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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 18, 2016 Page 20 vast rollout of carts at parks and on trails; and recognition that each situation may not work as initiated. Mr. Culver noted one issue involved the safety of having vehicles drive down long pathways along with the wear and tear on those trails that were not designed to support heavy vehicles. Having heard from a variety of sources, including the public, Mr. Culver noted the interest and goal was to pro- vide better service for recycling in parks. Mr. Culver noted there were various opportunities available to do so, and multiple tiers or levels of service within those options. Therefore, Mr. Culver stated the intent was to keep all options available through contract negotiations, but to use care in how carts are rolled out in parks and along trails, to refine their location(s), and work with the Parks & Recreation Department and Commission to determine what made sense and what worked and what didn't work; whether or not they were being used; and what got contaminated; and then to make adjustments accordingly to achieve the best re- sults. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Johnson confirmed there was al- so a seasonal issue for park recycling, with city staff already addressing that use depending on the type of use a park and/or trail received. Mr. Johnson advised that where applicable, the vendor would store carts for the winter months, and then coordinate with the Parks & Recreation Department when use ramped up in the spring and which parks to rollout carts in first. Public Comment Kathy HIink, 535 Ryan Avenue Ms. Klink provided her credentials, and for full disclosure noted her former ser- vice as a member of the Board of Directors of Eureka Recycling. As a faculty member with the University of Minnesota in the Environmental Sci- ence and Climatology area, Ms. Klink expressed appreciation as a Roseville resi- dent the services provided by Eureka. Noting the considerable amount of infor- mation on the makeup of recycling collections provided by Eureka and their facil- ity, Ms. Klink opined knowing where that recycling material ended up was a val- ue that was important to the city and its residents, especially given trends over the years. Mark Jensen, Resident Sales Manager for Walters Refuse and Recycling Services, Blaine, MN Mr. Jensen testified of Walters commitment to Roseville; and their active service as a second generation firm. Mr. Jensen provided a history of the firm and current ownership; and provided his personal recognition of the firm's customer-oriented service, including those elderly or handicapped customers receiving customized personal assistance. Mr. Jensen note that their firm had a number of refuse cus- tomers in Roseville already and expressed the firm's willingness to communicate with that customer base as well as with new customers to incentivize reduction of recycling materials entering through the refuse stream as well.