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CASE NUMBER: 1304-81 APPLICANT: City of Roseville 6 May 1981 Page 3 "economics of delivery" for consideration. We have not received any such additional information to date. * 6. We have conducted a survey of other suburban communities to determine whether or not any action has been taken by such communities to control newspaper delivery. We surveyed Bloomington, Saint Louis Park, Brooklyn Center, Richfield, Maplewood, West saint Paul, Arden Hillsr Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, and Shoreview. Each staff person responding indicated no ordinance has been adopted by their community as of this time. The City of Arden Hills indicated that they were waiting to see what happened in Roseville. 7+ other considerations discussed at the meeting included the observation on part of the paper representatives that people like having the paper placed in a tube because - it is kept dry. It was also noted that, if possible, they would prefer having a dry paper at their door rather than having to get dressed (in the morning particularly) and walk out through the ice and snow (possibly) to get the paper in the tube at the street. The newspaper representatives indicated that delivering the paper to the door through the use of motorized carriers would be expensive and impractical. It is a known fact, however, that in many parts Of Minneapolis that is precisely the way the newspapers are delivered. The representative for the Star-Tribune noted that such delivery is more practical where a greater number of residences in a single block are taking the paper. Thus, it is a question of density relating to the delivery system. In the overall, it appears that basically the problem is one of cost of delivery. It would seem possible that if a newspapers were to offer better pay to younger carriers, 'that they could then become competitive with other part-time jobs and seek the carriers they need. It appears possible, toor that the delivery could be done by motorized carrier, but still delivered to the door offering the best service with no undesirable aestbetic impact on the street scene. This too is a matter of economics, it would appear. We suggest that the Planning Commission and Council question the newspaper representatives regarding the cost of delivery systems so as to evaluate the legitamacy of their clauins- relating to the delivery of papers to the door, without the newspaper tubes, it really mziking no difference as to whether or not the carrier arrivos by motor, bi.cycle, or oil foot. Such a delivery system requires no cooed i.nc-it-ion between various papers or with property owners which would have to ho the�. case i F a single box s-olution were evolved. Though there appear to he tio re-strj.ct-iv(--, ordinances on the books in tlle area at present, we sur"Iclost zit some poitit iri tlie futiire when all delivery is done by motorized carrier using individual. t--_11ht?-c;-wi-th the pk,ipors r: ante o 't (in bright yellow or ors- I rage) that tl)e aT)PeZ1rance_. of such a multiplicity of tubes, t cloinq to be cizimcicli- nq to the aesthetic environment Ir We received the attached lotter from the St_-,-ir on 5 Mc-iy 1981.