City of Flagstaff Litter Prevention Programs Maggie Twomey Volunteer and Event Coordinator Reggie Eccleston Community Code Compliance Manager
Litter Prevention Flagstaff is challenged with litter. Two City Programs are tasked with addressing litter accumulation. Community Stewards: The Community Stewards Program engages Flagstaff residents to become active stewards of the community. Code Enforcement: The Community Code Compliance Program is tasked with upholding and ensuring that all City Codes are complied with and followed. 2
Community Stewards Program Goals - Promote a sense of stewardship and commitment to our public spaces. - Promote and educate the public on the benefits of maintaining a clean and beautiful community. 3
Community Stewards Program The Program relies on volunteers to keep our neighborhoods, trails, parks, and streets litter-free. Volunteers include businesses, individuals, organizations, and NAU student groups. 4
Community Stewards Program During FY2017 Stewards: • Adopted 186 trails and avenues out of 198 • Cleaned up 111 miles of trails and avenues • Collected over 900 bags of trash and recycling • 1,538 volunteers donated 3,197 hours of their time to pick up trash 5
Community Stewards Program Annual Community Clean-ups • Flagstaff 15 Minute Makeover • Make a Difference Day • Great Pine Cone Drop • MLK Day of Service • Earth Day Group Clean-ups • Average of 6 per year 6
Community Code Compliance • Ensure that City Codes are upheld and complied with • Goal is voluntary compliance • Educate the public through outreach efforts • 3 Staff (Manager and 2 Code Compliance Officers) • Volunteers, Community Service Workers and Adult Probation Work Crew assist with litter and graffiti clean-ups • 300 Litter cases of the 1,862 total cases in 2017 • Developing Citation process for chronic violators 7
Challenges with Litter Abatement • Identifying private property owners for properties in violation • High tenant turnover • Identify plan to educate occupants • Flagstaff is naturally very windy • “Hot spot” jurisdiction • Staff time to coordinate regular “hot spot” clean– up events 8
Immediate Opportunities • Implement a litter reduction marketing campaign • Increase community wide clean- up efforts • Train Solid Waste drivers to reduce fly-away debris when hauling • Utilize City/NAU Liaison to educate student population on City code 9
Opportunities for Consideration • Explore possibility of Environmental Court • Develop citation process for repeat offenders • Explore program to empower people living with homelessness, hiring them as day labor to help with litter clean – up and beautification projects 10
Questions? Thank you! Maggie Twomey City of Flagstaff mtwomey@flagstaffaz.gov 11 928-213-2144
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