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Gainesville Clean and Green Program (B)
The Gainesville Clean and Green Program is a comprehensive effort by City staff to focus the resources of the City, private sector, Alachua County, and the State of Florida to improve the overall appearance of the City's gateway corridors.
Explanation
The appearance of the City's gateway corridors creates a lasting impression for residents and visitors to the City. Most property owners have a great deal of pride in the maintenance of their private properties and the right-of-ways fronting gateway corridors. However, many properties reflect a level of disinterest, which can adversely impact the impression residents have of the City. Common areas within the City's gateway corridors are maintained by the City of Gainesville, Alachua County, and the Florida Department of Transportation. The State, County, and City right-of-ways are not uniformly maintained, and reflect, in some cases, overgrown grass, trash, debris, and deteriorated public infrastructure.
Private property owners and homeowners associations have installed privacy fences along the City's gateway corridors. In some cases, these privacy fences have been allowed to deteriorate and the private property adjacent to the public right-of-way has not been maintained. City staff will coordinate and encourage all of the public entities that have a role in maintaining the public property and right-of-ways to increase the aesthetic and visual appeal of the right-of-ways and public properties. Staff will also attempt to engage private property owners in a partnership to provide a greater frequency of grass cutting, and to increase fence maintenance and cleanliness along the corridors.
Major components of the Clean and Green Program will include:
* Targeted efforts by City staff to increase the effectiveness of governmental services for cleaning and maintaining public right-of-ways and properties.
* Efforts to raise the awareness of renters an...
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