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Until recently, there was a city garbage can near Savemore Market. This can was regularly overflowing. The Savemore people repeatedly complained to the city. The city did not increase pickups.
Finally, the city decided that the solution was to remove the can. Stupid idea. The next can up the street, near Rumbo al Sur will be overflowing.
This location should have a solar can installed. The can should be emptied regularly.
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ADIは、 City of Oakland (Verified Official)
Oaklander (Guest)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
クローズド City of Oakland (Verified Official)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
The city will place this location as a hotspot. The will check the area more frequently. They will consider adding another can nearby. The city blames the residents and nearby business owners for dumping things into this can, causing it to overflow. I think that the city will be checking other nearby cans for overflow. They will consider adding a solar can, but that takes a lot of money, and may take a city resolution.
I will leave this issue closed for a while, but may reopen it before it gets archived.
Reopened Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
I talked to Omar again last night. He called the city repeatedly from September onward. During the week, the cans were emptied by Waste Management. During the weekend, the city of Oakland was supposed to empty the cans. They frequently skipped emptying the cans. People travel along Glenview commercial district regularly. They produce garbage, and need cans to leave the garbage. Omar suggested that a new can be added near the laundromat, which has people stay for an hour or so. The city insists that cans will only be placed at bus stops. The city may not understand that people produce garbage even when they are not on buses.
I'm reopening this, until there is evidence that the problem has been fixed.
ADIは、 City of Oakland (Verified Official)
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Disgusted with Rumbo (Guest)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
434-5130
Oaklander (Guest)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
For this problem, the city is at fault more than Rumbo.
Of course, placing cans at the bus stop is Rumbo's fault.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
The Saturday supervisor retired a while ago. There is now a rotating Saturday supervisor, and there is not a phone number which can be used to contact the supervisor on duty. There is not a supervisor on Sunday.
It is possible that Waste Management is responsible for servicing cans on weekend, but that needs to be researched. The city of Oakland does not currently know how to set up a single phone number which can reach the on-duty supervisor on Saturdays.
Frank Foster is Dexter English's supervisor
510-434-5109
Here is a photo of today's overfolowing can, at about 7:30AM.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Frank Foster has not returned phone calls over 2 days. I admit I didn't give him long, but this issue has been going on for 1 1/2 years.
I talked to Sabrina Jones, a PWA supervisor.
Frank Foster's supervisor is Susan Katchee is interim assistant directory 510-238-6382.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Susan Katchee will investigate the problem. She suggested that people call Oakland PWA when the cans overflow. I reminded her that the cans overflow on weekends, and PWA is closed on weekends. She will talk to Frank Foster and Dexter English about solutions to this problem. She doesn't currently know whether there are weekend pickups in Glenview. She does not know whether Glenview can be added to the weekend pickup schedule. She did agree to have English and Foster investigate the issue, and consider adding additional cans if this was impossible. She also suggested that the Glenview merchants purchase additional cans, since their existence may be responsible for the garbage.
Frank and Dexter are supposed to get back to me.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Make a priority for M-F for Waste Management. The goal is to make sure that the cans are emptied on Friday.
Then Oakland will take a look for a few weekends in a row. If the cans need dumping, they will be dumped. If not, success is declared. After a few weeks, we will check again.
If the cans need regular weekend dumping, they will get it, though the city is short handed.
Adding additional trash cans is another possibility.
Dexter English thinks that if the cans are regularly full on weekends, then there is probably a problem with illegal dumping of garbage into the cans. I am less convinced, but willing to look at the situation.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
oakland resident (Guest)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Here is the same can at about 4PM on Sunday. Note that garbage is at the top of the can. The visible garbage is really small amounts of garbage, not massive amounts of household trash from Orinda.
There is a McDonalds bag, the nearest McDonalds is in Dimond, but it is OK to drop off nearby garbage, I think
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
I talked to Dexter English today. He will try to take a look at the cans on Saturday, around the time of the close of the Grand Lake Farmer's Market.
He was quite nice, and sounded like he will work on the issue.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
The is the can in front of Rumbo al Sur on Monday morning, about 7:20.
Again, it is overflowing. The garbage should not be above the rim of the internal metal can.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
I talked to Dexter English again today. He said that someone checked the cans on Saturday, perhaps a week ago, and the cans were fine.
After talking to him for a while, he agreed to send someone out on Monday morning, before Waste Management picks up the garbage, to verify that the garbage is above the can. If so, then they agree to empty the cans on Saturday, even though the cans are not yet full.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
On November 21, Frank Foster said that Waste Management is responsible for servicing these cans on Saturday. However, the city will service these cans until Waste Management starts servicing the cans.
When I talked to Waste Management, I was told that they do not service the cans on weekends.
Let's check on Saturday or Sunday and determine whether the cans are serviced on Saturday.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
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oaklander (Guest)
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
Frank Foster is responsible for both this task and the street sweeping on 13th Avel across 580. Neither task is done.
http://seeclickfix.com/issues/1072118-glass-along-13th-ave
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)
I should drop down a level. Robert Newman is responsible for both. He reports to Frank Foster.
This department is not reliable.
Kevin Dalley (Registered User)