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1 He indicated that city uses color coded plastic baskets into which the ' residents sort out their bottles, cans, and newspapers and he thought s were also specifically identified as to address. He reported that the 4 financial incentive to generate less recyclable waste was also built 5 into that system because the residents were given a $6.60 quarterly 6 credit on their billing for recycling at least three times per quarter, 7 which he said amounts to over $26.00 a year. The resident said his 8 greatest concern was with all the proceeds going only to the City's 9 Beautification Fund and nothing returned to the residents who are paying 10 for the pick up who he knew from his own garbage bills had experienced 11 a five fold raise in what they paid since he moved to St. Anthony. 12 Mr. Webber said he thought giving a financial incentive to the residents 13 would serve as a greater encouragement for them to recycle and not 14 ignore the system. The resident then indicated he thought Woodlake's 15 willingness to pickup next to his garage was aesthetically better for 16 the community as a whole because under the present system of irregular 17 pick up by other vendors, there are always empty cans and covers laying 18 out in the street on windy days. He said he didn't think he should have 19 to pay more for that same service under the new program. 20 When Mr. Webber reported talking to Woodlake and finding out that the 21 company was quite disturbed that they hadn't been solicited to provide 22 input or submit a bid to do the City's hauling, Councilmember Enrooth 23 told him that company had been solicited through their parent company, 24 BFI, at the only address the City had on their license, and they had 25 at first declined to participate; had second thoughts about it later, 26 and had brought in the documentation that they had been notified with them when they came into the City Offices the previous day to request z8 they be considered as the City's recycler. The Councilmember also 29 indicated financial incentives to the recycling customers had also been 30 one of the major Task Force recommendations to the Council. 31 Rose Murphy, 2601 - 36th Avenue N.E. said she didn't see any reason for 32 having to pay three months in advance for garbage services when other 33 services like heat and electricity only billed her after she had gotten 34 the service. The resident said she was especially irritated to have 35 Waste Management bill in advance for services she had never received 36 because she had been out of town on vacation. She said Christens, the 37 company which had preceded Waste Management, had always given her a 38 discount for any periods when she didn't require their services. 39 Mayor Sundland reported he had gotten the same type of complaint about 40 garbage cans flying around the street and having to haul their garbage 41 cans down to the street from other City residents, Chet and Ruth Nelson, 42 as had been expressed by Mr. Webber. The resident's response to that 43 was that although Woodlake wouldn't pick up tree branches or materials 44 of that sort from his garage, they did provide that service for garbage 45 cans which were more apt to be flying around the street if left at the 46 curb. Mr. Webber added that his mother only paid $105.66 to have her 47 garbage and recyclables hauled in St. Louis Park, while he was paying 48 Woodlake $144.00 a year to have all his garbage hauled now and