Staff Updates

Arbor Day Planting Event - On April 28, 2026, the City hosted an Arbor Day planting event in Alpine Park.  Approximately 40 volunteers, consisting of multiple ARAA youth baseball teams, residents, and a couple of EPB members, assisted with getting twenty (20) trees (elm, linden, Kentucky coffeetree, and river birch) planted in the boulevard area between the parking lot and the ball fields.  The planting was completed in approximately 1.5 hours.

Spring Recycling Event - On May 2, 2026, the City hosted its Spring Recycling Day event.  While Staff does not have the tonnage data yet, it was definitely a busy event.  There were 535 vehicles came through during the four (4) hour event, meaning there was essentially no down time during the event.  A 53-foot semi-trailer was completely filled with mattresses within 2.5 hours (the remaining mattresses dropped off that day were loaded into the trucks/trailers used to collect electronics or tires/bulbs/batteries). 

Farmers Market - Attached to this case is a list of dates for the 2026 Farmers Market as well as the 'theme' for each date.  The EPB still needs to select a date that they will 'staff' a table to promote environmental awareness.  The topic(s) of the table does not have to align with the 'theme' for that date.  Once the EPB selects a date, topics could be discussed.  Staff will then gather necessary information to have either displayed or to hand out during the event.  

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