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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 10, 2014 Page 18 Mayor Roe opined that the Shoreview survey question got more to the point; and questioned if the City Council wanted to find out if residents were aware of how the City arrived at the question and those options. Councilmember McGehee opined that there is a third option not presented, that used by the City of Little Canada and other communities using organized collec- tion by simply taking a percentage of customers for particular haulers and putting them in one area to allow those haulers to retain their customer base. Coun- cilmember McGehee clarified that she didn't care about the finer details, but pre- ferred not to identify a "Roseville Plan," or a"Maplewood Plan," and let the peo- ple know that. Councilmember McGehee opined that the way the question was currently proposed, it did not accomplish that. Councilmember Etten clarified that currently legislation dictated that the City first pursue the third option, and move on from there accordingly. Related to Councilmember McGehee's proposed questions, Councilmember Willmus stated that the data was not available to support their claim, and when addressing pollution, many of the trucks used by haulers used natural gas. Mayor Roe clarified that the question needed to focus on whether or not residents wanted organized collection or some version of it or not, to have one or multiple haulers or the current system; and then to define some way to get to the surround- ing issues and people's attitudes about it. Councilmember Laliberte noted that the purpose of a survey is not to educate the public, but to ask a question on whether the current system to choose their own hauler is preferable to them or have the City do so for them. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her concern about the length of the survey, and with this ques- tion coming near the end, she was concerned if the answers needed would be available or if residents would have lost interest by then. Mayor Roe opined that the follow-up could be provided to a simple question, al- lowing a free form response, also providing feedback as part of the process, and only adding one additional question. Councilmember McGehee further clarified that there was no other purpose in her proposed language other than for her to effectively communicate with Mr. Bow- man her preference, not to wordsmith the survey but to indicate what the question needed to reflect options beyond those in the initial proposed question. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that the overarching issue for her was that there are options that put haulers out of business and other options that do not do so. Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of Mayor Roe's suggestion.