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Eemorandum to Solici Waste Advisory Council Members Page 5 March 17, 1983 • the possibility of conducting a separate collection for leaves. Haulers could provide a free collection service or charge a small fee per bag to their customers during the leaf collection. The haulers would not pay a tipping fee and would be required to empty each bag of leaves into the truck and collect data requested by the city. Staff believes there is a better chance of this actually occurring if the discussions are between the city and the hauler(s) . Providing the hauler(s) agree to implement a separate collection, an individual would have to monitor the compost site during the collection period (i.e. 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. five days per week from October 24 through November 4, 1983) to insure no illegal dumping and collect data. The County will provide funding ($168) enabling the city to hire an adult for this task. Option B If the haulers refuse to participate in a separate collection, the alternative is to encourage residents to drop off their leaves (bags not allowed) at the site from mid October to mid November. The site will open to the public on Saturday, October 22 and close on Sunday, November 13. This drop off option requires that an individual monitor the site. Staff anticipates that an individual will be at the site during the weekends (Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ; Sunday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ; and one weekday afternoon, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) . The County will provide funding ($215) enabling • the city to hire an adult to monitor the site for 64 hours. Program Publicity Y Regardless' of how the leaves are collected, a flyer describing the project can be developed, printed, and mailed along with the city's regular water billing. The flyer serves to inform people about the project. Depending on the collection method, it instructs them how to prepare their leaves and states when they will be collected or specifies when they can drop off their leaves at the site. It is the city's responsibility to mail the flyers to their residents. County staff will assist the city contact person in developing the flyer. The County will fund printing costs for the flyer up to $250. Concurrent to the mailing of the flyers, at least one article should appear in local paper(s) describing and publicizing the project. Other methods of publicity for the program should be explored by the city contact person, for example a city newsletter. Compost Operation The County will manage the composting process. It will provide equipment and operators to construct the initial windrow(s), water the windrow(s), and mechanically turn the windrow(s) three times during a year. County staff will monitor the windrow temperatures twice a month, collecting temperature data, which reflects the efficiency of the composting process. 111,