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Regular Meeting January 15, 2008 Page 7 Mr. Jones stated he supports reviewing the commercial issues. He asked to receive options for figures to have recycling at apartments and other businesses. Mayor Narvaiz stated the City is getting close to the expiration date on the current contract for residential solid waste. She stated Council will need to come up with an interim agreement if a consensus can't be reached. She also stated the City is on a tight time frame. Ms. Jamison stated if Staff needs to provide a program for recycling, then the participants that are interested would need to be located and that would take time to research. Mr. Thomaides stated he is willing to look at the cost and wait on moving forward until Council has a full set of figures. He stated he would also like Staff to find a way for citizens to provide input. Mr. Guerrero stated other vehicles would be required to pick up recycle. He stated his concern was with having more vehicles on the road. Mayor Narvaiz stated more vehicles would be required unless the City went to once a week pick up. Rick Fraumann stated several recycling materials require additional vehicles; corrugated boxes, bulky and commercial all require a different vehicle. He stated if the City requires twice a week service then there is a need to add another trash truck and if the residential service continues to grow then another truck would also be needed. He stated if Council goes to once a week, then TDS would be able to handle the service with the current amount of trucks. The Council agreed by consensus to receive more information regarding recycling. Mr. Thomaides inquired to whether the City can legally require apartment complexes to use a single vendor for recycling when commercial businesses are offered a choice of multiple vendors. Mr. Cosentino stated he would need to review the Charter and get back to the Council. The Council agreed by consensus to have Staff provide figures for recycling in apartment complexes, alternate locations for recycling, maintenance of dumpsters, education for recycling and menu options that calculates the number of trucks. Mayor Narvaiz inquired to whether the Council wants to look at the residential and commercial figures together; to see the advantages or disadvantages and then give final direction the Council wants to go. Ms. Porterfield stated she supports reviewing this together as long as it does not jeopardize the trash contract. The Council also provided direction to see a proposal for a single commercial provider and to include proposals for multi family recycling receptacles. Mayor Narvaiz introduced a discussion and set date for Visioning Workshop and direction to Staff. Mayor Narvaiz stated this year the Visioning Workshop will be conducted by a Consulting group; who will be providing a questionnaire to each Council Member. She stated the facilitator will have seven sessions with the community in different locations in the City. She stated each Council Member will be asked to help do a welcome and then leave so citizens can speak directly to facilitator without council members. She stated then the information will be complied and provide to the Council during their Visioning session, which will used for teambuilding and long and short term goals. The Council agreed by consensus to hold the Visioning Workshop on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.