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Office of: JOSEPH G. CHLEBECK, Clerk 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minn. 55117 4842177 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA TO: City Council Members FROM: Recycling /Solid Waste Advisory Committee DATE: October 14, 1988 RE: Organized Collection Background In 1980 the Minnesota Legislature passed the Waste Management Act, defining county and local municipality responsibilities in controlling solid waste generation and implementing a program for waste reduction, recycling and composting to ease our dependence on landfills. In 1984 the State Legislature amended the WMA requiring the Metropolitan Council to study organized collection as a way for municipalities to meet WMA goals. In 1985 the Legislature again amended the MIA, setting 1990 as a target date for meeting mandated waste abatement goals: 16%-19% abatement through source separation. That date has since been amended to 1992. As of that date all waste must be recycled, composted or sent to a resource recovery facility. In 1987 the Legislature empowered the counties to require a City /Municipality to organize its waste collection; the County may then require separation and collection of recyclables and other specified materials (e.g. yard waste, household hazardous waste, etc.). (Attached: State Statute on Organized Collection) Introduction The agreement between the City of Little Canada and Ramsey County regarding the grant that funds our curbside collection of recyclable stipulates that Cities receiving grant money must study the possibility of organized collection as a condition of eligibility. Page 1 MAYOR Michael Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Bill Bleacher Rick Collova Jim LaValle