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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council j r FROM: City Planner Hren DATE: October 11, 1989 SUBJECT: SOLID WASTE COLLECTION The Mounds View curbside recycling program has been underway for quite some time now and resident interest is still strong. Many metropolitan cities are now moving to new ways of collecting solid waste from the residents. At this time, City Staff has looked at the options the City Council has before them with regard to collection of solid waste in the City of Mounds View. Currently, the City has a curbside recycling collection program as well as licensing of garbage haulers as a separate function. A number of cities are moving to a system known as organized garbage collection and a number of other cities are licensing their haulers to require them to collect garbage and recycle materials and yard waste. Please find enclosed as part of this packet a study of organized refuse collection prepared by the Metropolitan Council in June of 1985. I have pulled the section dealing with the pros and cons from that report for your quick and easy reference. The findings of that report with regard to organized collection are applicable to the City of Mounds View as well. The costs and savings figures, however, would differ due to the size of Mounds View. The idea of licensing garbage haulers to require them to pick up garbage, recyclables, and yard waste is new to the metropolitan area. Currently, a number of the cities, which include Eden Prairie, Eagan and potentially St. Anthony, are using the system of licensing haulers. Please find enclosed Eden Prairie's and St. Anthony's ordinance which addresses the issue of licensing haulers and their responsibility to collect recyclables and yard waste in addition to the regular garbage waste. Please find enclosed for your reference a copy of White Bear Lake's Organized Collection System Contract. Please find enclosed a table outlining what Staff feels are the City's options at this point with regard to solid waste collection in the City of Mounds View. The table outlines pros and cons of each option. Tt ehn. ,ln Y.. ....«.,d that Lhe City Of Mounds View's contract with Ramsey Recycling, Inc. expires on December 31, 1989. The contract does have a renewal clause in it. At this time, Staff is looking for some direction from the City Council as to which route is the desired direction. Obviously, there are details that would need to be worked out with any one of the three options, however, in order to narrow the research, again, we would like some specific direction on how to proceed. MMH/BAC Enclosures