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Maplewood OrganizedTrash Collection

March 5, 2013

Presented by Shann Finwall, Environmental Planner

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City ofMaplewood

Population38,018

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Maplewood, Minnesota

3M Corporate Headquarters

Maplewood Mall

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Maplewood Solid Waste History

Organized recycling program for over 30 years

Previous Solid Waste Ord. Adopted 1992

Compromise to organizing the Citys trash system

Open hauling trash system with nine residentially

licensed haulers

Residential properties must have trash picked up

by a licensed hauler once a week

Day certain trash and recycling pick up schedule

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Problems With Open Hauling

Trash System

Residents

Concernedabout Road

Impacts

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Problems With Open Hauling

Trash System

Increased Emissions withMultiple Trash Trucks

EnvironmentalConcerns

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Problems With Open Hauling

Trash System

Inefficient Trash Collection

Multiple Trash Haulers Picking Up Trash

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Lack of Control to Meet

MandatesState law & goals

County policies

City ordinance

Problems With Open Hauling

Trash System

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Maplewood Solid Waste

Management Goals

Economic

Service

Environmental Safety

Efficiency*

Planning Process*

Aesthetics

Hauler Impacts*

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Minnesota Organized Collection Statute,

Section 115A.94

180 Day Minimum Process Public Hearing to Adopt a Resolution of

Intent to Organize Trash Collection

Planning Period (90 days)

Negotiation Period (90 days)

Findings (After 180 days)

Trash System Study Where to

Begin?

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Follow Organized Collection Statute

Planning Period

Negotiation Period

Findings

Hired Consultant

$60,000 City SCORE Funds

$40,000 County Technical Assistance

One-on-One Meetings with Haulers

Resolution of Intent to Organize

Adopted Now What?

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Trash Hauling Working Group

Two Tracts of Analysis

Improvements to Existing SystemReview of Existing Solid Waste

Management Ordinance and Licensing

Requirements Feasibility of an Organized System

Creation of a Request for Proposal for

Residential Trash Collection

Resolution of Intent to Organize

Adopted Now What?

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Enforcement

Increased

Licensing Fees Increased

Transparency

of Rates

Limit Number

of Licenses

Improvements to Existing System

Unlicensed Trash Haulers

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Request for Proposal for Contract TrashHauling

City-Wide Single Hauler

Districts

Joint Proposals

Consortium

City-owned trash carts

Feasibility of an Organized System

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Negotiations

No Cooperation by Trash Haulers to

Negotiate

Consortium Option

Trash Haulers Not Willing to Negotiate

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Six Responses ReceivedCity-Wide

Districts October 2011 - City Council

Authorized Staff to Negotiate a

Contract with Top Ranked Proposer

Contract Trash Hauling System

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Contract Trash Hauling System

Advantages

- Lower Prices- Reduced Truck Traffic

- Community Control

Over WasteManagement

Decisions

Findings

Disadvantages

Loss ofIndividual

Choice

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December 2011 City Council Authorizes

Trash Hauling Contract with Top Ranked

Proposer (Decision to Organize Trash

Collection)

Contract Trash Hauling System

Single Hauler City-Wide Trash System

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Maplewoods Contracted Trash

Hauling System

5 year contract, with 2 one-year

extensions

9,600 single-family households included

1,808 townhomes and manufactured

homes able to opt into system

City purchases trash carts; Contractor will

deliver, maintain, and inventory carts

Contractor does the billing

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Maplewoods Contracted Trash

Hauling System

Cost

Residents will save

$1.1 million per year

less than the current

average published rates

$1.6 million per year

less than the average

actual rates Maplewood Trash Cart

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Maplewoods Contracted Trash

Hauling System Cost

Price per household, per month (trash,

taxes, fuel, cart fee [.75 per mo.]

20 gallon - $6.79 (every other week)

20 gallon - $9.23 (every week)

30 gallon - $10.51 (every week)

60 gallon - $11.76 (every week)

90 gallon - $13.17 (every week)

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Issues with Organized Collection

Statute

Public Hearing to

Adopt a Resolution of

Intent to OrganizeTrash Collection

Difficult Statute

Language

Following Required

Time Lines

Public Hearing Required Just toStudy Trash System