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Request by TosaGreen Summit to utilize portions of the City Hall and Public Works parking lots for recycling collections on September 13 and September 20, 2025
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Submitted by:
Jeff Roznowski, Chairperson, TosaGreen Summit
On behalf of the Tosa Green Summit and Wauwatosa CrimeStoppers, I would like to request the use of a portion of the City Hall and Public Works Parking Lots on the following dates, for the purpose of recycling collections as part of the 15th annual Tosa Green Summit:
• Public Works Parking Lot, Saturday September 13, 2025, from 8 am to 2 pm for MMSD’s Household Hazardous Waste collection.
• City Hall Parking Lot, Saturday September 20, 2025, from 9 am to 1 Noon for Wauwatosa Crimestoppers annual Shred It event and collections for medicine, textiles, bikes, scrap metal,
toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes and Tosa Cares. Note this is a shorter time period, 3 hours, compared to 5 hours in the past, due to unexpected costs with our shredding vendor.
Two maps depicting the requested areas and traffic flow are attached.
Also on September 20, we plan to have exhibits in the lower civic center, which I am in the process of reserving with the Public Works Department.
As you may recall, last year we moved the MMSD collection to the DPW location to improve the traffic flow and eliminate the traffic backups that occurred at City Hall and along North Avenue. This worked well for all Stakeholders, including MMSD, Veolia, DPW, and our Tosa Green Summit volunteers. Volumes were consistent with prior years and maximum wait times were 10 minutes. Regular Drop Off Center collection will continue to occur on September 13 from 7:30 am to 4 pm. We will have volunteers directing traffic to and from 113th Street.
For the other recycling collections at City Hall on September 20, traffic has always run smoothly, including in 2024, with minimal backups (maximum of 5 minutes), but we will continue to have volunteers guiding traffic.