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new Bay West site in Saint Paul, the Roseville site operating period was reduced to eight days (four Fridays and four Saturdays) in May of2000. Site usage for 1998 - 2000 is shown in the following table. 1998 - 2000 2000 8 682 85 As the table indicates, there has been a decline in participation at the Roseville site over the past several years. This has occurred despite relatively few changes in how the collection site is promoted to residents. Nevertheless, Ramsey County is currently reviewing our promotional activities to determine how best to encourage more residents to use the HHW program. Permit condition #2: Work with City staff to prepare biannual review/monitoring and inspection of area outside of concrete area. City and County staffhave previously agreed that this permit condition would be sufficiently addressed by the County's site inspection program and site usage report. Routine inspections ofthe site by County staff during 1999 and 2000 did include assessment of area outside the concrete pad, and the condition of this area was judged to be satisfactory. Permit condition #3: If changes occur in the operator, operations or uses, they must be reviewed and approved by the City. There were no changes in operations or uses at the Roseville seasonal collection site during 1999. As stated earlier in this report, the County entered into an agreement with Bay West to provide HHW services beginning in 2000. Bay West operates the Roseville HHW site in accordance with the same procedures and guidelines-as provided in the City of Roseville interim use permit, the agreement with Ramsey County and in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's HHW Program Operations Manual- as have previous HHW site operators. Permit condition #4: The site must be monitored and maintained during the entire year, and existing interim use permit conditions, which have not been amended, still apply. In addition to the site monitoring and inspection program described above, the Environmental Health Section has developed a year-round site observation program involving personnel from the County Public Works Department, Public Health Department, and the nearby Woodview detention facility on Kent Street. Staff from Public Works and Woodview routinely drive by the site as part of their regular duties, and have been asked to notify the Environmental Health Section if site maintenance is needed. Staff from the Environmental Health Section also periodically drive by the site. Also, gates at the site entrance and exit drives are locked year-round to prevent unauthorized access. Permit condition #5: Site sign age is approved subject to staff approval with notations of a hot-line for citizen call-ins when something unusual occurs. Signs that include the telephone number for the Environmental Health Section are posted year-round on the entrance and exit gates at the site. In addition, following the last day of collection at the site each year, a "Site Closed" sign is typically posted near the site entrance gate for a month-long period. The signpost holds a brochure dispenser with flyers promoting the current year's HHW operating schedule. Roseville residents may use Ramsey County HHW collection sites at Bay West (open year-round) and at other seasonal satellite sites located in Maplewood, Saint Paul, White Bear Lake, and Shoreview. Saint Paul - Ramsey County Department of Public Health Page 2 of2