12-01-2016, 02:38 PM
(12-01-2016, 02:18 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I don't think it should be that hard to set up a system whereby volunteers marked areas they would be willing to verify, and someone centrally took contact information from them so as to notify them once the grace period is over for a particular city, whereupon volunteers could report violations to the city, perhaps in bulk in a single call, by noting which addresses on which streets they agreed to check were in violation.
The grace period is actually an important point. It's less than straightforward to guess whether the City might consider it "late" to clear a sidewalk, since the clock can "reset" if it starts to snow again.
It's not a bad system, and I'd be up for it. I informally do this in my neighbourhood and other areas I walk in. I'm sure others do, too. Maybe if there was more of a system people would feel more accountable to do it more consistently, and better information would get to the City.