Residents along Jordan Road near Parker say they've been caught in a bureaucratic snafu with lots of finger-pointing over the busted fence.
PARKER -
They say snowplows destroyed a long stretch of fence behind their homes but no one will take the blame.
Residents along Jordan Road near Parker say they've been caught in a bureaucratic snafu with lots of finger-pointing. It's an area that borders Douglas County, Parker and the Cottonwood Metro District, and all three have been arguing over who's responsible for $18,000 in repairs.
It was here on Jordan Road on April 18th that plows kicked a lot of snow off the road and up on to the utility fence that runs along these homeowners properties. Frustrated after trying to get the fence fixed for weeks by either Parker or Douglas County, who both plow the road, homeowners told us:
"Nobody's taking any blame for the deal," said homeowner Arthur Albers, "It's everybody elses fault."
"They pointed fingers at each each other," added Jim Dunn, "And neither one responded to me in a positive way."
But after we started contacting officials today about the finger-pointing, one of the homeowners got this voice message from a Parker official.
On a home phone answering machine he played it back with a time of 12:06pm today; "Like to talk to you about the repairs that we're planning on doing out there, would appreciate it if you refrain from calling any more media folks for a while,"
They say that's first time anyone's contacted them since late April, and since received notice from Parker's insurance company denying the claim, saying they wouldn't fix the fence. And the fence is still sitting there.
"We have a lot of little children here schools letting out, that's just what we need is a collapsed fence on top some little kid who's curious," said Dunn.
"Have a good wind come up and it's gonna blow stuff out the sidewalk and maybe damage to cars," added Albers.
"Their employees destroyed the fence now their employees can come and repair the fence," said angry homeowner Frank Scharnell.
But after our calls, late today a Parker spokeswoman said the town would pay for the repairs even though it was not their responsibility. She said the town would stipulate that someone else would have to maintain the fence in the future.
Those details are still being worked out. They say our involvement did not prompt them to get the repairs done. That they say is just a coincidence.
Residents along Jordan Road near Parker say they've been caught in a bureaucratic snafu with lots of finger-pointing. It's an area that borders Douglas County, Parker and the Cottonwood Metro District, and all three have been arguing over who's responsible for $18,000 in repairs.
It was here on Jordan Road on April 18th that plows kicked a lot of snow off the road and up on to the utility fence that runs along these homeowners properties. Frustrated after trying to get the fence fixed for weeks by either Parker or Douglas County, who both plow the road, homeowners told us:
"Nobody's taking any blame for the deal," said homeowner Arthur Albers, "It's everybody elses fault."
"They pointed fingers at each each other," added Jim Dunn, "And neither one responded to me in a positive way."
But after we started contacting officials today about the finger-pointing, one of the homeowners got this voice message from a Parker official.
On a home phone answering machine he played it back with a time of 12:06pm today; "Like to talk to you about the repairs that we're planning on doing out there, would appreciate it if you refrain from calling any more media folks for a while,"
They say that's first time anyone's contacted them since late April, and since received notice from Parker's insurance company denying the claim, saying they wouldn't fix the fence. And the fence is still sitting there.
"We have a lot of little children here schools letting out, that's just what we need is a collapsed fence on top some little kid who's curious," said Dunn.
"Have a good wind come up and it's gonna blow stuff out the sidewalk and maybe damage to cars," added Albers.
"Their employees destroyed the fence now their employees can come and repair the fence," said angry homeowner Frank Scharnell.
But after our calls, late today a Parker spokeswoman said the town would pay for the repairs even though it was not their responsibility. She said the town would stipulate that someone else would have to maintain the fence in the future.
Those details are still being worked out. They say our involvement did not prompt them to get the repairs done. That they say is just a coincidence.
