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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April ll, 2016 Page 29 cation in each park. Mr. Culver opined that this should allow sufficient compari- son infonnation to allow Park staff to consider their resources and ability to assist that process. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Culver confirmed that a total of 14,000 cans were available including for multi-family residential units. Mr. Cul- ver clarified that this also accounted for those multi-family buildings, a total of approxirnately 9,000 units citywide, having more than one unit per container. Mr. Culver noted that soine buildings have only a few actual bins and that the totals were not based on a one-to-one container per unit; but provided for at least one- to-one containers for each single-family residents, with soine of those utilizing multiple bins. Regarding the cost of cart ownership by the city, cost for staff administration and storage of carts addressed by Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Culver clarified that even if the result was for city-ownership of the carts, the contractor would still be required to manage and store the carts, with the city just maintaining ownership of them. Councilmember Willmus opined that the RFP would reflect that those contractors would not store or manage the carts for free. Mr. Culver noted that this was a recognized option, and would be reflected in the price per unit, identifying storage, swapping out and other logistical expenses. At the request of Councilinember Willinus, Mr. Culver confirmed that the RFP included a proposal for weelcly pick-up versus every-other-week. Specific to revenue sharing and current market conditions, Councilmember Willmus suggested that the RFP provide a conduit for or incentive for some type of reward program or system for its customers. Mr. Culver advised that each proposer/contractor would be able to add such in- centives to their value-added submissions as part of the proposal. Mr. Culver re- viewed some options used by other communities, such as a coupon program based on the amount of recycling and earning points from participating vendors. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she had been asked about coupon pro- grams, and also told of incentives used by other communities when recycling ton- nage increased, and asked if rebates or other considerations could be part of the value-added component of the RFP. Mr. Culver advised that a contractor could propose such a program as part of their value-added RFP submittal. Mr. Culver stated that he wasn't sure how other communities had handled credits for increasing tonnage. However, given the past