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The City then subdivided the City into a series of "corrals" to contain the routes of several haulers. The corral was sized to accommodate the total value of each hauler assigned to it. The City's goals directing the development of the route assignment process included: "Where possible, provide each permitted hauler an opportunity to serve a franchised territory without seriously jeopardizing the viability of that business. "Organize the service area of each hauler into contiguous collection routes to make service delivery more cost effective and more understandable for the public, conserve energy, and reduce road wear. "Preserve as many existing hauler — customer relationships as possible. (City staff) will make every effort to place haulers who have condensed routes, or who operate in one region now, to that area. "Allow haulers maximum involvement in the route assignment process. Though (City staff) will oversee route assignment, haulers will have an opportunity to recommend consolidation boundaries within their established areas." s The City began full implementation of the franchised residential garbage and recycling program in February, 1992. The goal of this program was to increase residential recycling by providing increased and convenient opportunities for recycling." New program elements included: organized collection of garbage and recycling via the new franchise system; weekly collection of recyclable material on the same day as garbage collection; provision of two recycling containers; addition of milk jugs, scrap paper and magazines to the list of recyclable materials; and bi- weekly yard debris collection. 6 2.2.2.4 Des Moines, Iowa In a neighboring state to Minnesota, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) queried their Comprehensive Planning database and reported that of 861 cities in Iowa, 726 (84%) have organized (municipal or contract) collection and 135 (16%) have an open collection system. 7 In the Des Moines metropolitan area, Metro Waste Authority handles the comprehensive planning for solid waste. They report that for garbage collection of the 22 municipalities in their area, 19 or 86% are organized — two with municipal crews and the rest with a single contracted hauler. For curbside recycling collection, all the municipalities are organized with all but one served under a single contract managed by Metro Waste Authority. The city of Des Moines does its own recycling collection with municipal crews. 5 City of Portland, Oregon (December 19, 1990); `Assignment of Route Values and Service Territories for the Franchising of Residential Solid Waste Collectors and Recyclers ". 6 City of Portland, Oregon (January 1994) "Management Report for Solid Waste & Recycling" 7 Personal e-mail from Becky Jolly, Iowa DNR. Dec. 2008. R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC • 11 June 2009