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• 1 *they had been included in the agenda packet that night as a 2 basis for preliminary guidance as to how staff should proceed; 3 *the Mayor had suggested a citizens task force to study the 4 issue because state law mandates a public hearing before all 5 residential pickups could be transferred to one hauler; 6 *even though 85% of the hauling is done by Waste Management now, 7 St. Anthony residents are very covetous of their right to 8 select their own hauler. 9 Hamer warned it wouldn' t be very long before sorting at the source 10 would become mandatory and even if that didn' t happen, hauling costs 11 would be rising so dramatically it would become too expensive not to 12 comply. 13 Sundland pointed out that dump sites now have to take out expensive 14 insurance to cover damage done if leaks occur. 15 Makowske wanted to be sure the haulers would take cardboard wastes. 16 Enrooth suggested the recycling center start taking cardboard, which 17 if all the rubbish from supermarkets, etc. were counted, could help 18 the City a good deal to meet its goal. The Councilmember wondered 19 whether making the residents more aware of the City' s goal might 20 avoid having to go to a mandatory program. • 21 Childs told him the last four Newsletters had carried that message 22 with little response and although St. Anthony is already far ahead of 23 other communities in its voluntary efforts, it might still be tough to 24 triple those efforts without some type of curbside program. He also 25 agreed that although there' s not much market for shiny cardboard, 26 those products are easily burned and could be acceptable for the 27 waste-to-energy plants. 28 Hamer reported the City had earned $5 , 000 from its recycling center 29 last year and with a substantial percentage coming from outside the 30 City. He said he is in the process of surveying the City' s business 31 establishments and stores to find out how much of their wastes are 32 being recycled which with the tonnage given to paper drives can be 33 calculated to help meet the 16% goal. 34 Marks indicated that on an average, every person in Hennepin County 35 generates a ton of garbage a year and with 8 ,000 people in St. 36 Anthony, there would be a lot of tonnage included in City' s goal 37 amount. 38 Ad Hoc Committee to Study Recycling to be Formed 39 Sundland said he would like to see both residents who support 40 recycling and those with reservations about the program on the Ad Hoc �1 study group. There was general consensus to use this approach. Mr. 13