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Regular City Council Minutes - 08/04/03 Page 10 doing due diligence, staff detailed some of their concerns about the contract language and cautioned Councilmembers regarding performance of an independent analysis of the market. Mayor Kysylyczyn opened the Public Hearing at 7:37 p.m. for public comment. Tim Brownell, Co-President and CEO of Eureka Recycling, Independent Contractor for the City of St. Paul and Ramsey County Solid Waste and Recycling Mr. Brownell advised his purpose in attending tonight's meeting was to respond to residents and others regarding single-stream recycling. Mr. Brownell advised Councilmembers that his firm had conducted a fourteen (14) month study for the Minnesota Office of Environn1ental Assistance in conjunction with Energy Processing Solutions that examined the efficiencies and effectiveness of various collection methods and their respective costs. Mr. Brownell stated their findings were that the single- stream method was not the most effective at curbside and that a two- stream weekly collection would provide better recovery and would prove more cost effective; with a bi- weekly separation of materials collected would prove even more cost effective. Mr. Brownell provided results of those residents surveyed in the pilot area requesting their critique of the manner of service provided; with their expressed preference for single-stream. Mr. Brownell advised that the bottom line was the available volume and overall recovery, which the single-stream did not provide. Mr. Brownell opined that the proposal before the Council from Waste Management was fifteen percent (15%) above current costs and encouraged Councilmembers to pursue the pilot program as outlined in the original agreement, which would allow time for review specific to the City of Roseville, rather than make a long-term commitment to an untested program. Mr. Brownell recommended that the Council consider the landscape of service available and its