Letter from Krenger and Resident Notice

When I called on Friday, May 22, I left a message for Martin Krenger just saying that I was asking about a response to my last formal letter. The guy who I was talking to said he was aware of the letter.

On Monday, I found an envelope outside my door containing a letter to me along with two other documents. One is a letter from Smithereen Pest Management to Krenger and the other is a resident notice.
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The letter to me was from Martin Krenger and dated May 21. He alludes to the report from Smithereen and says that since the inspection he's had no reports of living bugs in the building, which he says is "great news."

He says that they inspected all the areas in the building where drains would need to be screened or plugged and that there were a few that needed it. He says they also inspected the "main sewer catch basin."

He says that most apartments were in good condition, but that they frequently found dirty dishes and pans around in many people's kitchens with food bits about. He says that these conditions will attract pests. He then alludes to the resident notice and says that a few apartments needed extra work, and those tenants will be contacted individually.

He says that all the tenants in the building should work to prevent conditions that will attract pests or "our treatment efforts will be futile." He says that when rainfall is heavy roaches climb up drain pipes in search of food, and only my neighbors can prevent the roaches from finding food. He also politely suggests that I share this information on my blog and opinion sites.

He ends by saying that his staff and the exterminator will continue to monitor conditions in the building.
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The Smithereen report is a letter dated May 14, 2009, addressed to Krenger, Attn: Marty Krenger, and is signed by Jim Brucker, the Operations Manager. The letter refers to the inspection done on May 13, 2009. and the inspectors included himself, Mary, Emil, and Jim. He says that they inspected all units and common areas and found a total of three units with one or two dead roaches in the "furnace room" (I think this is the same room I call the utility closet). He says he found one dead roach in a common area utility room. He says they also inspected all the basement areas and "the main drain sewers outside the building."

He draws attention to the fact that the dead roaches found appeared to be quite old and that absolutely now live roaches were found in the building.
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The Resident Notice is dated May 22, 2009, and I saw copies of it outside other people's apartment doors. It alludes to a building-wide inspection (there had been a notice posted near the front door announcing that it would take place) and says that they found many apartments that had "conditions that will attract pests, including roaches." It askes that everyone clean dishes, take out trash often, clean food debris and greese from stove and floor, clean up cat food and litter boxes, and to keep furnace closets clean and neat.