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<br />sweepers, a dump truck needed to follow for dumping. Mr. Wilson said it costs the City $100 <br />per mile for street sweeping. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert noted when a state sweeper is seen there is a dump truck behind them for traffic <br />protection from traffic and asked if the City did that too. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson said that the traffic in the City was not as fast as the traffic on the highways. <br />Continuing, Mr. Wilson stated that it took 65 hours to sweep all of the public streets one time. <br />Adding the private streets would add another 11 hours and to sweep all of the streets once in <br />the City would be at a cost of $9,000. He noted the biggest cost was in sweeping the Civic <br />Plaza, the Loop and the parking lots, at $31,235. The total of street sweeping that is presently <br />being done, costs the City about $70,000. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr asked for a Point of Clarification on costs listed, to which Mr. Wilson provided her with <br />answers. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson described the advantages of the new sweeper/vacuum trucks. He noted the City <br />would continue to replace old sweepers with these. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked with all the advantages of the newer sweeper, the City could actually need less <br />sweepers, to which Mr. Wilson agreed. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson stated in the City’s Charter, listed under solid waste is leaf collection and street <br />cleaning, which can be set and scheduled by the Director of Public Works. Mr. Wilson’s <br />recommendations were since street sweeping is under the guidance of Solid Waste, therefore <br />all residents and businesses that pay a solid waste bill should be entitled to street sweeping in <br />front of their property. He noted that this has been discussed with the City Attorney who stated <br />it was legal. Mr. Wilson noted in FY 13 all of the street department man hours were charged to <br />the street operation and in FY 14 they will be charged to solid waste. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr asked what is done with places that chose a waste hauler other than the City’s. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson said he did not have an answer yet. It could be possible to charge the Loop <br />Business district for street sweeping. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr asked where Washington University fell in regards to waste haulers. Mr. Wilson said <br />he did not have the answer but would get that information. Ms. Carr noted she was not sure <br />how you could say, since you do not use the City’s waste hauler, the City will not sweep your <br />street. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson stated his recommendation is to continue to sweep all of the streets, as not <br />sweeping the areas that do not use the City’s waste hauling, would not keep the City clean and <br />in accordance with the MS4 requirements. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert noted this was of interest with the school streets, as the school district does not <br />utilize the City’s waste hauling services. He was glad to hear that Mr. Wilson said the City <br />would still clean their streets. <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />