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MW nei hborhood. Attached is a sample Participation a er is delivered to every property in the 9 neighborhood gaper fpthe ad- for chopp►ng em down. form and copy The first Saturday was a day ers went to o days for this first roundup with safety glasses and schlepp We actually crew w scheduled chain in saw operators that were equipped w community gardens to cut,treat and stack the buckthorn, A volunteer crew and our ten sites (mostly elderly hb homeowners) actual pickup- This occurred one wee � re to read,follow directions and datet That date was people's fa►lu a Spec ified One p Parking" signs for the streets a schedule. participation form and mail it in bylocking the tree problem we had to at f II out the p der the necessary We required to give h time to process and or to ive us enough necessary so that vehicles wouldn the required date we had chosen so as 9 in front of these properties.These signs were of the buckthorn chip e►ople s saying 1 just heard about service' access to yards with buckthorn en the phone calls started with p P buckthorn down and now I've Then the P I've already cut my for us. 47 homeowners who had signed rgot to mail in the form., had to arrange for a future e a art of it., the pickup,75 homeowners had buckthorn waiting this,can I still b P By the morning of p most of the sites. Plus we I ran out of time and light heard that I have to sign ups it took 12 hours to chip tofthe site as we simp y Instead of $hours cant quantity of buckthorn at our community garden pickup of a largeq for chipping- budgeted.We did not think ro erry owners. A letter was the roject cost slightly more than 0 0 and we had 75 property depending on the The end result was that p neighborhood-We needed$90 r d",of the t problem in our neig a homes. It requested a donation ec o�ds on co►PnP that was a p pickup. (We had I homeowners • quickly drafted and hand-delivered to these put out for p P� her costs.The home0 mount of buckthorn that the resident had ame in quickly to cover these t their homes.We picked amount at each site.)The money icked up Pickup quite a bargain to have the buckthorn p considered the event Qrom 75 Properties at a total cost of$1700.00: t how many want to up/chipped buckthorn Your neighborhood about Talk to homeowners in y Then contact the tree you can't get grant money-) ed at each residence. What'rf y ow much buckthorn would be chipe1 hburs based on the amount club hasrn they participate. Find out h lit the cost between then 9 g garden to service,get an estimate and split Popular community event that our nei,b0 mate that 4%of he p iva%e in s This was such a Pop have remoVed• ears for a fail buckthorn roundup o of the private is ear and we guesstimate that our neigh CID funds for the next 10 anticipated this Y et the buckthorn o ears to g owners. Nevertheless,when one properties in our neighborhood p basis by property consider clearing their our neighborhood have buck hoa strictlylvo voluntary a owners to Remember that this is done on acent property Propel is cleared of buckthorn, it often stimulates adj buckthorn. es for the next roundup this fall. The three can take turns driving the truck Wha t did we learn from this event? We Will make changes uest three people from the tree service, ou need a rest from it. ➢We will budget and req exhausting The chipping Process is physically e It is still a bargain as and chipping Probably in the$15-30.00 rang cified site.The charge s he ' e for each propel our roundup ➢There will be a small charge the homeowner to haul moret The wey rhood cleanup se, u most neighbo is at least the amount we propose, neighborhood cleanup ropertY owner only has to haul it to their front yard the P