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BRET WOODSON, RECREATION SUPERVISOR
1995 RECYCLING / CLEAN-UP BRIDGING DAY
AUGUST 21, 1995
At the July 3rd City Council Meeting, an agreement was approved
with Scott County to reserve funds for an anticipated fall clean-up
day to be held in October. The city has received notification that
the funds have been approved for such a program. This agenda
item has been prepared to outline the proposed 1995 Recycling /
Clean-up Bridging Day.
The City of Prior Lake has held a clean-up day for the past six
years. The clean-up days have provided residents of Prior Lake the
opportunity to dispose of various recyclable goods at a central
location of the city.
This year, as in the past, the emphasis will be placed on recycling.
Only five types of items will be able to be dropped off during the
recycling / clean-up day. They are: Tires, Batteries, Appliances,
Yard Waste, and Scrap Iron.
The 1995 Recycling / Clean-up Bridging Day has been scheduled
for Saturday, October 14, 1995 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The
event will take place once again in the parking lot of Hidden Oaks
Middle School.
Each car entering the lot will be checked by city staff for residency,
charged a $5.00 tipping fee, and also checked to ensure that they
are only dropping off the prescribed recyclable items. There will
be staff located throughout the parking lot to help regulate traffic
and to help unload the recyclable items.
This year, like last year, household goods will be accepted through
the Prior Lake Rotary's 'Bridging' program which will operate
concurrent with the clean-up day. Bridging is a non-profit
organization designed to provide needy families with furniture and
various other household goods. The Prior Lake Rotary initiated this
program last year and is offering the program once again this year
with the assistance of the Prior Lake Lions. Cars entering solely
for the purpose of dropping off items for the Bridging program will
not be required to pay the $5.00 tipping fee.
In past years the city has also never been able to accept hazardous
waste material because of stringent county regulations and
limitations. This year Scott County is offering a Hazardous Waste
Collection Day to dispose of unwanted hazardous waste.
Unfortunately, this cannot be tied in to Prior Lake's event because
of scheduling problems with the respective haulers.
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The county's Hazardous Waste Clean-up I Drop-off Day is
scheduled for Saturday, September 23rd and Prior Lake's
Recycling I Clean-up Bridging Day is scheduled for Saturday,
October 14th. Therefore, through promotional literature from each
agency, each program will be publicized and the residents will
have the opportunity to get rid of a wider variety of items.
For three weeks, from September 23rd to October 14th, both
events will be publicized in both the Prior Lake American and the
city's newsletter the Wavelength. The importance of recycling and
the overall benefits for the community will be stressed during all
publicity efforts for each program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The reason that this program needs to be approved two months
prior to the event is for promotional reasons. The next Wavelength
/ Recreation Brochure is due out to the residents on Friday,
September 8th and the next city council meeting is not scheduled
until Tuesday, September 5th. Therefore the 1995 Recycling I
Clean-up Bridging Day must be decided upon in August to give
ample time to successfully promote the event.
These costs have historically been drawn from the miscellaneous
account in Building Inspection. The revenues from the grant
money and the gate fees offset the expenses so there is no
budgetary impact.
ALTERNATIVES:
1.
To approve the 1995 Recycling / Clean-up Bridging Day as
proposed.
2. To modify the 1995 Recycling / Clean-up Bridging Day as
needed.
3. To discontinue the Recycling / Clean-up Bridging Day
Program by not approving this item.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends Alternative #1, to approve the 1995 Recycling /
Clean-up Bridging Day Program as proposed.
ACTION REQUIRED: Motion and second to approve this item as a part of the consent
agenda.
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