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208 Mr. Culver asked if Member Hammer would be willing to pay more in recycling <br />209 fees for weekly recycling and one cart. <br />210 <br />211 Member Hammer thought if the alternative were two and every other week without <br />212 paying more than she would keep two carts. <br />213 <br />214 Member Joyce explained he just looked into this himself and certainly eating all <br />215 meals at home adds more recycling and deliveries, but he thought for frequency, if <br />216 the frequency is increased he thought the bin size would decrease but he thought <br />217 for him the constraint was the size of the cart and handling it for some people. He <br />218 noted the 96-gallon cart is hard to handle and even hard to get through a gate, which <br />219 is a constraint he had. He noted he sometimes leaves things out of the recycling for <br />220 the next time due to not wanting to overload the cart or make it too heavy to handle. <br />221 He indicated two small carts are easier to handle for people who have challenges. <br />222 <br />223 Vice Chair Huiett indicated she has afamily of three and even before the pandemic <br />224 her standard sized cart would always be full. She explained from a personal <br />225 standpoint if she knew the contamination rate was lower and the end result was <br />226 greater environmental justice, she would be willing to pay more personally because <br />227 it matches her values. She would also welcome more frequent pickups. <br />228 <br />229 Chair Wozniak explained he lives in a house built in 1968 with atuck under single <br />230 car garage and he is challenged for space. He thought this could be a challenge for <br />231 people to find a place just for the carts they already have. He was not sure there <br />232 was an easy answer for this and probably not one solution to all of the issues that <br />233 will be out there in the community. He thought the system the City has is working <br />234 pretty well and the community is under unique constraints right now with <br />235 purchasing habits. He thought it will be interesting to see what kind of response <br />236 the City gets from vendors with pricing. He thought it would be easier for people <br />237 to switch from every other week to weekly collection. <br />238 <br />239 Mr. Johnson noted 672 properties in the City have more than one cart which is <br />240 approximately seven percent. <br />241 <br />242 Mr. Culver stated the whole concept of weekly versus every other week is not going <br />243 to be as simple as just the cost. Currently half of the City has a recycling truck on <br />244 it every week. If the City went to weekly, the entire City would have a recycling <br />245 truck on it. That recycling truck would probably be heavier than it is right now or <br />246 there would be more trucks. There are more factors to it than just cost and the <br />247 frequency of service. <br />248 <br />249 Mr. Culver explained scoring was discussed and a few of the members thought it <br />250 was good. He wanted to make sure all of the members had input on the scoring and <br />251 will be a big topic with the Council. <br />252 <br />Page 6 of 7 <br />