Contracted Street Sweeping Activities :
Activity |
Quantity |
Residential Lane Miles |
1580 |
Major Intersections ( each ) |
470 |
Entertainment District ( cycles ) |
41 |
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Litter Pickup
The litter pick up program reduces the discharge of floatables into the MS4 by engaging citizens and businesses in litter collection activities throughout the year . The program consists of litter clean up citizen events as well as contracted litter pick up services . Below is a report of litter pickup activities :
1 . Waste Contractor Litter Control Monthly Totals :
Month |
Bags Collected |
Weight ( lbs ) |
October |
753 |
23,020 |
November |
1264 |
45,300 |
December 895 50,600 January 1343 58,020 February 1131 15,460
March 1148 86,600 April 967 61,180 May 816 54,340 June 1172 47,980 July 1103 43,040
August 1270 39,940 September 1123 49,540
Grand Total 12,985 575,020
2 . Parks and Recreation :
The City of Arlington , Keep Arlington Beautiful affiliate was disbanded in FY18 due to lack of Board activity and participation . However , some of KABs related activities remain were transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department for coordination including Creek and Litter Cleanup Events . In FY20 , Parks and Recreation was unable to conduct any clean-up events due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions . However , Parks and Recreation sponsored several neighborhood cleanup events by providing trash bags and other materials . Total volunteer attendance at these events was 311 citizens for a total of approximately 961 volunteer hours .
Group Date Location / Event Volunteers Volunteer Hours
Fish Creek Cleanup Challenge 1 / 25 / 20 Fish Creek Park 226 452 River Legacy Park Quarterly O . S . Gray Park 22 170.5
Friends of the SWNP Quarterly SW . Nature Preserve 21 188.5 Chalk the Walk 10 / 19 / 2020 O . S . Gray Park 12 60
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