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91原创 clean-up event aims to collect 1,000 lbs. of trash in one hour

Fort 91原创 鈥榩ick鈥 organized by campaigner for tougher graffiti regulations
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Bryan Miller didn鈥檛 have look very hard on Saturday, March 28, to find examples of graffiti near the Township of 91原创 civic building where council meets. (Special to 91原创 Advance Times)

During a few hours of looking, Bryan Miller found more than 80 tag marks within a half-kilometre area around the Township of 91原创 civic building on 203rd Street at 65th Avenue.

Miller, who is campaigning for restrictions on the sale of spray paint cans in 91原创 to combat tagging, said the results of his March 28 count shows the need for lasting solutions to a worsening problem.

鈥淸There has been] a rise in graffiti at school grounds, heritage sites, hydro boxes, hydro poles,fences, and everything in between,鈥 Miller told the 91原创 Advance Times.

鈥淲e need to work together to solve these problems.鈥

One potential solution could be designating a place for taggers, Miller suggested, 鈥渢o have a outlet in our community by building areas, where it can be done without causing common property damage.鈥

READ ALSO: Keeping it tidy: Fort 91原创 man urges residents to take a cleanup pledge

Miller has proposed a bylaw to ban sales of spray paint cans to underage buyers.

Similar to regulations in some Canadian and U.S. jurisdictions, Miller鈥檚 bylaw would require purchasers to show ID proving they are 18 years of age or older, and sellers would have to store the cans in locked cases to eliminate shoplifting, which, Miller has been told by retailers, is often how under-age 鈥渢aggers鈥 acquire spray paint.

He describes the proposal as a way to 鈥渂ring attention and start the conversation to find lasting solutions to this growing, lasting problem, that needs to be solved.鈥

After hearing Miller, Township council instructed staff to prepare a report on restricting spray paint sales for council to consider at a future meeting.

READ ALSO: Spray paint restrictions pondered by Township council

Miller has created a website, Your Local Community, to bring like-minded people together to take the 鈥減ick up pledge鈥 and commit to binning litter when they see it.

On Saturday, April 17th, the first YLC Community Pick Challenge will be held in Fort 91原创.

Volunteers are asked to register at .

Miller will be handing out bags and gloves at 96th and Crickmer Crescent from 9 to 11 a.m.

鈥淭here will be a select amount of safety vests and pickers to be loaned out,鈥 Miller advised.

鈥淲e will be documenting all graffiti spotted that day and picking up all the litter,鈥 Miller said.

He said the goal is to pick up 鈥1,000 lbs. of litter in a hour.鈥


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Some of the more than 80 examples of graffiti found near the Township of 91原创 civic building on Saturday, March 28. (Special to 91原创 Advance Times)


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