The creek on both sides of the road has egregious litter inside the water and in the immediate area that gets pushed into the 3 -Mile Branch and into the Withlacoochee after heavy rains.

Public Works Department assigned this issue to Angela Bray

Thank you for reporting, the City of Valdosta will look into this issue and get back to you!

Please contact the Engineering Dept at 229.259.3530 to discuss ongoing and future endeavors regarding litter control.

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Brandon Corbitt assigned this issue to Brandon Corbitt

Maybe this will help clarify the address of the property owner with all the trash

It appears to be city property I could be wrong

I wonder if they will stall so long until the state steps in a fix’s it. Roadway and paving projects have already gone that route. Over three years now and still not done. “Sure if you wait long enough somebody else will fix it. “

Stormwater Crew picked up litter today on Three Mile Branch at Country Club on the City's property. Ten trash bags were picked up along the water and in the woods.

Well this is a surprise! While I’m glad to see the trash cleaned up, I also know that Stormwater Manager immediately closed this click fix with NO intention of cleaning this up. Even reaffirmed on the requested phone call with Stormwater Manager to discuss “ongoing and future endeavors regarding litter control” which were nonexistent for THIS type reported trash problem. I am not sure what happened to change Stormwater’s mind but I’m glad it happened whatever it was. It caused them to ended up sending 9 Stormwater workers to do a job that is not Stormwater’s problem and initially had NO intention to clean this up.

Ultimately Stormwater cleaned it up which is a good thing. But why so much resistance about not cleaning it up from the beginning?

Maybe a little less resistance is in the horizon for future reported trash and litter issues?

All litter issues should be assigned to a City Marshal then they will determine who owns the property. I will make sure Public Works understands the process as well. We don’t have a litter crew; however, since it was on City property I didn’t want to wait for a decision to be made on which department would handle such issues. This will be determined by upper management and/or council for a future plan.