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MINUTES City Council Nov. ?3, 1988 Little Fahey pointed out that as it stands the City will go for~ward with the Canada pr•oposed involvement in the addition to Little Canada Elementar~y School Elementary subject to the City's bein,q able to negotiate an agr•eement with the School School Distr•ict. Fahey repor•ted that he has been discussing this agr•eement Add.ition with the City Attor•ney. (Cont.) John Thein r•eported that he just discussed the access issue with Diane Husak who indicated that she prefer•r~ed the storage ar~ea to access the gym floor rather• than the stage ar~ea. Fahey suggested that Husak review the plans once they have been changed. Or•ganized Kathy Tipler, r~epresenting the City's Solid Waste Committee, appear•ed Collection before the Council and reported on the City's efforts to begin curbside r•ecycling in the City. This pr•ogram was begun with the aid of a gr•ant Agenda fr~om Ramsey County. However~, as a r•esult, the grant said that the City Item No. 10 must look at organized collection. The grant was for• two year•s, after which time the City has to seek permanent funding. Tipler reported that the Committee has looked at a number• of different collection systems which r•ange fr~om the City's going into the business to doin~ nothing. Tipler~ r•eviewed the r•epor•t that the Committee submitted to the Council, and this repor•t outlines the thr•ee most wor•kable solutions that the Committee has found. The first includes leaving the open home system in place with the City funding the r~ecycling and compost system. The second is that the City insist that the gar•bage haulers form a consor•tium and divide the City into sections equal to the number of haulers. The thir~d is that the Ci ty ne9oti ate wi th one contr~actor~ or• gr•oup of contr~actor•s. Tipler• r•e~orted that the Committee felt it would be easier• for• the City to negotiate with one contractor. However•, ther•e is a legal pr~oblem if the City insists the haulersform a consortium, but the haulers have the option of forming themselves. Tipler~ r•epor•ted that the City could put or•ganized collection out for• bid. Fahey pointed out that the Solid ~Aaste Committee has held a public hearing on this issue, and it is necessary that the City Council hold a public hear•ing as well. Fahey pointed out that the Council must announce its consider•ation of adoption of an ordinance to or•ganize collection, and invite people to plan and establish the or~dinance. The City Attorney pointed out that the legislation on this issue is not ideally cr~afted and ther•e are different inter•pretations of it. The Attorney sugqested that the Council obtain as much information as possible on the issue so that it can decide the type of or•dinance it wants to put in place. The Attorney also pointed out that another option the City has is to negotiate with the hauler•s r•ather than putting the matter~ out for bid. Blesener asked if a consortium wer•e formed, if the matter had to be bid Page -19-