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ua- �' 6 r'1 MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council\ / FROM: Clerk -Administrator \\ DATE: April 14, 1983 SUBJECT: SPRING CLEAN UP DAY ARRANGEMENTS At this point staff has nearly completed all preliminary arrangements for the May 7th Spring Clean Up Day. The following arrangements have been made and/or will need to be approved by the City Council. 1. The following groups have been contacted for the indicated assistance on that day: Boy Scouts - Clean up City parks Girl Scouts - Clean up City parks Jaycees - Assist in collection point Lions Club - Assist in collection point Goodwill Industries Recycling Unlimited 2. An article regarding the Spring Clean Up Day will be included in the May -June City Newsletter and the April 28th and May 5th issues of the New Brighton Bulletin. 3. The City sign will announce the Clean Up Day during the entire week prior to Clean Up Day. 4. Staff has contacted 11 different waste haulers in the metropoli- tan area and obtained prices for 30 yard containers, such as those used in the past two years. The company we have contracted with for the past two years, Waste Control (previously known as Container Service, Inc.),has indicated that they will provide such containers at a cost of $130 each or a $5.00 increase over the previous two years' rates. As we have had more than accept- able service from this organization in the past two years' Clean Up Days, staff would recommend we again contract with this company for their services. 5. Should we be able to enlist the services of a large enough group of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to assist in cleaning up various City parks, it will be necessary for us to go around at the end of that day and pick up the bags that they have filled with trash and return to the pickup point for disposal, as the containers will be removed at the end of the Clean Up Day. In view of the