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k*Sfi► v _ J� J Request for Council Actiol Date: 2003 Item r . A. Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section Item Description: Consider Changing the City's Recycling Contract with waste Management Background At your August 18 meeting, you asked that this item be placed on the September 15 meeting agenda. Some of you had questions you wanted waste Management to answer about changing the contract. I sent waste Management a letter asking those questions. See Attachment 1. waste Management responded with a letter. Sec Attachment 2. In addition, the City has received phone and e-mail messages regarding recycling. Sec Attachment 3. Our current contract with waste Management continues our existing two -sort recycling service in most of the pity, but provides for a single - stream pilot project in part of the City. The contract addendum suggested by waste Management proposes that the City begin citywide single- stream recycling this winter, (At your request, the City Attorney has also drafted a contract addendum in case you decide to move to single- stream recycling immediately. That addendum is attached as well. The City Attorney can describe the differences between the addendum Waste Management proposes and the one the City Attorney drafted.) Financial Impact: Single- stream recycling is more expensive than two -sort recycling. Council Action Requested: Either: 1. Take no action,, which leaves the existing recycling contract in place (meaning we contmnue two -sort recycling in most of the City, but we have WM conduct a single - stream pilot project in part of the City), or 2. Approve a motion adopting the waste Management contract addendum or the addendum drafted by the City Attorney (meaning the entire City changes to single - stream recycling this winter).