Again, not sure if 715 has the right or the ability to take their trash to the alley. Most of the buildings o. That corner/side of the block do not have alley access. I think 715 *may* be able to get to the alley, but not without trespassing on someone else property. 713 is blocked in by a separate series of garages. There was at one time a second alleyway connecting these properties to N street, but it was closed in by the various property owners a long time ago and may have been officially abandoned by the city

See photo. Not even on a scheduled trash collection day.

That's interesting. Trash is supposed to be collected on this block on Thursday. I know that all these cans were out Thursday, and it looks like the city didn't get them. Again, not trying to shoot you down - I'm sure some of the tenants of these buildings don't always do what they are supposed to. But when people pay the city to come get their trash, and the city doesn't do it, then

Oh, and by the way - the city does not appear to have any effective means of tracking the city issued trash cans. It's not at all clear which goes with which building or apartment. In a perfect world, all of them would be tagged and chipped and digitally tracked, that way the people who are causing the problems could be found out.

Finally, if the cans are put out after requesting an extra pickup/bulk collection, whatever, the city often seems to take longer to come get it then if they just waited till trash day, despite the fact that one has contacted them and been assured it will be removed promptly.

Point is, subpar city services are also a significant part of the problem.

Any ROULS (Rodents OF Unusually Large Size) living in that pile yet?

I spoke with residents of the buildings - the city delayed garbage pickup because of the holiday. Obviously, this was not well publicized. Why can't the city leave flyers or something when they do something like this so that people know not to put their trashcans out/don't accidentally leave them out too long?

This ticket is closed in the City's Work Order system.