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1 the City by reading aloud the Notice of Hearing which had been published in the September 7th Bulletin. 3 The hearing had been scheduled during the August 23rd Council meeting 4 where July 18th Recycling Task Force Meeting Notes recommending Waste 5 Management Inc. collect recyclable materials along with regular garbage 6 collections in St. Anthony were reported by Council liaison person, 7 Councilmember Enrooth, Task Force Chair Lauren McClanahan, and Task 8 Force Member, Keith Pearson. Testimony in favor of the Task Force 9 recommendation was taken from these three as well as from Task Force 10 Member Elaine Olson and Public Works Director Larry Hamer. Bob Christen 11 and Jim Gencauski of Waste Management Inc. were also present to answer 12 questions. 13 Councilmember Enrooth reported the Task Force had held five meetings of 14 considerable length on the issue during which they considered proposals 15 from the Knutson, Super Cycle, and Reuters companies as well as the 16 company they had finally determined would do the best job for St. 17 Anthony, Waste Management Inc. The Councilmember reiterated that five 18 of the Task Force members had toured the Reuters plant as an 19 alternative to the incineration mandated by Hennepin County, perceiving 20 this system might provide an alternative to solid waste consideration 21 in the future. 22 Mr. McClanahan indicated the Task Force had taken into consideration all 23 segments of the St. Anthony population which would be affected as well 94 as the system which would be the most workable for all of them. z5 Mr. Pearson indicated he had enjoyed his service on the Task Force. He 26 said he considered recycling as very important for St. Anthony and 27 "wholeheartedly" concurred with the Task Force recommendations. 28 Mrs. Olson told the Councilmembers she had learned a lot about recycling 29 and the programs which are already in place in other metropolitan, 30 state, and national communities which she and the other Task Force 31 members were now out trying to convey to the public. She agreed that 32 all the proposals they considered had been very good but concurred with 33 the final Task Force recommendation of Waste Management, Inc. 34 Mr. Hamer, who Councilmember Enrooth indicated had been coordinating 35 information on recycling for the last 15 years and whose input had 36 formed the basis for the Task Force research, said he thought all the 37 people who served on that Commission had been "great to work with and 38 very productive in their research." 39 Council Comments 40 Mayor Sundland indicated he didn't perceive communities today had many 41 options left open to them when it came to solid waste disposal, 42 particularly recycling, which is almost mandated. He recalled that 43 over the years the City officials had been considering recycling in ^4 different forms and said during that time had heard from many residents 2