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• 1 City of St. Anthony Regular Council Meeting 2 May 24, 1994 3 Page 7 4 Councilmember Marks said there will be a Sister City meeting on Sunday, May 5 29th. There will be two visits this summer from persons from Salo, Finland 6 and they have indicated a desire to attend a Council work session as well as a 7 regular Council meeting. He expects their arrival near the end of August. 8 Interim City Manager Hamer led a discussion about closing the Recycling 9 Center. He said he had sent a letter to all of the City's licensed haulers 10 requesting their compliance with the City's recycling regulations. He has not 11 received written response from all of them yet but anticipates he will in the near 12 future. Councilmember Enrooth indicated his displeasure at having to close the 13 Center but cannot justify keeping it open. The grant money will run out as of 14 June 30th and the City cannot afford to keep the Center open with City funds 15 alone. In addition, Enrooth noted that the Environmental Quality/Recycling 16 Task Force recommended its closing and emphasized the importance in educating the people on recycling. No one appeared at the public hearing regarding closing the Center and, Enrooth perceives, most people realize it is a 19 duplication of service. Councilmember Marks wondered if the City needs to 20 change its licensing for haulers. Hamer responded that the regulations do 21 specify that solid waste haulers must pick up recycling at least once a week. He 22 did concede, too, that the extra pick up for recyclables at multi-dwellings 23 (townhomes, condominiums, etc.) will probably mean increased costs. 24 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to close the St. Anthony Recycling 25 Center, effective June 30, 1994. 26 Motion carried unanimously, 27 28 Interim City Manager Hamer noted that the 1994 Spring Clean Up Day was 29 successful and did not lose money. He said other communities indicated their 30 similar clean up days were successful also. Three members of the 31 Environmental Quality/Recycling Task Force volunteered their help, Trudy 32 Hentges, Doug Bergstrom, and Keith Pearson. Also, Steve Koes, who is a 33 Public Works employee, has been a Clean Up Day volunteer since its inception. 34 Mayor Ranallo asked Mr. Hamer about this year's road construction projects. Mr. Hamer responded that the water line is three quarters of the way on Hilldale and that 3 sewer repairs . were done. He reported that the engineer is keeping in close contact with the residents and 37 that rain has delayed some of the work on another road project.