"Before the City shall be liable for damages for the death or personal injuries of any person or for
damage to or destruction of property of any kind, the person injured, if living, or his representatives, if
dead, or the owner of the property injured or destroyed, shall give the City Manager or the City Clerk
notice in writing of such death, injury, or destruction within ninety (90) days after same has been
sustained, stating in such written notice when, where, and how the death, injury or destruction
occurred, and the apparent extent of such injury, and the amount of damages sustained, provided,
however, that in no event shall the City be liable in damages to anyone on account of any defect in,
obstruction on, or anything else in connection with any sidewalk in the City, and provided further, that
in order to hold the City liable in damages to anyone on account of any injury caused by any defect in,
obstruction on, or anything else in connection with any street, alley, or plaza, bridge, riverbank, water
course, or any public way, it must be shown that the City Manager, a member of the Council or some
person having superintendence or control of the work for the City, had actual knowledge or actual notice
of such defect, obstruction or other thing for a sufficient length of time before such injury was received,
to have remedied or guarded against such condition of the street, alley or plaza before the injury was
received."
NOTE: Once your claim is received, it will be investigated by the appropriate department(s). When their
investigation is completed, your claim will be forwarded to our claims service for handling. Should you
have any questions regarding your claim, please contact: