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Office of: JOSEPH G. CHLEBECK, Clerk 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minn. 55117 484 -2177 April 28, 1982 MEMORANDUM CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA TO: Mayor Hanson Council Members: Bev Scalze Dennis Forsberg Mugs Nardini Michael Fahey CONCERN: Brush removal policy for City. MAYOR Raymond Hanson I have spoken to our Tree Removal Contractors regarding their price for brush removal in the City. In their quote for this year they said they would charge $6.00 a cubic yard for brush pick -up. However, they said they would be willing to lower that charge to $4.00 a cubic yard if all the brush could be picked up and hauled from a central location. COUNCI L Michael Fahey Beverly Scalze Dennis Forsberg Mugs Nardini In the past years free dump day has been abused and the cost to the City has been expensive. Last year the City Tree Removal Contractors hauled seven loads of brush at $200 per truck load for a total cost of $1,400 for brush removal only. If the people who wish to dump brush are charged $2.00 a cubic yard, I feel the abuse will be minimal and the expense to the City will be re- duced. (The City could pay the extra $2.00 a cubic yard). To eliminate the hauling expense the City may wish to consider burning the brush without a burning permit from the PCA. The PCA is very strict, even on a City level, about burning brush, and a permit to do so is next to impossible to get. I don't know the full implications of challenging the PCA, but paying the fine may be cheaper then hauling the brush. The secretaries at the City Center said they have received many calls regarding brush removal in the past couple of weeks. Rather then ad- vertise a program throughout the City, perhaps they could only tell the residents of the City who contact the City Hall of a certain time and place to dump their brush. This would cut down on the volume of brush and thus the expense to the City. I have asked them to keep a list of all the people who call in so they could be contacted once a program is set up. Thank you very much. Thomas Horwath Tree /Weed Inspector City of Little Canada TH:bj --0,f19)