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WITHDRAWN 7/22/09 Council File # �� ���lO
Green Sheet # 3051433
RESOLUTION 3�
CIT,Y OF S�INT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 Whereas, Ei�reka Recycling, a 501 C-3 nonprofit organization, has partnered with the City of Saint Paul for
2 over the past six years to provide award-wiuning recycling services to the residents of Saint Paul, Eureka
3 Recycling's cosfs to the City have consistently remained among the lowest in the metro uea, and the City
4 has determined thaf Eureka Recycling's services have met or exceeded performance expectations, and
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6 Whereas, the City and Eureka Recycling signed a contract extension in 2003 that does not include
'7 increases in per ton collection costs or cost of living adjustments through 2013 and this commihnent has
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Whereas, the contract includes a revenue sharing feature which has returned over $1,750,000 to the City
from the sale of the recyclable materials collected in Saint Paul since 2403, when Eureka Recycling began
collections and processing operations, �nd
Whereas, the City is committed to reducirig its 9'eenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 20% by 2020 and the
Minnesota Climate Change Action Group has committed to reducing GHG emissions through composting
by 4.9 million metric tons of equivalent CO2 between 2008-2025, and
YVhereas, the recycling programs have already decreased GHG emissions by 45,044 tons of CO2 per year
in Saint Paul, the third lugest category of CO2 reductions in Saint Paul, and the curbside composting
program is expected to decrease CO2 emissions further by 3,434 tons per year when fully implemented,
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Whereas, while recycling rates in Minnesota and the nation have leveled off or slightly dropped over the
past ten years, Saint Paul's recycling rate increased 13.5% over the past five years, through implementation
of weekly two-stream collection with plastic bottles and drink containers, in addition to ongoing public
space, event and neighborhood clean-up waste reduction and recycling initiatives, and installation of new
oprical glass sorting equipment, and
YVhereas, the City Council unanimously adopted the Environmental Roundtable zero waste
recommendations on April 19, 2006 which included weekly curbside collection of household organics, and
approved an increase in the recycling service fee charged to curbside recycling participants in the 2008
budget, to support early phases of household organics implementation, and
Whereas, the cost to City residents for the household organics program when fully implemented will be
less than $1 per household pex month,
Resolved, that the Administration is hereby authorized and directed to amend the City's agreement with
Eureka Recycling for provision of recycling services, with the following changes to the agreement:
• For a temporary period, from July 1, 2008 extending through 7uly 1, 2012, the City shall receive
25% of all actual revenue derived from the sale of recyclable materials (revenue sharing), after
expenses for residential household organics collection, public education and supplies, and
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•'I'he City will reimburse Eureka Recycling for the purchase and distribution costs of househoid
ganics carts and supplies that will be provided directly to the residents of Saint Paul; and the City
an Eureka Recycling will determine all supplies necessary for service, and
• T'he am dment shall extend the term of the original agreement from January 1, 2014 to December
31, 2020, , order for Eureka Recycling to finance the residential household organics collection
carts over a n yeaz period alleviating the service fee impact to residents.
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Resolution authorizing and directing
collection of household organics to the
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Administration to amend the City's contract with Eureka Recycling in order to add
Nide recycling program beginning in 2009.
'I. Has this person/firtn ever worked under a contract for this departmerrt?
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Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunily (Who, What, When, Where, Why): '
The City Council unanimously adopted the Saint Paul Environmental Rqundtable zero waste recommendations on April 19, 2006
which included weekly curbside collecflon of household organics, and app{oved an increase in the recycling service fee charged to
curbside recycl'mg participants in the 2008 budget, to support early phases of household organics unplementation. In addition, the
Minnesota Climate Change Action Crroup set combined recycling and composting,goals of 60% and 15% by 2025.
AdvaMages M Approved:
4Vhile recycling rates in Minnesota and tUe nation have leveled off over the past ten ye�rs, Saint Paul's increased 13.5% over the past
five years, through weekly two-stream collection with plastic bottles and drink conta�`ners, plus ongoing public space, event and
neighbarhood clean-up waste reduction initiatives, and Eureka's optical glass sorting line. �;
Disadvantages IF Approved:
None.
DisadvanWges H NM Approved:
The City will not be able to fulfill Environmental Roundtable objectives to achieve 75% residential recycling rates for household
organics recycling program participanis, and will not meet the Minnesota Climate Change Action Group; greenhouse gas reduction
goals for composting. �
T���p� $250,000.00 CostiRevenue Budgeted: y
Funaingsource: Solid Waste and Recyding A���h+Number: 32401
Pinanciallnformation: Fund 232
(Expiain) �s will fund $250,000 per yeaz for four years to fimd the public education campaign, carts and supplies for
residents.
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