Man in orange safety vest spray painting mark on grass planting strip…

[schwaggy]

Yesterday we observed a suspicious man who spray painted a white surveyors mark on the grass on our planting strip (Genesee/Junction area, near bowling alley). The reason we view this as suspicious is white paint indicates excavation but we have no digging planned, nor have we or neighbors been informed of any City or Utility projects.
The man seemed visibly agitated and rushed to leave when our dog walker drove up to our house. The mark he painted on the grass is also a mess, just a big blob of white paint with no other markings – it’s nowhere near the gas or water lines. We’ve got him on camera and it’s clear he rushed to get back to his car (silver, newer 5-door Hyundai or Honda) when our dog walker parked.
Anybody else seeing mysterious white spray paint markings appear on ther grass?

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[helihu]

I saw a big white blob, over leaves even, on 41st just north of Oregon this morning. Same one, or different? I thought it was strange. Most utility marks have arrows and stuff and they usually clear the leaves away.

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[JKB]

FWIW, I had this happen and it was more or less legit. Utilities were marking lines for the house with my number but the next street over.

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[JayDee]

Give the guy a break; he is likely a consultant of some kind looking to install a monitoring well or boring on the City ROW (Your planting/parking strip). Experienced folks mark a box but newbies might make a blob where they want the well to be. By law he has to use white paint.

You might want to contact the City and see if a Street Use permit has been filed. If they are gonna drill it will be near next Wednesday or so because “One Call” needs two working days to respond, and Friday doesn’t count.

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[schwaggy]

We’re at 40th and Oregon. We’ve now found a 2nd mark on our street. Given @helihu has seen others on 41st there’s obviously something happening – just wish I knew what. Our streets are some of the only without streetlights and we’d like to keep it that way.

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