Healthy Communities Discussion Group at Perzel Community Center

A City That Works - May 7, 2008

What does this goal mean to you?

• Clean streets, litter free and careful collection of trash.

• Plantings of flowers and trees.

• Cooperation among neighbors.

• Graffiti free.

• Open space, saving parks.

• Neighbors maintaining their private property.

• Picking up after dogs and keeping dogs on short leashes.

• No guns.

• Active commercial core.

• Enforce zoning laws and ordinances and updating them.

Performance measures (What would success look like?):

• Litter reduced by 50 percent in one year.

• Noise pollution from homes, cars, people on street to end by 11 p.m.

• Dog patrol to give out fines for no leash or not picking up after dog.

• All reported graffiti removed within 72 hours.

• Place trash cans at bus stops and public places by the end of 2008.

• Place recycle bins at bus stops and public places by the end of 2011.

• Place cigarette receptacles outside of restaurants, bars, and bus stops by end of 2008.

• Plant 1,000 trees per year.

• Trash trucks to have visible numbers on them for reporting purposes by Sept. 1, 2008.

• All reported abandoned cars removed within 72 hours.

Customer-service standards:

• The 311 system to include the Council person, by sending a print out of calls from their district so that s/he can help monitor progress. S/he will share this with civic groups.

• Response to litter or trash call on same day.

• Respectful response when called.