Helpful tips include:
Please keep children away from the leaf piles. Do not allow small pets to run free during leaf pickup.
The leaf vacuum is very powerful and to avoid any potential injury it is important to keep children and pets away from the leaf piles.
• LEAVES ONLY! Brush and other debris can damage the leaf vacuum machine. If operators notice brush or other debris along the curb, they are instructed to go around and leave the piles.
• Streets need to be free of parked cars the day after recycling/garbage pickup day so the leaf vacuum machine can get through.
• It is important to place leaves in the gutter (on the street but directly next to the curb). A good practice would be to rake leaves close to the edge of the street as you have time during the week, then simply rake them into the gutter the evening before leaf removal takes place. Residents of cul-de-sacs can make tidy piles between driveways.
• Residents having a home on a corner lot are asked to pull leaves back from the street corner because the leaf vacuum machine turns too wide to pick up leaves left on the corner.
• The leaf vacuum machine will operate every day, rain or shine, until the leaves are gone or snow arrives. Only during severe weather will operations be suspended.
The leaf vacuum removes leaves, then chops and compacts
them into a self-contained trailer towed by a tractor.
The chopped, compacted leaves are then recycled
at Creekside Soils, the City-owned composting facility.
SEE THE FAQ'S LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Click here for "SPRING" Boulevard Leaf & Grass Pick-up
