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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 26, 2006 Page 2 A. Ordinance 06 -003; Single Sort Recycling Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes presented the final reading of Ordinance 06 -004, Single -Sort Single Recycling. She stated single -sort is a recycling strategy utilized by many haulers as part of the services they offer. 7 Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes reported Staff was instructed to research the 8 possibility of a pilot program for single -sort recycling and if the City had the legal authority to 9 sunset this pilot program once it was implemented. She reported the City Attorney indicated the 10 City could implement a pilot program with a sunset date as determined by the Council. Assistant 11 City Administrator Moore -Sykes indicated Staff found that since 2001, a number of metro -area 12 cities such as Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, Roseville, and New Hope implemented a 13 pilot program before approving a permanent single -sort recycling program. 14 15 Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes stated the consensus of the cities that did initiate a 16 pilot program before approving a permanent single -sort recycling program was that it gave them 17 time to work out any issues that emerged during the pilot program. She reported it provided them 18 an opportunity to review tonnage amounts collected and compare those amounts collected by the 19 dual sort collection method. She mentioned it also gave cities an opportunity to educate residents 20 about recycling, flush out issues that need to be addressed in a single -sort recycling ordinance 21 and collect feedback from the residents using single -sort recycling. 22 23 Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes reported Council directed haulers licensed in St. 24 Anthony to provide three container size options to residents. She stated at the August 22, 2006 25 Council meeting, both Waste Management and Walters indicated they had three sizes that have 26 been available to their respective customers. Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes 27 indicated BFI, while not in attendance, reported to Staff they would also provide three different 28 sized to their customers. 29 30 Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes summarized the report on the reduction of negative 31 impacts. She stated noise would be reduced by the fact that collection trucks would pick up 32 recyclables every other week, not weekly as currently required by the City's Ordinance. 33 Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes reported the every other week pick up would also 34 reduce the pollutants spewed into the air. She stated the City Engineer recently reported that 35 reducing the number and frequency of trips by the trucks on City streets would have a positive 36 affect on roads and would cause them to last longer. 37 38 Assistant City Administrator Moore -Sykes mentioned the suggestion to use pup trucks to collect 39 garbage and recycling from residences on alleys. She stated she contacted Dave Fridgen, New 40 Brighten, who stated ACE is the only hauler he knew that used pup trucks, but only for their 41 convenience; not that of the resident or customer. She state Mr. Fridgen reported the haulers 42 drive their large collection trucks up and down the alleys. Assistant City Administrator Moore - 43 Sykes mentioned the same appeared to be true for Columbia Heights where BFI provides an 44 information sheet and asks residents to bring their carts to the edge of the alley. 45