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264 Mr. Culver stated he did not have the city-wide survey in the member's packets but <br />265 there was not a ground swell of support for the organic's curbside. In the survey <br />266 there was also a question regarding drop off recycling and only fifteen percent of <br />267 the residents polled indicated interest in using it and the majority of people <br />268 indicated there was no likelihood of using that. He noted the City Council saw the <br />269 results and wondered why the City would push this type of recycling so hard. <br />270 <br />271 Mr. Culver stated he was bringing this to the Commission because no formal <br />272 recommendation has been made to the City Council and he wanted to give the <br />273 Commission another opportunity to hear the information and understand that the <br />274 County really would like to see a centrally located recycling center in Roseville. <br />275 From a cost perspective there is really little risk to the City to provide the recycling <br />276 station and partner with Ramsey County. The City would need to make some <br />277 compromises as far as where it would be located and how the City does leaf <br />278 operations at the recycling center. <br />279 <br />280 Member Kruse wondered how this would impact the new development on that <br />281 corner where the recycling station is being proposed. <br />282 <br />283 Mr. Culver stated it should not impact the development at all and there should be <br />284 some vegetation on site to screen it. There should not be any additional smell from <br />285 this that would impact the development. He thought the leaf recycling center would <br />286 have a greater smell. <br />287 <br />288 Chair Cihacek asked if the City could request a smaller size for the recycling <br />289 station. He did not think there would be a concern with smells but there is a concern <br />290 for lighting and the site is relatively confined so a smaller pad would work well <br />291 there especially with the proposed amount of use. <br />292 <br />293 Commissioner Wozniak asked what size the bunker was. <br />294 <br />295 Mr. Culver indicated the size was 30x15. He noted the actual size the County gave <br />296 to staff was 20x8. He noted it would fit where proposed and the City does not use <br />297 that area for operations. He thought the standard size would fit. <br />298 <br />299 Chair Cihacek thought the size was too big for what the use be. He stated that given <br />300 the level of interest and the people dropping items off he thought the organics could <br />301 even be picked up once amonth. This is avery big container for avery little amount <br />302 of stuff going into it. The pad may be 10x20, so the site could be expanded over <br />303 time, but the actual container should be smaller. <br />304 <br />305 Member Kors thought for the people who were against this drop off is there some <br />306 measures the City can do for outreach to explain benefit. <br />307 <br />308 Mr. Culver stated part of this would be additional outreach. There could be <br />309 information put in the newsletter regarding organic material. <br />Page 7 of 12 <br />