I was contacted by Phil Alvarado from Fox 4 News. I advised him I was at work but my husband was home and gave him his cell phone number. He did a interview today with my husband and the neighbors that was on the 6 o'clock news. Thank you Phil Alvarado.
While I was on lunch I received a call from the Mayor of Carrollton. He advised me that he just took office and was getting situated. He said that they take what the citizens say seriously and wanted me to know they were working on our problem. He said that the TPW and Environmental Services were working together and had been on our street this morning. They were trying to figure out a way to handle this problem and not cause any other problems.
The bird poo is high in nitrates and they don't want it going in the storm drains and killing the fish in the pond. Ok, question, what about when it rains? It all goes the same place. Wouldn't a controlled release be better than all at once?
I let him know that the Environmental Services Department had told my husband yesterday that nothing would be done. So I have emailed and called everyone. I also let him know that I had spoken with the Co. Game Warden and a permit is not required to remove the nest. He asked me to give him 1 - 10 days to come up a resolution for our problem. I told him I would give him the time he is asking for to come up with a resolution.
He also said he wanted to make come up with a plan for the future for this problem. I agreed that it needed to be done so no one else has to go through this problem. I also advised him that these birds are used to city noises. They are doing construction on the main street and a cement truck turned down our street today and stopped. It had the mixer running and was right under the birds. The noise did not phase them at all.
I am hopeful that the streets will be cleaned and a plan in place for the future. We shall see...
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