[Chat] Assistance with recycling

[SLG2700 at cs.com]

Dear Haydee and Kevin:

I am forwarding your recycling questions to Matthew Bradby, Sanitation 
Supervisor, and David Hill, Executive Director, of the Charles Village Community 
Benefits District, Managing Authority (collects a mandatory surtax and 
delivers services to area spanning the boundaries of 4 community associations) 
with a copy to Jennifer Erickson, President of the Charles Village Civic 
Association (community association which collects annual dues).  

Matthew will be able to answer your question because he meets regularly 
with the Baltimore City Department of Public Works about such issues, 
especially the person who supervises the sanitation workers. Matt can be reached at 
the CVCBD offices at 410-235-4411 or by email.  I just called the CVCBD 
office to give him the heads up but no one answers so they must be closed for 
Columbus Day. So give Matthew a call tomorrow to follow up with him.  You can 
always send him a follow up email.

The CHAT list is not the official communication vehicle for either the CVCA 
organization or the CVCBD.  I just use it as a resident to make sure that 
news gets out.  Therefore, any complaints you have about city sanitation 
services should be directed to Matthew at the CVCBD. Also, check out the CVCBD 
website at www.charlesvillage.org for more information about services 
provided. 

The CVCA has a sanitation committee which assists the CVCBD with 
neighborhood cleanups like the one that is happening this Saturday, October 17 from 
9-12.  (Check CVCBD website and recent mailings.)  The CVCA is currently 
setting up its new website at www.charlesvillage.net but there is currently no 
sanitation info on it as far as I know.  Let me know if you want to join the 
CVCA and its sanitation committee.  You can send an email to Jennifer 
Erickson, President, when you have any questions or concerns.

I hope this information helps you reach a satisfactory conclusion to your 
issue and understand the best way to contact the CVCBD and CVCA in the 
future.  If you do not receive a satisfactory response, please let me know.  

I hope to meet you tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 13, at 6 PM - SS 
Phillip &James Church, 29th and Charles, for the CVCBD Quad Elections and Bylaw 
review.  I am sure that we can get the answer to your question at that time. 

Sharon L. Guida, Board Member, CVCA
2746 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-889-0436 (home)
410-467-4409 (work)
410-467-4410 (work fax)
410-960-1139 (cell)
SLG2700 at cs.com 


 In a message dated 10/10/2009 03:07:47 Eastern Daylight Time, 
hrodr001 at umaryland.edu writes: 
> 
> I have family in Charles Village and for the 3rd time now the recycling 
> trucks have left the very large paper bag behind. The bag--which positively 
> cannot be missed--had been placed in the corner of 33rd and Guilford, where 
> the city used to pick it up.
> 
> After the second time the bag was left behind, I called 311. I went a 
> couple of rounds with the operator who told me that the bag needed to be placed 
> in the alley, adding that since the 1-1 change, all recycling was to be 
> placed in the same place as the regular trash.
> 
> The city managed to respond and pick up the bag of recycling the second 
> time--I am sure only because I told them I would call Mary Pat's office, and 
> Channel 2. 
> 
> Lo and behold, it was left behind just last week, once again.
> 
> I don't get it--is it that difficult for city employees to grab a bag that 
> is clearly filled with recycling and take it? 
> 
> Someone kindly offer some advise that will make this seemingly very simple 
> task even more simple for these employees.
> 
> Thanks so much.
> 
> Haydee M. Rodriguez,

From: "Kevin Zeese" <kzeese at earthlink.net> 
>Subject: Re: [Chat] Assistance with recycling 
>To: "'The Charles Village Chat List'" <chat at charlesvillage.info> 
>Cc: marypat.clarke at baltimorecity.gov 
>
>I had a similar problem with recycling the last few weeks. I had recycling 

>in a trash can next to all the other recycling, paper bags and such. And 
>this was the third week they didn't pick it up (it was getting full). 
>Luckily, at 7:20 or so I heard the recycling truck and got out of bed, ran 

>outside and saw they had not picked it up. They were a few houses down 
>and 
>I pulled the recycling over and told they missed this one for the third 
>week 
>in a row. One guy apologized, the other, who was responsible, didn't say 
>anything. 29th and Calvert. 
>
>KZ 
>
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