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I :L-i &11 DATE: 0311 7/03 ITEM: v .B. Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: Reports &Recommendations Item Description: Leaf Program Recommendation ]Background: The City of Roseville lle has provided a curbside leaf pickup service to Roseville residents since 1 970. In 1 997, the City adopted a fee for service system to hel p minimize direct costs to City operating budgets. The program has been managed with user fees since 1997. Attached to this document are costs for the previous five years detailing administrative and operating costs that support this service and income received from users of the program. In August of 2002 the Council asked the newly formed Public Forks and Transportation Commission to review this program and male a recommendation to the Council regarding the future direction of leaf collection. The Commission asked for public comment at it's January 2003 meeting on this service. They also reviewed program costs and discussed alternatives to the current delivery method. No members of the public were present to spew either for or against this service. One email was shared with the Commission in favor of continuin g the program. gram. The Commission recommended on a -0 vote to continue providing this service and to offer it to all residents on a no fee basis. They also recommended that additional efforts he undertaken to educate residents about the benefits of beeping yard waste out of ponds and lakes and alternatives to the leaf collection program. Discussion: Public Works crews remove leaves from gutter lines and storm drains on all it streets as art y p of the Leaf Pickup Program. The City would incur costs of approximately $40,000 to clean streets and catch basins in the fall if a leaf pickup program was not offered to residents. This cost is currently included in the overall cost analysis of this program on the attached sheet. We estimate that extending the collection to all residents on a no -fee basis would add approximately 6 days to the program at an additional cost of $26,000. The total roJ ■g.,�,■`Mam cost is estimated to be $1057000. With an estimated 4,500 users, the cost per user would be estimated at $23.33. This compares to a five -yeas average cost per user of $1 7.93 for 1 993 -1 997 for this type of program. The average cost for 1998-2002 was $39.15 per registered riser. The administrative costs are significantly higher for the registration type pro gram, and efficient of the crews is . r y lessened as more time is spent traveling between leaf piles. Policy Objectives: To provide an effective, cost efficient leaf disposal program resulting in. . g reasonable costs to all residents of the City and to minimize environmental and/or drainage e in impacts t o the storm drainage systems.