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Saint Paul Refuse, Inc. Proposal Saint Paul Refuse, Inc. (SPRI) is a consortium of approximately forty independent haulers who presently provide residential hauling services in the City of St. Paul. SPRI is pleased to submit this proposal for the development and implementation of organized collection in St. Paul. The attached proposal is submitted in response to your November 9,1989 request. SPRI supports the recommendations and findings of both the St. Paul Elder Council and the St. Paul Citizen's Solid Waste Task Force that the City of St. Paul implement an organized collection system. As noted by the Task Force in its' February 1989 report to the City Council, organized collection has the following advantages: 1. Organized collection is more efficient than open haulinq. Organized collection can provide haulers with increased efficiency in terms of lower maintenance costs, increased productivity, less fuel consumption and less vehicle pollution. 2.Organized collection will promote achieving abatement goals better than open hauling. The simultaneous implementation of organized collection and volume based fees will encourage residents to increase their participation in recycling activities in the City of St. Paul. 3.Organized collection will reduce the number of trucks on a ig yen street or alley thus producing savin s on ft street maintenance costs. In some parts of St. Paul today, there are six or more refuse haulers serving a single city block. Organized collection will decrease truck traffic by assigning specific hauling districts to individual haulers. This district concept will reduce noise, pollution and wear and tear on city streets. 4. Compared to open haulinq orqanized collection will reduce liter illy dumping summary abatements. In addition to the advantages of organized collection noted by the Elder Council and Citizens Solid Waste Task Force, SPRI ' s proposal offers the City efficiency and flexibility in implementing organized collection in St. Paul. SPRI members presently serve St. Paul residents and are knowledgeable about residents' waste collection needs. SPRI provides a central point of contact for customer or city concerns associated with waste collection in St. Paul. As noted in our proposal, SPRI believes the best way to implement organized collection is through a negotiated contract between the City of St. Paul and SPRI. A negotiated contract provides an excellent vehicle for addressing, in detail, each of the issues raised in our proposal for organized collection. SPRI is ready and willing to assist the City in any fashion as it further explores organized collection. SPRI representatives are willing to appear at community meetings to explain organized collection and assist in educating St. Paul residents about changes in the city waste collection process.