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language of note was Spanish (0.3%). The rest are not listed. Corcoran also found it important to ineet regularly with multi-family complex owners and man- agers to discuss their concerns about how the program was operating. She found that even though all owners were assessed a recycling fee, a small percentage refused to participate in the collection program. In a focus group discussion with multi-family owners and managers in Roseville not all ex- pressed a desire to participate in the City's recycling program. Some said their complexes were built before central storage of garbage and recycling became wide spread. Thus they could not easily site recycling bins without having to eliminate parking spots. Others felt a requirement to add recycling would interfere with their ability to operate their buildings. What Other Cities Do Fifteen Ramsey County cities (out of 17) have organized collection of recycling. SiY of those 15 include multi-family complexes in their recycling program (two, North Oaks and Gem Lake, do not have any multi-family housing). Haulers charge by the unit. For instance Was�e Management charges Shoreview $1.09 per unit to collect recycling at multi-family complexes and Brooklyn Park $1.12 per unit. Those cities pass that fee along to multi-family complex owners. Not all Minnesota cities where recycling is made available to multi-family complex residents do so by including those residents in the city's program. For instance in Mounds View all licensed garbage haulers are required to offer recycling service as well. The City leaves it up to building owners and garbage haulers to work out the details of how that service will be provided. Mounds View provides no oversight. Dakota County sets minimum standards for what products are to be accepted for recycling, but again leaves it up to building owners and haulers to work out details. Options Considered: 1) Maintain current program without incurring the additional cost of providing recycling service to multi-family complexes. Work aggressively with multi-family complex owners and managers to convince them to offer recycling services. 2) Meet the above stated environmental goals by expanding the current program to include multi-family complexes. The cost of approximately $1.10 per unit per month be assessed to multi-family owners and managers. Work aggressively with multi-family owners and managers to coordinate implementation and on-going education campaigns on recycling. 3) Meet the above stated environmental goal by requiring all licensed garbage haulers that service multifamily complexes offer recycling service as well, leaving details for owners and haulers to determine. 4) Stop billing multi-family complexes for recycling at a cost to the City of 8,145.36 while providing no service and risk losing SCORE funding of more than $60,000 a year. 55