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126 Ms. Bakken explained she did not know exactly what Eureka's market is for their 127 recycling. She noted she was just going off of what they will accept. She thought 128 that would be a good question for Eureka and if they have had issues with plastic 129 number 5. 130 131 Mr. Johnson explained the City gets updates from Eureka quarterly and since they 132 are keeping a lot of the City's material as local as they can, they have not had an 133 issue recycling most if not all of it. The City does not see the same flood of plastics 134 that a lot of the coasts have just because they are trying to ship it out. Eureka has 135 been really good about utilizing all of the City's materials. He noted the City has 136 had good success with it and did not think the City was in that nine percent range, 137 but he could check with Eureka again to see if they have a specific number for it. 138 139 Member Hodder asked if black plastics would be included in compostable 140 materials. 141 142 Ms. Bakken indicated the black plastic is not recyclable. 143 144 Member Ficek asked the Commission if the City needed something like this. He 145 thought the Commission could discuss the need and details. 146 147 The Commission agreed the City should move forward with something like this. 148 149 Member Hodder thought it was important to educate businesses and the general 150 public about what their options are. 151 152 Chair Ficek agreed and thought this was the correct way to move forward with the 153 phasing of it. He indicated by looking at the table in the packet if staff could focus 154 on whichever ordinance staff thought was closest to what they wanted to emulate, 155 the Commission could go down the list. 156 157 Ms. Bakken indicated staff does like St. Louis Park's approach to this. She thought 158 all of the ordinances are similar with the types of materials required and the types 159 of businesses that are exempt. She explained staff liked that St. Louis Park has 160 been easing their businesses in and liked that they did the educational piece with a 161 vendor fair. She explained that would be her recommendation. She indicated St. 162 Louis Park does have a solid waste staff that manages it, but this could fall under 163 Public Works for complaint -based enforcement. 164 165 Mr. Johnson agreed with Ms. Bakken. 166 167 Ms. Bakken recommended to keep the recommendation in that materials with lids 168 have the same type of material throughout so it is easier for the consumer to know 169 what to do. She noted St. Louis Park and Edina does that as well. 170 Page 4 of 9