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SUBJECT: Community Appearance Index 2011 Results
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August 23, 2011
Each year Keep Fort Worth Beautiful staff and volunteers conduct a litter survey implemented in
2000 by Keep America Beautiful that measures the amount of litter on our streets. Cities
throughout the nation use this established procedure to:
• identify and understand the extent of community problems;
• prioritize community resources and initiatives; and
• evaluate programs in response to specific community concerns.
In 2010 the litter survey was expanded to measure other indexes such as graffiti and
abandoned/junk vehicles in addition to litter. This survey is conducted by teams consisting of
environmentally-conscious community leaders who drive through each council district scoring the
various areas. Scoring uses both numerical and visual criteria for neighborhoods, business
districts and industrial areas, ranking the area on a 1 through 4 scale where 1 represents
"Minimal or No Litter"and 4 represents "Extremely Littered" and then averaged for a city-wide
index score:
*Score represents almost no graffiti
**Score represents between one and no junk vehicles present
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Tom� Higgin
Interim City Manager
Litter Index Score
Graffiti
Junk Vehicles
2007
1.7
n/a
n/a
2008
1.6
n/a
n/a
2009
1.4
n/a
i n/a
2010
2011
1.5
1 13
1.3*
1.1 *
—.9—
1.3**
*Score represents almost no graffiti
**Score represents between one and no junk vehicles present
will
17-NM1WCdOW7WWr, IS WROMIMMERWO
Tom� Higgin
Interim City Manager