City workers will collect trash, sweep streets, fill potholes, tow abandoned cars, remove illegal dumping, and fix abandoned properties as part of the initiative.
From fixing potholes to removing illegal dumping, a Parker administration official said it would be the biggest effort to address quality-of-life issues in the city’s history.
Carlton Williams, the mayor’s director of clean and green initiatives, said the program will begin June 3 and that the city will soon release a schedule of when each neighborhood will be cleaned. He said city workers will collect trash, sweep streets, fill potholes, tow abandoned cars, remove illegal dumping, and fix abandoned properties.
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