8/14/2006
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Mayor to join city crews during targeted clean-up on southeast side
Focused effort is part of summer crime fighting strategy
INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Bart Peterson will join crews from the city’s Department of Public Works, Animal Care and Control, the Department of Metropolitan Development and the Marion County Health Department during a targeted neighborhood clean-up on the near-southeast side.
Attacking neighborhood blight in areas facing challenges with crime is a key component of the plan announced in June by Mayor Peterson and Sheriff Frank Anderson to combat criminal activity during the summer months. City crews have targeted eight neighborhoods for extensive, coordinated clean-ups this summer.
WHEN: Tomorrow – Tuesday, August 15
8:30 a.m.*
WHERE: C1 Professional Training Center
3603 East Raymond St.
*The Mayor will speak briefly to crews at a ‘roll call’ meeting at the training center, and then take to the streets to fill pot holes and clean alleys
Crews will cut high weeds, pick up trash and debris along streets and alleys, fill potholes, remove illegal signs and sweep the neighborhood for stray animals, among other clean-up efforts.
The owners of all lots cleaned and mowed by city crews will be cited and have the clean-up costs placed on their property tax bill if they fail to pay their initial fines. The city will then follow through with seeking higher fines through civil prosecution for negligent property owners who refuse to maintain their properties.
The entire comprehensive summer strategy to combat crime calls for an aggressive reallocation of officers to street patrol, increased warrant sweeps, saturation patrols of high-crime areas, cleaning crew sweeps in hotspots and other efforts.
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