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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 17, 2013 Page 15 1 In noting that the PWETC had previously recommended that the City pursue or- 2 ganized waste collection through a formal resolution to the City Council, Vice 3 Chair Stenlund noted that the PWETC had not yet received a response from the 4 City Council; and therefore, questioned if the City Council wanted the PWETC to 5 continue pursuing that previous direction. 6 7 Councilmember McGehee stated that she continued to hear from her neighbor - 8 hood about it; and recognized the recent legislative changes to the rules, with 60- 9 days for negotiating with haulers. Councilmember McGehee opined that it would 10 be a saving to the community in many ways; while recognizing that there were 11 passionate feelings from both sides. While not having the same emotional con - 12 nection with her garbage hauler as some residents, Councilmember McGehee ad- 13 vised that her main concern was the potential of putting small businesses out of 14 business. In her consideration of the different ways to organize collection, Coun- 15 cilmember McGehee stated that she would prefer a model allowing for current li- 16 censed haulers in Roseville to have an opportunity to retain a similar number of 17 customers so they would not be forced out of business, and could keep their busi- 18 ness interests in the community. 19 20 Councilmember McGehee addressed recycling as part of organized collection; 21 questioning if mixing glass and paper, in a single sort system, meant that the pa- 22 per could no longer be used for recycling as she had heard. Councilmember 23 McGehee further stated that she would support a small cart versus a bin for recy- 24 cling, and if it was determined to pursue single sort recycling, she wanted to have 25 assurances that the items she was preparing for recycling actually were recycled 26 and didn't end up in a landfill. Councilmember McGehee suggested that the City 27 put some conditions on a recycling vendor to ensure they prove where the recy- 28 cling was being taken. 29 30 Mayor Roe suggested that the focus remain on organized collection; noting that 31 through a community using an organized collection concept, it was the only avail - 32 able means for the City to specify where collected materials went; and could be 33 included as one of the selection criteria based on community values. 34 35 Member Felice opined that there was a greater recovery of materials with dual 36 sort recycling; and further opined that the question remained whether or not more 37 people would participate in a single sort system, since the City of Roseville's par - 38 ticipation rates were already very high. 39 40 Mayor Roe noted that, while the overall amount collected is higher, would all of it 41 be recyclable, or is some contaminated. 42 43 Member DeBenedet opined that, if Roseville residents called it recycling because 44 it was in a different container than refuse, but it was still not recycled into another 45 product, it wasn't recycling, and the community was simply feeling good with no