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Show ACTION LINEEXT. 77000 Problems with smoking The smoke in our has become intolerable. building The entire north end of our building, including private offices, has been designated for smoking so supervisors and employees can smoke at their desks. The smoke has become so bad that those of us who are sensitive to it are becoming ill. Can anything be done to help us? ACTION LINE is your opportunity to make Hill AFB a better place to live, work and play. When you call Ext. Jun problems Parking need to use all of "Lot 22 for the Do they really If they do, I think carpools should be allowed to park behind the training building and move the ; others over to Lots 50 and 100. Also, where are people with motorcycles supposed to has taken over the south end of park now that the the building? v s? . your comments will be recorded and staffed through the ; C-1- 77000, Personnel have been briefed on the smoking policy Hill. It applies to everyone, equally. All smoking in private offices has been discontinued. Smoking will only be allowed in the designated areas. These policies will be strictly enforced by the appropriate management personnel. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused by this incident. yi at Aft , responsible agency for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with you in answering questions and my building we have to walk through a circle to get into our supervisor's office. There are always five to 10 smokers in that area and we have to pass through there many times each day. They told us they were going to move the circle but so far they haven't. I feel my right to breathe clean is being violated. Can you help us? - solving problems before calling ACTION LINE. This will help me better serve your interests through the ACTION Qln ;, I Yes, closing Parking Lot 22a was critical to the overall success of the program at HilL aircraft and the narrow apDue to the size of the 0 proach lanes into the south side of Bldg. 225, the entire tow and marshalling lanes from the flight line to our hangars must be cleared. " f Jiiiili; : The smoking areas within your building were desig- nated initially based on a consideration of all the environmental factors impacting the area. Side stream smoke was one of these considerations. It appears your complaint is valid and management will begin the process to relocateeliminate this smoking area to solve the problem. This relocation process does require coordination with the American Federation of Government Employees to minimize the impact on personnel who smoke. You should expect the change soon. Ogden ALC Towing and marshalling are not the only considerations for the parking lot closure. Because of the limited large aircraft parking and mooring locations within our control aircraft mooring on HilL we have designed two our beddown plan. into aircraft outside for parking points close portions of to with the This, coupled requirement Lot 22a for contractor use during the construction of the Combat Logistics Support Squadron hangar, necessitated our decision to close the lot. Vanpoolcarpool parking is available in Lot 26, behind Bldg. 244, and Lot 23, behind the base restaurantcredit union, on a priority basis, seven-persoetc. There is designated motorcycle parking in Lot 23 and in Lot 30, behind Bldg. 244. Point of contact for Lot 26 and 30 is Gordon Ohlsen or Larry Christensen at Ext. 70604. POC for Lot 23 is Kirt Johnson, Bruce Linger or Richard Pritchett at Ext. C-1- . Maj. Gen. James W. Hopp t C-1-30 C-13- LINE. : commander n, four-perso- Is brown water being corrected? of done to correct the - Management has increased surveillance over the smoking inside the door to Bldg. 100, Bay A. The smoking area just outside the south door of Bay J has been moved away from the door. These actions should " eliminate the problem. , n, Kathy DeGroot,at Ext. 72642, has overall responsibility for parking within the Directorate of Maintenance. If you have further questions, please contact Ms. DeGroot. Pk Q n, 73238. A Numerous complaints have been received regarding water discoloration around the base. The discoloration is caused by high concentrations of iron and manganese in the base well water. The abnormally high concentration is believed to be caused by the record drought last summer. The lack of precipitation last year caused the ground water table to lower into a strata con- People are smoking in all the access doors to Bldg. 100. I work in Bay A and have to pass through the smoke in order to get to my work area. Can something be done to provide us a smokeless access door? five-perso- six-perso- n, : is being problem water on the base? They say it's safe to drink but it's hard to believe. ,v QWhat 15 Hilltop Times 16, 1989 Don't ignore the fire alarm off in 225, the a fire alarm Bldg. goes simply taining a higher mineral concentration. just seems to mill around orhazard. Although the iron and manganese concentration is ignore the alarm. To me, this seems like a safety The last time, it took approximately five minutes before higher than normal, Col. Philip G. Brown, chief of of the neither me assures that one supervisor decided to let his people go outside. engineering, two minerals is toxic or detrimental to health in the conWhy can't it be a general policy that once an alarm centration found in the Hill AFB water supply. goes off, the hangar is evacuated immediately instead of The water is perfectly safe to drink. I drink it in the waiting for someone to make a decision? home. at office and Who is responsible for maintenance of the Many of the employees, Jl4 You are absolutely correct. We are presently working hard to clear the water. Fire, C in Area the Housing within playground equipment your building have beincluding supervisors, are being flushed in the lower areas on base hydrants The bad in is of the fire alarm. shape. sound The to the pretty come complacent playground park? where most of the mineral sedimentation collects during be needs to the and need evacuate attention to equipment Your suggestion immediately, upon the grounds the winter months. Further, base reservoirs are being of? care taken this we Can a is and alarm of one, get sound the especially in a facility good painted. repaired cleaned, and a private consultant is being hired to 'ana- " ' of :' size the yours. action to prelyze the problem and recommend long-terhas division developed an within VI iy The housing maintenance contractor is responsible your Management We are supplementing our base occurrences. vent future located A4 for the repairs of the playground equipment outlines the appropriate steps water with water from the Weber Basin reservoir. This . awareness program which situation. When you hear an in the housing areas with painting and grounds maintake to emergency during will drastically reduce the mineral content and discolorashould take apcivil tenance belonging to the fire alarm, you and your engineering. of the water. tion work to submitted appropriate Job orders have been propriate action. centers with a requested completion date of May 26. If this isn't fixed, call Action Line again. Repairs are made Be annually to the equipment, and it has been brought to Recently, L forgot to take my towel to the base my attention that the damage is largely due to vandaland of intersection the Browning Hickory gym as I normally do and asked the personnel at" ism. If you witness the intentional destruction of I've times Several I had just run is a there if I could use a gym towel since desk the sign. yield ' "" property, please notify the security police at Ext. not attention are who almost been hit by drivers three miles out in the sun. paying 730567. and fail to yield. Would it be feasible to replace the yield They said I would have to pay a $5 towel fee which would cover the rest of the fiscal year. Since AF Form sign with a stop sign? 1297 has towel preprinted on it, I filled out the receipt is a hnt. indicate that studies f.hv sHll said thev couldn't erive me a towel. traffic yield sign I Past intersecthis at traffic flow of the This for is the first time I forgot my towel, and I feel they suited situabest 1 wish to report a fraud, waste and abuse control should-havall traffic like But a let me have one under the circumstances. than rather that tion foreman our stop sign. tion. We were just informed by follow their drivers if effective cerare tne a wear This to Iirst tune i ve naa a prooiem witn personisn only t devices, they management is going to require everybody attito else and Hill on indesk. They seem to have a I the front ask nel at everywhere own direction. their will have everyone tain colored smock. Each section for to Thanks done provide your tude about their jobs. Can something be dividual smock for identifying people and things like this. obey the signs and drive defensively. there? better members calL support to military even We buy can't I can't believe it. get money parts for us to do our work, but they spend thousands of X The towel service listed on the AF Form 1297 is dollars on these little colored smocks, supposedly to keep for temporary duty personnel who are authorized a track of people and raise morale and the whole works. and not charged. The gym will loan a towel to a patowel We have white smocks now that are being taken care In our building the supervisors are allowed to put he or she who tron believe forgets to bring a towel as long as of. Some people need them, some don't. I can't their own personal touches in their offices, but we ; ; v t doesn't forget every day. the thousands of dollars they are going to waste to workers are not allowed to put up flowers, name tags or The established policy at the Hess Fitness Center is a bad for morale. the white smocks. I think you need to look into replace anything of a private nature. It is reallywork "' towel that is available to patrons for a fee of $10 per areas? this. Why won't they let us personalize our fee is prorated as the year shortens. All fees The year. and charges are approved by the base commander. You can, if follow the published guidelines. The There obviously has been a misunderstanding. II V Front desk personnel did not handle your incident work environment standards for personnel who jfi Management was merely asked to gather informaproperly. Quality customer service is mandatory. Anytion regarding the cost and possible benefits to be derwork in your building apply equally to supervisory and thing less will not be tolerated. Front desk personnel ived from such a program to have workers wear certain nonsupervisory personnel have been admonished concerning their attitudes and Modular systems furniture has been installed throughtypes of smocks. treatment of patrons. I apologize for their action. If you inThis is just one of many suggested programs being out most of your building and certain restrictions do apfor care experience questionable treatment in the future please vestigated to help improve morale, quality of life, etc., ply for safety reasons and to provide for reasonable call the base athletic director at Ext. 79377 immediately. all AFLC employees. to prolong furniture life, i.e., with the exception of name will one is it No decisions have been made and when plates, items are not placed on top of overhead storage take the cost of purchase and maintenance into cabinets. Likewise, pictures and heavy items that will tear the fabric must not be tacked or pinned to the 1 recently moved into Area C housing and was fabric. from adding The restrictions do not prevent people just wondering if there is an afterburner restricmake areas the to work to their tion on the base. If so, why isn't it enforced? their personal touches area more pleasant. it. filters need to be changed in the paint Doom Picture hangers are provided and employees may, and I I understand and appreciate your concern about the east side annex of Bldg. 100. They are so and other Plants personal jfi the noise generated by jet aircraft afterburners. do, hang appropriate pictures. bad they are starting to go concave. When you walk into surfaces. desk and on table be For items may placed safety reasons, afterburner use is required -during the safety doors, the force of the air about blows youbetake-of-f and when going around from practice apover and you can hardly keep the safety doors shut proaches. Nevertheless, we try to reduce aircrait noise as cause there is not enough air being drawn through the much as we possibly can without compromising safety filters to make it safe. I wish you would look into it. and mission reauirements. be Between the hours of 12:30-- 6 a.m., only mission reCan desert. a field is soccer something The base nThank you for bringing this to my attention. Ilandings are permitquired initial departure and full-sto- p done about getting the athletic fields watered? is filter the replacement that revealed make allowed to not vestigation multiple approaches ted; pilots are on a monthly preventative maintenance plan; however, time this fertilized to period. was field soccer TV improve during The recently these filters were not replaced on schedule. The responsi-Also, training flights by fighter aircraft are prohibited - growth, and civil engineering increased the time alble shop was notified and the filters have been replaced. 12:30-- 6 a.m. unless approved by the base com- ferbetween With lowed for watering by the automatic system. that directed replacement I have To prevent recurrence, mander. Every pilot stationed at Hill or transient here is tilizer and increased watering, field conditions should of these filters on a scheduled basis be added to the area briefed on noise abatement procedures. improve. supervisor's daily safety inspection checklist. bioen-vironment- QWhen al . Playground needs attention . Q m rs -- Change yield to stop 0 0At Colored smocks are a waste 0 more courteous Jl ho-hu- Adding that personal touch r m P . Afterburner restrictions 0 Change the filters .... QThe . Save the fields i Q I '''i-:5"'''.- |