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ree irumrming is urmup nanx out cosuly, so rq t uses 1 n1s melons Inal trees in any given neighborhood are trimmed go every four years. Annually P" trims, 00,000 trees and also removes a significant nu lber of weed trees that were allowed to grow under the power lures. In the process of trimming and removing trees a large volume of wood :'hips is p uced. In 19891- 96,,000 cubic yards or 24,10001 tones of chips were produced by SPµ ontracted crews. , of this amount approximately half was given to, customers at no, charge. The Dther half was unloaded at various transfer sites around the, Twin pity, metro area and sulbsequenitl hauled away, for recycling by Mega Co., and several other small contractors. 1 pays these contractors to load and haul the chips, and the contractors are responsible for, developing the end use markets. LOCATION: It is vital that chip transfer sites, be located at various convenient sites in the metro area so that crew travel time is kept to a minimum. Each tree trimming truck has a large chip box (110-14 cu., yds.) which must be emptied when full before the crew can continue tramming trees. Because the truce must be riven to a chip transfer site, it is unavailable for trimming use, during that time. The crew foreman, and in some cases the entire cr,ew,i is also not available for trimming while the chips are being drivers to the chip site. Both thee, truck and the crew members are on an hourly billing and are most effective when trimming trees. An average crew, will generate three bads of chips per week. It the chip site is not located near, where the, trimming is being done the sts of trirnrmliing rise because, of the extra travel and down time,. USE of ROSE' ILLE SITE: The, proposed chip transfer site in osel ille near Cleveland Ave. and County Rd. C2 would be very convenient to thee, crews trimming in Roseville and the surrounding communities. At the, present time four crews, are assigned to trim in the Roseville area. These, crews would be utilizing the site approximately 2 - 3 times per week. The, material being unloaded at the site would consist of 9151% chips and % firewood, The firewood is separated from the chips at the time of unloading. Both the chips and the firewood would be hauled out on a wweekll schedule by Mega Co.., Thiel size of the chip pile would probably average tog cubic yards before being hauled out. The amount of firewood would vary considerably depending on the work being done. l . aya&jbjg to ckizens-of PoseZalgi agog c H v r in order to prevent unauthorized durmpung, the site wound be locked at all titres and prior notice, site,. would be-- required for citi ens to gain access to the su : By providing a tempora,ry conditional use permit for a chip transfer sitel near Cleveland Ave. and County d. , the cite of Roseville will be enabling P to t6 ing down, QQata It will also be prodding a conivenient site for = U of' tree trimming byproducts produced in the Roseville area. In, addition) the citizens of Rosie ilille will grain access to a good unniv of wnind nhins and firewood.