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264 increased minimally, Mr. Goodwin noted that the Eureka residual rate remained 265 the envy of other single -sort facilities across the country. 266 267 Unfortunately, Mr. Goodwin noted that the revenue share continued to trend 268 down and reviewed how and why materials are worth less than they were three 269 years ago, based on commodities, their market prices, and impacts to those 270 commodities. 271 272 As the PWETC considered options for future fieldtrips, Mr. Goodwin encouraged 273 them to visit Eureka's MRF or glass separation fa ' ' S. 274 275 At the request of Member Wozniak, Mr. Goodwin reviewed how their firm was 276 able to measure total tonnage at routes and lists of stops at single-family and/or 277 multi -family properties, based on the number of carts tipped at each site, cart 278 weights and amounts as distributed among buildings. 279 280 While multi -family properties are unique, Mr. Goodwin reviewed how the driver 281 measured those carts before tipping them, monitoring each building, and 282 continued to seek more efficient ways to track that tonnage beyond current 283 practices. However, Mr'. Goodwin noted how essential this type of information 284 was as a tool to provide historical information on collections and properties from 285 the previous year. 286 287 Chair Stenlund suggested some type of contest for multi -family properties to 288 incentivize them to recycle, especially those showing significant drops from the 289 previous year. 290 IIL 291 Mr. Goodwin concurred with such an incentive program; noting the need to find 292 out how and why trends are fluctuating at specific buildings to address those 293 needs. 294 295 Chair Stenlund n Nps request to address a way to provide recycling at 296 construction site for g. water bottles from workers); with Mr. 297 Goodwin remembering that request, but recognizing the unfortunate logistical 298 issues inv ed in such a system. 299 300 Mr. Goodwin ureka's observation of last year's Rosefest to monitor events 301 and their plan to ork with Rotary in 2015 to make this large city event a zero 302 waste event, providing another example to Roseville residents and others of the 303 intent of the City of Roseville to lead recycling efforts. 304 305 Member Cihacek noted dramatic drops indicated in municipal buildings in 306 Roseville (e.g. fire station) and asked if there was some variable that accounted 307 for that; and why the City's policy about recycling at the city level was not 308 tracking as well as residential recycling. 309 Page 7 of 13