DPW FY 2017 Annual Report

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DC Clean Alley
SWEEP
Solid Waste Education & Enforcement Program
The SWEEP team of inspectors and investigators is
an important link between DPW and residents. As
educators, SWEEP employees teach residents and
businesses about the District’s sanitation regulations
and their partnership with the government to keep
the District clean and attractive. They distribute
educational materials and ensure residents know
they are a readily-available resource.
DPW launched the second annual “DC Clean Alley”
initiative on May 1, 2017, to beautify Ward 8 alleys and create
a safer, more attractive environment. The initiative is a
partnership between DPW and the Department of Housing
and Community Development (DHCD), which provided
funding through a federal grant designated specifically for
community improvements.
In FY 2017 DPW cleaned 599 alleys, not in the flood zone, to
help address illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, rodent
infestation and other sanitation and safety concerns that
can lead to neighborhood blight and crime.
Trucks in
Schools
We
Cleaned
599 Alleys
Community
Goodwill
Activities
Throughout the year, the Fleet
Management Administration brings
vehicles to schools to give children
a hands-on experience.
In FY 2017, DPW employees
collected hundreds of presents
to help children in the care of
the Child and Family Services
Agency celebrate Christmas.
In FY 2017, they attended 120 meetings and events held
by Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, community
and civic associations. They also participated in
Truck Touch, interagency collaboration meetings,
community walking surveys, school presentations,
and educational campaigns targeting specific topics,
e.g., when trash cans can be in the public space.
In advance of snow season, SWEEP receives
applications for an exemption from the snow shoveling
regulation. Eligible residents are 65 years of age or
older or disabled. In FY 2017, SWEEP approved more
than 1,700 of these applications.
SWEEP Jr.
Helping Hand
SWEEP Jr. is DPW’s youthfocused
unit, hosted 85 events
attracting about 16,000 young
people.
DPW supported 160 Helping
Hand neighborhood clean-up
projects throughout the District
in FY 2017.
DPW provided bags, rakes,
brooms and shovels for residents
to assemble trash and debris.
Later that day, DPW collects
the filled bags. If requested,
DPW also will provide compost
for neighborhood beautification
projects.