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. AI -\.( ( II Yf~ River MEMORANDUM TO: MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL FROM: PHIL HALS, STREET/PARK SUPT. DATE: MAY 20, 1994 SUBJECT: COUNTY SCORE FUNDS/COMPOSTING e Sherburne County has made $14,300 available for the City to establish an ongoing composting program. Staff recommends that this money, plus about $5,000 of landfill abatement funds, be used to construct a compost collection facility at the street garage. This would consist of a 30 foot by 40 foot, three sided, covered concrete structure that would allow residents to drop off yard waste in this bin like structure one or two days per month. The material would be stored temporarily until the Street Department would load and haul the compost to a site in a park or on the sewer sludge land for composting. The drop off site would be inside the yard fence and a Street Department employee would supervise the dumping in order to eliminate much of the dumping abuse that takes place at unsupervised sites. The building would serve as a covered salt/sand storage building from November to March. It is my opinion that this is a good solution to the leaf collection issue and the dual use maximizes the use of the structure. The Street Department would do all excavation, install the concrete footings, core fill the concrete blocks, seal the roof and pave the floor. Contractors would lay the concrete blocks and install a precast concrete roof. COST BREAKDOWN Footing Concrete Footing Forms Core Fill Concrete Concrete Blocks (contracted) Roof System (contracted) $ 550 250 2,700 8,500 7.000 $19,000 e P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425