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Snow Removal Arapahoe County is plowing all primary and secondary streets as a priority (Arapahoe, Orchard, Buckley, Tower and Waco). They may be able to run a single pass down the Farm's interior access routes as marked on the Snow Plan map when the main routes are completed.
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Trash Service Holiday service - Allied Trash will pick up one additional bag of trash per home (please bag and tie the extra bag). They will also pick up Christmas trees, please just leave these at the curb.
Complete Detailed Plan
Purpose: To facilitate a pro-active approach to winter blizzards above 12 inches in depth. (The normal snow removal policy applies to snow storms with 2” to 4” of snow). To understand what each Farm stake holder’s responsibility is during a storm and to insure that Farm residents are aware of what they can or cannot expect and how to help themselves.
Communications: To keep homeowners informed of updated news, there will be the following methods of communications: Farm Website and e-mail alerts.
Farm Residents - Residents are to take an active role in helping their neighbors and should insure ALL cars are removed from the side streets and placed in garages or driveways to facilitate street plowing.
Arapahoe County Public Works Department - It should be noted that Arapahoe County has the requirement and mandate to plow streets in the Farm according to their priority system. It is a liability and legal issue that the County accepts and is funded by your taxes. The Board will not take on this responsibility unless extenuating circumstances exist.
Valley Crest Landscaping – Will have the following responsibilities:
- Plow all common sidewalks and school bus stops within 2 hours after snow has subsided using available machinery. They shall do so without disturbing grass areas.
- Can be given directions to plow “priority“ streets in the Farm with a single swath providing the county does not respond in a timely fashion and provided Valley Crest has the machinery to handle a snowfall depth of 12” or greater. Not ALL streets will be plowed, the priority streets are marked on The Farm Snow Plan Map on the web site under Snow services. Will not do so unless directed by the Farm Property manager. Please note: The Farm does not budget for street snow removal because it is the County’s responsibility. If the Farm engages outside firms to do this, a special assessment or temporary dues increase could be levied in the following year. For every $ 65,000 in additional snow removal costs, each homeowner would see a dues assessment of approximately $ 40/year.
Allied Waste Management – Will be contacted by the Property manager and will advise residents immediately if the normal pickup day (Monday) cannot be maintained. Allied will give The Farm property manager a specific backup day to pick up the garbage (not an open ended date). Information will be posted on the website and hot line as well as broadcast via text and e-mail messages.
Note: Any major additional expenditure beyond the normal budget for common area snow removal will have a potential impact on future monthly assessments. That is why the Board makes decisions on this matter carefully.
Homeowners are responsible for their own sidewalks. The Homeowner's
Association is responsible for snow removal is on common area sidewalks
only. ValleyCrest has the contract for this service. Contact the management
company if there are any problems.
Arapahoe County is responsible for snow removal on the streets.
( Includes Arapahoe, Waco, Buckley, Tower, Orchard, and all side streets in the Farm)
County roads are plowed on a priority basis as listed below:
PRIORITY ONE: Major arterials (generally the one-mile grid streets) and access to emergency services (fire stations, medical facilities, etc.) are included in this category.
PRIORITY TWO: Minor arterials, major collector streets and access to schools, business areas, grocery stores and service stations are included in this category.
Non-priority roadways include local, residential and other streets not specifically identified in the priority system. Except for emergency situations, or extreme snow conditions. Equipment will not be diverted to non-priority streets, due to budgetary and manpower restrictions. Additional priorities are established for the sand/salt needs at hazardous locations, i.e., hills, intersections, etc.
N0RMAL SNOW CONDITIONS
County snow removal equipment includes trucks, plows, sanders, graders and loaders. This equipment is continually maintained for efficient and effective service to County residents. During the snow season, weather forecasts are monitored for impending storms. During normal operations, Ice Slicer® is spread on paved roads to assist with ice melting. Plowing operations are implemented when conditions warrant. State environmental guidelines now restrict the amount of sand/salt that can be applied per lane mile by approximately 20% the application rate used in 1989.
Rural roads are usually plowed by graders, and since most rural roads are not paved, sand/salt is not applied to these roads. When high winds or deep snow accumulations create drifting conditions in rural areas, plowing may be delayed until the storm passes. Snow removal operations are scheduled round-the-clock for urban areas. Removal in rural areas is scheduled for daylight hours only. However, crews will work extended hours until roads are open in rural areas.
EMERGENCY SNOW CONDITIONS
Under unusually severe storm conditions, it may be necessary to temporarily postpone Priority Two operations in order to clear Priority One streets. Should this happen, snow removal will continue round-the-clock until ALL priority streets are again open to traffic.
The Board of County Commissioners can restrict the type of vehicles that may be operated on County roads during severe weather conditions. Additionally, they may order that certain roads be closed. Every effort will be made to alert the public of any restrictions/closures through the news media and through the County's web site at http://www.co.arapahoe.co.us/. This action will not be taken unless the roads are considered unsafe for travel.
PLEASE OBSERVE ANY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS OR ROAD CLOSURES.
Provided by Allied Waste Services 303-286-1200
MONDAY is the normal pick up day, but is delayed one day to Tuesday after holidays occurring on Mondays.
Trash toter Call or e-mail Hammersmith for initial trash set-up if you have purchased a newly built home. The Toter is the property of Allied and should not leave your property. If you move, you must leave the totter for the next owner or resident.
Recycling bins Recycling is available for an additional charge, call Allied directly at 303-287-8043 arrange delivery of your re-cycling bins. Additional information on what and how to RECYCLE see below.
Large item pick up is available for a small additional charge, call Allied for details and to arrange pick-up.
Pick up dates: Monday is Trash Day. Pick up to your area will be delayed by one day if a holiday, such as New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas, fall on a Monday.
Time: Please set your trash and recycle out by 7:00 am.
Amount: ALL trash set out at the curb must be contained IN the toter plus ONE additional single item, bag or package. Neither the toter nor the item should weigh more than 50 pounds.
Additional Toter can be provided by Allied and billed to homeowner at $5.00/month if you consistently have too much trash.
Bulk items: These must be pre-arranged & prepaid by the homeowner. Bulk item pickup will be $25.00/item. If you have an unusual amount of trash or larger items to be picked up please call Allied's customer satisfaction line at (303) 287-8043 to schedule the item.
Large Item Examples: Chair, Grill, Desk, Exercise Bike, Washer/ Dryer, Television, Dishwasher, Stove, Mattress/Box Spring, Dresser. Call for pricing, prepayment information and to arrange pick up.
All other material left at the curb will not be picked up.
Items Not Accepted. Unfortunately, the following cannot be picked up by Allied:
-Cast Iron, cement, dirt, rocks, steel
-Items containing Freon: refrigerators, air conditioners
-Hazardous Materials (including, but not limited to: oil, paint, flammable liquids, etc)
-Construction debris (arrange for contractors to remove or set up construction debris removal service).
Blowing Trash
It’s that time of the year with high winds and blowing trash. To help your community stay clean, we are asking very strongly for residents to bag their trash. This helps keep down on all that blowing trash when it’s windy and even when it's not windy. This will help your cans stay clean as well as your streets. We thank you in advance.
Spring Cleanups
You have a few options if you are cleaning out your garage, remodeling your basement or just sprucing up your house. If you are only doing small jobs, such as throwing away some furniture you can put those items to the curb on your regular pickup day. Please call our Customer Service center at (303) 287-8043 at least the day before you plan to put out the extra trash. Customer Service will be able to schedule it for the driver and explain any costs that may be associated with the pickup. If there is a charge you will to pre-pay for the being picked up.
Roll-Offs
If you are doing a bigger job, such as remodeling a room in your house, or getting rid of a large tree in your yard, you might think about getting a roll-off. Roll-offs are large temporary dumpsters; you typically see them at construction sites. If you only need it for the weekend you can even split the cost with a neighbor by sharing the roll-off if you don’t have that much to put in it. If you are interested please call our roll-off department at (303) 286-1200 for price and/or availability.
Yard Waste
If you are planning to put out limbs or branches please make sure any tree limbs are bundled, no longer than 4 feet in length. These bundles help the driver to pickup your trash and yard waste quickly, so he can move onto the next house. Only one item/bundle per week will be picked up. If you have any questions please call our Customer Service center at (303) 287-8043.
Keep the Community Clean
Please try to help Allied Waste keep the neighborhood clean by bagging your trash, even in containers. It keeps the trash from blowing around when the driver is picking up and even when the cans are just sitting on your curb.
RECYCLING Did You Know?
It is estimated that ALLIED WASTE collects 550 tons of recycling each month. That’s 6,600 tons in one year! Each of our 11 recycling drivers pick up an estimated average of 430 stops per day. The average customer we service puts out an estimated 40 pounds of material for recycling each time they set out their recycle bins. Here are some tips to make recycling easy!
Ø Pick-up is every other week on the same day as your trash pickup.
Ø Allied Waste’s Easy Sort Recycling allows you to mix together plastic, aluminum, glass and metal cans in the bin. They will be mechanically sorted at the recycling center.
Ø All paper materials should be kept in a separate bin.
ALLIED WASTE recycles the following materials:
Newspapers and paper products: Newspapers and the inserts that come in the paper are fine. ALLIED WASTE also accepts magazines, junk mail, computer printouts, white and colored paper, glossy paper, photocopy and typing paper, receipt and register tape, brochures and pamphlets, direct mail, posters, envelopes, post-it notes, adding machine tape, coated paper, manila folders, phonebooks and cereal boxes!
Aluminum beverage cans: Soft drink and beer cans. Aluminum pet food and other cans are also acceptable, but please rinse them out first.
Steel food cans: Also known as tin cans, these include cans from vegetables and fruit, soup and coffee. Leave the labels on but please rinse them out.
Glass bottles and jars: Food jars as well as beer, soft drink and wine bottles are fine. You may leave the labels on, but please remove the lids, and rinse food containers.
· Please do not include any window glass, drinking glasses, ceramics, pyrex, light bulbs or any glass that is not a bottle or jar.
Plastic bottles #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 & #7: Most plastic soft drink, milk, juice, yogurt , butter dishes, detergent and shampoo bottles can be recycled. Look for the recycling symbol on the bottom of the bottle. You may leave on any labels, but please remove the lids.
· Please no oil, pesticide or hazardous material bottles.
Recycling pickup is every other week on the customer’s pickup day.
Recycling is a valuable addition to any community. Not only does it help with the preserve the life of landfills, but it also helps our forests and other natural resources by creating materials for new products. However, recycling only works if consumers purchase products made from recycled material.
Thank you so much for your business! For questions call residential customer service at (303)-287-8043 and a representative will be glad to assist you. | 
