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. . . - RESOLUTION NO. 2570 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION REGARDING ORGANIZED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION IN THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Board in its Solid Waste Master Plan and Recycling Implementation Strategy has adopted policies requiring municipalities to explore organized collection as a means to fund recycling and composting programs after 1990~and WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View held a public hearing on December 11, 1989, as required by Minnesota Statutes 115A.94, on the issue of whether the City should consider implementation of organized collection as the basis of an integrated solid waste management system~ and WHEREAS, organized collection, as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1988, 115A.94, Subd. 1, means a system for collecting solid waste in which a specified collector, or member of an organization of collectors, 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 or duplication of collection service areas, (2) facilitate solid waste management tools such as mandatory refuse collection, volume-based pricing and the impending yard waste disposal ban, (3) reduce the number of trucks operating in a given street or alley to make the system more efficient, (4) improve recycling convenience for the homeowner, thereby increasing participation, and (5) reduce litter and illegal dumping. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby intends to organize collection in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 115A.94, and intends to study the implementation of an integrated solid waste management system weighing benefits and detriments of all possible systems. Based upon the findings that residents of the City will benefit from such a system, the City will then implement an organized system. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the purpose of carrying out the above intent, the Department of Public Works is authorized to implement the following sequence of events: 1. Begin the required minimum 90-day study by identifying system options to be considered, including, but not limited to: