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35 36 Member Wozniak inquired if staff tracks any EAB tree branches that fall. 37 38 Mr. Freihammer indicated staff is working with Parks and is tracking it to prioritize 39 which trees to remove rather than continually doing maintenance. He thought there 40 was going to be some discussion on the budget specifically with EAB and how to 41 address the problem in the future. 42 43 Member Spencer noticed the raingardens around McCarrons with a portion of the 44 gutter carved out and he wondered what that was all about. 45 46 Mr. Freihammer stated last year there were eighteen to twenty rain gardens were 47 put in with Capital Region that residents signed up for. The City contribution is 48 putting the curb cut for the rain gardens in and some was supposed to be done last 49 year but did not happen so that is just starting. The Watershed will do everything 50 behind the curb cut. 51 52 5. Eureka Recycling Annual Report 53 Mr. Johnson stated Eureka Recycling has recently produces the annual recycling 54 report. He introduced Ms. Kate Davenport, Co -CEO and Mr. David Widenfellow, 55 Director of Operations from Eureka Recycling. 56 57 Ms. Davenport and Mr. Widenfellow, Eureka Recycling reviewed the highlights of 58 the report and future recycling efforts. 59 60 Chair Cihacek asked if people are recycling more because more items are 61 recyclable or is it that people are more knowledgeable about what can be recycled. 62 63 Ms. Davenport thought it was more the latter. The less that there are more products 64 that are recyclable. The composition of what is being seen is also changing. 65 66 Member Huiett asked what some of the worst offenders Eureka Recycling are is 67 finding. 68 69 Ms. Davenport thought the number one offender is plastic bags and either people 70 are putting plastic bags in to recycle or are bagging the recycling in plastic bags. 71 Plastic bags cause real challenges in the facility. The plastic bags wrap around the 72 equipment shafts in the facility. She noted public tours of the facility are offered 73 every Wednesday and she suggested the Commission come to the facility to tour it 74 as well. 75 76 Ms. Davenport noted another problem item that people recycle are called tanglers 77 such as extension cords, garden hose, Christmas lights, etc. that also wrap around 78 the equipment. She noted Christmas lights are recyclable but need to go into an 79 electronics recycler. Scrap metals such as pots and pans, gutters, pipes, etc. also 80 come through to be recycled. Another thing that has come through to the recycling Page 2 of 10