Alvernon Park Updates
Monitoring continues of park improvements. Problems with inappropriate use of the park are being discussed with law enforcement and others, especially in the monthly Alvernon/5th St Coalition meetings.
Notes on the park upgrade project are here.
Alvernon/5th St. Crime Coalition Meeting
DATE: Wednesday October 23, 2024 TIME: 6 PM
LOCATION: Ward 6 Office, 3202 E. 1st St.
ZOOM – for link email phnaemail@gmail.com
Residents of neighborhoods in and around the area of Fifth and Alvernon, including Peter Howell, Miramonte, El Encanto, El Conquistador, Highland Vista, Swan Way Park, and Midway Village, seek to work with Ward VI, TPD, businesses, churches, and nearby neighborhoods to recognize, report, and prevent criminal activity in our neighborhoods. Speak directly with police officers. Hear what actions the police have taken and what criminal activity there has been in the past month in our neighborhoods.
Meetings are held every 4th Wednesday of the month at 6 PM. Your support is quite helpful and you are urged to attend. For information or if If you cannot attend but have concerns about suspicious activity in the neighborhood, send a detailed email to PHNA Board member Nancy Huff.
Through the local ByFusion program, “. . the city is collecting more than they can handle, and the “imbalance between collection rates and processing capacity” has not been sustainable, she [Liz Morales] said in the memo. Alternatives like the Hefty ReNew orange bag program, which gives residents another way to participate, were then explored.”
“The City’s non-recyclable plastic waste generation averages about 25 tons per month. This amount exceeds ByFusion’s current capacity of 10 tons per month for processing materials from the Tucson market,” which as resulted in a stockpile of non-recyclable plastic at Los Reales, as well as the Friedman recycling facility, Morales said in the memo.“
Beginning July 1, 2024, the City will require the use of the Hefty ReNew program for household ‘hard to recycle’ plastics as a temporary replacement for the ByFusion program that has been operating.
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Recycle containers (blue bins with no glass, plastic bags, styrofoam or batteries) should be placed at the curb on: Oct 14 and 28, Nov 12 and 25, Dec 9 and 23, 2024.
Household Hazardous Waste Schedule
Newsletters from Council Member Karin Uhlich and Ward 6
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