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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 17, 2013 Page 19 1 Mayor Roe, recognizing the adopted legislation included a first step to see if haul - 2 ers could come up with a plan on their own, suggested that was a great idea and 3 provided an interesting approach if the City didn't end up dictating to haulers, 4 while still requiring that they met a level of acceptability for the City. Mayor Roe 5 advised that, based on his concerns about choice of service, choice of carts, etc.; 6 this process held more appeal for him than the previous approach that didn't ap- 7 peal to him at all based on a much different process and less creativity for haulers. 8 Mayor Roe advised the revised legislation had swayed him a little more toward 9 organized collection; however, he would want to retain the ability for residents to 10 have some choice, and where the garbage ended up. Mayor Roe opined that he 11 was not swayed by arguments related to safety or wear and tear on streets, based 12 on the current truck traffic in Roseville; with the onus on the City to do a better 13 job enforcing safety concerns. 14 15 Councilmember McGehee opined that it would be helpful for the City Council to 16 give the PWETC better direction for a plan if their research included other com- 17 munities, such as White Bear Lake, Maplewood, and No. St. Paul who had taken 18 on this issue over a year ago. Councilmember McGehee agreed with Member Fe- 19 lice on the ability to draft contract language with the City taking on the cost role 20 as a good place to start, along with community values components. Councilmem- 21 her McGehee addressed her other concerns related to health from diesel trucks, 22 noise issues, safety issues, and garbage haulers having a specified areas. Coun- 23 cilmember McGehee suggested that the PWEC talk to haulers and come up with 24 ideas to administer an organized collection program and still provide safeguards 25 for residents at no extra charge. Councilmember McGehee expressed her interest 26 in hearing a report on the proposal from garbage haulers as well as their sugges- 27 tions. 28 29 Councilmember Willmus advised that he owned properties in communities with 30 organized collection, and opined that it was nice. However, Councilmember 31 Willmus questioned if it was the best fit for Roseville. Councilmember Willmus 32 noted that the term "community values" was thrown around a lot; and suggested if 33 that was going to be continued, those values needed to be accurate, and opined 34 that the only way to do that was to ask the community what they wanted. Coun- 35 cilmember Willmus noted that community values had been sought for the park 36 improvement process that helped him make his initial decisions, and suggested 37 that was a good place to start. 38 39 Mayor Roe, in responding to the PWETC, suggested that the first step was to hold 40 community meetings, using the Parks & Recreation meetings as a model; concur- 41 ring that it was an excellent idea to provide good insight. Mayor Roe advised that 42 the City Council would formally receive the PWETC resolution at an upcoming 43 meeting; and provide written direction to the PWETC on their recommendations; 44 at which time it could be seen how the process moves forward.