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r~scII, arar~~ Fr®m: Mayor John Kysylyczyn [johnk@usfamily.net] Sen#: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:47 PNI To: Linda.C.Hemp ~~ ~~ - Gc: city.council@ci.roseville.mn.us Subject: RE: Leaf Pick-up and Compost Lir:da, The Tneet.ing minutes might tel.:. you a little about the i ssue, but they are not a word ror ~s;ord account of ~ `}.> meeting. , This issue has been discussed by city councils and staff for probably at least tro or three years as I recall. This issue also was advertised in the newspaper for a public hearing three months ago at our Public ~n~orks CoTTUnission meeting. I recall seeing the notice in the paper. If you consider this a slam-dunk policy, I really have no reply to this. How much more slowl~z do we need to go? Land use issues get approximately 30-45 days between hearings and cduncil action. `t'his was mare? If we start giving six months or. a _y~ear. between hearings and action, no one will even remember what anyone said at the hearings, and people will forget half the reasons of why we are even voting on something? What i.s your solution? Since three months is not goad enough, how much time do you want? If you are correct that strengthened environmental laws are all the more reason to continue these programs, then why is it that no other city i_n Ramsey County does this, or has done this in a very long time? I don't believe that there is any city in Hennepin or Anoka County that does this. Are we to believe that every other city in the Twin Cities could care less about the environment? That seems to be a pretty to be a pretty bold statement. How can you address this? One reason the leaf program is to keep storm catch basins clean. When you don't even have a majority that participates, you have little benefit. Also I imagine that years ago, my waste hauler didn't take my grass an leaves for free, which they now have done for years. My hauler even will give me a second wheeled can for compost, which they :gill empty every week for free! My garbage company is a family owned company and is ane of the cheapest in Roseville! Also, I did not know that the purpose of city government was t:~ provide compost. No other city government in the Twin Cities provides free compost to citizens. My neighbor makes his own compost in his own back yard. While you may have had a bad experience with your waste hauler, my experience has been excellent. This goes for my parents and brother also, all long-time Roseville Residents. The bins are not for leaf removal; they are for grass and stick removal, this according to my waste hauler. The leaves are supposed to be put in bio-degradable bags if possible. My parents are in their mid 50's and maintain one full acre of property with poplar, multiple oaks, maples, tons of shrubs, and about 5 different other types of tress that I have never heard of. I have 1/2 acre, with three oaks, and about 7 other trees. I bag everything and the hauler picks up everything. I have no interest in killing my grass on the boulevard in order to stack up leaves. I am glad that you stated that you would be willing to pay more for this service. I have no problem continuing the service provided that the users pay for the full cost. The full cost would probably run between $50-$100 per yard, no kiddir_g! The referendum project did not build enough space to house all of the stuff the parks and rec department must store off site. What it did Sr~as consolidate stuff which taas being stored outside, or in a current city owned building that is about to fall loran, because it is in such decrepit shape. En7e bought it that way, it wasn't due to bad maintenance on our part. Talk to the residents in Maplewood who live near their compost dump. Their case, as I understand it, is in the Supreme Court, currently addressing technical issues. The meat of the issue has not yet gotten to the courts. Commissions give advice, and reasons for their advice. We accept or reject advice and reasons. How many times do we have to send something back before it is ok to vote on? 1