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Helene Recovery Update #2

Published on October 03, 2024

Disaster debris service for residential customers only is expected to begin by Monday. For neighbors living in gated communities within city limits, HOAs must contact the Public Works Dept to compete right-of-entry agreements. Roof tarps will be handed out beginning Fri., 10/4/24 at 11 a.m. at the former RTS admin facility. Tarps are 25'x20' and come with two 100-foot ropes. Two tarps per person.

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Closures and City Status

City parks will close at 3 p.m. today, Oct. 8 and city pools will close at 5 p.m. today.
City offices, facilities, will close tomorrow, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 10.
The General Policy Committee meeting on Thursday has been canceled.

Affected Services

Bus service will operate on reduced service tomorrow, Oct. 9. Visit www.go-rts.com for additional information.

All residential trash and recycling collection will be delayed beginning tomorrow, Oct. 9. Tomorrow’s collection is expected to occur on Friday, and Thursday’s collection on Saturday. Please do not place containers, branches or other items curbside tomorrow.

The city’s disaster debris contractor continues to collect debris left by Hurricane Helene and has collected 4,000 cubic yards of yard waste to date (more than 200 standard truckloads).

It is expected to take several weeks to collect all the yard debris and the contractor will make several sweeps through neighborhoods. We appreciate your patience during this time.

Alachua County is allowing residents to dispose of yard debris free of charge at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park (5115 NE 63rd Ave., Gainesville), and is lifting the volume limit on yard debris accepted at its five Rural Collection Centers. (The opportunities to drop off yard debris are only for the time leading up to the impact of Hurricane Milton and will not extend beyond its arrival.)
Please make sure your current debris piles do not block storm drains, streets, driveways, sidewalks, drainage ditches, storm inlets or other water runoff infrastructure.

Emergency Management in the City of Gainesville is under the direction of Gainesville Fire Rescue, and daily activities are handled by the Emergency Manager. When a disaster is imminent or is in-progress, the city's Emergency Operations Center will open, and, with other city departments, coordinate the preparedness, response and recovery activities of the City of Gainesville.