COUNCIL RESISTS STREET-SWEEPING FEE PROPOSAL.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The City Council balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. Tuesday at allowing residents to pay a one-time fee to expand weekly street sweeping street sweep An investment strategy in which large amounts of a company's stock are quickly purchased. Street sweeps generally occur in the stock of a company involved in a takeover attempt. Also called market sweep. , despite Councilman Richard Alarcon's argument that his Northeast Valley district needs such an option. After some council members said it would create a two-tiered system two-tiered system Social medicine The existence of 2 levels of health benefits and care, depending on whether the Pt can afford to pay or not with the wealthier areas monopolizing street sweepers, the proposal was sent to the Budget and Finance Committee. It will be analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. further there before it is returned to the full council. Alarcon said he was making the proposal because only 6 percent of his district has signs to keep cars off streets during cleaning periods, and sweepers therefore can't clean near the curbs. ``In my district alone, there are over 1,100 miles that don't have street sweeping signs, which means that our city continues to deteriorate de·te·ri·o·rate v. 1. To grow worse in function or condition. 2. To weaken or disintegrate. , our city continues to not have street sweeping,'' Alarcon told his colleagues. Under his proposal, neighborhoods - by creating a voluntary assessment district - would set a one-time $35 to $50 fee per parcel to pay for the signs and more sweepers. After the initial charge, the city would pick up the estimated $40,000 annual cost to maintain the signs and the new sweepers. |
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