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Council Minutes of 4/15/2003 the policy on the chipper? The community is confuses-some people have heard that there is a 1 S-nvnutes time limit imposed on the use of the chipper. Some projects cannot be completed in that short period of time. 3) What do you do when you have standing water in your yard and it hasn't rained? This question was asked by an elderly couple who are concerned about the West Nile Virus. 4) What about leaves that haven't been picked up? 5) What does one do if a neighbor's fence is substantially taller than the surrounding fences? Councilman Dailey suggested that the residents be dvected to call City Hall. President O'Grady agreed and suggested that, if there is no response from City Hall, the resident call the Ward Councilman. Councilman Gareau thanked Mrs. Deis for bringing this information forward. Councilman Miller asked the new City Engineer to look into a resident's concern regarding standing water. Last year the residents at 27341 Edgepark contacted the Engineering Departmerrt because they began to have standing water in their yard after rainfalls since the city did work on a culvert behind their home. A representative from the Engineering Dept. went out to the house and determined there was no problem as there was no standing water at that time. Since this occurred on July 30, well into the summer drought, this situation should be revisited. Regarding the issue of leaves, Mrs. Kasler noted that the Mayor had said that the company had already made its final round. She knows of one street, and one yard specifically, that have not received that final pick-up. Since the Mayor said to submit the names of those streets, she suggests that people report their streets directly to the Mayor or the Service Director. Councilman Gareau wondered if the city was under contract with Three-Z for this year. He suggested that the city explore other companies. He understands what happened last year, but it is too easy to blame everything on the weather. Weather stopped them from picking up the last round of leaves, but weather also stopped people from raking up leaves and getting the job finished. By the time they got their leaves to the lawn this spring, Three-Z was already gone. Mr. Miller had previously asked how many trips the company made. He would be curious to know if the cubic yazd pick-up for 2002-2003 was close to what was done in 2001-2002. We should begin thinking about what we are going to do in the fall. If we wait, there won't be anyone available and we'll be using a company with which we seem to have a problem. Councilman Miller suggested that issue be assigned to a committee. Last year, Three-Z made their first pass with 99% of leaves still on the trees. It may well be a matter of whether Three-Z has the capacity to do their rounds later when the leaves fall and the city to be more flexible when scheduling this. Printing and scheduling the routing is a process that needs to be done with some foresight and planning. However, we need to be a little bit more adjustable to the nuances of Mother Nature as to when the leaves are going to fall. The first pass was a waste of city dollars as they picked up considerably more grass clippings than leaves. 13