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• FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _4_ October 13, 2004 Solid Waste Commission Report on Organized Collection (continued) Mayor Gehrz said that after the presentation, the City Council will discuss and vote on whether to open a 90-day discussion period on this report, as authorized by Minnesota statutes. The Council will not be voting on whether to implement organized collection tonight. If a majority of the Council votes in favor of opening the discussion period, the earliest the Council will vote on whether to implement organized collection is January 26, 2005. It is very important to allow plenty of time for the residents to review the Solid Waste Commission and haulers' recommendations, and provide their input to assist the Council in deciding whether to adopt organized collection in Falcon Heights. If the Council decides to open the 90-day discussion period, it is being recommended that the Council adopt the following process for obtaining and analyzing that input: 1. Within the next two weeks, a summary of the Solid Waste Commission be mailed to single family homes in Falcon Heights. This proposal does not affect multi-family • buildings or businesses so it is only being sent to homes. The entire report, including appendices, will be available at City Hall and on the web site. 2. Public comment will be taken from October 13-December 17, 2004. 3. Between December 17, 2004-January 17, 2005, public comment will be analyzed and included in the public record. 4. On January 26, 2005, the City will vote on whether to implement organized collection. If a majority of the Council votes to do so, the next step is to authorize the Solid Waste Commission and staff to develop a Request for Proposal specifying service requirements for organized collection. As a result of the letter that the trash haulers sent to their customers shortly after the City began studying this issue, the City has already received input from some of the residents. That has all been included in the public record and heard by the City Council. However, those opinions were provided before people had the opportunity to consider the research results from the Solid Waste Commission's study. If the Council votes to continue working on this issue, the Council asks that people review the study and then give the City their comments, questions and opinions. It is hoped that many of the residents will do so and, since staff is limited and we want to make sure that complete comments are included in the written record, we ask that people submit their comments by mail, fax or e-mail. Mayor Gehrz said that after the report presentation this evening there will be an opportunity for members of the audience to comment. She asked that individual commentary be limited to three minutes so that everyone will have an opportunity to participate.