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'36 C 2"i "A CITY OF FALCONHEIGHTS conlic-lights,'(Irg 00 April 2 2, 20 1. 4 Rae Eden Frank Health Educator, Comi-nunity Involvement Unit Saint. Paul. -Ramsey County Public Health Environmental Health 2785 White Bear Avenue North, Suite 350 Maplewood, Minn, 55109 Dear Ms. Frank-, This letter is notification of intent by the City of Falcon Heights and, die City of Lauderdale to apply for a Public Entity Innovation Grant of up to $100,000 to address recycling and resource recovery. The two cities will work in partnership on the proposed project. Last year Lauderdale. and Falcon Heights collaborated on a, Public Entity Innovation Grant -funded project dl* I to create and ran a pilot program for curbside collection and recycling or bulky waste. The pilot program received a very favorable response and succeededin diverting over 15 tons of materialto be recycled.., The final report was submitted in early 2014. Not all of the issues originally identified by the two cities in. applying for the 2013 grant, were addressed by the project. Multi -family residents were not included in the pilot because multi -family buildings presented so many additional questions. The decision was made to simplify the project by -including only single family homes and, if possible, approach the multi -family questions in a separate study. The Cities of Falcon Heights and Lauderdale now propose to initiate a study of the bulky waste issues and needs specific to multi -family buildings, looking for some insight on the following questions and others,-, %-I � How do residents and landlords manage bulky waste now? What kinds of items do residents and property owners -need to get rid of? Are these materials recyclable.? How much of the need is concentrated at specific times of year, for example the beginning of September or end of May when students are moving? Both cities house a si�mificaiit population of college students. To design an effective pilot bulky waste; collection program serving multi -family residents, 'the Cities g need some of the answers in advance. Therefore, we propose to engage a. consultant to help us survey - building owners and residentsto build a -better idea of the shape of the problem, and, if possible, use the results of the survey to design a- limited pilot that could be carried out at the end of the summer of 2014. Sincerely, Deborah, o 'S Zoning and Planning Director City of Falcon Heights 2077 Larpenteur Avenue West Falcon Heights, MN 55113 Jim Bownik ,Assistant City Administrator City of Lauderdale 1,891 Walnut Street Lauderdale, MN. 55113