Up until 2008 the city stayed on top of sidewalk issues. This follows 103 years of the problem being the responsibility of the city. The City Council tonight is essentially being asked to transfer all liability and responsibility for public sidewalks repair to property owners. This brings us to a proposed amendment to the Manteca Municipal Code - Chapter 12.24 - regarding the maintenance and repair of sidewalks. That is why the city did emergency sidewalk work around the perimeter of Curran Grove after I shared my little mishap in the Bulletin. being aware of tripping hazards on public sidewalks - and did nothing it could be used against them in a court of law. I was told by the public works director at the time that if the city was made aware of a deficiency to public safety - i.e. I was stunned that the city responded at all given they had been wholesale ignoring citizen complaints made at council meetings saying they neither had the manpower or money to correct sidewalk issues. I simply wrote a column about all of the tripping hazards around Manteca - including my mishap - that pedestrians face simply walking down public sidewalks. And for the record I never filed a claim or threatened a lawsuit. Yes, City Hall duly dispatched crews to grind down the sidewalk and added asphalt here and there but they never really corrected the problem.
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