Final Report on Clean Seattle Initiative

Cleanup:  Greenwood - Phinney

Date of Cleanup:  September 20 and 21st

Boundries:  Phinney to 3rd NW and from 65th to 90th

Departments:  Parks, Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Transportation, City Light, Seattle Public Utilities, DCLU, Arts Commission, Department of Corrections, SPD Crime Prevention.

Cleanup Activities:

• City Light crews maintain 151 street lights in this area. Of this amount 36 had complete heads changed out and 115 photo cells/bulbs were changed out or serviced.



• SDOT Landscape crews performed litter pick-up, added mulch to tree pits, removed paver blocks, edged Kinnikinnick and performed weed control on Greenwood Avenue North from North 85th Street to North 95th Street. In addition they removed paver blocks and mulched tree pits on North 85th Street from Greenwood Avenue North to 1st Avenue Northwest.



• SDOT Traffic Signs and Markings crews removed graffiti from eight signs in the neighborhood.



• SDOT Street Maintenance crews swept 12 curb miles, patched potholes using one ton of asphalt and cut overgrowth on Northwest 92 between 2nd and 3rd Avenues Northwest.



• DOC topped off a truck prior to its being towed on Friday and picked up about 25 bags of litter and debris on Friday, Saturday Sunday and Monday.



• SPU, SPD and DCLU investigated 8-10 problem houses, some of which have experienced substantial improvement and some of which DCLU is continuing to work on.



• SPD pulled at least eight abandoned cars from the neighborhood and two trucks prior to the official CSI days. (Jon works this area constantly and pulls cars frequently).



• DOC Cleaned 2 illegal dump sites, removing 4,040 pounds of debris.

Community Outreach

• DON worked with residents and community members to select locations, recruit volunteers and decide on residents' areas of concern



• Used CSI event to bring neighbors to the recently remodeled Greenwood Elementary School



• Also used the event as a catalyst to bring attention to some public safety issues in the neighborhood around N. 92nd St. & 3rd Ave NW, e.g. addressing zoning code violations, cleanup of alley right of way, removal of abandoned vehicles

Volunteer Activity

• Volunteers completed plantings around the readerboard at entrance to Greenwood Elementary School.



• 90 storm drains were stenciled with messages along Greenwood Avenue, from 65th to 90th, along 85th NW and 3rd Avenue NW. More than 80 drains were stenciled with the message "dump no waste, drains to bay".



• 15 bags of litter were collected along Greenwood Ave N. in the business core and in selected watershed drainage areas.



• Ten cubic yards of playground wood chips were delivered to the Phinney Neighborhood Center on Friday the 20th. On Saturday the 21st, four volunteers helped spread and level the wood chips on the children's play area. Center staff were thankful for the wood chips.

Miscellaneous:

• Ardell Dainels commends SDOT maintenance crew for the fine work they did between 2nd Ave NW and 3rd Ave NW (they went back and trimmed the area more substantially and it looks so much better (and the sightline for SPD in the alley is greatly improved).

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