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(Mayor's Letter cont'd from previous page) - improved Equipment Services to maintain our fleet of vehicles. We provided a quality home for the Studebaker Museum and are now renovating a building to hold its archives. We refurbished the parking structure at Main and Colfax, removed dinosaur buildings from the industrial core and restored the twin downtown jewels:the Morris Performing Arts Center and the Palais Ballroom. SPRING YARD WASTE Behind the scenes we invested$87 million in the Waste Water Treatment Plant PICKUP BEGINS and have embarked on a $200 million plan to reduce sewer system overflows. The City encourages all residents to help It is critical for a community to invest in its facilities and in its people. It make South Bend a"Clean City,"by taking not only shows pride, it also strengthens community and encourages other advantage of its Yard Waste Pickup Program: investment. I am grateful that we have developed the resources and the support • Until April 5 - the Bureau of Solid Waste to make this city strong again. will collect bagged or bundled yard waste on a Sincerely, call-in basis only -please call 277-8823 for �fcw curbside pickup. Mayor Steve • Beginning April 9- Solid Waste will officially begin its standard Yard Waste Pickup Program. Yard Waste Pickup will take place HOME SAFETY TIPS weekly on a resident's regular trash collection The South Bend Police Dept. advises all day. Pickup is automatic, call-in is not residents, especially senior citizens, that the onset necessary. Please place yard waste at of spring and warm weather may also bring home curbside, in bags or containers, by 6:00 a.m. repair con artists to your doors, offering to do odd Pease follow these guide&nes for the Yard jobs around your house. If you are approached by such an individual,please be aware of the following safety measures, to protect yourself and your home. Waste Program: 1. Yard waste and brush must be bagged or • Don't let unknown people into your home. Ask to see photo identifica- bundled(no more than 4 feet in length or tion, and if you still aren't sure, call the company (Nipsco,Water Works, etc.)to verify they are who they claim to be - especially if you didn't ask 1 foot above edge of container). 2 them to come out! If you call a business out to your home to do work, . Please use suitable containers o n ot gallon make sure you see their Contractor's License before allowing them into your trash container or smaller) - home. place yard waste in City automated not trash containers. • Ask for references that you can contact. 3. As always, please place yard waste at • Set an appointment for a later time, and ask a trusted relative or friend to the curb and separate from trash and also be present at that time. debris. • Don't be pressured by sales tactics like, "you must take this offer now, the 4. Do not place yard waste in the alleys. sale ends today, don't tell anyone this is the best deal of the day". • Rather than employing a stranger at your door, call someone you know, Residents are reminded that in order to such as a trusted neighbor or relative, or a business, to do the work. Often protect our air quality, burning of leaves is the con person will ask for money first, promising to return to do the job. Or completely prohibited in the City of South they may do half of the job,then ask for money,promising to return later. Bend and is a violation of City ordinance_ • Some people may come to your door asking for money. Don't open the South Bend's yard waste is recycled at the door! Talk through the door, and tell them that you don't keep any money in City's Organic Resources Facility, thereby the house. Don't give them money, or they will keep coming back to your diverting this material from our community's house. If they refuse to leave, call the Police. landfill and providing quality mulch for reuse. • Call the police if you notice any suspicious strangers looking into homes or Residents can reap the rewards of their efforts cars in your neighborhood. by going to Organic Resources to pickup high • If you are working in the front yard, make sure the back door is locked. quality mulch and compost for free if you self- • Close your garage door whether you are home or away. An empty garage load,or at a minimal sliding scale fee if you usually indicates an empty home. request assistance with loading. Organic • Don't hide a key to your house outside—if you hide it, a burglar can find Resources is located at 4340 Trade Drive, off it. Instead, leave an extra key with a trusted neighbor. of Nimtz Parkway just '/a mile west of Bendix • Report broken street lights by calling the City's Division of Engineering at Drive. Organic Resources is open 8:00 AM to 235-5938. Well lit areas discourage burglars by taking away their hiding 3:45 PM,Monday through Friday. Please call places. 287-6841 for more information. • If you have been burglarized, don't touch anything! Go to a neighbor's For more information on the Yard Waste and call the police—leave your home as you found it! Program, call Environmental Services at 277- If you would like additional advice on securing your home, or would 8823. like an officer to conduct a security survey of your home, please contact the South Bend Police Crime Prevention Unit at 235-9037. Visit Our Website at www.SouthBendIN.gov!