BATON ROUGE - After almost a year of the medians on Government Street being left untended and neighbors taking matters into their own hands, the city says it wants public opinion on what to do with them now. 

"Public input. That is very important to us. Reason being, they pay the taxes to make things happen," City Transportation Director Fred Raiford said.

Residents have been encouraged to email the mayor's office with input on what to do with the medians. Mayoral staff emails can be found here. 

The city is also planning to hold public meetings regarding the medians' fate but did not specify when these meetings would be held.