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/— Memorandum to Solid Waste • Advisory Council Members Page 7 March 17, 1983 111/1 Organize/Manage Leaf Collection Staff will meet with each community organizer and discuss all aspects of the proposed project with them. County staff believe that leaves will be collected either by a hauler in packer trucks or they will be dropped off at a site by residents. Option A Staff will ask the community organizers if they know of any predominent hauler or haulers who collect in their area. If the community organizers are aware of these individuals, staff prefer that the planning districts contact the haulers and discuss 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 planning district. Providing the hauler(s) agree to implement a separate collection, au individual would have to monitor the site during the collection period (i.e. 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 5 days per week from October 24 through November 4 , 1983) to insure no illegal dumping and collect data. The County will provide 111/1 funding ($168) enabling the City to hire an adult for this task. Option B If a separate leaf collection can not be arranged, 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 planning district to hire an adult to monitor the site for 64 hours. Program Publicity Regardless of how the leaves are collected, a flyer describing the project can be developed, printed, and distributed to all the households in the planning district. The planning district will be responsible foi handing out the flyers. The County will provide each planning district up to $75 to pay for distributing the flyers. The County will also fund printing costs for the flyer up to $250. Even though the flyer would be the primary educational tool, staff will 111/1 encourage the community organizers to publicize the project -in their local newsletters. Other publicity methods suggested by community organizers could also be implemented. The flyer serves to inform people about the project.