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<br />8A <br />Page 7 <br />Attachment 1 - Summary Report To City Council Utilities Committee <br />Pilot Street Cleaning Program Report <br />April 22, 2009 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ADomONAL VISUAL IMPACTS (BEFORE & AFTER CONDITIONS) <br /> <br />Before and after pictures showing pre-conditions and after sweeping attached 1 to this <br />report - see Exhibit 2 <br /> <br />OBSERVATIONS & RECOMME.NDATIONS <br />STAFF OBSERVATIONS <br />. This can only be successful with the support of the Police Department <br />. Both streets are now very clean and look visibly better <br />. Some residents on Douglas readily help in the cleaning and have prepared some areas <br />for sweeper's arrival for cleaning <br />. Residents are very cooperative on both streets. <br />. Some businesses along Middlefield Road have the street cleaning schedule posted in <br />their shops <br /> <br />UDdated .. Area SDecific Observations <br /> <br />Marshall Street (west-side} <br />. Predominately commercial properties <br />front on Broadway with rear service <br />entries or parking lots at rear on <br />Marshall Street <br /> <br />. Is a magnet for abandoned or <br />disabled cars. <br /> <br />. Noticeably less trash on the street <br />between street clean iogs <br /> <br />. One business agreed to hire a <br />landscape firm to deal with the trash & <br />debris in their landscaped areas. <br /> <br />Marshall Street feast-side) <br />. Apartment complexes management <br />offered to distribute flyers and <br />calendars about the parking <br />enforcement to tenants <br /> <br />. Some natural debris near trees, usual <br />expected leaf and vegetation debris. <br /> <br />. Cars are moving ahead of the street <br />sweeper providing access to the curb. <br />Noticeable improvement the west side <br />of Marshall Street <br /> <br />Doualas Ave <br />. City-side of street is low density residential . <br /> <br />. Cited vehicles tend to be at either end of the street, closest to the commercial <br />businesses located on Middlefield Road and Spring Street <br /> <br />. Parked vehicles are not a problem in front of residential properties <br /> <br />. Responsive and cooperative in moving cars still very good and improving <br /> <br />. Businesses on Middlefield Road were given postcard calendar schedules for Douglas <br />Ave <br /> <br />. Douglas Ave residents now receive the same level of service that County residents on <br />the south side of the street receive <br /> <br />Page 4 <br />