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34 35 4. Communication Items 36 Public Works Director Culver provided additional comments and a brief review 37 and update on projects and maintenance activities listed in the staff report dated 38 August 23, 2016. 39 40 Member Wozniak referenced a recent email between staff and PWETC 41 commissioners regarding recycling in parks, as an email response to Chair Cihacek, 42 but not all commissioners had received the emails. 43 IAL 44 At the request of Vice Chair Lenz regarding the email context, Member Wozniak 45 reported that his colleague and municipal contact for Ramsey County had informed 46 him that the unit price in the Eureka recycling contract for pulling containers from 47 park locations at $10/month/container was excessive compared to that of the City 48 of Bloomington's vendor contract at $3/container/month. Member Wozniak 49 calculated that at 200 containers over a nine-month period, the cost for that service 50 would exceed $180,000 for weekly service; noting that his colleague had 51 questioned the City of Roseville's rationale in ag g to pay that amount. 52 53 Mr. Culver clarified that thereas some miscommunication involve , but noted it 54 had become clear during staff n . tions with Eureka on a new contract, that they 55 and apparently all vendors had misinterpreted the city's intent for monthly charge 56 for carts, which the city had not been aware of before these contract negotiations 57 with Eureka. Mr. Culver advised that the error in interpretation involved whether 58 the cost was per month r every time a cart was pulled. Mr. Culver clarified that 59 the actual cost was $1 pull per month. 60 61 Member Wozniak recognized that he had mistaken as he thought it was $10 62 per cart per month; but noted that wstill high compared to the City of 63 Bloomington rate of $3. 64 4 65 Mr. Culver advised the Eureka contract cost was closer to $9, and not all pick-ups 66 would be weekly, but some -biweekly depending on their location and amount of 67 use for that park and/or trail. Mr. Culver noted input had been and would continue 68 to be received from the City Council, Parks & Recreation staff and their advisory 69 commission to address concerns voiced about retrieving recycling bins remotely 70 with a vehicle with arm attachment, the way the recycling contractors prefer. 71 However, Mr. Culver advised that city staff had indicated they were not going to 72 place 200 containers on the trails all at once at least to start, as they would be 73 experimenting with various options. 74 75 At this point, Mr. Culver advised that city staff and Eureka were negotiating for an 76 initial roll out on trails of 10-20 carts. However, Mr. Culver noted this created a 77 different cost for Eureka as they needed to change some of their pricing schemes, 78 originally based on quantity, some of those dollars intended for their capital 79 purchase of smaller vehicles for those trails. Mr. Culver advised that discussions Page 2 of 14