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July 16, 1998 Page Golden Vallev 1 Each spring they have a brush pick-up that tales place over a 3-week period.They contract with a tree service to pick op the branches. There is no extra charge to the residents for this service. This program has existed for about 5 gears. They accept branches less than 4" i n di ameter and 1 es s than ' long; neatly stacked, large ends to street. They have had problems with people trying to dispose of other things within the brush piles(like old toilets). The tree service now video tapes those prpblern spots, so that when the resident calls to complain about the brush not getting picked up, the cit y has proof as to why the brush wasn't picked up. They have noticed that residents have Borne to expect more service since this program began. } There is not a drop off site in golden valley, but Maple Grove has site operated by Ceres where Golden Valley residents can bring branches: Maple Grove Natural wood waste Facility 1 0450 81st Ave. N. $12.00 minimum disposal fee Ma lewood To program exists. They refer-esidents to rubbish Mauler or tree contractor. Minnetonka They have had a gush drop-off program in existence since 8 -90. The site is open on the second kturda of the month and the Monday following during Apr."Nov. It s located at operations . .y Maintenance, 11 522 Minnetonka Blvd. The accept branches u to 4" in diameter. They contract with Rumpka to tub grind the wood They p every ther month(Rumpka charges oo/hour;they work fast and do an excellent job.) � No extra fee 1s charged to residents; this is paid out of the recycling budget ($2.00/month recycling fee to residents). They did adopt an emergency storm damage policy after a nasty storm.in ' 1 (copy attached). The recent storms did not uallfy under this policy, but they did open their site for extended hours and days to accommodate storm damage drop off.