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do placement nfleeves inm the rural equivalent of cwblines, roadside ditches, for pmposa o£ vacuuming thmr, alNOUgM1 we did not speak specifcally with DOT about Ws practice. Staff has not yet had m nnpadutdty b approach the other mwicipatitiee rcgaNivg there ability to provide leaf collmtien servioes ouvside their corpo[elebouvderias. if amm%emmta carrot be sotisfetodly structured with tie murneipatifies, staffcan also approachpriv&e companies should tie BOCC dirt. It might be usefW to develop a survey m other meNOdolegy at sonic point to Assess fie interest witldn the mincorpmeted areas ofthe wuvty m snch a ferbasad leaf collection service. • Need to provitle alternatlves m burviog perhaps phasetl iv oven a few years Cooney slWfhm, to a somewhat limited extmq hero involved m previdivg alternatives to reeWmtial homing for some time. The Solid Waste Department hsaamually hdd beckyvrd nmpoat bin Bales tlwt have provides in excess of t,000 bins over the pan several years. The dcparonam nlme to oonnnue Nispmctioa end wWd wen expand We seta m inolude mating these bws evailvble year-roved. The depatlmmt eko accepts, far a reduced fee, unlimited quantities of leaves az the lend5p that are commingled with othra yard wastes creating ahigh quality match pmduu. Hillxborough, Canboro, end Chapel Hill ell maintain seasonal leafcohedion services as well as same limitation on leaf burvivg witfim their respectivejvrisdictiws. Since leaf homing has NSmricellybeev covvdered mum ofaf safety and hesltM1 issue, Solid W'este staffhas not focused on the `alternative m homing' aspect of leafwasle management. Should the BOCC so direst, Solitl Waste staff could mom aggressively porous offer altemalives. • Cav we tlevelopacomplalvt-heaed strategy Par alopping bech~ertl burning,vat neeesearily peaslizivg the burnua but showing the al[ervativesT Stat[has notbvd the opponuWtyro discuss firs specific issue with the County nnnmey at this point, however, the Solid Waste statEbelievc a vm-punitive complaint based strategy could he developed. whether suchesvategYwaWd need la be Wwrpmamdin the proposed ordinance or could be pursuedby other means is wcm[ain. !f Ibis approach wvs pursued, staff would enSSest that effective mfvmemmt coWd also mdvda Emergency Maregernmt aM,br Health Depanmmt staff as well as Solid Waste staff Staffhas discnseed with the County Ahornry fie overall basic leafbuming mgula[ory options eveilahle, relazive to the pmpos~ordihmce. Based ov these discussions we behave NOSe opliow to be: • Do notregulate residential homing of Icanxe end other yard wanes (present ordinance wording PrdWbitbumivg ody in'fight ofways", or • Prohibit an barring of leavca mdother yaNwastes.