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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 12, 2003 CONSENT AGENDA (continued) 5. Proclamation-Ramsey County Library Foundation Day 6. Consideration of 2004 SCORE Contract and Adoption of Resolution 03-22 POLICY AGENDA Stipulation Settlement for Insty-Prints and JEMJAHS -2- Administrator Worthington said that last month the developer of the SE Corner project negotiated a relocation settlement for $25,000 with Insty-Prints regarding the termination of their lease in the Northome Shopping Center. Sherman and Associates has settled Insty- Prints claim, and the Council may now consider the settlement for final approval. JEMJAHS will execute this agreement after the city finalizes it. Talbot moved approval of the stipulation settlement for Insty-Prints and JEMJAHS for payment of $25,000 to Insty-Prints. The motion was unanimously approved. Change in Rec~g Method from Five-Sort to a Two-Sort Administrator Worthington said that earlier this year, the Solid Waste Commission voted unanimously to allow E-Z Recycling to utilize atwo-sort method, rather than the five-sort method required in the current contract. Staff toured the E-Z Recycling plant last week, and is confident that they are capable of making the switch, with little or no increase in the amount of residual material, and thus no negative environmental impact from switching to 2-sort. Under the 2-sort system, corrugated cardboard is still collected separately from the two streams ofNewspaper-Magazines-Mixed Mail-Cereal Boxes and Cans-Glass-Plastic. The city will make sure that people know they must still flatten and bundle corrugated cardboard and put it out separately. (So it is, technically, a third stream, for those who recycle corrugated cardboard.) The Solid Waste Commission would now like to roll out this new method, update the contract, and do resident education about the change in the upcoming newsletter and flyer. Chris Reinhardt at E-Z has offered to distribute tags to residents at the November 21 or December 5 recycling pick-up to instruct them on the new sorting method. Council member Lamb said this will be a simple method for the residents. Most people sort paper, glass and metal. E-Z said their recovery rate is between 95%-98%. E-Z re-sorts everything and the end result at their plant yields 2%-5% of residual non-recyclables. The goal on the East Coast is 21 %. Council member Lindstrom commented that E-Z does not own its own landfill so it is to their benefit to maximize recycling.