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- To: Arden Hills City Council . From: Walt Witzke Subject.: Tri City Residential Christmas Tree Recycling Project The New Brighton Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) in conjunction with the city forester (Rick Wriskey) has developed a Christmas tree recycling program that includes the refuse haulers for New Brighton, Moundsview and Arden Hills. Suggested Conditions: I. The hauler would!lQ1 charge their customers for pick-up of Christmas trees during the second week of January 1994 (January 9th -15th). Outside of this time frame their regular pricing policies apply. 2. The trees which are now picked up with a special trip and hauled to Anoka would be diverted to the New Brighton Driving Range off Old Hwy 8. Some haulers have a low customer base in the three cities. Another trip to pick-up lhe Christmas trees separately would I!Ql be economically feasible. Those haulers would continue to recycle or process their trees as usual. We still have requested lhe haulers!l.Ql to charge their customers for recycling Christmas trees during the second week of January 1994, even if they don't use the New Brighton site. 3. The city forester has requested the hauler to create wind row when dumping the trees. 4. The cities of Moundsview and Arden Hills will each make a donation to New Brighton of $500 to help defer the processing costs to shred and chip the Christmas trees. The . haulers are being asked to make voluntary donations based on their saving realized from using the New Brighton Driving Range site. All donations are to be written to the City of New Brighton and send to the attention of Rick Wriskey, City Forester, Park and Recreation Dept, 1975 Silver Lake Road, New Brighton M..N 55112. 5. Each hauler using the recycling site has been asked to provide an estimate of the number of trees collected from each city. These numbers would be used in the future for a more equitable allocation of costs between cities. 6. The haulers have been asked to advertise the recycling plan through CUstomer bill inserts, if applicable, or any olher melhods the hauler feel would be effective. What Will New BrigMon Do? 1. If a hauler decides not to be included in the project, they will be listed as not participating in the newspaper articles and inserts. Residents of those haulers will be invited to bring lheir trees to the driving range during the second week of January ~. 2. The city forester will contract a Sepi mower and tub grinder for up to three days at $175 per hour. This rate includes the operator. We estimate 4000 - 6000 trees can be shredded and mulched during that time. Some volunteers will be needed. If Arden Hills could supply people, please call Rick at 633-8907. 3. Advertising for the Christmas tree recycling project will include a minimum of two newspaper anicles, an article in the November New Brighton newsletter and maybe an insert in two-thirds of the New Brighton resident water bills. We also encourage Arden Hills and Moundsview to do the same. . -~---_._-- ~-~ We would also like to video tape the operation from collection to shredding to final use of pin~ chips. The tape would be available for schools and other cities wishing to try the project. 4. After the final cost are determined, New Brighton will decide if we continue the program and share our results with other cities or shutdown the project.