[Chat] [Discussion] More... RE: trash and rats

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

Gary,

Unfortunately, the meeting Tuesday at Eastern High School conflicts with 
the CVCBD public meeting on the budget.  And if you are concerned about 
rats, be aware that on non-gateway streets (that includes all of Abell), 
CVCBD is only committing itself to pick up trash from its trash cans 
once a week.  David Hill will say orally that he will  pick up the trash 
more often, but so far CVCBD will not commit in writing to doing so.  
That means that trash may accumulate in the cans and may attract rats.

Also, be aware that CVCBD proposes to abolish its safety program.  There 
will be one full time position for a safety education coordinator who 
will run Citizens on Patrol and will come to your house upon request to 
tell you what you need to do to make  your house more secure (that is a 
service that Northern District already offers and that few utilize).  
The position is at best a half time position in terms of the work 
required, but CVCBD proposes that it be full time.  And that will be the 
entirety of the safety program, even though Sandy Sparks and her gang at 
Greater Homewood in 1994 used $30,000 of City tax money to put out 
propaganda promising us that we would have a total of 12 safety people 
patrolling 24/7 if we would only vote for CVCBD in the referendum.  So 
now, what was promised us will be no more.  It is a classic bait and 
switch (and Sandy Sparks has spoken in support of dropping the safety 
program).

You can let Mary Pat Clark know of your concerns about the new City one 
plus one trash plan.  The City does plan to provide every household with 
a 65 gallon trash can (with the likelihood that use of those cans will 
make it much harder for rats to get food from trash), so our old trash 
cans can then be recycled.  And the City will have to modify its trash 
trucks to handle the new trash cans.  In the long run, the once a week 
trash pickup plus once a week recycling pick up should save the City 
money, especially if people recycle more.

Another part of the plan is for pickups to be Tuesday through Friday, 
with special pickups on Saturday whenever trash has not been picked up 
because of a holiday.

Also, it would become legal to put trash out in the alley or on a 
sidewalk after 8 p.m. the night before a scheduled pickup (that is now 
illegal before midnight).  The one defect, and I have informed Mary Pat 
of it and she has promised that it will be fixed, is that the bill 
requires (as present law requires) that the trash can be removed from 
the alley or sidewalk immediately after the pickup.  Obviously, people 
who work during the day cannot comply with the current and proposed 
ordinance, so it needs to be fixed.

In my own view, it is a good plan.  It will save money, and it will 
reduce the rat population once the new trash cans are distributed.

I do not know whether the Sisson Street transfer station will continue 
to be open 6 days per week.  I hope that it will.

Steve.

gary letteron wrote:
> As you may know...
>
> The rules concerning trash may change this July 1st.  There's a public
> meeting about it this coming Tuesday, 3/24...  Somewhere opposite the 33rd
> street "Y."
>
> Changing to one plus one--one trash pick up and one recycling pickup a
> week--will take an ordinance thru council.  Which is projected to pass and
> be implemented this summer.
>
> Enforcement will be important to the effort...  The greener cleaner campaign
> has asked that the empty sanitation inspection positions in the City be
> un-frozen and filled.  With that would come enforcement of the law requiring
> that garbage be in a (metal?) can with a tight fitting lid, when and where
> garbage is put...  and many other solid waste/ trash pickup laws that have
> been overlooked for a few decades.  
>
> This is the biggest change in City proceedure in my memory.  Everybody
> should attend a public meeting on the subject, or otherwise get informed.
>
> -=G=-
>
> May the fleas of a thousand Chevrolets infest the arm pits of you and your
> family.
> -Unknown 
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