Operation Urban Blight Ad Hoc Blight Council Committee November 7, 2013
Operati ration Ur Urban Bli light • Update • Current plan • Plan forward 2
Ad Ho Hoc Co Committ ittee e Input ut • CM Lee -- Cutting Grass/New Division • CM Jones -- Tires • CM Crescimbeni -- Use of technology, eyes on street to report. • CM Gaffney -- Public Education • CP Gulliford -- Community Pride • CM Love -- 630-CITY Interaction • CM Boyer -- Blight is not just grass, it includes graffiti, trash, illegal dumping and maintenance at parks. 3
How Ho w Are We Attacking tacking It? t? • Short-term • Get accurate inventory • Focus operations to concentrate clean-up activities • Long-term • Identify new or modified legislation • Public marketing campaign • Public engagement 4 11/2/13 Presentation Title from View > Header and Footer
How Ho w Are We Orga gani nized ed? • Incident Command Structure • Treat this operation as if a Tropical Storm just left massive amounts of debris on the ground • Efficient organization of resources • Creates a “practice” of ICS for eventual real storm event • Weekly tracking of progress • Weekly action plan • Well defined chain of command 5 11/2/13 Presentation Title from View > Header and Footer
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Cli Click t to edit it Master ter tit itle le style yle Prior ioriti itizat ation ion • ROW W Mowing wing • Used active CARE issues to rank order Districts • Using mowing contract
Cli Click t to edit it Master ter tit itle le style yle Prior ioriti itizat ation ion • Ille llegal l Dumping/ mping/Lit Litter er • Used data from JSO detective assigned to Solid Waste • Historic data used to pinpoint “hot spots” • Using existing staff – advanced scouts and litter crews
Target get Area #1
The Blight “Train” Scouts Public Litter/Debris Engagement Removal Code Mowing Violations 10
Progress ress Re Report rt – Target get Area #1 Over 140 tons of illegal dumping & yard waste – a • football field almost 1 foot deep 27 miles of ROW mowed • Almost 2,000 waste tires • 625 code violations •
Successf essful l Operati ration Befor ore After er
Operati ration Ur Urban Bli light – Co Continu inued ed Plan lan of Action tion • Comprehensive mowing plan • Relieve our environment of 15 to 20 thousand scrap tires • Relieve our environment of possible mosquito breeding sites • Boost community pride and awareness • Sustainable and measurable outcome • Relieve our City of illegal dumping and graffiti 13
Operati ration Ur Urban Bli light – Possible ible Re Recomm mmendat endations ions • Public awareness campaign, community engagement • Use of technology • Tire buy back program • Legislative recommendations 14
Publi lic Awa warene ness ss Cr Creative ative -- -- DR DRAFT 15
Operati ration Ur Urban Bli light – Possible sible Media ia Outlets tlets • COJ Website • Local Newspapers • Billboards • TV • Radio • Flyers • Neighborhood Groups • PSA’S and Paid Advertising 16
Tir ire Buy Back Cr Creative ative – DR DRAFT 17
Enhance ced d Techno nolog logy CARE 2.0 Enterprise Solution (With Web/Mobile Applications) 18
CARE System tem Enhancem cements nts 19
Mowin wing Div Divisio ision Orga gani nization ational al Stru ruct cture ure -- -- DR DRAFT Division Chief In-House Operations Contract Operations Mowing/Edging Tree Trimming Mowing/Landscape Mowing/Landscape Mowing/Debris Cemetery Tree Trimming Vegetative ROW & Cutting ROW & Medians Parks & Public Bldg MCCD Parcels Maintenance & Cutting Spraying Project Inspector (1) 20
Propose osed d Co Cost Impa pact ct – Work rk in in Proce cess ss • Soft costs • Technology • Public engagement – Advertising/Materials • Mowing Division • Division overhead • Increased project inspection for contract compliance • Accommodate inter-departmental transfers to insure functions are not lost or compromised 21
Possible ible Legisla islation ion Problem Origination Possible solutions Tax reverted parcels Currently self-perform when cited -- consider contract Residents don't care Council Member/CPAC/PAO involvement Evictions Ability to permit with a fee that would fund contract clean up Yard waste from Tree Surgeons Ability to fine Haulers/City performance Increased contract compliance resources Move out ROW grass mowing Require property owners to maintain ROW in front of house Tires Increased contract compliance resources 22 11/2/13
Quest stion ions? s? 23
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