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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 1,2013 Page 4 24/7 for several days from June 22—June 23. Due to staff's jockeying of portable generators, Mr. Schwartz advised that they had been aware of no reports of pri- vate property damage due to lift station back-ups. Mr. Schwartz briefly displayed an example from the City's Asset Management Program providing a breakdown of resources and costs by task, now available through the City's software program. As of the end of the day on June 26, 2013, Mr. Schwartz advised that 1,862 prop- erties had debris curbside, and estimated that there were over 2,000 properties in Roseville with damage. Mr. Schwartz noted that most property owners moved quickly to get their debris curbside; while some had hired a private contractor, or hauled the debris themselves to various Ramsey County compost sites. Mr. Schwartz advised that the City had coordinated with Ramsey County to use their Kent Street site exclusively for city-hauled debris staging area, with debris hauling begun on June 23 by City trucks and with assistance of a contractor. Mr. Schwartz advised that City staff was chipping some of the smaller piles; and esti- mated completion of the first city-wide pass-through by July 20th; and one addi- tional pass for properties first addressed before July 8; followed by additional clean-up in parks and on boulevards. Mr. Schwartz estimated over 100 trees with additional damage(e.g. cracked trunks, hanging branches, etc.). Mr. Schwartz detailed storm clean-up costs to-date as follows: Initial contractor costs $20,000 Initial staff response costs 20,000 Contractor debris hauling 100,000 Staff debris hauling/chipping 175,000 Debris processing 30,000—40,000 Stump disposal 10,000— 15,000 Misc. rentals, etc. 10,000 Follow-up tree trimming and/or removal 25,000 Total Debris Cost Estimate 405,000 Interim City Manager Trudgeon emphasized to the public that the Kent Street site was exclusively for city use, not public use; with Mr. Schwartz advising the pub- lic to continue using the other typical Ramsey County sites to ensure monitoring for the benefit of Roseville residents. At the request of Mayor Roe,Mr. Schwartz advised that staff was seeking direc- tion from the City Council on whether commercial properties could also receive curbside pickup of debris, similar to residential property owners. Mr. Schwartz advised that to-date only one church and less than a dozen businesses had asked