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. . . RESOLUTION NO. 4239 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION OF INTENT OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW TO ORGANIZE THE COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE ITEMS WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota will be requiring that municipalities of 5,000 or more persons ensure that all house- holds and businesses either have solid waste collection services or are disposing of their trash in an environmental manner; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Quality Task Force has recom- mended that the City investigate its options with respect to standardizing refuse service and increasing citizen participation in recycling; and WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View held a public hearing on June 8, 1992, as required by Minnesota Statutes 115A.94, on the issue of whether the City should consider the implementation of organized collection of solid waste and recyclable materials; and WHEREAS, organized collection, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, means a system for collecting solid waste in which a specified collector, or a member of an organization of coll- ectors, is authorized to collect from a defined geographic service area or areas some or all of the solid waste that is released by generators for collection; and WHEREAS, the primary purposes of organized collection are to (1) prevent overlap of collection service areas, (2) facilitate solid waste management tools such as mandatory refuse collection, (3) reduce the number of trucks operating in a given street to make the system more efficient, (4) improve recycling partici- pation by standardizing the separation methods and materials collected by the hauler(s), and (5) reduce litter and illegal dumping of materials which must, by law, be separated from the solid waste stream; and WHEREAS, the city has the following goals, compatible with those of organized collection, for its garbage and recycling system: (1) standardization of garbage and recycling services; (2) improvement of recycling participation; (3) reduction of street wear, air pollution and noise pollution, caused to a certain extent by multiple garbage trucks operating on the same streets; (4) reporting of timely and accurate data regarding garbage and recycling to County and State offices; and (5) compliance with all applicable State laws regarding garbage and recycling, including MS115A.941.