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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Hi Jen </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Sorry I did not respond sooner, but I have been really </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> busy pouring over budget stuff.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> That lot next to your home is not owned by the town.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> It was the trolley turn around area back in the 1950s. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Last year it was purchased by IJK Properites</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 4001 BUCHANAN ST, HYATTSVILLE, MD 20781-2117</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The tall grass on that lot is a code enforcement problem</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> (not a public works problem).</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Last week, Mrs Gee reported the tall grass to the town,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> and code enforcement promptly sent a letter to the new </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> owners. They were given a few days to correct it, or </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> face a fine.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> If they do not correct it, then the town will mow it and </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> charge the owners for it (a tax lien on the property).</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> By the way, Mrs Gee's husband use to keep it mowed </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> as a volunteer! A big thanks to that family for their many</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> years of service to our town as volunteers. (Mrs Gee</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> also serves us as an election judge).</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The mud trail that runs behind your house is the old </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> trolley line. I hope to see that improved a lot - cut back, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> paved and lighted to improve safety. You can read more </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> about that here:</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> <a href="http://www.hyattsvilleh4x.com/index.php?post_id=178334&comments=on">http://www.hyattsvilleh4x.com/index.php?post_id=178334&comments=on</a> </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Take care</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> -Rob Oppenheim</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Outgoing Ward One Councilman, Riverdale Park</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 5902 Cleveland Ave</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Riverdale Park, Md 20737-1930</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Home Office: 301 779 1745</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> On Wed, 23 May 2007 19:38:28 +0000, Robinson Sanderson wrote:</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> I'm not sure if anyone on this list can help me out with this.....my family</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> and I moved into a house on 47th Avenue in January, so everything is new to</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> us. Next to our house, there is a large grassy area--in the winter it was</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> used for sledding--but mostly people use it to cut through to the walking</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> path. Anyway, the grass is now extremely tall----past my waist. I'm not</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> sure who is in charge of the upkeep of this area. I called Public Works and</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> left a message and I called Town Hall and was put through to voice mail for</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> a Ron Goff, I believe. I never heard back from anyone and the grass just</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> keeps getting taller and taller. Is there anyone else to contact about</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> this?</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Thanks,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Jen Sanderson</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 6315 47th Avenue</FONT></div>
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