Emergency Brush Pickup Begins Monday, July 1, South Of Hwy 55 in Golden Valley

The city's debris pickup will begin before 4th of July weekend. 

Starting Monday, July 1, Golden Valley’s public works crew will institute the post-storm emergency curbside brush pickup in the area south of Hwy 55, including the current Pavement Management Program area. Then trucks will move into the area north of Hwy 55 and east of Douglas Drive. When that area is completed, crews will pick up brush in the area north of Hwy 55 and west of Douglas Drive.

Crews will make one sweep through each residential neighborhood, picking up tree debris only (no stumps). Because of the extensive tree damage throughout the community, it is unclear how long it will take to complete the brush pickup. The city will post regular progress updates on its website.

Residents are responsible for getting brush and logs to the curb for pickup. Here’s how to prepare your tree debris for pickup:

• Condense brush and logs into two separate piles, one pile of each per household. Logs and brush can be no longer than 12 feet.
• Keep piles completely clear of sidewalks, mailboxes, streetlights and sign poles, landscaping and fences, overhead tree branches, and power lines. The contractor uses trucks with automated loading arms to pick up the brush piles. If your brush is stacked near a restricted area or tossed in a pile rather than stacked, it will be left behind. The contractor will not load brush by hand.
• If piles don’t fit between the curb and sidewalk, place them on the boulevard behind the sidewalk.
• No leaves, grass clippings, stumps, roots, building lumber, landscape timbers, or bags of garbage will be picked up. If any of these items are mixed in the brush stacks, the entire stack will be left behind. The contractor will not sort through brush stacks for acceptable material.

The emergency curbside brush pickup will be funded through the city’s conservation/recycling budget and is available only to residents. This budget, which also cover’s the city’s annual spring curbside brush pickup, fall leaf drop off, Mighty Tidy Day and curbside recycling, is funded by user fees to residential customers on their city utility bill. Commercial customers are not charged for this fund. Businesses affected by the storm can take tree debris to the city’s temporary drop off site.

(Information provided by the city Golden Valley's website.)