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Show .ACTION LINEEXT. 77000 .July 14, 1989 Worker raises concerns Lottorhoad docision wasteful don't want a response but I would like to voice concern about several problems in our area. QI ACTION LINE is your opportunity to make Hill AFB a better place to live, work and play. When you call Ext. We still have people who are leaving early and a few who are drinking during their lunch period. Radios are still bee supervisor ing played too loud. We have a second-linAll he his seems do is lean on the to who isn't doing job. wall and harass the people. Also, they won't allow us to leave anything on our work benches now, even the parts and tools we use on a daily basis. I think this is waste and abuse because it shouldn't have to be spotless all the time. When your bench gets overly cluttered, then you should take a few minutes at the end of the day to clean it up; but we shouldn't have to worry about it being cleaned up every minute. j 77000, Q port-a-pott- A port-a-pott- y play, would appreciate you taking the time to tigate the parking in the West Area.feel work and inves- the parking Because it is extremely limited, I are two There problems should be given high priority. of north located area Bldg. the areas to be considered: 1238 and the area south of Bldg. 1237. These two areas are covered with dirt and gravel and are being used for parking. There are no signs designating them as an tickauthorized no parking area but I received a parking et for parking in this area. Parking in this area does not hinder traffic or block the driver's view; therefore, I feel if you are sincere in your efforts to make this a better place to work, this area should be designated for parking. Q 0 your number to check on the status of my application for work. Couldn't they provide more lines or a recording that would tell you your call would be taken in the order it comes in so that we would at least know we were getting somewhere, or aren't you concerned about the people who need to get through on this line? Jryi There is an official parking spot with a two-hou- r limit behind our building that is always vacant. Why are they wasting that space when parking in the West Area is so limited? They have also designated motorcycle parking slots when everybody parks their motorcycles at the front door. Also, when they painted the yellow lines," they took away six to eight parking spots in the alleys by ending the yellow lines at the end of the buildings instead of the edge of the sidewalk. Can we get these problems corrected so we will have a little more parking? for your interest in parking in the 1200 yi Thanks A4 zone. You are right in being concerned about the official parking sign behind your building. The sign should be "Visitor" and has been replaced as such. Motorcycle parking is allowed in triangular shaped areas at the ends of angular parking spaces in other designed areas as needed. There isn't any angle parking in front of to your building, just in the rear. The spaces were moved to effort in a area the rear next to a triangular shaped "consolidate motorcycle parking. Your buHiingparking monitor designates what areas he or she feels would be most beneficial to your area. You were also right about parking spaces being wasted around the buildings. when parking areas were these spaces to be re- schedule to told I've security police ; : striped. 1 " just spent 777-264- 7 We do care and are concerned about people getting through to the base. The telephone usage in the Hill AFB Employment Unit is extremely busy. It's not uncommon for them to receive 150-20- 0 phone calls each the some of traffic, a To alleviate telephone day. recorded job announcement service was established. - However, recently this equipment has broken down and callers have resorted to calling the 72647 number, increasing the telephone traffic on that number even more. New equipment has been ordered and once it is installed, it should be easier to get through on the 72647 number. Should you experience further problems, please contact Judy Garner in the External Employment Unit, Bldg. 24-ho- ur 555, at 777-044- AAFES 6. false advertising? Service and Air Force published Exchange Army a special Jus for Mom catalog. My wife and children were attracted to some of the jewelry and perfumes and so I went to the base exchange to purchase the items only to find out they did not come in. In the civilian community this would be false advertising. I don't feel we are being treated fairly by AAFES. Can something be done to prevent this from happening in the future? Q AAFES printed two catalogs for this special event, a large one containing additional merchandise for larger stores such as ours and a smaller one for small stores. Unfortunately,' the AAFES distribution system sent only the merchandise that was intended for the small stores. This has been fixed for future special events. For the Just for Mom sale, if you will contact Mrs. Toy at Ext. 71207, she will make every effort to obtain the items that you wanted. yi . , Publish hat policy base personnel will occasionally OWith summerthehere, desert BDUs. I've seen the floppy hat worn so many different ways, would it be possible for standardization and professionalism's sake, to publish the policy for proper wear of the hat? Also, I've noticed some , members wearing a new hair style where the hair is shaved to the scalp around the sides of the head, and the. top of the head is shaved so it appears rounded with a flat top. In fact, some of the people are shaving bald lines around the shaved sides of their heads. Are these styles considered fads that are disapproved of according to Air Force Regulation ? 35-10- Protect pedestrians yi several occasions I have witnessed drivers who Jf who are crossfailed to yield to pedestrians QOn the street from Bldg. 1293. Today, I witnessed a ing tary officer who failed to yield and almost hit two rnili--: , pedestrians. What can be done to protect pedestrians in crosswalks on the base? It seems like security police neither care nor want to take any action. QI Those of us who work in the southwest basementto of Bldg. 849 would like to be able to park closer our work area. Would it be possible to expand the parkalso pave the area ing lot southwest of our building and and make it an lot on the south side of our shipping without there can we so park authorized parking area getting tickets? lot is The area adjacent to the storage and staging J utinot area is A not an authorized parking lot. This traffic and lized as a parking area due to reported safety unhazards. There is no need for employees to park in hazards. such to authorized areas and expose themselves east of Bldg. Adequate parking is available in Lot 49, a little further It's 849, to accommodate all employees. the away, but it's safe and I can't justify spending time. this at money to make a new lot Add a phone line about three hours '"- . I have a process action team looking into the total Jf base parking situation. They are looking into parkone aling on the gravel areas between the buildings as ternative. Sorry, but having been stationed at the unPentagon, I don't feel that Parking Lot 124 if an1237 reasonable distance to walk to work from Bldgs. and 1238. it ' re-strip-ed X have a suggestion regarding parking in the of Distribution storage lot on the southwest corner of Bldg. 849. Since the suggestion program doesn't handle suggestions concerning parking problems, what would my next course of action be? rer Assigned parking is handled by the directorate the A sponsible for the building. Regarding parking in DS storage lot on the southwest corner of Bldg. 849, contact the DSMA lot monitor. V ? continue problems Parking the opportunity Because the Action Line QI 7 Q place. provides ' -- parking something rules in the West Area around the 1200 buildings? The rules seem to change daily and be building dependent. It appears to me the parking monitors need to be informed of what the parking rules are so that there is some uniformity. All parking in the 1200 zone is governed by Ogden Ayi Air Logistics Center-Hil- l AFB Regulation 125-4- . The rules are the same for all buildings. However, in the past, some parking lot monitors may have been more lenient than others. A meeting was held for all monitors and they were reminded of the parking regulations and were asked to intensify their effort to ensure the parking regulations are administered in a uniform manner across - V" the entire 1200 zone. Va action formed I have In addition, parking process team to address ways to improve parking across the base. Hopefully, they will have some good ideas to help all of us. is now in to make Hill AFB a better place to live, . in the West Area Parking Can be done to standardize the y You are right. That was really a dumb idea to not use this stationery until you run out. We've also told the headquarters that their direction in this matter was not too swift. Thanks. Ogden ALC commander - That's an excellent idea. A f JrA use the old stationery until it was exhausted. I understand that the policy has been rescinded and you can Maj. Gen. James W. Hopp in the vicinity of the garden area? This would be really helpful for us who are there working with small children. -T LINE. needed Is there any chance you could provide a your comments ' rs Port-a-pot- ty . will be recorded and staffed through the responsible agency for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with you in answering questions and solving problems before calling ACTION LINE. This will help me better serve your interests through the ACTION - PAC-certifie- that we're supposed to letterhead that says, "AFLC new the start using Combat Strength Through Logistics," and dispose of all our old letterhead. As an employee who has been threatened with furlough, reduced work week, and everything else, and as a taxpayer, I think this is a classic example of fraud, waste and abuse. Can this be changed to allow us to use up our old letterhead? We received instruction : , You have raised several general concerns people 4 leaving early, loud radios, supervisors leaning on walls, drinking on the job, having to keep your work area too clean, yet you remain anonymous? I know your management takes pride in the fine work you and your are doing they want to support positive elements that will improve the organization whenever possible. Yet anonymity doesn't give us a clue as to whom these offending individuals in your building are. Drinking on the job is not allowed or condoned. With hundreds of employees in your building, your supervisors could use your help in identifying offenders. Your comments about a second-lin- e supervisor are not if senior it is happening, it visible to your management floor. division chief just Your on are the while not is they issued a policy letter on radio Volume. Finally, I have been through your building and know it requires constant attention to keep it clean. When I take my automobile for service, I choose a mechanic whose shop looks professional not a place that is in disorder. You have customers touring your facility almost every day. What impression do you want them to leave with? I think it would be safe to say you would want the impression to d be of an organization of professionals who how to produce the and when know exactly where, what, Force. Air the in best product I know you said you did not want a response, but we have all got to take action your management cannot take action without the positive support of folks who observe incorrect, inaccurate, or unsafe activity. So, the solution is to act. . Hilltop Times It is a driver's responsibility to stop for pedestri-J- r yi ans who have entered a crosswalk and the driver ' will be cited by security police, if observed. A pedestrian, on the other hand, will not enter a crosswalk suddenly in front of oncoming traffic, expecting them to stop. You may report incidents of this nature to security police at Bldg. 1219, completing a report for action. I assure you they will take appropriate action. They investigated the license number you provided, but it was not registered on Hill AFB. Shed a little light and I walk nights to get exercise girlfriend on 6th Street there are four street lights that QMy are out. We wear white but we almost got hit by a car the other night because it was so dark. Could we get those lights fixed, because we have children and husbands who work so the only time that is convenient for us to walk is after dark. Thank you very much. Thank you for pointing out this situation. Civil en-- 4 gineering electricians have been notified and will repair the lights on their priority list. Work was completed by the end of June. In the future, call the civil engineering customer service desk at Ext. 72338. That should expedite the fix. yj At the present time, no organization at Hill AFB is authorized to wear the floppy hat. People whom observed wearing the hat should not be ashave you signed to Hill AFB units. It has long been Air Force policy that uniforms and annaaranra will Kp rnnservative. and fad and you mentrendy styles will be avoided. The hairstyles not be worn by should and tioned are considered faddish such hairstyles do not Air Force personnel. In addition, conform to the existing policy concerning haircuts hair should conform to the shape of the head and present a tapered appearance. Shaved scalps do not meet these criteria. Mnnoi schedule inconsistent Cleaning 509 and MARTEC Janitorial work in QI Bldg. does an exceptionally good job of cleaning our restrooms, and we appreciate that fact. The only problem we have is that we never know when it is going to be done. The time varies from day to day. Would it be possible to have a set cleaning time posted as I have seen in other buildings? appreciate your comments on the performance yi We JPA of the MARTEC Janitorial Service and your concern over the restroom cleaning time. The contractor has been contacted and has agreed to schedulepost the rest-roocleaning of the facility. The following schedule has been posted and is now in operation: women's restroom, a.m. a.m.; men's restroom, 8:30-9:3- 0 further If you have problems, please notify the quality evaluator assurance (Cathie Douglass) or the contract functional manager (Lee Clark) at Exts. 80069, 73132 or 70062. They will investigate the complaint and resolve the problem. m |