After the City of Aberdeen decided to end trash and recycling and bulk item pickups in selected alleyways starting July 1, some residents were upset with the change, prompting the new city manager to explain the decision in some detail via a letter mailed to residents and posted on the city's website.A modification has also been made to accommodate one neighborhood, where alleyway collections have resumed, City Manager Randy Robertson reported to the City Council earlier this week.Residents in the area off Mount Royal Avenue, west of Route 22, along Red Robin Alley, Rabbit Run Alley and Ferndale Road, complained about the change. Robertson said that area will still get alleyway service because the neighborhood was designed so trash collection would be made in the alleys.Residents of the neighborhood attending Monday's council meeting thanked Robertson and the council after the explanation with a round of applause.According to Robertson's letter to residents, the intent of ending alleyway collections "was multi-fold – safety of personnel; reduce wear and tear on vehicles and employees; savings in vehicle maintenance and petroleum; potential program saving through reducing collection time, etc."He added, however, that "due to time constraints and miscommunication, some segments of the impacted community did not receive timely information about the change" and promised he would report to the council at Monday's meeting about possible modifications, as he did. Robertson started working for the city earlier this month, after the alleyway collection policy was implemented.According to his review, residents living on the south and southwest sides of the city along Edmund, Law, Rogers, Plater, Walker and Webb streets are being asked to put their refuse containers in front of the houses, as are those living in the Osborn Tract and W.E. Botts area in East Aberdeen along Old Post, Osborn, New County and Brannon roads, according to the letter.In other business from Monday's Aberdeen City Council meeting, the council approved a resolution supporting an amendment to expand the greater Aberdeen and Havre de Grace Enterprise Zone to add 37.26 acres in Aberdeen, as well as 659.23 acres in Belcamp. In Aberdeen, those acres are between I-95, Route 22 and Gilbert Road, backing up to the Ripken Stadium area. McGrady said he hopes the resolution inspires "people to build in the city."The latest edition of the city's new Third Fridays event in Festival Park on July 22 was successful, Mayor Patrick McGrady said.About 500 to 600 people came to the park to watch the movie "Zootopia," although McGrady said trash collection was a struggle afterward and he hopes to improve that in the future.