s right we spend millions bailing out private gyms ($12 million) and fiberglass thingies on the Pavilion ($6 million). Can you imagine the trees we could trim and the sidewalks we could fix with $18 million?
