City Council Agenda and Packet 2019 03 05

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City Council Meeting Minutes February 12, 2019 Page 6 of 12 system will be a key -driver to increase diversion. Will encourage residents to get larger compost bins by removing the cost barrier. Republic provides this service in other cities and saw large diversion rate increases by using embedded programs. Will provide new color coded carts for the residents. All vehicles will be purchased new and run on natural gas. Will have a dedicated customer service agent and phone line. Will have quarterly bulk pick-ups and have additional curb side pick-ups for large items and two curb side leaf and branch pick-ups. Republic will also allocate resources for city events. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked how the woody materials are handled. Petrovich stated they do not have a facility in the quarantine zone so ask residents to bundle materials and place it next to compost cart on normal compost pick up. He stated in their experience in Lafayette, people compost more this way as it allows more room in the container for other materials. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked what is bundled. Petrovich stated they ask for branches to be cut to four foot lengths and tied with twine. It is taken to a facility in Jefferson for processing. He stated all smaller materials can go into the compost cart. Anything off of a tree needs to be separated. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked why people would want a 96 gallon container if you can't use it for branches. Petrovich stated their experience is people used composting at higher rates if it is embedded in the cost of trash service. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked what happens if large woody material goes into the compost bin. Petrovich stated the driver will see it in the camera and then process it accordingly. Councilmember Keany asked what the diameter of the branches is that needs to be bundled. Petrovich stated if it is off of a tree it needs to be in the bundle. Councilmember Keany asked what educational resources Republic has for the City to use and what app resources Republic has. Petrovich stated they do outreach with cobranding materials with the City and have a website residents can look at with many videos to help people know what can go in what cart. People like the videos rather than written materials. There would be a lot of outreach during implementation and they will continue to make sure they are sending a clean stream and don't have to eliminate items due to contamination. Republic has an app "My Resource" which residents can sign onto and get timely information including scheduling bulk pickups, swapping out containers, updates on weather delays. Councilmember Keany stated residents are used to one -day per week pick up. How will multiple day pick up work? Petrovich stated Republic will have two trucks for trash and two for recycle/compost each day in town, averaging about 670 drive bys per day where one day results in about 810. Having fewer drive bys with the same drivers every week