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Mounds View City Council November 9, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 8 Council Member Hull thought the existing site was fine. Council Member Meehlhause was in favor of the City pursuing a website update. Mayor Flaherty commented it was 2015 and he believed the website was in need of upgrades as it was an important tool for the City. City Administrator Ericson thanked the Council for their feedback. He indicated he would continue to work on this item and believed it would be included in the 2017 budget. City Administrator Ericson provided comment on the survey regarding Citywide organized collection services. He reviewed the questions within the survey and requested comment from the Council on how to proceed. Council Member Meehlhause did not believe the survey addressed the advantages and disadvantages of going to an organized collection system. He expressed concern with how the survey and its results would be perceived. Council Member Hull supported the survey as is. Council Member Mueller requested further information on questions 7 through 11. She did not understand the categories or how these questions related to the remainder of the survey. City Administrator Ericson reiterated that this would be a phone survey. He then discussed the categories in further detail with the Council. Council Member Mueller wondered if the survey should be left more neutral to allow for general feedback from the public on how to proceed with organized collection. City Administrator Ericson stated the intent of the survey was not to promote or create bias, but rather, to gather public perception on the topic. Council Member Gunn reviewed the questions within the survey and believed there was too much emphasis on residents’ current haulers. She suggested more questions be included in the survey to gauge how residents felt about a having a single hauler or creating zones within the City. She was in favor of the survey being tweaked further. City Administrator Ericson agreed that further revisions could be made to the questions to make the survey less confusing. He reported that the City’s intent was not to limit the haulers within Mounds View but rather to make a more efficient model for garbage removal within the City. He discussed the consortium approach that would have to be taken by the City and stated if an efficient model could not be found, the City would then pursue an RFP with a single hauler. Mayor Flaherty feared that residents would not take the time to complete a 20-question phone survey. He also questioned how homeowners would be selected. Council Member Gunn recommended that staff review the questions and create a more direct purpose or approach so residents understand the purpose of the survey more clearing.