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charged $3.50 a month for their program. Ramsey County cities with organized collection such as Little Canada and North St. Paul require haulers offer yard waste collection. Residents can choose a yearly rate or a charge per bag similar to what is done in Roseville. B1'ush: Roseville used to accept brush during City spon- sored Clean Sweep days. Residents brought brush to the Ramsey County site on Larpenteur east of Dale. There was a nominal charge for dropping off brush. Roseville discontin- ued its Clean Sweep days in the early 1990's because the City could not find a contractor to run the white and bulky goods portion. There does not appear to be strong interest among Roseville residents in offering a brush drop off service again. In the 2002 resident survey 55 percent of homeowners said that if Roseville operated a brush drop off site they were not likely to use it. However there was high usage of curbside collection of brush following the windstorm in 2000. City crews targeted the northeast quadrant of Roseville that was the area with the most damage. Residents could also use a drop offsite at the Arboretum. It cost the City $116,496 to run that special brush collection. Much of that was offset by reimbursement from FEMA. (Some resi- dents were disappointed Roseville did not offer curbside collection of brush throughout the City as was done in Shoreview). The brush was chipped and made available for residents to take with them or pick up from bins at the leaf compost site. Residents used many of the chips and the rest were donated to the Tri-District School for use in a prairie restoration project. Forty-three percent of Roseville homeowners surveyed arrange a special brush pickup with their garbage hauler. Although some residents don't like that hauler require brush to be cut up before pickup. Twenty-four percent burn their brush in their backyard or fireplace. Fourteen percent chip their own brush, 14% compost it in their backyard and 11% take it to a private company for disposal. The nearest private company is Treecycle near Hamline University. Treecycle does not require brush be cut up before it is dropped off. Illegal dumping of brush on City property does not appear to be a problem in Roseville. Accord- ing to Streets Supervisor Steve Zweber and Park Maintenance Supervisor Ken Hoxmeier City crews deal with 6-12 cases of illega] dumping (including brush, furniture, tires and appliances) on City property each year. That brush is chipped and made available at the leaf compost site. However Permits Coordinator pon Munson and Code Enforcement Officer Rick Talbot say illegal storage of brush and large items on people's property is a significant problem. What Other Cities Do About Brush Neighboring communities offer brush drop off as part of their community clean up days. Shoreview even conducts extra brush drop off days. Residents of these communities are charged 66