RE: [BloomingdaleActionList] keeping Bloomingdale Court clean

Hi Andy,

I'll research to see what the city can do.  Several alleys this last couple weeks became cluttered with bulk trash.  My personal guess is that our alleys are cleaner with cleaner residents.  I caught one man on our block putting mattresses along my house and in the block north of mine.  But alleys behind u st. Remain spottless due to diligent and clean residents.  Zero tolerance and hopefully capturing those that dump.  I will check out other help also.

Mark

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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:57:55 -0700
From: scott@scott-roberts.net
Subject: [BloomingdaleActionList] keeping Bloomingdale Court clean
To: bloomingdaleactionlist@googlegroups.com

Regarding the specific suggestion "Could we put up signs that say NO DUMPING YOUR TRASH here?" -- my personal observation is that when such signs are erected, the signs become announcements of "Please Dump Here!"  They seem to have the opposite of the desired effects of discouraging dumping.  So I might not recommend that as a potential solution to the issue.

 

== Scott ==

From: Andy Cassell <andybcassell@gmail.com>
To: bloomingdaleactionlist@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:54 PM
Subject: [BloomingdaleActionList] Keeping Bloomingdale Court clean

Hi all:

Just wanted to send a note to get some thoughts and opinions on what could/can be done to help keep Bloomingdale Court clean.  While it has been great to have our own new street names and signage posted in the right places, there are folks that just aren't appreciating it as a true street.  Being an alley-street seems to bring with it several dirty obstacles.

• There are folks using the court for bulk trash dumping in several areas.  Residents have called and the city does make it's way to pick it up, but it happens a lot of the time.  The area that is especially bad is right behind 2026 First St NW.  People just use it for a lot of trash and it gets very gross.  
• Since most of the residents of B'dale Court and the houses that touch the Court in some way put their trash and recycling receptacles out in the court for trash day - it always is a trash/glass mess after the city comes through.  For example, just today, one recycling receptacle overturned and spilled its contents - they city folks just bypassed it and didn't pick up one thing.  Ugh.  I hear things falling and shattering on occasion and you have to get out there and sweep it up on a pretty regular basis.
• A lot of weeds grow in/around the court.  Can we spray them and kill them?  Is that appropriate?

I would like to get some thoughts and opinions on how we can come together and possibly deter the bulk trash dumping and help the city keep the street clean.

Could we put up our own plants/shubs in places where the dumping occurs?  Could we hang up art?  Could we put up signs that say NO DUMPING YOUR TRASH here?  What are the options?

It seems that the court will possibly get cleaned up and repaved sometime in FY 2013, but it is a tentative project as far as I know.  Once that is done, I really hope it will help with the appearance and create a deterrent effect to prevent trash, etc.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Andy Cassell

Resident of Bloomingdale Court