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Please contact Mr. Michael Hinz or any member of the SPRI board to further discuss our proposal. We look forward to hearing from you and working with the City of St. Paul. Introduction St Paul Refuse, Inc ("SPRI") is a consortium of approximately forty independent refuse haulers who presently provide residential refuse hauling services in the City of St. Paul. A list of the Board of Directors of SPRI is attached as Appendix A. SPRI offers this proposal for the discussion, development and implementation of organized collection for residential units in the City of St. Paul. This proposal very briefly lists the topics of and procedures to be addressed more completely in a negotiated contract to implement organized collection. SPRI believes that a long term negotiated contract between the City of St. Paul and SPRI offers the best method for implementing organized collection in the City. A negotiated contract would be developed by a team of representatives from the City and SPRI and would address, in detail, each of the subjects listed below. Collection and Hauling Services SPRI will supply all equipment, labor and materials necessary to make complete collection of all refuse and yard waste from all St. Paul residential dwelling units. The City will be divided into geographic zones or hauling districts. All residential dwelling units within a hauling district will be serviced by a single vehicle for refuse and a single vehicle for yard waste. Collection within a hauling district will take place on a specified, assigned day. This specified hauling district date will reduce wear and tear on City streets and alleys and reduce neighborhood congestion and noise associated with multiple haulers and hauling dates in a single neighborhood. SPRI will work to enhance and promote existing recycling programs in the City of St. Paul. SPRI's implementation of volume based waste collection fees will encourage residents to increase their recycling efforts. Yard Waste Collection Yard waste collection services will be available to all St. Paul residents. Yard waste will be collected separately from refuse on a designated collection date. Yard waste will be collected more frequently during the summer growing season. Volume Based Pricing The charges for refuse and yard waste collection will be based on the volume of waste generated by each household. These volume based rates will encourage residents to recycle and recognize that St. Paul residents have varying refuse collection needs. Residents will pay only for waste collected. Special consideration and lower rates will be given to low volume waste generators such as elderly St. Paul residents.