RE: [chohnke@a2gov.org: [Fwd: RE: [Fwd: [WBWC] Who owns thefootpaths?]]]

[Ray Fullerton]

Hi Jim,

I met with Kirt Pennington who is Field Operations Supervisor for A2 and he
told me that the neighbors on each side of these pathways are responsible
for the maintenance. I'm sure he never saw this letter but I will copy it to
him and hope that we can get resolution this Fall?
Should Carsten take the lead on this issue?

Warm Regards, Ray Fullerton SRTS Facilitator

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Rees [mailto:jim....@rees.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:47 PM
To: Ray Fullerton
Subject: [cho...@a2gov.org: [Fwd: RE: [Fwd: [WBWC] Who owns
thefootpaths?]]]

Here is the official response from the City admitting that they are
resposible for the footpaths.

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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:24:31 -0500
From: Carsten Hohnhke <cho...@a2gov.org>
Subject: [Fwd: RE: [Fwd: [WBWC] Who owns the footpaths?]]
To: jim....@rees.org

Jim,

See response from Mark below. Footpaths owned by the city and Public
Services is responsible for maintaining them.

Don't hesitate to let me know in the future if it's not getting done, and
I'll make sure to follow up with our Field Operations staff.

-- Carsten

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [WBWC] Who owns the footpaths?]
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:33:49 -0500
From: Lloyd, Mark <MLl...@a2gov.org>
To: Hohnke, Carsten (Westpole) <car...@westpole.com>
CC: Miller, Jayne <JMi...@a2gov.org>, Fraser, Roger
<RFr...@a2gov.org>,
Dempkowski, Angela A <ADemp...@a2gov.org>, Barber, Janet (Barth)
<JBa...@a2gov.org>
References: <498C7679...@westpole.com>




Sorry it took a while to get back to you on this but we needed to check
with a few different sources to be sure of our response. After checking
with Parks, the City Assessor, Planning and our GIS Specialist, we have
determined that the footpaths listed below are located in the public
right-of-way and are owned by the City. There are no site plans,
development agreements or maintenance agreements on file that would
indicate another agency or private/public party is responsible for
maintenance or upkeep of these areas.

Mark D. Lloyd
Planning and Development Services Manager
City of Ann Arbor, MI
vox: (734) 794-6200 ext. 42606
fax: (734) 994-2798

*note new phone number

-----Original Message-----
From: Carsten Hohnke [mailto:car...@westpole.com] Sent: Friday, February
06, 2009 12:42 PM
To: Lloyd, Mark
Cc: Miller, Jayne; Fraser, Roger; Dempkowski, Angela A
Subject: [Fwd: [WBWC] Who owns the footpaths?]

Mark,

Can you help us solve the mystery below? Who owns (and is responsible
for) the footpaths around Eberwhite (specifics in first paragraph
below).

Thanks for any clarification.

-- Carsten

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [WBWC] Who owns the footpaths?
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:51:46 -0500
From: Jim Rees <jim....@rees.org>
Reply-To: wb...@googlegroups.com
To: Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition
<wb...@googlegroups.com>



I'm on the Eberwhite (Ann Arbor) Safe Routes to School Committee. The
kids at our school use several footpaths to get to school. The two main
ones are at the end of Northwood and at the end of Redeemer, which
between the two of them account for something like a quarter of the
potential foot traffic to the school. Others that aren't used as much
include the one connecting the two disjoint pieces of Fair St, the one
connecting Elder to Jefferson, and the one connecting Pauline to
Sunnyside.

Except for Elder, these are all pretty official looking, with paving,
fencing, signs, etc. But they are in poor repair, with broken fences,
encroaching vegetation, drainage problems, and no one clearing the snow
in the winter.

One of our members, Ray Fullerton, approached the City to try to find
out who owns these paths and who is responsible for their upkeep. He
came up empty handed. I called Community Standards and they didn't know
either.

So how do I find out who is responsible? And if it's "no one," what can
be done about it?





--
Carsten Hohnke
West Pole, Inc.
C: (734) 276-3681
E: car...@westpole.com
W: www.westpole.com




--
Carsten Hohnke
Ann Arbor City Council
Fifth Ward
cho...@a2gov.org
(734) 369-4464


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