[Chat] Another viewpoint on Clean Sweep

[william.schlegel at us.army.mil]

Derek is saying that perhaps the door hangers were placed in error and sort of confirms what I said earlier.   Thanks for the additional POC, Derek.
I can confirm that the Deep Clean south of 25th street was intended to run simultaneously with Operation Protect.

Also, see the lengthy e-mail from Celeste Amato - the person in charge of the Initiative for a Cleaner Baltimore.  I think her office deserves an apology from those of you who did not have all of the facts and just assumed that the City had not done its job.

Celeste,

Mr. Williams will see this through our listserv.  Thanks for clarifying this issue.

Brad Schlegel

----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Demaree <derek.demaree at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, June 25, 2007 15:04
Subject: [Chat] Another viewpoint on Clean Sweep
To: Chat at charlesvillage.info

> Hello Neighbors to the North --
> 
> I wonder if there was some kind of mistake on just where the Clean 
> Sweepplacards were placed.  At the kickoff meeting for Operation 
> Protect last
> Monday night, we were told that the extra city services provided by
> Operation Protect would extend only from *North to 25th, Calvert 
> to Homewood
> *, and I assumed that included the Clean Sweep portion as well.
> 
> Down here on the 2300 block of Calvert, they did a bang-up job...a 
> team of
> people hauled away *everything* we and our neighbors put out there 
> --
> lumber, scrap metal, gardening supplies, old trash cans.  Then 
> they sent a
> team up to sweep the privately-owned-but-neglected parking lots on 
> eitherside of 24th between Guilford & Calvert, using a push broom 
> to remove not
> only the blowing trash but also all of the broken glass. I can't 
> complain at
> all.
> 
> I think you can route Operation Protect queries through Erin 
> Cunningham at
> erin.cunningham at baltimorecity.gov or 410-545-3355.  She's one of 
> the City
> Hall staffers that explained all this at the kickoff meeting last 
> week.
> Derek Demaree
> Old Goucher Community Association


----- Original Message -----
From: "Amato, Celeste" <camato at baltimoredevelopment.com>
Date: Monday, June 25, 2007 13:15
Subject: RE: Dixon's Deep Clean program a bust
Cc: tweefie at juno.com, "Young, Bernard" <BYoung at baltimorecitycouncil.com>, "Ukwuoma, Valentina I" <Valentina.Ukwuoma at baltimorecity.gov>, "Bridges, Tony" <tony.bridges at baltimorecity.gov>, william.schlegel at us.army.mil, Discussion at charlesvillage.info, "Clarke, Mary Pat" <MClarke at baltimorecitycouncil.com>, mpclarke at bcpl.net, Brwork <brad.schlegel at irs.gov>, Brmeade <Schlegelw at mi.army.mil>, "Leahy, Cynthia M." <CLeahy at baltimorecitycouncil.com>, "Abell Improvement Assoc." <mwwk2 at mindspring.com>, members at abellimprovement.org, "Moore - home, Dana" <salandjam at aol.com>, "Booker, Eric \"Chief, Housing Code Enforcement Division\"" <Eric.Booker at baltimorecity.gov>, "McCarthy, Anthony" <Anthony.McCarthy at baltimorecity.gov>, "Frank, Andrew" <Andrew.Frank at baltimorecity.gov>, David Hill <davidhill at charlesvillage.org>

> Dear All:
> 
> 
> 
> We could not locate Mr. Williams email address in this email string.
> Our Bureau Chief, Val Ukwuoma, has left Mr. Williams a voice mail and
> will be visiting his local office this afternoon.  His alley will be
> cleaned Tuesday morning.  
> 
> 
> 
> Mr. Williams' area was not actually part of the designated deep clean,
> but, due to human error was inadvertently tagged (the yellow doorknob
> tags).  We apologize for the error and will make good on our 
> promise to
> remove all bagged and bulk items.  
> 
> 
> 
> Regarding the clean up in Barclay - we think most residents were 
> pleased- with the exception of some drug dealers and pit bulls who 
> tried to
> prevent us from cleaning one alley.  
> 
> 
> 
> Sometimes we have misses and sometimes residents have placed trash and
> bulk items out late in the day after our crews have finished. If 
> anyoneon this mail list is aware of any locations that require 
> pick-up please
> contact me directly.
> 
> 
> 
> Mr. Schlegel,
> 
> We will continue to try and reach Mr. Williams, but if you could 
> forwardthis message on to him we would greatly appreciate it.  
> 

> Our hope is that Deep Cleans will give targeted communities a jump 
> starttoward maintaining a higher standard of cleanliness, 
> encourage more
> residents to participate in cleaning their own community, and provide
> some relief for those residents who are already working hard to keep
> their homes and community clean everyday.

> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Celeste
> 
> 
> 
> M. Celeste Amato
> 
> Office of the Mayor
> 
> Initiative for a Cleaner Baltimore
> 
> camato at baltimoredevelopment.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Ukwuoma, Valentina I 
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:32 PM
> To: Bridges, Tony
> Cc: Amato, Celeste
> Subject: FW: Dixon's Deep Clean program a bust
> 
> 
> 
> Tony,
> 
> Should you get a call, this is what happened. It appears that the
> community workers whom we used to tag the area went beyond the
> neighborhood boundary. The mistake was spotted close to wrap up time.
> We'll rectify on Tuesday. I left message for Mr. Williams and will try
> to visit his Baltimore office this afternoon.   
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Val.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Smith, Robert - DPW-SW 
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:18 PM
> To: Ukwuoma, Valentina I
> Cc: Simmons, Tonya
> Subject: RE: Dixon's Deep Clean program a bust
> 
> 
> 
> The 2600 and 2700 block of Guilford is located in the Harwood 
> Community.They we not part of our Barclay Community clean-up.  
> However, while
> removing debris on the boundary line between these two communities,
> debris was spotted in the Harwood community.  We were able to 
> remove all
> the trash and debris from these alleys except the 2600 and 2700 
> block of
> Guilford.  We are planning to send a crew on Tuesday to finish these
> last two locations.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: < Brad Schlegel -; >
> 
> To: Charles Village Discussion List < >
> 
> Cc: Young, Bernard;; Clarke 
> 
> Sent: Mon Jun 25 11:01:29 2007
> 
> Subject: Re: Dixon's Deep Clean program a bust
> 
> 
> 
> I received a call several weeks ago from Tony Bridges in the Mayor's
> office.  His number is 410-545-7647.  He was calling to let me 
> know that
> a Deep Clean was scheduled for the Barclay community this past 
> Saturday.He did not mention any activity scheduled to occur north 
> of 25th street.
> I recommend that the community leaders for CVCA and Abell call 
> Tony to
> clarify the extent of the Deep Clean and perhaps ask that it be
> rescheduled if the work was not done to your satisfaction.
> 
> Please reply to all of my e-mail addresses
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> W. Brad Schlegel
> 
> Publicity Chair, BMOG
> 
> 1552 Oakridge Road
> 
> Baltimore, MD 21218-2228
> 
> 
> 
> 410-467-1933 - H
> 
> 410-962-9506 - W and Voice Mail
> 
> william.schlegel at us.army.mil, brad.schlegel at irs.gov,
> Schlegelw at mi.army.mil
> 
 > 
>      ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>      From: 
> 
>      To: Discussion at charlesvillage.info 
> 
>      Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:07 AM
> 
>      Subject: Re: [Discussion] Dixon's Deep Clean program a bust
> 
>      Today, Monday 06/25 is the bulk trash pickup day for my
> neighborhood -
> 
>      I can only hope that the plan was for regular bulk trash 
> pickup trucks to take any remainder, which - even if that were the 
> plan, will not happen, becuase they will likely not scoop up large 
> piles of strewn and broken 'stuff'.  
> 
>      A call to the mayors office is in order. 
> 
>      Please note: message attached:

 >            About a week ago, we on the 2600 block of Guilford Ave and
> others nearby got a bright yellow notice on our door announcing an
> upcoming "Deep Clean" of our block.  I don't know her definition 
> of a "deep clean," but not much happened; in fact our alley is far 
> worse off then when they started!    
> 
>      The notice encouraged us to clean out our back yards and place
> bags and bulk trash in our regular trash pick-up spot no later 
> than noon on Saturday, June 23.  I eagerly assembled a pile of bulk trash hauled
> up from our basement during a few hours late Friday night.  Then, I
> waited for the "Deep Clean" on Saturday.  In the meantime, as
> anticipated, garbage pickers sorted through the bulk items, 
> hauling away metal, etc., and generally spreading out our neat little pile, as they
> did to other piles in the alley.  
> 
>      So, at 1:30 on Saturday, the first and only truck "with city 
> crews and volunteers" arrived in our alley.  They picked up our 
> neighborspile, told me their truck was "full up" and they would be 
> back.  They all took a 10 minute smoke break, and drove off, never coming 
> back, of course.  So, the remaining piles are now strewn all over the alley by
> kids having fun breaking glass, etc.  The alley is impassable, and 
> worseoff than before this "deep clean" that amounted to nothing 
> more than a single trash truck.  
> 
>      I guess I had defined a "deep clean" as one beginning with the
> bulk trash being taken away, and continuing with crews arriving with
> street sweepers, brooms, power washers, etc for the block.  If the 
> mayorthinks a "deep clean" is a single trash truck onsite for 10 
> minutes,then her own house must be a mess.  I wonder what her 
> alley and street looks like today?               
> 
>       
> 
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> 
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