9/20/2006
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City crews hit streets on city’s near-northeast side as targeted neighborhood clean-ups continue
INDIANAPOLIS – Crews from the city’s Department of Public Works, Animal Care and Control, the Department of Metropolitan Development and the Marion County Health Department will be out in force tomorrow in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood on the city’s near-northeast side as the city’s targeted neighborhood clean-up and improvement efforts continue.
Attacking neighborhood blight is a key component of the plan announced this summer by Mayor Bart Peterson and Sheriff Frank Anderson to combat criminal activity during the summer months.
WHEN: Tomorrow – Thursday, September 21
8 a.m.*
WHERE: The near-northeast side (bounded by 28th St.
on the north, Massachusetts Ave. on the south,
Dearborn St. on the on the west, and Sherman Drive
on the east.)
*Crews will begin the clean-up at 8 a.m. with a brief ‘roll call’ meeting in the parking lot of Brightwood Plaza at 25th and Sherman, and work throughout the day.
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 curfew and warrant sweeps, saturation patrols of high-crime areas, cleaning crew sweeps in hotspots and other efforts.
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