Baltimore City Council
File #: 14-0173R    Version: 0 Name: Informational Hearing - New Citywide Street Sweeping Plan
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 5/12/2014 In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
On agenda: Final action: 9/8/2014
Enactment #:
Title: Informational Hearing - New Citywide Street Sweeping Plan FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Department of Public Works’ Solid Waste Bureau and the Department of Transportation to appear before the Council to discuss the new citywide street sweeping plan, the lessons that can be drawn from its early operations, and what steps can be taken to more fully educate communities about the new plan.
Sponsors: Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, William H. Cole, IV, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, President Young, Brandon M. Scott, Carl Stokes
Indexes: Resolution
Attachments: 1. 14-0173R - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Sustainability - 14-0173R.pdf, 3. DPW 14-0173R.pdf, 4. DOT 14-0173R.pdf, 5. 14-0173R~2nd Reader.pdf
* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Branch



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - New Citywide Street Sweeping Plan

FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Department of Public Works’ Solid Waste Bureau and the Department of Transportation to appear before the Council to discuss the new citywide street sweeping plan, the lessons that can be drawn from its early operations, and what steps can be taken to more fully educate communities about the new plan.
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Last month marked the debut of Baltimore’s new citywide street sweeping efforts that will bring mechanical street sweeping to many neighborhoods where it has never before been seen. The new program, designed to be revenue neutral, has added roughly 76,000 street miles to the previous street sweeping zones and has so far met with mixed success.

On the plus side, last month more than 400 tons of trash were removed from Baltimore’s streets on the new routes, an increase of nearly 50% over the average month on just the old routes last year. City street sweepers were used more efficiently, sweeping streets throughout Baltimore on carefully plotted routes designed to maximize usage rather than skipping from zone to zone without cleaning any intervening territory as had been done in the past.

However, some neighborhoods that were told to expect street sweeping reportedly never saw the ...

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