Responsibilities
The Streets, Trees and Sewers Section personnel are responsible for maintaining and repairing:

• public storm drains throughout the city
• public bikeways
• public parking lots
• city streets
• city street signs
• striping and markings on streets, curbs, and parking stalls

City Trees
The Streets, Trees and Sewers Section provides the city with:

• 24-hour emergency tree response
• Neighborhood tree clearance pruning
• Permit processing for tree planting, pruning or removal of city trees
• Removal and replacement of dead and unsound trees

Leaves
During leaf season please be advised that the city will be picking up leaves on your street at least once a week. (If you have city trees on your street and you live on a public street.)

How You Can Help

• Put leaves into your yard waste containers
• Do not sweep or blow leaves into the gutter
• Do not make piles of leaves in the street
• Do not put leaves into garbage bags, they will not be picked up

Remember, you can put out up to 7 additional garbage cans or cardboard boxes full of leaves on your yard waste day with no additional charge to you. Please make sure you mark the cans or boxes with "Yard Waste." Plastic bags will not be picked up.