A portion of the new money is supposed to cover the cost of enhanced and routine upkeep of the more than 5,700 vacant lots in the city’s care.
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However, wet and rainy weather this month has resulted in some delays, and the city has been able to cycle through about 75 percent of the city’s neighborhoods, said Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein.
“We know the grass is getting really tall in our last 25 percent of our neighborhoods,” she said. “I’m really disappointed that we’ve not been able to stay on track.”
But the city plans to catch up and then hopes to get ahead of schedule by authorizing overtime for crews to work weekends, Dickstein said.
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said, “I’ve seen some high grass in my neighborhood, as well as across the city, so I could tell the weather had gotten us apart.”
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