Reflecting on my work activities with the Selkirk Avenue BIZ and surrounding neighbourhoods this summer, it upsets me that littering in the Mynarski Ward is a disgusting big problem.\u00a0 This poor attitude occurs in both the North End and West Kildonan.\u00a0 People need to have more respect for how other people\u2019s and their neighbourhoods look.\u00a0 People\u2019s yards and homes need to look good as well.\u00a0 It is very difficult to solve problems of crime and poverty when there looks like there is no hope.<\/p>\n
A number of people complimented the work on Selkirk Avenue and surrounding neighbourhoods, but many of the student workers are off to college and university.\u00a0 This rant brings me to difficult cases of homes and businesses looking hopeless.\u00a0 The City cannot directly force someone to do something.\u00a0 Inspections, orders, and fines or fees don\u2019t seem to work for some people.\u00a0 Residents call my office in frustration, but there is little that can be done aside from enforcing by-laws.<\/p>\n
Councillors receive monthly 311 reports.\u00a0 Besides garbage system and bulk dumping complaints, by-law enforcement issues are the largest number of cases in the Mynarski Ward.\u00a0 Renters, landlords and home owners are all part of the problems in this 311 category.\u00a0 What used to be called \u201ccommunity health\u201d, now called \u201cby-law enforcement\u201d, is made up of a number of Neighbourhood Livability By-law and other by-law infractions related to housing as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cExterior of Building\u201d \u2013 eaves troughs, siding, fascia, shingles, steps and hand railings, in disrepair or partially finished.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterior of Building\u201d \u2013 faulty plumbing, mold, broken stairs, broken windows, and heating in bad shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cMiscellaneous Concerns\u201d \u2013 anything not covered by the other categories.<\/p>\n
\u201cYard & Accessory Buildings\u201d \u2013 over grown grass, weeds, bushes and trees; collections of scrap; sheds and garages in bad shape; and general garbage all over the yard.<\/p>\n
From January 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013, 2,173 by-law enforcement service requests (cases) were called in or e-mailed by residents\u2019 associations, business improvement zones, renters, neighbours and the city councillor and his assistant.\u00a0 This spring By-law Enforcement blitzed two problematic neighbourhoods to get people to clean up their properties \u2013 both business and residential.\u00a0 While not all of the service requests came from this blitz, there have been 1,663 \u201cYard & Accessory Buildings\u201d cases for eight months.\u00a0 There should be no need for this many complaints.<\/p>\n
Please remind your families that littering is not acceptable, and spread the word that our neighbourhoods can be great places to live if we all take responsibility for our place.\u00a0 The following is a table of all the complaints related to housing for the first eight months of 2013.<\/p>\n
| Community Health \/ By-law Enforcement Complaints in Mynarski Ward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | |||||||||
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | May<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Total<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Housing Complaints:<\/td>\n | 94<\/td>\n | 109<\/td>\n | 116<\/td>\n | 332<\/td>\n | 465<\/td>\n | 455<\/td>\n | 300<\/td>\n | 302<\/td>\n | 2,173<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Exterior of Building<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 18<\/td>\n | 40<\/td>\n | 40<\/td>\n | 36<\/td>\n | 18<\/td>\n | 25<\/td>\n | 196<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Interior of Building<\/td>\n | 46<\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 34<\/td>\n | 23<\/td>\n | 24<\/td>\n | 24<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n | 23<\/td>\n | 237<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Miscellaneous Concerns<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Yard & Accessory Buildings<\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 59<\/td>\n | 55<\/td>\n | 259<\/td>\n | 387<\/td>\n | 383<\/td>\n | 238<\/td>\n | 250<\/td>\n | 1,663<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reflecting on my work activities with the Selkirk Avenue BIZ and surrounding neighbourhoods this summer, it upsets me that littering in the Mynarski Ward is a disgusting big problem.\u00a0 This poor attitude occurs in both the North End and West Kildonan.\u00a0 People need to have more respect for how other people\u2019s and their neighbourhoods look.\u00a0 People\u2019s yards and homes need …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseadie.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |