LEADERS AGAINST LITTER

March 18, 2016 by Charlie London

photos by Charlie London

Sarah Bertrand from the LSU Ag Center was one of many Leader Against Litter taking part in the "Green-Up" on the Lafitte Greenway.
Sarah Bertrand from the LSU Ag Center was one of many Leaders Against Litter taking part in the “Green-Up” on the Lafitte Greenway.

Keep New Orleans Beautiful along with City and community leaders took a pledge against litter today on the Lafitte Greenway. Volunteers did a “Green-Up” by picking up trash along the Lafitte Greenway in preparation for the Cleanest City Challenge (Judging is on March 23rd!).

Leaders Against Litter invite you to take part in the Cleanest City Challenge!
Leaders Against Litter invite you to take part in the Cleanest City Challenge!

Leaders Against Litter is an annual statewide Keep Louisiana Beautiful event that invites community leaders and elected officials to “lead the way” against litter. This initiative unites leaders throughout the state to raise awareness and to make a litter-free Louisiana a priority together to take pride in and cleanup their communities, and to inspire others to volunteer.

Keep New Orleans Beautiful along with City and community leaders took a pledge against litter today on the Lafitte Greenway.
Keep New Orleans Beautiful along with City and community leaders took a pledge against litter today on the Lafitte Greenway.

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Keeping New Orleans Beautiful

February 16, 2016 by Charlie London

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February Updates from Keep New Orleans Beautiful

Keep Louisiana Beautiful “Healthy Communities” Grants now open
Orleans Sierra Club presents: “Common Sense Solutions to Waste, Litter and Pollution at the City Level”
YLC Recycles seeks Volunteers for Rock n’ Roll Marathon Feb 27 & 28
Lots of Spring Litter Clean-ups!

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1. Keep Louisiana Beautiful “Healthy Communities” Grants now open

The Keep Louisiana Beautiful Healthy Communities Grant Program is designed to encourage community action in the specific areas of litter abatement, waste reduction, environmental education and stewardship, training, litter enforcement, and recycling. KLB will support strong, sustainable, action-oriented programs dedicated to our mission, and which demonstrate a clear commitment to community education, volunteer engagement and behavioral change.

Applications are available to 501c3s, governmental entities, schools, universities and other civic organizations. Awards vary from $1,000 to $10,000 and are offered on a reimbursement basis. These are great grants for purchasing recycling bins. Applications for this grant must be submitted by April 7th, 2016. http://keeplouisianabeautiful.org/grants/

2. Orleans Sierra Club presents:
“Common Sense Solutions to Waste, Litter and Pollution at the City Level”.
Max Ciolino, No Waste NOLA
Sunday, February 21
6:30 PM refreshments
7 PM to 8 PM program
Audubon Zoo Dominion Auditorium
Call 504-307-0187 for information.

3. YLC Recycles seeks Volunteers for Rock n’ Roll Marathon Feb 27 & 28
YLC Recycles needs your help for our kickoff event for 2016, which is also one of our largest – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on February 28th! We have 4 shifts available for our volunteers to help: (1) setup shift on Saturday, February 27th and (3) shifts between 7:15AM and 5PM on February 28th. Refreshments and other perks will be given to our wonderful volunteers to enjoy the race after party. Please bring your friends because this will be all hands on deck!

RSVP below for your spot today!

Setup Shift

Sunday 7:15-11am

Sunday 10:45am-2pm

Sunday 1:45-5pm

Lots of Spring Litter Pick-ups!
If your group is planning a spring clean-up or Great American Cleanup event, let us know so we can help publicize!

NOLA Trash Mob: Has a full schedule of Sunday morning clean-ups throughout the spring. To find out each week’s location, visit their Facebook page

Leaders against Litter: On Friday morning, March 18, local leaders working against litter will gather as part of a statewide awareness event. To participate, contact [email protected]

March 23: Cleanest City Contest Judging : The Garden Clubs of New Orleans have entered the statewide Cleanest City Contest again, and they are calling on New Orleanians everywhere to mow lots, maintain green space, involve community and YOUTH, form adopt-a-block groups, clean curbs and catch basins, paint over graffiti, and involve schools, churches, and organizations to make New Orleans more beautiful. Send pictures of your efforts to [email protected]. On March 23, judges will do a drive-through visit to the city.

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PEOPLE START POLLUTION, PEOPLE CAN STOP IT

January 30, 2016 by Charlie London

If you were a child in the early 1970’s, you may remember the public service announcement in the link below. The message is just as a poignant today.

Some people have a deep abiding respect for the natural beauty that was once this country.




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Thank you to the great volunteers from near and far
who came out to help keep New Orleans beautiful.
 


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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE 80 TO DO THIS

January 29, 2016 by Charlie London

article courtesy upworthy.com

Larie McKeever is 80 years old. Every day she dons an orange safety vest, grabs a couple of trash bags, and takes a three-mile walk along Golf Course Road in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Along the way, she makes her neighborhood more beautiful by picking up litter and garbage.

“I try to leave the house as soon as it’s light outside,” Larie told the Northwest Herald. “But if I open my door and it’s pouring down rain, I won’t walk. Then again, if it starts raining while I’m on my walk, I won’t turn back.”

Larie finds all kinds of things.

You’d be amazed at what people throw away. Some of it is pretty normal — candy wrappers, for instance — but Larie’s found driver’s licenses and credit cards, too. She turns them in, of course. She also picks up aluminum cans, which are sold for recycling (the money goes to a local food pantry).

Her walks are even good for her heart.

Larie has a condition known as aortic stenosis. One of the valves out of her heart doesn’t work quite right. But the daily exercise is great for her.

Larie’s instinct for picking up trash has been with her for years, handed down from her father.

As she and her dad walked to his work every day in Story City, Iowa, they’d pick up any litter they’d come across.

“I think about my dad a lot when I’m walking,” Larie told the Northwest Herald. “I think about how proud he would be that I’m still picking up litter, all these years later.”

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Now, years later, this particular walk started as Larie going to meet her granddaughter Kate’s middle-school bus.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had a million of her?

Because we could certainly use them. If you’re a neat freak like me, you might not want to read this next sentence.

According to Keep America Beautiful, the average mile of roadway in the United States has over 6,500 pieces of litter on it.

That’s more than one piece per foot! All together, that adds up to more than 50 billion styrofoam 44-ounce soda cups, grease-stained fast food bags, and cigarette butts mucking up our beautiful country.

Litter is more than just ugly — it can be downright dangerous.

“There’s AAA research that shows that people have accidents as a result of litter,” said Cecile Carson, senior director of affiliate development at Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit dedicated to making littering unacceptable. 

If a piece of trash flies out of the back of a pickup truck, for example, it could hit another car and cause a crash.

Of course, litter hurts the environment, too. Broken glass and bits of metal can cut people and pets. Plastic and cigarette butts end up in animals’ stomachs. And anything on the road can end up in our water supply.

“Everything leads downstream,” said Cecile.

When you really love a place, you want to keep it clean. And this can have a big effect.

Keep America Beautiful has done a lot of research on this fact, and they say the problem is mostly individual people’s behavior.

“Littered environments attract more litter,” said Mike Rosen, a senior VP at Keep America Beautiful. “So if you can decrease the amount of visible litter, you can begin to change attitudes and change behaviors.”

Before and after a cleanup. I wouldn’t want to walk down “before,” but I’d be real happy to have “after” in my neighborhood. Image used with permission from Keep America Beautiful.

Furthermore, if people see their neighbors and community members making an effort to go out and clean up, that also makes people think twice before littering.

“It personalizes it,” said Cecile. A litterer might say, “Oh, that’s the Kiwanis Club, that’s the 4-H – I’m not going to litter on those people.”

Image used with permission from Keep America Beautiful.

People like Larie — and anyone dedicated to stopping litter — deserve some recognition for keeping our country beautiful.

It’s one thing to decry litter and trash, but it’s quite another to go out and do something about it yourself. Larie’s already inspired others in her community to pick up junk as they walk too, but imagine what America’s streets would look like if everyone were as dedicated as Larie.

“I just like seeing the parks and streets cleaner,” Larie said. “I don’t like litter; I never have.

 

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Tree and Plant Sale March 14th

February 5, 2015 by Charlie London

2015 Second Saturday Calendar 

 
SAVE THE DATE – MARCH 14
Annual Tree & Plant Sale
Parkway Partners biggest plant sale of the year!
At the Department of Parks & Parkways, 2829 Gentilly Blvd.

 
Mark your calendar for our monthly educational series and plant sale!

Location: 1137 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113  

February14
– No Second Saturday – Happy Mardi Gras!

March 14 – ANNUAL TREE AND PLANT SALE
Dan Gill will be on hand to answer questions! 
At the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways,
2829 Gentilly Blvd. behind Dillard University down Warrington Dr.

April 11 – Essentials of Landscaping: Foundation Planting and Design for Your Yard and Garden

May 9 – Year-Round Maintenance for Your Garden

Speaker: Tammany Baumgarten, BaumGardens Landscape & Design

 

June 13 – Growing Tropicals & Other Heat-Tolerant Plants

Speaker: Pam Broom, community gardener

 

July 11 – Soil Renewal: Cover Crops, Compost Management, and Soil Inoculation

August 8 – Cut Flowers in Your Garden: Growing and Designing a Cutting Garden

Speakers: Denise Richter and Megan McHugh, Pistil & Stamen Flower Farm & Studio

 

 

September 12 – Fall Vegetable Gardening

Speaker: Kiki Fontenot, LSU AgCenter

October 10 – DIY Fire Cider, Homemade Tinctures, and Other Herbal Remedies

Speaker: Margee Green, Cow Apple Horticulture
 
November 14 – Native Trees and Shrubs

 

December 12 – Therapeutic Gardening:  Techniques for Creating a Healing and Restorative Garden Space

Speaker: Pamela Buckman, Besthoff Sculpture Garden Manage

All proceeds from Parkway Partners’ plant sales support 
Parkway Partners’ important programming!

For more information, email Jamie Broussard at [email protected]

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Grants to Help Keep New Orleans Beautiful

February 11, 2014 by Charlie London

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       The Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Recycling Bin Grant
Program is now open, with a deadline of March 3.  Nonprofits, schools,
government agencies, religious organizations and colleges/universities
can apply.  Visit  http://bingrant.org/

        Dow Chemical is sponsoring donations of interior latex
paints from Sherwin Williams for interior beautification projects.   It
looks like the application will have to come from/in partnership with
the Keep New Orleans Beautiful affiliate, so let me know if your group
has an appropriate project.  This might be good for school projects
looking for low VOC paints.   Here’s the info:  http://tinyurl.com/lg6kxkp

        Tulane Environmental Law Summit to feature keynote &
panels on plastics litter and pollution.  Dr. Marcu Eriksen, a New
Orleans area native, is the cofounder of the 5 Gyres Institute, a
research group dedicated to understanding and reducing plastics
pollution through research and public awareness. He will speak about the
role of plastics in our oceans and waterways, and how groups and
individuals can work to reduce plastic pollution. Dr. Eriksen’s keynote
will be Friday, Feb. 21 at 6 pm. The conference will include a panel on
plastic marine litter (4pm Friday 2/21) and on plastic bag ordinances
& microplastic pollution (Sat. Feb 22 2:30).  The conference is free
to the public.  Visit summit.law.tulane.edu

Liz Davey

Office of Sustainability | 107 A Richardson Building | Tulane University | New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

[email protected]

green.tulane.edu

504/865-5145

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TRASH MOB CALENDAR

September 26, 2013 by Charlie London

trashmobAfter some calendar scribbling, Chandler and I have put together a tentative schedule of trash mobs for the rest of 2013. Please do let us know if there are any scheduling requests or feedback that might help us gather more support at the mobs. These are by no means set in stone, so they can be moved around for the most part (all except for the 10/26/13 mob at Coliseum Park). Also, we can put together evening mobs as well if that works better for people.

Here is the rundown for the upcoming mobs, which are posted on our Facebook page’s calendar. Note the hyper-linked mobs have official FACEBOOK events set up already.

9/27/2013 N. Rampart and St. Ann

9/29/2013 St. Charles and Louisiana

10/6/2013 Gert Town
10/13/2013 Carrollton and Canal Mob
10/20/2013 Lighthouse Mob
10/26/2013 Coliseum Park, ISL
11/3/2013 APEX Central City Mob
11/10/2013 New Orleans East Trash Mob, Crowder and I-10, Dwyer
11/17/2013 Trash Mob at the Fly
11/24/2013 Irish Channel Mob
12/1/2013 Claiborne and MLK
12/8/2013 Lower 9th Ward Trash Mob
12/15/2013Dorgenois and Washington
12/22/2013Freret
12/29/2013Musician’s Houses
1/5/2014Second Line Mob

 

We would greatly appreciate it if you could share the events with your followers and networks!

Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but we will try to bring a limited supply of extras. The trash mobs will last for about 1 hour each, but people can participate however long they would like.

Finally, our vision for the trash mob is to get the entire city doing their part all the time to keep the city clean. And as great as it is to have a group volunteers working at this once a week, it would be even greater to have many groups of volunteers working at this multiple times of the week all over the city.
So PLEASE, if anyone thinks they can take on leading their own trash mobs and needs help getting volunteers, we will be more than happy to teach you what we’ve learned and spread the word for you to our followers. Neighborhood organizations could start at one mob a month and work their way toward cleaning up more frequently. Remember, one hour is a very small portion of the week, and the more people you have, the more you can take on. And once you have you have residents who actually live in the area they’re cleaning you reach a much greater level of accountability and responsibility in ensuring New Orleans stays beautiful.

Thank you for your time and please look through the schedule as well as our Facebook events, spread the word, and come join NOLA Trash Mob!

Best,
Daniel Paschall and Chandler Moore
NOLA Trash Mob

E-mail: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NolaTrashMob
Website: http://nolatrashmob.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOLATrashmob

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Native Plant Symposium

September 18, 2013 by Charlie London

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Bayou Rebirth is seeking volunteers for their Native Plant Symposium on October 11. 

In preparation for the event, BAYOU REBIRTH is seeking volunteers that can help organize the logistics of the event prior to and also help with operations of the event on October 11. 

Prior to the event, volunteer duties include:  soliciting snack/coffee donations, printing and picking up posters/signage, folding programs, organizing sponsorship bags, etc.  On the day of, volunteer duties include:  setting up tables, hanging banner and posters, handing out bags/programs, registration table,  taking notes, video taping, snack/coffee prep, preparing speakers’ panels, A/V, event clean up etc.

 

Bayou Rebirth is hosting a one-day Native Plant Symposium on the benefits native plants bring to southeast Louisiana’s urban environment.  This conference, to be held at Delgado Community College, will bring together a diverse group of professionals and community members to network, share knowledge and expertise, and discuss the role of native plants in urban water management, wildlife habitat and resilience to climate change. 

The symposium features panel discussions, break out sessions, site tours and a complimentary reception at Longue Vue House and Gardens. Volunteers receive free admission to the event.

bayourebirth1If you are interested in volunteering please contact Zoe Linder-Baptie at  [email protected]

Thank you so much in advance for your involvement and we look forward to a successful event.   

 

Sincerely,

The Team at Bayou Rebirth     

 
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Abandoned Boats Litter Bayou

September 13, 2013 by Charlie London

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September 27, 2013 UPDATE

July4th-remnantUnfortunately, yet another of the “floats” hides like a troll underneath the Desaix Avenue bridge over Bayou St. John. It is decorated with diagonal green stripes and still has the flag pole folded over on the deck of the float supported by barrels. The platform float was moved by the Magnolia Bridge where it languished for months.

No one objects to the fun, frivolity and debauchery of the parade. As Frank Davis says, “that’s natchully nawlins”. What neighbors object to is folks who leave garbage in front of their homes for months then refuse to take any responsibility for it.

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September 23, 2013 UPDATE:

Councilmember Guidry requested Col. Sneed of Homeland Security to aid in the removal of the July 4th “float”. The boat has been removed.

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September 18, 2013 UPDATE:
Boat Owners Offer Junk Boat to Community

 

boat-moved-to-Orleans-BridgeI received a message that the owners of the boat pictured to the left have painted over the offensive message on the side, bailed out the nastiness inside, moved it from the banks of Bayou St. John by the Dumaine Bridge to the water near the Orleans Bridge and are now offering it for free to the community. How nice.

This article is solely the opinion of Charlie London. Below is a letter sent to City and State officials.
bucolic-sceneFor years, the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans and other agencies have been tossing the ball around on who is legally responsible for Bayou St. John. I really don’t care who is legally responsible. I expect the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana to protect the health and safety of its citizens.
abandonedboats5With reports of West Nile virus in the news once again, I believe it is time for the City and the State to take action for the benefit of the citizens of New Orleans and begin removing boats on the bayou filled with mosquito larvae and algae. The boats in question are near where St. John Court meets the bayou on the Parkview side of the bayou. UPDATE: I spoke with Claudia Riegel of the New Orleans Mosquito Control Board and she said that testing has indicated that the West Nile virus is not as prevalent in New Orleans as it was last year. Ms. Riegel indicated that only one instance of West Nile virus has been found so far this year and it was in New Orleans East. This was as of 2 p.m. on September 13, 2013.
abandonedboats1Boats thrown up on the banks of the bayou are havens for nutria. All boats sitting on the banks of Bayou St. John should be removed immediately. Bayou St. John is not a marina. There is a serious safety issue where Grand Route meets the bayou. Folks have taken to putting items underwater to chain their boats. Buckets filled with cement and poles are sticking up from the floor of the bayou. These are a hazard and should be immediately removed.
guzzling-seamen1And, how long does my family need to be subjected to the boat with GUZZLING SEAMEN spray painted on the side? This boat has been there since the July 4th bayou boat parade and is now on the bayou near the Dumaine Bridge on the Parkview side of the bayou. I am all for the parade but part of their permit should require them to remove the platforms with barrels under them and any guzzling-seamen2GUZZLING SEAMEN left behind and it should be done immediately after the parade is completed… garbage like this should be picked up right after the boat parade just like any other parade in New Orleans. The GUZZLING SEAMEN has been spray painted over in red.
abandonedboats9bAlso for the benefit of the safety of the citizens of New Orleans, boats chained to utility pole wires and historical markers should also be immediately removed. There are several utility poles and historical markers all along the bayou that currently have boats chained to them.

If folks chained their cars to trees in City Park, would the City or the State take action? You bet they would. The same respect should be given to the bayou. Remove the boats from the bayou today.

Let’s stop talking about removing boats from the bayou and get it done today. The health and safety of the citizens of New Orleans depends on it. CLICK ON ANY PHOTO FOR A LARGER VIEW.

Large amounts of boats chained to the bayou is a relatively recent phenomenon (since 2005). In 2009, the Orleans Levee District took action. Visit the link below for more:
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/bayou_st_john_boats_are_issued.html

The rings along the bayou meant for temporary mooring are having boats locked to them and left indefinitely. Should the rings be removed? Click on the photo of the ring for a larger view.

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Ordinance to impound moored boats on Bayou St. John lags in City Hall

 by Della Hasselle at MidCityMessenger.com
Dec 23, 2013

 

Canoes and kayaks docked on Bayou St. John (Della Hasselle, MidCityMessenger.com)

Six weeks after Councilwoman Susan Guidry proposed an ordinance prohibiting the mooring of boats for longer than 24 hours on Bayou St. John, docked canoes and kayaks filled with stagnant rainwater can still be seen cluttering the quiet waterway.

Guidry has proposed impounding the boats because they’re dangerous, according to the ordinance.

“Unattended boats collect rainwater that create pools of standing water, making them breeding grounds for mosquitos, which presents a danger to public health,” it reads.

The proposal for establishing impounding procedure comes at least four years after locals complained about unattended canoes and kayaks “littering” the bayou. Only, because city administration can’t find an agency to take on responsibility of dealing with the boats, the ordinance has sat stagnant in City Hall.

The decree was again deferred during a City Council meeting Thursday. That meeting marked the sixth week that’s gone by without any action taken on the agenda item since it was first introduced Nov. 7.

And some of the boats have been there longer, says Ray St. Pierre, the owner of R&S Auto Service on Hagan Avenue, near the corner of Moss and Lafitte streets.

“Those boats haven’t been moved in a month,” St. Pierre said, pointing to two abandoned boats at the end of the bayou that were filled with dirty water.

St. Pierre says he has mixed feelings about the boats. He likes for there to be canoeing on the bayou, but he’s against the private property going neglected on public land.

“I wish people would be responsible for them,” he said.

In 2009, the Orleans Levee District officials took responsibility for boats left in the water by notifying the owners via stickers and locking the boats in place if no action was taken, according to an article written then by nola.com.

“The Orleans Levee District asks that stored boats be removed from Bayou St. John, ” the notice read, according to the article. “If boats are not removed by Aug. 28, 2009, the OLD will lock the boats in place, and owners will be required to contact OLD officials for release.”

But it wasn’t really the Orleans Levee District’s jurisdiction, and the New Orleans Police Department is too busy fighting crime to deal with hauling boats out of the bayou, according to Michael Martin, the legislative director for Councilwoman Guidry’s office.

“The administration has told us that the NOPD doesn’t have the resources to have enforcement,” Martin said, adding that Guidry is “working to find the proper agency and proper way to enforce the impounding.”

Martin wouldn’t say which agencies the city is considering.

“At this point we’re just trying to find which ones have the capabilities first,” Martin said.

Some Mid-City residents, however, say that the decree shouldn’t wait any longer. As the ordinance explains, boats can also harbor snakes, become dangerous projectiles in storms and pose other threats.

Abandoned boats on Bayou St. John collect stagnant water (Della Hasselle, MidCityMessenger.com)

In September, Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association Executive Board member Charlie London brought attention to the issue in his blog, highlighting the threat of West Nile Virus, which is contracted by infested mosquitos.

“With reports of West Nile Virus in the news once again, I believe it is time for the City and the State to take action for the benefit of the citizens of New Orleans and begin removing boats on the bayou filled with mosquito larvae and algae,” London said.

“For years, the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans and other agencies have been tossing the ball around on who is legally responsible for Bayou St. John,” he added. “I really don’t care who is legally responsible. I expect the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana to protect the health and safety of its citizens.”

London added that the bayou should be treated the same as the park or any other protected public land in the city.

“If folks chained their cars to trees in City Park, would the City or State take action?” London asked. “You bet they would. The same respect should be given to the bayou.”

Other residents, however, say they don’t want to see the boats go.

“I think it adds to the bayou,” said John Lacarbier, a 29-year-old spoken word artist who lives in Mid-City. “I don’t see it as a mega issue. And it looks kinda cool.”

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ORDINANCE
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
CITY HALL: November 7, 2013
CALENDAR NO. 29,847

AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Chapter 170, Article II of the Code of the City of New Orleans by adding Sections 170-62 – 170-67, to prohibit the mooring of boats along Bayou St. John for longer than twenty four (24) hours; to establish impounding and disposal provisions and procedures, and to establi sh fees relative thereto; and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

WHEREAS, unattended boats collect rainwater that create pools of standing water,making them breeding grounds for mosquitos, which presents a danger to public health ; and
WHEREAS, unattended boats can harbor snakes or vermin, which also presents a danger to public health; and
WHEREAS, unattended boats present a dangerous condition likely to attract children,which could lead to serious injury; and
WHEREAS, unattended boats can be picked up and thrown during severe weatIler,
making them dangerous projectiles that pose a threat to public safety; and
WHEREAS, unattended boats create obstacles that interfere with the Orleans Levee Board District’s ability to maintain the grass along the banks of Bayou St. John, which impacts citizen enjoyment of the bayou.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY
ORDAINS, That Sections 170-62 – 170-67 are hereby ordained to read as follows:

“Section 170-62 Overnight mooring of boats prohibited along Bayou St. John.
It shall be unlawful to moor boats for longer than twenty four (24) hours along Bayou St. John or along the bridges that cross Bayou St. John. For purposes of this Division, “Bayou S1. John” includes its head at Hagan Avenue to Carrollton Avenue at Esplanade Avenue. Boats found to be in violation of this Division shall be subject to impoundment.

Section 170-63 Prior notice requirement.
A boat may only be impounded after the owner has been given prior notice by affixing printed information in a conspicuous place on the boat indicating that the boat shall be subject to impoundment unless the boat is moved by the owner or legal possessor by a specific date. The printed notice shall provide the date the notice was posted and the date by which the boat shall be removed. The removal date shall be no sooner than 48 hours after the date of initial posting.

Section 170-64 Impoundment.
Impounded boats shall be held by the City until claimed by the owner or legal possessor or disposed of in accordance with state law governing disposition of surplus municipal movables.
Any owner or legal possessor who seeks to recover an impounded boat shall be required to establish proof of ownership and pay all related impoundment fees at the time of reclamation.

Section 170-65 Impoundment fees.
If any boat is impounded, an impoundment fee of $50 and, after the first 24 hours, a storage fee of $10.00 per day for each day that the boat is impounded shall be assessed upon reclamation.
Total fees, excluding impoundment fee, shall not exceed $150 per boat. All fees generated under this Division shall be retained by the enforcement agency for the purpose of enforcement of this Division.

Section 170-66 Sale or use of abandoned boats.
The City shall retain custody and possession of impounded boats for a period of not less than three months from the date of impoundment, unless reclaimed by the owner or legal possessor.
After such time, the City may sell the impounded boat for fair market value pursuant to state law governing disposition of surplus municipal movables or claim for City use. The purchaser of any unclaimed boat shall not be liable for the impoundment fee or any storage fees accumulated prior to the date of purchase.

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Trash Mob on Lafitte

June 23, 2013 by Charlie London

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Sunday | June 23rd | 8:30 a.m.


We will meet at 8:30am at Hagan & Lafitte toward Broad (near Jeff Davis) and mob our way down Lafitte St. If you arrive anytime after 8:30, just look for us along Lafitte St. We’re hoping the earlier start time will help us beat at least some of the heat. Please help us continue our assault on litter as we take back the streets from the trash!

Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but we will try to bring a limited supply of extras. The trash mob will last for about 1 to 1.5 hours, but people can participate however long they would like.

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For those that are new to NOLA Trash Mob, we are a group of volunteers who want to change the way New Orleans thinks about litter, primarily through clean-ups or “trash mobs”. For these trash mobs, we select a public space, usually a particular city block or area that has a significant amount of litter, and we set a time and day to go and pick up trash there. They usually are scheduled about once a week on Sunday mornings.

We welcome feedback from the community of where areas there is a lot of litter to target for future trash mobs. Additionally, if anyone knows of any organizations that would like to publicize and/or sponsor a trash mob event, we are always in need of publicity, incentives for participants, and trash grabbers to save the mob’s back.

So tell your friends and come on out this Sunday to join NOLA Trash Mob!

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The Mob is Looking for You

May 31, 2013 by Charlie London

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NOLA TRASH MOB | 11 a.m. | Sunday, June 9

The monument by the Jeff Davis Trail where it crosses Tulane Avenue was surveyed and it was peppered with trash. This area has become the main battleground, and this Sunday, June 9 we’ll take it back. We can then mobilize toward where litter is dense, perhaps even over I-10 across the Jeff Davis Bridge if we’re so moved.

Meet at 11AM by Jefferson Davis Parkway and Tulane Avenue ready to take back one of our nicest green spaces!
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Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but we will try to bring a limited supply of extras. The trash mob will last for about 1.5 to 2 hours, but people can participate however long they would like.

For those that are new to NOLA Trash Mob, we are a group of volunteers who want to change the way New Orleans thinks about litter, primarily through clean-ups or “trash mobs”. For these trash mobs, we select a public space, usually a particular city block or area that has a significant amount of litter, and we set a time and day to go and pick up trash there. They usually are scheduled about once a week on Sunday mornings.

We welcome feedback from the community of where areas there is a lot of litter to target for future trash mobs. Additionally, if anyone knows of any organizations that would like to publicize and/or sponsor a trash mob event, we are always in need of publicity, incentives for participants, and trash grabbers to save the mob’s back.

So tell your friends and come on out this Sunday to join NOLA Trash Mob!

Check it out on Facebook…
https://www.facebook.com/NolaTrashMob#!/events/130778570459960/

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Mom Meets Mob Sunday

May 8, 2013 by Charlie London

Make Mother’s Day meaningful.
Join the Trash Mob at North Scott and Conti


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N Scott St and Conti St, New Orleans, LA

There’s a trash corridor that goes right by the Mid-City Rouses along Conti St. between Carrollton and Jeff Davis. We’re going to put on our best gloves and trash mob that corridor on Sunday, May 12 from 12:30pm to 2:00pm.

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