Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the District Council?
• Is the District Council a part of city government?
• Where do I get recycling bins?
• Do I pay a fee to get a recycling bin?
• When is the recycling day in my neighborhood?
• What if the recycling truck misses my bins on pick-up day?
• What can I recycle at the curb?
• Where do I take my hazardous waste?
• Where do I take my yard waste?
• How do I dispose of electronics?
• What do I do if I suspect criminal activity is happening in the neighborhood?
• What do I do if my neighbors are noisy, have weeds overtaking their yard or uncollected trash, or if they are not maintaining their home?
• How do I find out if there is a block club in my neighborhood?
• How do I start a block club in my neighborhood?
• How do I connect with others in my neighborhood who have similar interests?
• Traffic is bad/too fast on my street, how can I change that?
• There are too many deer! How can I deal with that problem?
• What can I do about graffiti in the neighborhood?

What is the District Council?

The City of Saint Paul is divided into 17 planning districts, one of which is further divided into three community organizations.

These planning districts are a way for local government officials to get input from residents about issues where action is needed. The City contracts with the nonprofits that represent each district to:

1. help the Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED) get input on zoning and development issues,
2. help the City organize residents to prevent and report crime, and
3. distribute recycling bins, recycling information, and to run community clean-ups.

What else they do is up to the residents of each district.