
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 9, 1994                   TAG: 9407110197
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
SOURCE: By RICK LINDQUIST STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD                                  LENGTH: Short

PERMANENT GROUP SOUGHT FOR CLEANUP PROGRAM

The city's annual Cleanin' 'n' Greenin' program likely will get a boost from City Council Monday in the form of a permanent commission to oversee the spring cleanup and environmental awareness month activities. Since the first Cleanin' 'n' Greenin' in 1993, Radford's cleanup has been run by an ad hoc steering committee.

Monday, council will consider a recommendation from Larry Amy - the city's representative to the committee - to set up a seven-to-10 member Radford Environmental Commission. In addition to the yearly clean-up day, the panel would work on plans for waste reduction and recycling and coordinate with local environmental groups and officials.

"We really think that activity deserves more," City Manager Bob Asbury said Friday.

Council also will consider adopting changes to the Radford Emergency Operations Plan. Asbury said last winter's ice storm provided some of the impetus to revise and customize the approximately 150-page document, which sets down how the city responds to and manages disasters or large-scale emergencies.

(rest of this story ran on C2 in the New River Valley edition.)

"It's more unique to Radford's needs now," said Asbury, who explained the plan is supposed to be updated every five years.

Asbury and Coordinator of Emergency Services Calvin "Cabby" Whitt have been revising the plan since late March.

City Council meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Municipal Building on Second Street.

by CNB