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Agenda Item: I.1 <br /> <br />CITY OF HUGO <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Bryan Bear, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Emily Weber, Community Development Assistant <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Cooperative Agreement for Operation and Management of the Hugo Yard <br />Waste Collection Site. <br /> <br />DATE: May 29, 2019, for the City Council meeting on June 3, 2019. <br /> <br /> <br />1. BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />Washington County and the City of Hugo have been working on a cooperative agreement for the <br />operation and management of the Hugo Yard Waste Collection Site. The site is located south of <br />170th Street North and approximately half a mile west of Highway 61. The City originally <br />acquired the site in 1987 from the State of Minnesota by tax forfeiture for the purpose of compost <br />recycling. The current site is only open for Hugo residents and operates from late spring through <br />late fall on Wednesdays from 4pm to 8pm or dusk and Saturdays from 9am to 4pm. The compost <br />site is currently operated by the City and is a deposit site for grass clippings, leaves, and soft <br />organic matter, no brush, twigs, branches or woody materials accepted. Staff is recommending to <br />have the County take over the operation of the yard waste collection site from the City in order to <br />expand the service to all Washington and Ramsey County Residents. The expansion of services <br />will include the collection of yard waste to include garden wastes, leaves, lawn clippings, weeds, <br />shrub, and tree waste, along with Source Separated Organic Material (SSOM) or kitchen and <br />food waste. <br /> <br />2. OVERVIEW OF AGREEMENT AND OPERATION PLAN: <br /> <br />The agreement states that the City agrees to relinquish operation of the yard waste collection site <br />to the County and that the City will allow the County to expand the operation of the site and <br />make the necessary improvements required for said expansion to include: leaves, grass, tree <br />waste, and brush drop off, along with the collection of SSOM, which includes kitchen and food <br />waste for residential properties. The County has a separate agreement with the adjacent property <br />owner, Daniel Bayless, which allows for the County to expand the site. The City agreement and <br />Bayless agreement will operate on the same time line: from time of commencement in 2019 to <br />the end of 2022 with a one year option to extend the lease. This agreement may not be assigned <br />or transferred without the express written consent of both parties.