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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 17,2013 Page 19 Member Felice noted that the City had the ability to write the contract allowing residents to change the size of their container; and accommodate other situations, such as when people moved out and left considerable material for the next person to take care of. Member Felice opined that this would take care of some of those concerns. Mayor Roe, recognizing the adopted legislation included a first step to see if haul- ers could come up with a plan on their own, suggested that was a great idea and provided an interesting approach if the City didn't end up dictating to haulers, while still requiring that they met a level of acceptability for the City. Mayor Roe advised that, based on his concerns about choice of service, choice of carts, etc.; this process held more appeal for him than the previous approach that didn't ap- peal to him at all based on a much different process and less creativity for haulers. Mayor Roe advised the revised legislation had swayed him a little more toward organized collection; however, he would want to retain the ability for residents to have some choice, and where the garbage ended up. Mayor Roe opined that he was not swayed by arguments related to safety or wear and tear on streets, based on the current truck traffic in Roseville; with the onus on individuals to do a better job of driving safely and watching out for traffic and pedestrians. Councilmember McGehee opined that it would be helpful for the City Council to give the PWETC better direction for a plan if their research included other com- munities, such as White Bear Lake, Maplewood, and No. St. Paul who had taken on this issue over a year ago. Councilmember McGehee agreed with Member Fe- lice on the ability to draft contract language with the City taking on the cost role as a good place to start, along with community values components. Councilmem- ber McGehee addressed her other concerns related to health from diesel trucks, noise issues, safety issues, and garbage haulers having a specified areas. Coun- cilmember McGehee suggested that the PWEC talk to haulers and come up with ideas to administer an organized collection program and still provide safeguards for residents at no extra charge. Councilmember McGehee expressed her interest in hearing a report on the proposal from garbage haulers as well as their sugges- tions. Councilmember Willmus advised that he owned properties in communities with organized collection, and opined that it was nice. However, Councilmember Willmus questioned if it was the best fit for Roseville. Councilmember Willmus noted that the term "community values"was thrown around a lot; and suggested if that was going to be continued, those values needed to be accurate, and opined that the only way to do that was to ask the community what they wanted. Coun- cilmember Willmus noted that community values had been sought for the park improvement process that helped him make his initial decisions, and suggested that was a good place to start.