From the very first day in which we created this site, we set out to do one thing, give Patterson residents an alternative forum to discuss important community issues.
Today, we offer residents an opportunity to take part in our “Fix Patterson” campaign. We have partnered with SeeClickFix.com, a local advocacy Web site that lets residents write about issues to encourage communication with city hall.
Patterson residents can now post a complaint about problems, like graffiti on a sound wall or pot holes on 1st Street. Your complaint will be communicated to Mike Willett, our city Public Works director.
Let”s work together to make Patterson a better place to work and live. Start fixing Patterson today!
Editor’s note: The city of Patterson’s website contains a customer service request form, that residents can fill out. While this is another avenue to address non-emergency community problems, it lacks transparency and visible follow up. Fix Patterson, allows residents to check off the problem once residents consider it to be properly addressed. Have fun.
What Next said,
January 28, 2010 @ 11:04 PM
I think the reporting through the SeeClickFix may actually work better at times that actually talking to anyone with a person of responsibility at the city.
Today they resolved the flag issue. They have actually patched the intersections reported on SeeClickFix over other, just as bad, intersections. They still haven’t dealt with the alleys downtown, but what do you expect. That one was pushed off on to GDR, so it really isn’t in their interest to fix the problem.
All in all, as of now, I like the results that have been seen regarding issues posted there.
Thanks for the venue!!!!
OldTimer said,
February 10, 2010 @ 2:55 PM
Well, maybe I spoke too soon. They are now closing issues, Public Works is, without really fixing the issues. They are saying “A work order has been generated” and then also saying that it has been completed. The smell was still there, the roads are still a mess, and the alleys are still in very bad shape. Yet, according to “Public Works”, they have all been fixed.
A sorry example of our city at work again.
BackInTown said,
June 9, 2010 @ 12:35 PM
Can you believe the city’s public works department? There was a posting on the see-click-fix website reporting that the city’s contractors are using private and public property for their restrooms. The public works department, using their canned response, close the issue just by creating a work order. (Or, claiming that a work order was created)
How would you feel if you took you car to a mechanic because your brakes were failing. If the city’s public works department were to be working on it, they would create the work order and then tell you it was “resolved”. Here is your car, go on your way, and thanks for your business. All the while, not a darn thing has been done to actually fix the problem. Five miles down the road, you go to use your brakes and they don’t work. Welcome to the city of Patterson.
BackInTown said,
October 25, 2010 @ 1:40 PM
Haven’t these rains just showed us how well our city manages it’s projects? Many of the streets have become total mud-pits. Many of the alley’s that they have worked on are again a total mess.
Why do they have so many streets torn up for so long? Don’t they realize that the rains are coming?
Wouldn’t it make sense to do what they can instead of spreading out the misery? If they can’t finish ‘H’ street before the rains, why dig up 4th street on the north side of town and then dig up 5th street on the north side of town, only to have the residents drive through lakes of mud to get to and from their homes?
Some of those have been a mud and dirt for so long, the residents don’t even remember what it is like to have asphalt in front of their homes.
WhatNext said,
October 26, 2010 @ 5:05 AM
You got that right. The alley behind my house is a mess. Walking from my car to my back porch cakes my shoes with mud.
I am not surprised though. This whole project has been poorly done, from planning, through the work, and then the final stages.
Now there are at least the three streets you mentioned that are torn up and they likely won’t be done until spring. The weather won’t cooperate until then so they can finish them. Everyone involved with the project will be shocked that it rains during the fall and winter. They will blame mother nature for not being able to finish the project.