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her for her professional, respectful and considerate demeanor in working with <br /> Roseville residents. <br /> Mr. Schwartz advised that the City Council had authorized staff to move forward <br /> in developing/negotiating a three (3) year contract with Eureka Recycling for <br /> single-sort recycling, effective January 1, 2014. As a Member of the Review <br /> Committee, Mr. Schwartz opined that Eureka's proposal set them far above the <br /> other two (2)proposals received. <br /> As a member of the Recycling RFP Review Committee, Member DeBenedet <br /> concurred with Mr. Schwartz on the three (3) RFP's received, opining that one <br /> was not presented in a very professional manner; and the other, while quite good, <br /> did not persuade the full complement of reviewers to recommend them, even <br /> before cost criteria came into the evaluation. Member DeBenedet noted that <br /> moving from weekly dual sort to bi-weekly single sort would save the City and <br /> residents a considerable amount of money, with Eureka also making a <br /> commitment in their business model in moving to automated trucks and offering <br /> various sizes of containers for residents. Member DeBenedet noted that, before <br /> the end of the three (3)year contract, the City would need to develop a plan for <br /> Ramsey County's recycling mandate county-wide compost recycling by 2016, <br /> which will not be an easy prospect with bi-weekly collection of other curbside <br /> recyclables. In noting that the mandate by Ramsey County did not require <br /> curbside composting, Member DeBenedet suggested that the City Council direct <br /> staff to negotiate something in the Eureka contract to allow those discussions to <br /> proceed. <br /> Mr. Schwartz clarified that the City Council had authorized more discussion <br /> between staff and the recycling contractor, and anticipated that it may also <br /> involve the PWETC at some point between now and 2016. <br /> Regarding ongoing organized collection discussions, Mr. Schwartz advised that <br /> the League of Women Voters had scheduled a discussion on that topic for <br /> September 18, 2013; and advised that he would be speaking at that meeting on <br /> behalf of the statutory process and PWETC perspectives. Mr. Schwartz further <br /> advised that his discussion with Interim City Manager Patrick Trudgeon earlier <br /> today indicated that the organized collection issue would be coming up on a <br /> future City Council agenda in the next month or so to determine the majority City <br /> Council's direction. <br /> Chair Vanderwall supported that discussion by the City Council, opining that at <br /> this point it seemed like there was no movement at all. <br /> At the request of Member Stenlund, Ms. Bloom provided an update on the <br /> McCarron's Lake Subwatershed Improvement project. Ms. Bloom advised that <br /> this joint project between the City of Roseville and the Capitol Region Watershed <br /> District, had received grant funding, through Clean Water Legacy funds, to <br /> Page 4 of 10 <br />