Round Rock Edition | March 2023

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The city of Round Rock is working to remove debris from residences and other locations throughout the city, but there are other resources available for residents.

BRUSH RECYCLING CENTER DROPOFF LOCATIONS: 310 Deep Wood Drive, Round Rock Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily Free access for Round Rock residents

Submit a brush removal request here:

3939 E. Palm Valley Blvd., Round Rock Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily Free access for Round Rock residents EAST BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT* *TEMPORARY LOCATION, HOURS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

SOURCE: CITY OF ROUND ROCKCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Round Rock residents were still waiting for crews to remove brush as of Feb. 27.

The Round Rock storm recovery dashboard went live about a week after the storm with the goal of pro- viding more clarity on the cleanup status, city sta said. The dashboard also includes a map detailing where crews are working in real time. As of Feb. 23, when the dashboard was last updated as of press time, crews had cleaned up about 53% of the city’s neighborhoods, according to the dashboard. City sta said it is not feasible to pro- vide exact pickup dates for residents, mainly due to the volume of debris. Residents can take brush and debris to local recycling centers themselves, but that is not an option for Vogas, who does not have a vehicle equipped to handle that kind of job.

approved $115,000 for a wood chipper and grinder that is already in service, bringing the city’s total cost of the storm to about $4.6 million so far. Sara Bustilloz, Round Rock com- munications and marketing director, said the city may have to approve more funding for Central Texas Refuse at an upcoming meeting, but further details are still not known. City ocials and sta continue to ask for patience from residents as crews chip away at the remaining debris removal eort but also main- tain it is too soon to know exactly how long it will take. “We have received several thou- sand ocial requests for this ser- vice, but we know that most homes in Round Rock—of which there are more than 30,000—saw some level of tree damage,” Hadley said in a state- ment to Community Impact . “We appreciate everyone in our commu- nity who has stepped up and done what they can to help us achieve this important mission.”

Vogas said the contractor who trimmed his tree told him it is not oering removal services because the wait times to bring brush to local facil- ities were averaging about three hours. Even local companies that normally take brush deposits are having to set limits on how much they can take. Whittlesey Landscape Supplies co-owner Blake Whittlesey said his company’s Austin and Round Rock facilities take in green waste from landscapers, arborists and home- owners to manufacture and distrib- ute mulch and compost throughout Central Texas. Whittlesey said immediately fol- lowing Winter Storm Mara, his com- pany’s Round Rock location began receiving an average of 300 brush

drop-os per day. A normal day for that location sees about 150 drop- os, he said. The Round Rock location is situ- ated along the northeast corner of the I-35 frontage road and Greenlawn Boulevard intersection. Since the ice storm, he said there were some days when the line of drivers needing to drop o brush at Whittlesey reached more than a mile south to Grand Ave- nue Parkway. Whittlesey said due to the sheer volume, he had to stop doing pick- ups on Sundays, and as of Feb. 21, he had to temporarily cut o brush drop-os at 2 p.m. “We’ve taken in a week what we normally take in a month,” Whittle- sey said. “I’m not really sure why, but the Round Rock location is sig- nicantly busier [than the Austin At a Feb. 23 meeting, Round Rock City Council voted to allocate $3 million to TFR Enterprises and $1.5 million to Austin Wood Recycling to continue the cleanup eort. At that meeting, council also location].” Next steps

“We might go into one neighborhood, and the majority of the houses might have one to two cubic yards of brush, and then we may go into another neighborhood and

consistently see 20 to 30 yards per house.” DAVID BUZZELL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE ROUND ROCK PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

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ROUND ROCK EDITION • MARCH 2023