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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 17, 2013 Page 17 that it was to increase participation rates; but not allowing for any analysis of how it related to recycling rates. Mayor Roe advised that the City had been provided some data. Councilmember McGehee questioned how to evaluate how much of the current 80% of materials collected was actually recycled and if and how that could change with single sort. Councilmember McGehee questioned if forcing revenue sharing was the only way to know what happened to the materials. Councilmem- ber McGehee questioned if any communities were doing dual sort with carts; and reiterated her concerns, if the decision was to move to single sort, that the materi- als were actually recycled, and didn't simply become glorified garbage. Member DeBenedet advised that the PWETC had been told by staff that some vendors considered the final market for materials as proprietary information. Member DeBenedet advised that therefore, the RFP had been drafted that this was a requirement of the City of Roseville, and if they were not willing to provide it, they would not be considered as a vendor. Member DeBenedet opined that the PWETC thought it was a right of the City to be informed of that information. In response to Councilmember Willmus questioning if the information was actually proprietary, Member DeBenedet opined that the proof would surface in the bid if the RFP demands the information. Mayor Roe refocused the discussion to organized collection; and providing a re- sponse to the PWETC. Councilmember Willmus advised that he was still at the same point he was almost one year ago; opining that it largely depended on how such a program was admin- istered; and he wasn't sure he was quite there to know how that would happen, and remained still up in the air. In response to Councilmember McGehee's sug- gestion to provide segments of the community for each vendor, Councilmember Willmus opined that such a program would lose one of the key aspects to switch to organized collection: economies of scale. Without having one vendor for the entire community, Councilmember Willmus opined that it was difficult to put a tangible figure on the wear and tear on streets, which he intuitively thought was part of the equation. Member DeBenedet advised that, if the City Council provided a response to the PWEC's recommendations outlined in their resolution last year, indicating that they were willing to pursue organized waste collection, the PWEC would then re- spond to any and all specific issues identified by the City Council. Member DeBenedet opined that this would be the best way to proceed, after receiving the City Council's feedback, otherwise the PEWTC could really do nothing else until the City Council took that step and responded to the PWETC recommendation.