WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.640 Hi, I'm Rob Boyer. I'm the City Manager, and today I want to talk a little bit about leaf season. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:18.640 In general, we usually start leaf season Monday after Columbus Day. However, because of the warm weather this year, we've pushed that back to the first week of November. 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:24.640 So we will be starting to do our leaf collection the first week. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:36.640 Also just a few pointers on that. One of the challenges for our crew is we need them put out on the curb in a specific way, primarily in a continuous line along the curb line. 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:46.640 It also helps if you do not pile them near power poles or signs or guy wires for the power poles. 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:53.640 Because of the manipulation of the tubes, we can't easily manipulate them around these obstacles. 00:00:53.640 --> 00:01:02.640 We also ask that you don't include any grass clippings or flowers or hostas or sticks or trash of any kind. 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:11.640 The trouble is these things plug up our machines and they make it difficult to efficiently remove the leaves from your property. 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.640 Also, please avoid parking near piles or adjacent to leaf piles. 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:21.640 We have a truck and a towable machine and they take up quite maybe 25-30 feet. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:26.079 and if we have a car in the way the tube the suction tube can't swing over far 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:31.680 enough to remove those leaves so we would just ask you to to please not park 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:36.719 adjacent to leaf piles during collection season and lastly please keep leaf piles 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:43.000 away from the storm drains one of the issues with if we get a rain this the 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:46.400 leaves go down a storm drain they can plug up our storm system as well as 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:47.000 Mohan, Marten, Thomas, John, Andres, Clare, and 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.040 Robert, and the other guys, that's adding a lot of biomass to our receiving streams. 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.780 So we want to avoid putting leaf piles near the storm drains. 00:01:55.739 --> 00:02:00.319 So this year, as I mentioned before, we're going to be starting collection here the 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:01.319 first week of November. 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:05.680 In general, we're able to get through the city five to seven times. 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:11.360 We generally work from West to East across the city and you can check the status 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:15.139 of our progress on the leaf map available at the city website. 00:02:15.139 --> 00:02:21.340 and as you will notice, there's certain areas highlighted with different colors. 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:26.340 There's a key there and it kind of indicates where we've been, where we're going. 00:02:26.539 --> 00:02:31.659 But bear in mind, just because it says complete, that's just complete for that run. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:34.379 So that doesn't necessarily mean it's complete for the season. 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:36.860 We'll continue to pick up leaves. 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:43.340 We'll keep going through town until the first serious snow or we're actually done. 00:02:43.340 --> 00:02:48.340 So, bearing that in mind. Well, anyway, thanks for listening and I appreciate your time. 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:55.340 I appreciate you watching and I hope to, we hope to be providing more communication like this in the future.