City of Seneca Gardens
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2013 Recycling calendar is now available. To download a PDF, click here.

April 4, 2012

To: Residents of Seneca Gardens

RE: New RUMPKE Recycling Carts

Dear SG Residents:

Please excuse the recent lack of communication surrounding the replacement of Rumpke Recycling bins with covered carts. The attached information should have been communicated to residents prior to delivery, however there was a miscommunication.

Please review the trifold (see below) which provides an overview of the new recycling program which the City of Seneca Gardens has adopted. Note that the carts hold three times the amount of recyclable materials and will now be collected bi-weekly instead of weekly. A schedule of collection dates is also included. Residents should continue to wheel carts to the roadside for pickup. The first pickup of the new carts will be April 16, 2012.

A few of the benefits of this program are as follows:

• Increased capacity for recycling at each residence

• Covered carts protect materials from wind and rain – enhancing aesthetics in SG

• Wheeled carts allow easier portability for residents

• Using carts with Rumpke automated collection trucks helps keep down cost of recycling/garbage pickup for all residents

The decision was made with the overall best interest of our neighborhood in mind. We believe this will be best for our residents and neighborhood in the long run.

Empty red bins will be removed on April 16 if placed at the curb.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Seneca Gardens Commissioners

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News About Massive Bowman Field Tree Removal Plan

Bowman Field plans to greatly expand their air space claim which will go one mile out in four directions from the end of their two runways.

The Louisville Regional Airport Authority will not say how many trees will be removed or topped, but my estimate is we will lose the canopy of 1000 trees.  Large areas of Seneca Park, Big Spring, Landor, Drayton, McCoy, and significant large trees in Seneca Gardens and Kingsley will be topped, removed, or young trees butchered to prevent them into becoming canopy trees. This is huge.

If this concerns you, this is what you can do.

• Contact these politicians: Tom.owen@louisvilleky.gov; tina.ward-pugh@louisvilleky.gov; greg.fischer@louisvilleky.gov; John Yarmuth at  http://yarmuth.house.gov/  and click Contact John.

• Consider donating for our legal services to resist.  Donations can go to Kentucky Resources Council, POB 1070, Frankfort, KY 40602.  A special fund is being set up for Leslie Barras, an experienced attorney to represent us in the historic property and landscape review process required under federal law for this proposal.  Please make checks payable to KRC and designate your donation by writing in the subject line:  “Bowman Field-Historic.” Please also consider giving to the KRC generally because they will work on behalf of the nearby residents in the environmental review process required under federal law for this proposal.

• Send your email address to Pleaforthetrees@gmail.com so that you can be informed as matters change. This will be a marathon, not a sprint, so be prepared for the long haul.

Michael Hayman, 649-2958 

For FAQs and more information, click here to read a letter to Bowman Field Neighbors.