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171 Mr. Culver advised that staff tries to be diligent in determining which customers <br />172 were receiving services and had p aid for them versus those taking advantage of the <br />173 service and not paying the annual fee for pickup. However, Mr. Culver agreed that <br />174 he expected to find a situation with some leaves still placed curbside for pickup by <br />175 the City due to lack of attention or simply out of habit. <br />176 Chair Stenlund noted this would be a great opportunity to provide related <br />177 information on why no seeds or lawn clippings should be in debris in discharge <br />178 locations, no matter a resident's opinion of government, in an effort to protect <br />179 and/or improve water quality for all. Chair Stenlund noted this review could serve <br />180 as a quantifiable in the City's MS4 annual reportas 11. <br />181 <br />182 Mr. Culver advised that staff would incorporllllllated this additional educational <br />183 material and/or links on the City's website. Mr. Culver reported that he expected <br />184 this to be an annual educational effort in the September newsletters starting in 2016. <br />185 <br />186 Member Thurnau suggested starting the educational efforts earlier in the spring and <br />187 throughout summer/fall to address lawn care basics and how that affected the <br />188 environment with practices on our private property as much as public properties <br />1190 89 (e.g. streets). <br />41 idftt <br />Im, <br />191 Member Cihacek concurred, suggesting the educational component may prove <br />192 interesting; and asked if there were capacity concerns at available lawn waste sites. <br />193 <br />194 Mr. Culver advised that, historically the City dropped leaves picked up curbside to <br />195 those sites while other times they were delivered 4ned <br />ver her locations depending on <br />196 the time of the year and their volume. Mr. Culthat one problem was with <br />197 contractors sometimes bringing their leaves to a site and ongoing challenges in <br />198 verifying Roseville leaves are going inVr. <br />he Roseville compost site. With the <br />199 demand for compost throughout the yearCulver advised that using it was not <br />200 problematic, but allowing time for processing it and room to move and turn the <br />201 4piles often became a challeue in some years. Due to those issues, Mr. Culver <br />202 advised that the City had found some partnership opportunities with other firms <br />203 using that material for some of their own soil blending for organics. Mr. Culver <br />204 noted that there was more contamination in yard waste compost than in the City's <br />205 leaf pickup program, with some timing issues for marketing the compost. Mr. <br />206 Culver opined that staff didn't anticipate a lot more leaves coming to the sites when <br />207 discontinuing the pickup program; but noted it would prove interesting to see where <br />208 contractor leaves showed up, which would create a challenge for them as well. <br />209 <br />210 At the request of Chair Stenlund, Mr. Culver reviewed current Ramsey County <br />211 Yard Waste sites (Highway 96, Dale Street, Pierce Butler, etc.) and offered to <br />212 provide a map online of their locations similar to that of Ramsey County's <br />213 hazardous waste sites. <br />214 <br />215 Chair Stenlund stated, from his perspective, it may be more problematic for a <br />216 resident — if not mulching or composting — to transport the leaves without having <br />Page 5 of 13 <br />