Councilman Garcia helps neighborhoods with cleanup program
Wow! Here's a program worth highlighting and applauding:
Out there, Bennett said, are rodents and insects living inside wood and bricks that a storm blew off the next-door building onto her yard. And she wants it picked up.
"I called the 311," she said, "the mayor's office, ever since trying to get some help."
After four months of complaining, Sheppard was told, "the city has no funds for doing anything like that."
But Councilman Adrian Garcia in District H does, so he created "District H. Cares."
"I spend my campaign money buying the equipment," Garcia said. "The weed eaters, the chain saws, the trailers, all the equipment … so I could put this program in place."
The idea is to quickly move in to clean up neighborhood nuisances already cited by the city.
"To me that's enough," said Garcia. "Literally, my crew can be right behind them to take the corrective action. We should not wait until the lien process comes into place."
[snip]
"District H Cares" relies on a field service coordinator, volunteers, probationers and the homeless to get the job done.
So far, 22 weeded lots have been cleared and 700 trash bags filled with debris from clogged culverts, gutters and curbs have been tossed.
If all goes well, the program may go citywide.
Yeah, I suppose when the city is shelling out money for new police badges, day labor sites and a new Central Park, it might be hard finding money to clean up neighborhoods.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 07/21/05 06:01 PM | Houston Politics | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (2)
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