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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dawna!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I'll repeat what's already been said… Call the City (and follow Sharon's advice on that), but do not pick up the mattress and do not encourage a friend with a pickup truck to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The City has the proper bed-bug-proof equipment and clothing to deal with it. We don't. When the bug problem first started, and nobody knew, several employees the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CVCBD pick up the bugs in the line of duty, </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>which then infested their houses and made their lives miserable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>'nuff said,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>-=G=-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chat [mailto:chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharon L. Guida<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 30, 2012 2:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> The Charles Village Chat List<br><b>Cc:</b> davidhill@charlesvillage.org; matt@charlesvillage.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dawna:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Of course, your idea for self-help is easiest and simplest. I wish I had a pickup truck to help you out, but I do not. Good luck and I hope you find one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sharon L. Guida<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Sharon L. Guida" <<a href="mailto:guidahome@comcast.net">guidahome@comcast.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"The Charles Village Chat List" <<a href="mailto:chat@charlesvillage.info">chat@charlesvillage.info</a>><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:matt@charlesvillage.org">matt@charlesvillage.org</a>, <a href="mailto:davidhill@charlesvillage.org">davidhill@charlesvillage.org</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 30, 2012 2:28:11 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>All:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The City has been pretty responsive whenever I call 311 for illegal trash or dumping pickup. I always get the complaint number and, if the problem is not resolved timely, I call and send an email to Matt Bradby, at CVCBD Sanitation at 410-467-4409 and <a href="mailto:matt@charlesvillage.org" target="_blank">matt@charlesvillage.org</a> , with the complaint number, description of the problem, the exact location of the problem with nearest address, and the date I made the 311 call. Although CVCBD no longer picks up mattresses because of the bed bug problem, Matt will follow up the complaint number with DPW on any chronic problem until it is resolved. The sooner you call 311 and let Matt know about a chronic problem, the sooner it will be handled by the City or CVCBD.<br><br>Sharon L. Guida, CVCA Sanitation Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Stephen J Gewirtz" <<a href="mailto:gewirtz@bellatlantic.net">gewirtz@bellatlantic.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"The Charles Village Chat List" <<a href="mailto:chat@charlesvillage.info">chat@charlesvillage.info</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 30, 2012 12:19:09 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chat] mattress on 29th street-help removing<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dawna,<br><br>Call 311. With a mattress, there is a significant risk that there are bedbugs. For a while, the City was not picking up mattresses, but I recall reading that they now will do so. Let them deal with it. They are trained to deal with possibly infested upholstery.<br><br>CVCBD also stopped picking up mattresses.<br><br>Steve<br><br>On 11/30/12 12:11 PM, Dawna Cobb wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi all: does anyone have a pick up or large SUV who can take a double bed mattress to Sisson Street? It has been lying on the sidewalk on 29th Street between Saint Paul and Lovegrove alley for quite some time. My car isnt big enough. I am able to help move it if someone has the right size vehicle. Thanks! Dawna<br clear=all><br>-- <br>Dawna Cobb<br>2943 N Charles Street<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21218<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>Chat mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info" target="_blank">Chat@charlesvillage.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><a href="http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info" target="_blank">http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>archive: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info">Chat@charlesvillage.info</a><br><a href="http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info">http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info</a><br>archive: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/">http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>