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Committee sets full-council roundtable with mayor on downtown safety, asks DPI to study weekend trash pickup
Summary
After a downtown stakeholder meeting, the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods unanimously referred a request for a roundtable discussion with the mayor and asked the Department of Facilities/Fleet to explore weekend trash pickup to address safety, cleanliness and parking concerns.
The New Bedford City Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods convened downtown business owners, property managers and service providers April 23 and voted unanimously to refer a request for a roundtable discussion with the mayor and other department heads to the full City Council. Committee members also asked the city to explore expanding downtown trash pickup to weekends.
Councilor Gomes, who organized the meeting, told attendees the session was intended to gather ideas from downtown stakeholders after the recent debate over a business improvement district. “We had an obligation as a city to the businesses and the property owners downtown to make sure that you have the same cleanliness… and a safe business district,” Gomes said.
Speakers representing restaurants, retailers, property managers and nonprofits described an increase in visible street activity they said was…
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