[RCAC] Fwd: Annual Leaf Collection Feedback

RCAC Members, I want to share this letter from the Mordecai CAC to the head of Public Works regarding Leaf Collection. Basically, the majority of residents were not ready for this service and also think the service is being applied too early in the season. 1. Do you agree with our concern? 2. INFORM your CAC district about their leaf pick-up, since we didn't do a very good job of that! You can learn from our mistake. Cheers, Reid Serozi, Mordecai CAC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Reid Serozi <reid(a)serozi.com> Date: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:58 PM Subject: Annual Leaf Collection Feedback To: carl.dawson(a)raleighnc.gov Cc: Eugene Weeks <eweeks1(a)bellsouth.net>et>, Russ Stephenson <Russ(a)russstephenson.com> Hello Carl Dawson, I would like to raise a concern about the annual leaf collection service performing clean-up too early in the season and the next wave of service is not scheduled till after the New Year’s Holiday, per the information online. http://www.raleighnc.gov/search/content/PWksStreetMaint/Articles/AnnualLeaf… I am the chairman of the Mordecai Citizens Advisory Council district, which our community / neighborhoods fall in SECTION E of the scheduled annual leaf collection. Concerns were raised today as the city street maintenance crews are moving through our CAC district today (section E) and will continue through Friday. The abundance of leafs have not fallen from the trees and the majority of residences have not moved leafs to the curb, which makes the service appear to be unproductive at this time. We understand the leaf collection service starts the same time each year and also changes the direction around the city to be fair. We also understand new leaf collection equipment has been purchased, which has increased the speed of pick-up greatly. May we suggest the leaf collection is started per some level of science, instead of a regular hard set date? May we suggest the second wave of service is applied before the New Year Holiday? Bottom line, the Mordecai CAC residents are very grateful for this excellent service. Thou we are concerned this type of service is not being applied at the correct time.  We are concerned about the amount of time until residents see the second wave of leaf collection, since piles of organic matter contribute to storm water, parking, snow removal, sidewalk, and driving issues along our streets. Again, we are extremely grateful for this city service and we hope our feedback improves the quality. CC’ing council members. -- === Reid Serozi Mordecai Citizens Advisory Council (919) 807-1878 http://www.serozi.com/reid