PORTAGE

Trash of all sorts all over the front yard and driveway including a large pile on the curb lawn (city property) that's spilling into the street (see photo taken this morning). Garbage toters on the driveway but apparently not used.

there is a duplex on westnedge and it sits across the street from Cliffwood. The person that lives there has so much junk in the North Side and back yard out in the open it is unsightly and its growing

There is seemingly a homeless woman residing at the old Clark gas station on S. Westnedge and Schuring Rd. There are a heap of items at this closed gas station and a woman sleeps beside it.

Can she receive some assistance?

All kinds of clutter/litter/tents outside and in the back yard. Eye sore for the city park entrance

They have homeless people living in tents and cars and an RV parked in the drive. They have free range chickens wondering around.

This sign offensive for the following reasons: This sign was placed there to make a political statement and it is divisive. We have no issues in this city regarding hate crimes. Additionally, it forces citizens to be informants against other people in the community. Who decides what actions or what rhetoric is "hateful"? What happened to our First Amendment rights? If a person makes a statement that is contrary to another's political beliefs and therefore "offensive" does that make it hateful rhetoric? Lastly, the placement of this sign is horrible. It blocks one of the most beautiful and popular plantings in the Library Lane Park. Portage spends much time and dollars making our community look nice and someone decided to put an offensive and divisive sign in front of the "Canoe" bed. This is not Portage!

Beat up car parked and left in the street in front of this home. Not sure if it's inoperable but has been there a long time. Eye sore for the park entrance also.

The lawn hasn't been mowed in weeks. The tall grass and weeds that attracts ticks and other pest. In the last couple of days a couch has been dumped in the back by the fence and poses a flight risk for their dogs into others yards.

This city easement has arborvitae planted. The City approved of the planting of this vegetation with the previous owners of the property (3611 Woodhams).
Matt Hybel (3623 Woodhams) took a chainsaw and chopped a large branch down.
When asked why he did it, he responded, "because I wanted to."
At no time did he talk to me or my husband (Anne & Dan Bitzer) about the branch. He just took it upon himself to chop it down. The arborvitae were planted by the previous owner, but the easement is city property.
We are on the third year of construction at 3623 Woodhams (Hybel). The blight along with the outhouse, where construction workers, the Hybels, and random people walking by poop and pee, has become a lot to endure.
Now the added situation of cutting down branches without discussing it with us and the fact that they are on city property has prompted this complaint. We hope to be able to stop the further cutting of the arborvitae located in the city easement between 3611 and 3623 Woodhams.

Merchant Place drive is a private road, however the city of Portage & the water department's heavy trucks have destroyed this portion of our private road. We are looking for some assistance from the city's wear & tear of our private street.

The road closed signs are still on lawns along Winters Dr. The construction requiring these signs was supposed to be completed on August 25, so the signs are not being used. Will there be additional road closures? If not, are there plans for someone to pick up the signs?
Also, there is still a "Loose Stone" sign that was placed in the spring during street repairs. It seems like it is overdue for being taken down.