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Leaf Pickup Program }GStory/' mds: Minnesota banned burning yard waste effective January 1, 1971 and banned putting yard waste in with your garbage effective January 1, 1990. Prior to the bans residents were allowed to dispose of yard waste as they disposed of my other garbage In response to the 1971 ban on yard waste burning Roseville began curbside collection of leaves Roseville is one of few dties in the metro area to offer a Leaf Pickup Program although other cities include leaves in then yard waste collection programs. The Leaf Pickup Program allows residents to rake leaves from then property to the curb where City crews use a specially equipped truck to vacuum up the leaves according to a published schedule (typically the end of October and beginning of November) Leaves are hauled to the Roseville leaf compost site of Date just south of County Road C where they are composted (At other times of He year the Van all is used to clean parts ofthe sewer system and on other related projects ) The leaves are stored in windrows to speed their decomposition. Roseville contracts with a private company to turn the windrows four times a year That charge of$810,000 a year is taken out of budget account that deals specifically with the compost facility . It typically takes a little over a year for the leaves to decompose into usable compost The compost is available for residents to pick up free of charge There is a small charge for home delivery . The charge ($30a 6 cubic yard truck load) is list enough to cover the cost of delivery, it does not subsidize the facility . Residents use approximately 80% of the compost The rest is used in City projects. All the available compost is used during the year it is available Roseville addressed concerns about runoff from the compost site noted in the 1991 report by constructing a filter berm in 1992 to filter the leachate That berm will need to be repaired and regraded in a few years. The lead pickup program was run at no additional cost to participants until 1997. Homeowners were then asked to pay a $15 fee that was added to their Leaf Pickup Program Sign Uos water bill Participation rates fell and the City lowered the fee to$10 a year Participation has fallen by 50% since 1998 2,500 Roseville began charging a fee however the City still 1999 2,575 collects 2(3 of the volume However after the initial decline 2000 2,652 the number of homeowners signing up for He program has 2001 2,750 been growing. In 1998 it was 2,500, in 1999 it was 2575, in 2000 it was 2652 and in 2001 it was 2750. Residents may drop leaves off at the site for Gee The site is open in the fall during October and the beginning of November and again in the spring in April and May According to the 2002 survey of homeowners 38% said they dispose of their leaves by taking them to the City's