Residents outlined several complaints at last Monday’s meeting of the 15th Police District Advisory Council.
A woman on the 3200 block of St. Vincent St. complained of residents of a rental property selling food in front of their house, playing loud music and having a propane tank that caught fire inside the home.
For the second meeting in a row, there were complaints of Chinese people walking onto people’s patios to take recycling bottles from buckets and tossing the caps on the ground. One man said he brings his dog outside when he sees people rooting through recycling buckets. As during last month’s meeting, 15th PDAC leaders said a local Chinese businessman plans to put out flyers discouraging people from taking recyclables off people’s porches.
A woman from the 3300 block of Hartel Ave. complained that people are double parking on the block for hours at a time.
Just a block over, on the 3300 block of Ashville St., a woman said a house is holding late-night parties, with young children outside in the middle of the night. The family leaves food out, she said, and has a pool with green water. The family does not speak English, the woman said, and there are double-parked cars in the back driveway. The landlord has not been helpful. Neighbors have contacted various city agencies, and the woman at the meeting said people are leaving the city due to these kinds of quality-of-life issues.
“Why are we getting no responses?” she asked.
One man said people need to start to, “Vote Republican.” Reuben Ray, the quality-of-life officer in the 15th Police District, will look into the issues. Another suggestion was to call the city’s vector control division at 215-685-9000. Staff could throw tablets into the pool to repel mosquitoes.
In other news from the July 29 meeting:
• The group heard from two representatives of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. For more information, call 215-MU6-4670 or visit phila.gov/pchr. For emergencies, call 911.
• The 69th annual Hero Thrill Show will take place on Saturday, Sept. 21, from noon to 5 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Center. Tickets are $15 for individuals and $35 for a family (up to five). Proceeds pay for the college tuition of children of Philadelphia police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. For more information, go to herothrillshow.org.
• Among those in attendance were representatives of City Councilman Mike Driscoll and state Reps. Jared Solomon and Joe Hohenstein. ••
