On Tuesday I saw a city employee (I believe) talking with the guy who has commandeered the containers. Containers are still missing. What is the status of this complaint? Thank you.

Your request for an update on this issue has been forwarded to the attention of the Sanitation Department.

How long does it normally take to receive a reply? Situation is the same and, even with the holidays, many business days have gone by since this was reported.

The Action Center has received no additional updates on this issue report other than the fact that it was forwarded to an inspector to investigate. Any questions as to the status of that investigation could be directed to the Sanitation Department by phone at 727-893-7334 (residential collection.)

So then what would be the point of this reporting site. We could have called Sanitation direct from the outset.

SeeClickFix is only one of many methods that citizens have at their disposal when it comes to requesting assistance with City services. If a citizen has not received the level of resolution that they are expecting via this venue, we're merely suggesting that they may wish to try another one of those methods, like calling the responsible department directly. Thank you again for your question.

Greetings,

Another neighbor called the Sanitation Department about this six weeks ago. Only after that, did I suggest that someone use the Mayor's Action Center, as I had been very impressed with this in the past when I had another issue.

The bins service households facing both 16th Street North and 17th. Two of the neighbors on 16th have no back gates, and have to take their garbage out their front doors, up 16th, down 12th, just to get the alleyway. There are three households on 16th St impacted by the problem, and a four unit apartment unit on the corner. At some point each and every one of these folks have expressed concern over the issue.

About two or perhaps three weeks ago, a small white Sanitation Department truck spoke with the neighbor hoarding the bins, and nothing has been done, nor has there been any communication. When one neighbor dragged just ONE of the bins back to it's former location, it was back with the others in hours. I am 61 years old and I can't drag bins around. We wish the Mayor's Office could find out why this problems persists.

The question obviously is, what do we do if the Sanitation Department won't help us, which seems to be the case?

So, Mr. Williams from Sanitation came to visit Jan8 and agreed to place a new container in the alley, and I received two follow up calls. That being said, no container has been placed. Calling Sanitation today. Again.

Thank you for your past submission via SeeClickFix. The City of St Petersburg periodically reviews past reports that are made from citizens within our city limits, and in an effort to clean-up old issues that were resolved some time ago, we are marking as 'closed' those issues that were submitted in the past for which the work has been completed or the issue has otherwise been resolved.

If you think for any reason that the issue you submitted in the past might still be unresolved, please feel free to submit a new report with the SeeClickFix St. Pete website and we will make sure the issue is directed to the appropriate City department to be addressed as soon as possible. If you've already submitted a more current issue report, there is no need to re-open this one.

Thank you again - Sincerely,
Mayor's Action Center

He still has all the bins and he still keeps them full with his own commercial trash. I spoke with neighbors this week, who are still having problems because the guy with all the bins is in the construction business and he keeps the bins filled with heavy duty refuse. Currently he is doing a gut and remodel on the house where the bins are kept.

The neighbor said that her recycling bin kept being moved so that it blocked her gate and she could not open her gate or get to the alley past the recycling bin. She would move it and watch this guy move it back in front of her gate, so they had a little encounter in the alley.

They solved our problem by giving us our own bin, which we put on 12th instead of the alley. Not attractive, but it is a solution. However, the fact remains that this guy seized three bins, placed them on his property, and uses them for commercial trash disposal. There are still two neighbors without gates that have to take their trash on a long walk, up 16th Ave., and then 12th St., just to get the alley. Then they have to drag the trash further down the alley than in the past. So my problem is solved, but THE problem is not solved.

Update from Sanitation Department: Please call us directly at 727-893-7398 to discuss your continued concerns with the placement of the containers at the reported location, thank you.