Irma Yard Debris Pickup Tracker
 

The information in The Daily Sun said that the residential yard debris was started on Friday, September15 in District 1 and would move south. The contractor said it would be done in 2 weeks. We in the central and southern end of the Villages would like to know how it is progressing. As your Village has been cleaned, please post your Village name in the thread. Thanks.

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e-Notification
Subject: Administrative Message - Special Notification to All Newsletter Subscribers
Date: 9/22/2017

Debris Collection Update 9/22/17 3:45 p.m.

As units of local government, the Village Community Development Districts are eligible for reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for storm debris collection resulting from Hurricane Irma. Each of the Districts located in The Villages have a contract in place with a FEMA approved debris hauler, Crowder Gulf, Inc.

Residents were advised that debris collection would begin on September 15, 2017 and that all storm related debris should be placed curbside on residential property, but not in roadways, and to not place debris in plastic bags. Please also refrain from placing debris on your driveway or in front of storm drain inlets or electrical boxes.

Crowder Gulf, Inc. is collecting debris 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. until approximately 7:30 p.m. The contractor will complete one collection throughout The Villages community which is anticipated to take three more weeks for a community that is 44 square miles.

The initial collection began in Village Community Development Districts (VCDD) No. 3 and 4 with concentration on residential streets.

• The collection in VCDD No. 3 is 95 % complete.
• The collection in VCDD No. 4 began on the east side of Buena Vista which is scheduled to be completed September 22nd. The portion of VCDD No. 4 on the west side of Buena Vista will begin on September 23rd until completed.
• The collection for VCDD No. 2 will be conducted west to east following the completion of collection in VCDD No. 4.
• The collection in the Lady Lake/Lake County portion of The Villages began September 22nd. Once that area is complete, the contractor will begin work in VCDD No. 1.

Due to severity of storm related damage throughout the State of Florida, Crowder Gulf, Inc. is working with the resources that they currently have available. The District government is working with the contractor to obtain additional local resources to expedite debris collection.

The District government has stopped regular yard waste collection until storm related debris has been collected from your residential areas. Any residual debris left following pick-up by Crowder Gulf, Inc. should be included in your regular yard waste collection.

Please stay tuned to Village Community Development Districts as the collection process progresses in the community and additional updates are available. Please contact District Customer Service at 352-753-4508 if you have any additional questions.

By the time they get to CDD 5 all the cardboard bags will have disintegrated.

John

"Please also refrain from placing debris on your driveway"
Give me a flipping break. My lawn people HAD to move it onto the driveway. There's not any other place to put it.

So in one week they've believe they've finished the 7 villages north of 466 and west of Buena Vista. At this rate, in three weeks they will have finished all Villages north of 466.

Maybe they should go ahead and start up the regular yard waste collection again and just stop each week when the truck is full. Right now those regular yard waste crews won't be back to full schedule for 3 months.

But no one was hurt or killed by Irma here in The Villages. Is it THAT inconvenient????

chilout Hate to ruin anyone's day but they will still pick it up - bag or no bag. (just no plastic bags) Ques. - Whats a cardboard bag called? Ans. - A box.

I think they need to reset expectations. FEMA doesn't have that many trucks. In three weeks they will barely be finished with north of 466. If we know they won't get to our streets for another month then it's possible we can make other arrangements to get our yard waste picked up. Makes their job easier.

I am worried our regular guys aren't getting paid for their normal yard waste pickups. I hope they have instead put them on other duties, so they don't lose money.

Once again, reading comprehension is hard for some. I did not complain that my debris has not been picked up. The "rule" about not putting it on the driveway is unnecessary and I'm not going to let my grass die. It will stay on the driveway where it was moved by the lawn crew.
I know it's been a long time since reading comprehension class, but try to keep up.

I think they do not want the debris in your driveway because the equipment being used is a claw. Do you want that flipping claw banging down on your flipping driveway and crack the flipping concrete or flipping pavers? Then you would really be flipping complaining.

:BigApplause: I agree with you but.... does FEMA know who they are messing with here? This isn't any regular :censored: chicken. This chicken crossed the road because he was entitled to cross the road. :1rotfl:

She. SHE crossed the road.

Confused
 

Since the announcement on the15th to get your yard waste out I have been waiting patiently. It would be very considerate if the District could give people notice on their website as to what areas will be getting picked up a few days in advance so that we can keep areas clear and in case of rain to cover paper bags. This is a concern especially if you live down by 44.
Another confusing area is why the surcharge on irrigation water is still being charged when the golf courses irrigation is going on non-stop to drain down the reservoirs. Could we not help the situation by irrigating a bit more like the District? Just some thoughts.

Our landscaper picked up ours. Problem solved.

:ohdear:

It sounds to me that Crowder will assess the yard debris and not pick up what they believe is not related to the storm. How are they going to know what is not storm related unless the yard debris is still green? Anything that is browned out by the time they arrive to pick up, should be assessed as storm debris. Am I correct in my thinking?

No.

Crowder came around early in Springdale. Sep, 13. I was shocked too see that so early. They picked-up everything I had dragged out to the curb. Like the Big branch's that fell off our tree's. Brown, Green it didn't matter. Now all I have left is 44 FULL Bags of the small stuff.....

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Many of the ACE lawn bags still all over Lynnhaven and Belvedere.

Crowder Gulf didn't take the bags?!? :shocked: :yuck: The COMPLETE cleanup will take much longer than I thought!

District Water Restrictions The sprinkling you see is reclaimed water. I don't know why either but I think the surcharge comes from higher up than the dastardly Morses, but I could be wrong and often am.

;) I think it may be "over thinking!"

They started to pick up today in Belevedere on Churchill.

Based on the comments in today's DS, I would expect the restrictions lifted on Oct 1st when they are due to expire.

That's awesome. Isn't that district 5?

Ah ha! Another one of us who "over think".:wave:

VCDD e-Notification
Subject: Administrative Message - Special Notification to All Newsletter Subscribers
Date: 9/25/2017 4:33 PM

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented event in The Villages.

We appreciate the calls and inquiries we have received and the ability to explain what is transpiring regarding a number of services which includes vegetative debris removal. Although not all emails and phone calls have been returned, we are doing our best to do so.

As information, the Community Development Districts do have a contract with a company to provide vegetative removal after a weather event. It is unfortunate that our contracted company, along with most contracted companies throughout central Florida, have had their subcontractors heading south for work due to monetary reasons. At this moment, the State Attorney General is actually looking into this situation and the potential legal issues involved.

However, although a number of Crowder-Gulf’s (CG) subcontractors have left, CG and the District have been working diligently with the District’s contractors to become eligible debris haulers and we now have backfilled a number of the vehicles that left.

There have been a number of calls, inquiries and requests for credit for the lack of yard waste pickup by our contracted hauler, CH2MHILL. The company was directed to not pick up yard debris from the storm. While there are numerous valid reasons for doing so, including logistics, the salient point is that the company will be expending additional time and work to follow behind the contracted debris hauler to guarantee all debris has been removed. Once a District has had all residential storm-related debris removed, normal yard waste will resume the following Wednesday.

Due to the limited amount of debris in Districts 9 and 10, a decision has been made to resume CH2MHILL removal of yard waste. However, should there be large amounts of debris/tree limbs/stumps, they will be left and will be picked up by CG. Districts 3 and 4 will also have normal yard waste removal resumed this week as storm debris will have been removed by that time.

In addition, you are reminded to not take your vegetative debris to postal and recreation centers due to safety concerns.

Please note that while your home may not have substantial vegetative debris, that is not the case throughout The Villages. Please bear with us as we work very hard to say good bye to Irma’s remnants and respectfully request your patience during the clean-up.

Lets be glad that our houses were left intact by the hurricane and its only lawn debris that needs to be cleaned up around TV. It will get done and order will be restored.

Now if it was me and I had a lot of debris from my personal property, and I didnt want it sitting there, I would just hire landscapers with a truck to dispose of it for me. In this out of the norm circumstance just do it yourself...we have become conditioned thinking the governmental authorities have to do everything for us.

And, where are the crews and trucks which once a week pick up yard waste. The bushes have not stopped growing and the palms have not stopped shedding. What is wrong with resuming the regular schedule to just pick up the normal yard waste bags ? For goodness sake, limit it to four bags a house if the bureaucrats are scared someone might be up all night shredding yard waste to put it into bags in an attempt to scam the system. What are these crews and trucks doing ? It seems everyone wants the Federal Government to pay for it all through FEMA approved contractors, but it is not getting done. Again where are the trucks and crews which normally do this and why aren't they attending to their contracted responsibilities ? It sounds like lawyers are again involved deciding whether a broken twig is a result of storm damage or normal trimming.

VCDD e-Notification
Subject: Administrative Message - Special Notification to All Newsletter Subscribers
Date: 9/25/2017 5:57 PM

Debris Removal – UPDATED 9/25/2017

Storm related yard debris removal is continuing throughout The Villages community. All storm related yard debris should be placed curbside on residential property, but not in roadways. Please do NOT place debris in plastic bags. It may be un-bagged or in paper biodegradable bags.

While the storm related debris is collected, normal yard waste collection is suspended. As the storm debris is collected, Districts will begin receiving their normal yard waste collection the following Wednesday.

· Due to the limited amount of debris in Districts 9 and 10, normal yard waste collection will resume Wednesday, September 27th. Should there be large amounts of debris/tree limbs/stumps, they will be left and collected by Crowder-Gulf.

· Districts 3 and 4 will resume normal yard waste collection this Wednesday, September 27th as storm debris will be removed from residential properties.

· The collection in VCDD No. 3 is now complete for all residential properties.

· The collection in VCDD No. 4 began on the east side of Buena Vista and residential areas are now substantially complete. Collection is now underway for the portion of VCDD No. 4 on the west side of Buena Vista.

· The collection for VCDD No. 2 will be conducted west to east following the completion of collection in VCDD No. 4.

· The collection in the Lady Lake/Lake County portion of The Villages began September 22nd. Once that area is complete, the contractor will begin work in VCDD No. 1.

In addition, please do not take your vegetative debris to postal and recreation centers due to safety concerns.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the District Customer Service Center at (352) 753-4508.

Thank's Champ 6 for post'in that Update. As far as I can see the Hard WORK after Irma is on the Move. My original 44 Bag's R still Hang'in in their on the Road. I added Two more Bag's today....:popcorn: Relax >> :beer3:

Now they are saying that some of Crowder's subcontractors have gone south because they can make more money cleaning up the Keys. So there is a problem, they are now admitting.

e-Notification
Subject: Administrative Message - Special Notification to All Newsletter Subscribers
Date: 9/25/2017



Thank you for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented event in The Villages.

We appreciate the calls and inquiries we have received and the ability to explain what is transpiring regarding a number of services which includes vegetative debris removal. Although not all emails and phone calls have been returned, we are doing our best to do so.

As information, the Community Development Districts do have a contract with a company to provide vegetative removal after a weather event. It is unfortunate that our contracted company, along with most contracted companies throughout central Florida, have had their subcontractors heading south for work due to monetary reasons. At this moment, the State Attorney General is actually looking into this situation and the potential legal issues involved.

However, although a number of Crowder-Gulf’s (CG) subcontractors have left, CG and the District have been working diligently with the District’s contractors to become eligible debris haulers and we now have backfilled a number of the vehicles that left.

There have been a number of calls, inquiries and requests for credit for the lack of yard waste pickup by our contracted hauler, CH2MHILL. The company was directed to not pick up yard debris from the storm. While there are numerous valid reasons for doing so, including logistics, the salient point is that the company will be expending additional time and work to follow behind the contracted debris hauler to guarantee all debris has been removed. Once a District has had all residential storm-related debris removed, normal yard waste will resume the following Wednesday.

Due to the limited amount of debris in Districts 9 and 10, a decision has been made to resume CH2MHILL removal of yard waste. However, should there be large amounts of debris/tree limbs/stumps, they will be left and will be picked up by CG. Districts 3 and 4 will also have normal yard waste removal resumed this week as storm debris will have been removed by that time.

In addition, you are reminded to not take your vegetative debris to postal and recreation centers due to safety concerns.

Please note that while your home may not have substantial vegetative debris, that is not the case throughout The Villages. Please bear with us as we work very hard to say good bye to Irma’s remnants and respectfully request your patience during the clean-up.

South Florida poaches debris pickup trucks once headed to Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Times

The Villages is not the only town with problems. This article tells the whole story.

Is it a triage, of sorts, do you think? Those that need help most, get it first?

You didn't read the article. Did you? It's all about money. Those that PAY most, get it first.

Has anyone seen these haulers??? Why wait 2 to 3 weeks more. Everyone take 1 bag and drop it off at Lake Sumter Town Square ? Then we might get back to our Wednesday yard waste pick up day.

Still don't understand why pick up of debris placed in biodegradable paper bags have not been picked up.

I called our waste management co. last week to arrange for a large item pickup (old grill) and spoke with a lady at the office. She said Wednesday debris pickups have been suspended as the Villages hired a private contractor to pick up the hurricane debris. Now that the contractor has pulled out who knows what will happen. I can't see the normal debris people doing it as it is a monumental task at this point not your normal couple of bags per house. My neighbor has out 15-20 bags and so do other neighbors. This may all take a while to figure out.

The normal pickup people would not be reimbursed by FEMA because they are not certified catastrophe cleaner uppers. It's the FEMA rule and has been explained by TV many times. This cleanup if paid for privately would cost a ton of money, which would eventually impact us residents. We have to let TV figure this out. They are trying to get their haulers certified.

If you drive through neighborhoods outside of TV, there is a lot of debris waiting to be picked up. Everyone send to be in the same predicament

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