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TEL: Nov 14 94 15:28 No.OO4 P.03 Application for a Service Sharing Grant Part Two . l'roposcd Project The cilie. of Roseville. Shoreview. Arden Hills, White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights. Palcon Heights. Lauderdale, New Brighton and Lillie Canada togelher with Ramsey COUnly, While Bear Township, the MClropolitan CounciJ-QrJice of Local Assistance, MNIDOT Maimenance Rescarch llivision and thc Local Road Resem:h Board propose to hegin . mulli- jurisdiction maimeJlallce lII<,rerial$ recovery operation 10 save each community costs of disposing of said materials and purchasing new on an NUlual basis. The lead .taff eont:lCt for thls grail! is: Duane Schwanz City of Roseville Public Works 2660 Civic CCIIler Drive, Rose'Ville. MN 55113 Phoue490-2311. FAX 490-2319 DaekgrOlUld Annually, each conulll1nily uses malerial, sl1eh as .llnd for ice control, small gravel for seal-coal repair in summer, and soil prodl1ct. for median, boulevard and park applications. Sand picked up from spring sweeping can be used for f1I1 purposes. lll1t where no public space is available, it is hauled to landfills for disposal. Scal-eoal gravel may he givCII back Lo company doing road te"air or, if it is a municipal operation, the gravel may be used for olller purposes, or SlOred for the following year. Soil may .Iso be purchased as nceclcd for different projects. DisposiDg of these materials, or in lhe case of soil products--purchasing it, inereucs almual costs for road and street maintenance operations. TIlis project addres"".,. four main problems and provides comsponding solutions. L Current arrangements have each community workin& sepat3Icly in terms of using these mainlcnance . materials. They dispose of their own streel swcepings and seal-coat aggn:gare, and process (or purchase) their own soil materials. 2. 'fhere is a recurring need for all these materials on an annual basis, but are cum:ntly used only once and tben dispc.>scd of, Then, the following year new material. are purcbased again. 3. The only option available to .evera! communities i. to haul the "used" marerial. to landfills. The tip fee for the nearest landfIll is over $75 per ton, Added to lhal is approximately S10llon in labor, equipment and overh..,d com, I'urther, it can be s:rgucd that road malnlCnance material is in3Jllll'Ol'riale material to be lal1dfilled_ 4. Tbis disposal practice is very e<lStly to taxpayers, Tbis situaLion is not unique to these cilies and Ramsey County. As eiti.. become folly developed, there are fewer areas lhaL are available LO dCJlosil such lIL1terials. Recem poliey changes alooth state and nationallevcls prohibiting the fiUiug of wetlands also contribules to Ihis issue. HOW<.'Vet, in the meantime, mOlorists continue 10 expeel local government. to sand and sllllhcir roads each winter so they may enjoy a higher margin of vchicular safety. Each year, maintenance crews deposit an average of 20 IOns of sand per mile of city streel. This leads to the current situation. Out of the II partner cities. .eveu have run out of .'Pace 10 deposil their street sweepin!;s and Olher road maintenance materials. Th..e malerials are considered somewhat undesirable by other jurisdiclions, and politely rcfuse tile offer of 'free fill.' Tbis reduces lhcir disposal oplion to one--Iandftlling. Currem CO.IS CUttClll prices for >and used for ice control vary from a low of $2.75 to more than $5.00 per ton delivered, with an average of about $4.50. n's low cost is one reason why it was considered acceptable lO use only once and then dump tile spring sweepings into low .pots on mWlicipal propeny_ i'riCCl< for scal-coat chips are higher, and vary between SI5 and . $20 depe.nding on the type and grade of material used, ----.-