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217 <br />218 <br />At the request of Member Cihacek, Mr. Schwartz advised that the additional <br />219 <br />resources for the 2014 program, were redirected from the Stormwater Fund. If <br />220 <br />the leaf program was eliminated, Mr. Schwartz advised that those funds would <br />221 <br />stay in the Stormwater Fund and go toward other programs to improve water <br />222 <br />quality including increasing compost education efforts. <br />223 <br />224 <br />Member Wozniak stated that he would much rather see use of the compost site <br />225 <br />increase in participation versus continuing the leaf program. <br />226 <br />227 At the request of Member Gjerdingen, and recognizing the other tasks for staff <br />228 during that compressed period of time used for leaf pickup, Mr. Schwartz advised <br />229 that staff would continue to clean gutters at various times during the year to <br />230 prevent or reduce their impact to the stormwater system. <br />231 <br />232 Chair Stenlund stated his gut feeliwould be to look at alternatives in <br />233 eliminating the program. <br />234 <br />235 With the upcoming additional equipmen placement costs, Mem jerdingen <br />236 opined it would be worthwhile t this time to discontinue the leaf col tion <br />237 program. <br />238 <br />239 Member Seigler concurred that the program should be eliminated and replacement <br />240 equipment should not be purchased. <br />241 <br />242 Member Cihacek agreed with his colleagues, but as ed that staff explore <br />243 alternatives to the program and the demographics of those residents currently <br />244 sin th rogram, with that request dul oted by staff. <br />245 <br />246 Member Lenz recommended ;ivIngthe"program one more opportunity for 2015 <br />247 with additional marketing and promotion, and if those efforts saw no significant <br />248 community support, then not replace the specific equipment. <br />249 <br />250 At the request of Member Seigler, Mr. Schwartz advised that staff may be able to <br />251 provide the program with the existing equipment for the 2015 season. <br />252 <br />253 While there was no formal action taken by the PWETC, by consensus, Chair <br />254 Stenlund noted that the body recognized that there were apparently not enough <br />255 users to justify the program with additional costs to replace existing equipment <br />256 specific to the leaf pickup program. <br />257 <br />258 7. Pavement District Issues Discussion <br />259 Mr. Culver advised that staff would be presenting this information to the City <br />260 Council in April for their input as well as this initial presentation to the PWETC. <br />261 <br />Page 6 of 17 <br />