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Pa~~: 1 of 1 <br />®risc~ll, Margaret <br />F <br />From: .`<: ~_ , _ ~~ ~- <br />Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 2:49 PM <br />To: city.council@ci.roseviiie.mn.us <br />Subject: Leaf Program <br />I support continuing the leaf program, in accordance with the advice and reasons given for <br />continuing the program by your Public Works Commission. <br />As I understand it, they recommended not only continuing the program but making it free <br />in order to get people to use the service, and keep our roads and gutters clean and free from <br />the leaves in the fall. If I recall correctly, the concluded that the savings from the program <br />would be in excess of $40,000, so the net related costs would be minimal on a per household <br />basis. <br />It seems to me you set up commissions to study issues and make recommendations to <br />the Council. If you are not going to follow their advice, please explain why. <br />Also, there are some, perhaps not many, that would have a distinct hardship to hand pack <br />and carry away their leaves. Some homes have wooded lots. I'm estimating my daughters <br />place might need to fill up around 50 to 100 bags, and then where do we take them? <br />If you are planning to close down the existing leaf drop off on C and Dale, you need to <br />relocate one somewhere. Too many people need a place to drop off their leaves. Of course, if <br />you offered everyone in the city free pickup, that may alleviate that situation. Most people <br />would prefer the option of pick up by the city ,free or for fee, and also a place to drop off free <br />as we have now. <br />If you drop the leaf pickup program, the City needs to develop a private source ,for those <br />who have tree filled lots, that can be called and used to get rid of large loads of leaves. <br />In my opinion, the city may be creating more problems than it is solving by discontinuing <br />the leaf pick up program. <br />~~Sanc~s <br />8/18/2003 <br />