RES 18-057 APPROVING THE FIVE YEAR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH RAMSEY COUNTY FOR THE USE OF YARD WAST MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING SITES FOR ALL ST. ANTHONY RESIDENTS

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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 18 -057 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIVE YEAR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH RAMSEY COUNTY FOR THE USE OF YARD WASTE MANAGEMENTAND ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING SITES FOR ALL ST. ANTHONY RESIDENTS WHEREAS, Ramsey County operates a yard waste management system, which includes seven sites for the collection of yard and organic waste from Ramsey County residents; and WHEREAS, Organics policy in the Ramsey County Solid Waste Management Master Plan states that the yard -waste and organic waste recycling sites are `only for residents of Ramsey County"; and WHEREAS, A portion of the City of Saint Anthony is within Hennepin County, and City residents within that area have been allowed to use the County's yard waste sites since 2005, pursuant to a joint powers agreement between the City and Ramsey County; and WHEREAS, The Solid Waste Management Master Plan establishes a goal of placing an organics recycling site in each municipality or within a 15- minute drive from each household in Ramsey County; and WHEREAS, The City of Saint Anthony would like to provide additional organic waste recycling opportunities to all of its residents, in the form of a collection site located within the city, whether the site users reside in Ramsey County or Hennepin County; and WHEREAS, The City of Saint Anthony and Ramsey County have determined that the amount of SCORE funds currently allocated to the City on an annual basis approximate the cost of Ramsey County providing the City of Saint Anthony residents that reside in Hennepin County with yard waste and organics recycling services; and WHEREAS, Ramsey County is willing to make yard waste services and organic waste recycling available to the City of Saint Anthony for a reasonable cost, and provide an exception to the policy identified above to address the practical difficulties of providing yard waste services and organic waste recycling for residents of the City because this City has significant population in the two counties; and WHEREAS, the City is willing to forgo receipt of its allocated SCORE funds for any purpose other than making the Ramsey County yard waste and organic waste recycling sites available to all of its residents. BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village hereby approve the Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Saint Anthony and Ramsey County for the Use of Yard Waste Management and Organic Waste Recycling Sites using the City's allocation of SCORE funds, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2024.