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City of Clearlake partners with community to clean dump site
The city recently partnered with Citizens Caring 4 Clearlake, or CC4C, to tackle a vacant property at 3704 Koloko St. that had become an illegal dump site, according to City Manager Greg Folsom.
Folsom said volunteers from CC4C began sorting recyclables from the trash-covered property in early September.
On Sept. 14 and 18, Clearlake Code Enforcement and Public Works personnel removed the recycling and loaded trash into dumpsters with a backhoe, Folsom said.
CC4C volunteers continued working on the site until completing the clean up this week, according to Folsom.
“The amount of garbage on the site was just insane,” said Code Enforcement Supervisor Lee Lambert. “We assisted in removing over 60 cubic yards of garbage, 61 tires, 2,000 pounds of scrap metal, 2,400 pounds of scrap wood, a bunch of appliances and other junk, not to mention three abandoned vehicles that we had towed away using Abandoned Vehicle Abatement funds.”
“This is the third project where the city has partnered with Citizens Caring 4 Clearlake to make a significant improvement to an area,” said Folsom. “This particular project was in the middle of a neighborhood that is now tremendously nicer. We could not have achieved this without the support of CC4C and the great work they are doing to clean up our city.”
More information on volunteering with Citizen’s Caring 4 Clearlake is available at www.cc4cl.org/.