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Item No: 1 <br />MM <br />® I Meeting Date: May 5 20tSV14 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Presentation from Dan Krivit, Foth Companies, to Discuss <br />Potential Code Amendments to Improve Recycling <br />Collection in Mounds View <br />Introduction: <br />City staff have been meeting regularly with Ramsey County staff to ascertain ways to <br />improve and enhance recycling efforts in Mounds View. The City receives funding from <br />Ramsey County (SCORE Grant) to support recycling efforts. The County has hired <br />Foth Companies to help with recycling programs, and agreed to have a representative <br />present its findings to the City Council relating to how participation may be enhanced by <br />having a separate hauler perform the collection of recyclables. <br />Discussion: <br />In the course of meeting with Ramsey County staff, we became aware that Mounds <br />View is the only city fully within the County that does not have its recyclables collected <br />under a separate contract. Have recyclables picked up separate from the waste hauler <br />would likely result in lower costs and higher participation. In addition, it would be easier <br />to track volumes of recyclables collected and to promote programs to residents with one <br />hauler or a system of contracts. <br />Recommendation: <br />Ramsey County is paying for the City to receive the presentation from Foth Companies <br />and supports changes to our Codes and requirements in an effort to improve recycling <br />in the City. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br />