Citizens Waste Management Advisory and City Response

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4 Recommendation 2: Apply €or a Metropolitan Council Grant to produce an instructional videotape on yard waste management techniques and alternatives. Enlist the aid of R�seville�s Parks and Recreation Department, as well as Ramsey County�s iiorticu}.- turist, Master Gardeners, and Waste Manaqement Department. 3how the tape repeatedly on the public TP channel, and have copies avaiZabie in Ramsey County Libraries. Respanse: [implement with modification] This recommendation would be difficult to implement for several reasons: o A staff inember at Metropoiitan Council indicated that the Committee reviewing grant applications daes not look favarably on funding videotape productions. o Preparing an ariginal videotape productian is extremely labor intensive, if done properly. o There are videotapes available through the Office of Waste Management - Waste Educatian Cleari�ghouse in St. Paul. It is recommended that staff further research the availability af existing videotapes that may be appropriate, ar explore the feasibility of participating in the preparation of a video on a x-egional basis. �� � �� Recatamendation 3: Pramote the Master Gardener program and encourage residents to become Masfier Gardeners. Explore, with the Ramsey County Extension Service, the concept of mini-qardeners (not as much education). Response: [implement] zt is recommended that the City encourage residents to participate in both these programs, but with the realizatian that participation may be lim�ted due to the time commitment required. Recommendation 4: Encouraqe the development of at Ieast one cZass in yard and gard�n maintenance, with classes by the Rose- ville Parks and Recreation Department in caoperation with the Roseville Area 3chools� Community Educa�ion Program. Response: [impZement] Thzs recommendation has received strong support from the Parks and Recreation Director. He has suggested that the staff Naturalist be involved in developing educational yard waste programs at the Nature Center. It is recommended that the staff Naturalist be directed to explore the feasibility of providing edueational�yard waste programming for Raseville residents. Recommendatian 5: Construct demonstration plcts, with information s�ands, in sevexal City parks on backyard composting, lawn management techniques, mulching, etc.