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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 18, 2016 Page 19 Councilmember McGehee noted the recent community survey asked about organ- ic collection interest, with not much enthusiasm shown. However, Councilmem- ber McGehee noted the interest in park recycling. Councilmember McGehee stat- ed her support for a five year contract with Eureka Recycling, with park collection and vendor-owned and stored carts. Councilmember McGehee agreed staff had done a great job with this difficult RFP, and recognized the huge amount of staff time it required, but noted this was also the most thorough job she'd seen done in a long time. Councilmember McGehee noted that staff time required was part of her rationale in seeking a longer term contract. For future reference, Councilmember McGehee suggested that the reducing of community values percentage and increasing added value percentage was likely not the position of many in the community who strongly favor of recycling. Knowing where the end product market was for recycling is an important compo- nent to the community. Related to process, Councilmember Laliberte asked about the "blue bag" concept for organic collection, and whether or not that was provide by trash haulers as well as recycling vendors. Mr. Culver advised that some vendors offered that as part of general waste collec- tion, and offered to further research that option and provide further clarification on the city's website or via the city newsletter at the suggestion of Councilmem- ber Laliberte. Councilmember Etten agreed with Councilmember McGehee's stated preference; and agreed that recycling in parks was an important and obvious next step for the city to take. Noting the dramatic differences among bids for park service and re- cycling, Councilmember Etten asked staff to further elabarate on the highlights of each vendor related specifically to that service. Mr. Culver noted some vendors offered to provide dumpsters in the park parking lot, and other vendors offered rolling carts to the parking lots, while other vendors offered to walk up to the park buildings and roll carts out to parking lots or use a smaller type vehicles to traverse trails for less impact. Mr. Culver noted three of the four vendors were offering to go out on pathways and service them according- ly. Mr. Culver noted that staff would need to determine contamination issues go- ing forward, and dependent on which park and the type of contamination found. Mr. Culver noted the goal was to eliminate park debris, or to recycle materials versus having them littering the parks and trails. To further expand, Mr. Culver noted previous Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission and Parks & Recreation Commission discussions about the park component and how it was going to work realistically. Mr. Culver advised that staff recognized the pricing for this component and logistics of such a