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MEMORANDUM <br />'fo: Jahn Link, County Mav¢ger <br />}Yom: GayteWilson. Solid Waste Dvector <br />SubjrM: Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordwmcc-LCafBnmwg <br />Dais: November 1.20:11 <br />The Board of County Commissiovas requce[M avsriMy of additional ivfomaatiov regaNwg the <br />burring of leaves during itx discuxsion ofihe Regulated Recyclable Material Ordinance a[ their <br />Octobtt 1 Solid Wast< Work Session. Tfiis mavoravdum seeks to respond m those issues. <br />• Aak DO i'ahou[ainpping burning iC roatlsitle tlimhenlright ¢I way (RO4~. IS [hate <br />em[e policy? If so, how is i[evforced? <br />Staff consultal with the ICCaI o0T Disnic[ Office regaNmg DOT yoticypertahtisrg to <br />profiibihons o(bmvin6wroadside ditches (ROttq. Chwk Hdwarda providW the atiachedpulicy <br />k21 tiHad "Obstrucfiorvs W itldv Na lligh[ CL Wa)" taken from the DOT Field M¢iu[mmce <br />MmuW. TTepvncy daem't directlymmtim homing finweveq it does prohibittM placcmmt of <br />nlatenals (that would deazly melale leaves and limbs) from begg6 placed cote the right o£way. <br />This policy would seem, by c#cvsiom to prohibi[placement ofleaves in the medside ditches <br />with tbeimmtion ofbumingNm[. The puryose ofwe policy ie tv momotc dmirtage amllimn <br />on. D is ow wderamnding wet DDT mea not place anlgn pdmivynn mfommrmt Cf[hia <br />polky, Primarily asponding m complaints. <br />• Consider use ol'leaf venom equipment iu the rural areas whereby ¢iduvs cev pny a <br />fee and hove their leave. rcmovcd by a County spvnevred program. Ask Hillsborough <br />if [hey have the eapabWty and would be wWing to eve [heir eyuipmeut [o provide this <br />xernce r¢ oaperatioo with the Cnuny. <br />Cowry eraffinet wiw Hidebmopgh ntaRMOrulay October 2Y w discuss the idea o£utilizing <br />Town leaf recuurWng eyvipment outside the Town limift. Toxm staff Rated that NeywoWd <br />evalwte their eyuipment and staffing m determine if sv<h suyplementery service might be <br />¢vailable bryond basic Tovm mecde. Ifit u dMCrmWed Nat Ne 1'vvm leaf coHectiov services are <br />capableafpmvrding additional service, County smtYwill be nonfiN and begin m develop <br />estimatze ofpotmtisl service areas, the level Cf demand for we Leafvecuum service, ¢cheduliug, <br />costarf ,etc. Once Hipsbomvgh has mopposbmity to evaluare Ne¢muNcipW leafmllmtion <br />service io esau'aa surplus nmvfcv capacity. Cowry smD'will forward such information to Ne <br />BOCC. <br />Typically, leaf vawnmiv%sesviwa trim arepmvided in incorporated areas dircM we leaves to be <br />raked ro the curb We, where Nay ae most cfhcimtly accessed. In wu uWncorporamd areas <br />where cmblmes generally do not exist, the DOT policynoted above would seem to prohibit Ne <br />