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Roseville PWET Commission Meeting Minutes Page 11 ...October 27, 2009 Mr. Beraopce advised that the competitive market industry was moving forward environmentally as well; and asked that they be included in future discussions by the PWET Commission on waste collection. Discussion between Mr. Beraopce and members included concerns with multiple braking and starting of the trucks, putting friction and wear on roadways, as well as creating additional noise in residential neighborhoods; potential benefits to individual haulers to be guaranteed a given segment of customers within a community, providing the same market share and potential for growth, with guaranteed revenue without commensurate expenses; city involvement in grading service for individual residents; assumptions for fuel usage calculations; and greenhouse gas emissions coming from 75% other uses, with only 25% represented by transportation, with most of that corning from passenger vehicles, aviation, marine and rail, with diesel trucks representing 18% of that 25% transportation number. Further discussion included how to reduce truc representing 17% of the 25% transportation calculi and not substantiating a significant portion of over current zoning in Roseville by various garbage toll versus current open market competition; current re and haulers, with no government interference; lc unpaid bills for residential customers as a cost of impacts if the City were to require garbage trucks legislation already in place. mileage; all diesel trucks ~n, not just garbage trucks, greenhouse gas emissions; .ors; additional bureaucracy ionship between customers experience of haulers on ping business; and minimal be double axle, with some Mr. Beraopce advised that the open market system breeds innovation, and they were supportive of reasonable technical, regulation versus market manipulation. Further discussion included costs for organized versus same open market service ($17 versus $25); lack of a scientific method and numerous variable assumptions shown as a disclaimer in the MPCA study, with the industry contending that the prices were based on random sampling rather than reality across the board, with the number closer to the organized number for the open market price. Mr. Beraopce reviewed various options from a pricing perspective (i.e., senior discount; annual payment discount) to customize different needs for individual or neighborhood groups or collectives. 5. 2010 Public Works Workplan Ms. Bloom and Mr. Schwartz provided the 2010 Public Works Workplan as adopted at the October 26, 2009 City Council meeting; listing various infrastructure improvements planned in 2010, and briefly highlighted those items of significance. Discussion included availability of the document on the City's website; comparisons with 2009 costs, as well as five-year averages for mill and overlay.