BROOKINGS – Banner Associates and HDR Engineering will present a study of the 22nd Avenue corridor between the Highway 14 Bypass and 20th Street South at the Brookings City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The council’s study session starts at 5 p.m. in the third-floor chambers of the Brookings City & County Government Center with a presentation on the Board of Equalization’s process for appeal by Director Chris Lilla and a presentation on volume-based collection service, or a pay-as-you-throw plan for trash containers. 

The regular session starts at 6 p.m.

22nd Avenue study

The 22nd Avenue study will provide the city with recommendations on street widening, pavement section, lane configurations, pedestrian walkway and shared-use path routing, intersection layout, street lighting, potential utility relocations and construction phasing.

After representatives from Banner Associates and HDR Engineering give the presentation, there will be time for public comment. 

Included as attachments on the city website are the presentation and a map of the affected area.

The public is invited to attend the meeting and provide input. Questions may be directed to Brookings City Engineer Jackie Lanning at 692-6629 or jlanning@cityofbrookings.org.

Board of Equalization

The council’s agenda includes two attachments for the Board of Equalization presentation: one on the 2018 appeal process guide for the board, and one on the 2018 Appeal Process Guide for the property owner.

The Board of Equalization hearing is set March 19. The deadline for appeals is March 15.

Pay-as-you-throw

Volume-based residential trash collection is based on cart size, according to the attachment to the agenda. 

The less volume of garbage you generate, the smaller size cart you use and thus the less cost per month for the resident. The three potential cart sizes are a 35-gallon, 65-gallon, or a 95-gallon. 

In the past, a program like volume-based collection has been used to encourage people to recycle; thus the more recycling a resident does the less their garbage service will be each month. 

“The City of Brookings Solid Waste Department uses a 95-gallon cart for garbage collection and a 65-gallon cart for recycling collection once a week. The current charge per month for our service is $18 per month plus 6.5 percent sales tax,” according to the attachment.

The attachment has more information on how many residential homes the city serves for garbage and recycling and how many times they are picked up. The three-page attachment has other information on monthly recycling fees, issues to consider if a change is made to the current program, and other issues and recommendations.

The council will also have several public hearings Tuesday:

• Levy assessment for sidewalk repair sites;

• Levy assessment for an alley assessment project from First Street South to Second Street South between Fifth Avenue South and Sixth Avenue South;

• Conditional use permit for a mixed business/residential use for an ambulance service in Maylands First Addition (along Yorkshire Drive);

• Rezoning lots for Christie Third Addition (Fox Run Addition);

• Intent to lease to Northern Plains Power Technologies property in the Research and Technology Center at 807 32nd Ave. in Brookings.

Contact Jodelle Greiner at jgreiner@brookingsregister.com.