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Ms. Bakkenindicated most are not, most have the plastic liner in them but the cuff and some of the tops are compostable. She noted a new coffee shop in Roseville that does use compostable cups. Chair Ficek invited public comment. Mr. Dale Howey indicated he is running for the City Council and this is a topic that is near and dear to his heart. He explained when talking about the clamshell, plastic number 5, he has been to restaurants that have that type of container and he wondered what percentage of plastics that are being put in the recycling actually are being utilized. He heard it is only nine percent and hoped this is a part of the recommendation to the City Council for to-go containers. Ms. Bakkenexplained she did not know exactly what Eureka’s market is for their recycling. She noted she was just going off of what they will accept. She thought that would be a good question for Eureka and if they have had issues with plastic number 5. Mr. Johnson explained the City gets updates from Eureka quarterly and since they are keeping a lot of the City’s material as local as they can, they have not had an issue recycling most if not all of it. The City does not see the same flood of plastics that a lot of the coasts have just because they are trying to ship it out. Eureka has been really good about utilizing all of the City’s materials. He noted the City has had good success with it and did not think the City was in that nine percent range, but he could check with Eureka again to see if they have a specific number for it. Member Hodder asked if black plastics would be included in compostable materials. Ms. Bakken indicated the black plastic is not recyclable. Member Ficek asked the Commission if the City needed something like this. He thought the Commission could discuss the need and details. The Commission agreed the City should move forward with something like this. Member Hodder thought it was important to educate businesses and the general public about what their options are. Chair Ficek agreed and thought this was the correct way to move forward with the phasing of it. He indicated by looking at the table in the packet if staff could focus on whichever ordinance staff thought was closest to what they wanted to emulate, the Commission could go down the list. Ms. Bakkenindicated staff does like St. Louis Park’s approach to this. She thought all of the ordinances are similar with the types of materials required and the types Page 2 of 7