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Administration • Pursue grant money from Ramsey County to improve recycling program. • Pass resolution authorizing city staff to pursue environmentally preferred purchasing when feasible. This type of purchasing would only be required if expenses were not increased for the city. Collection & Operation • Ask recycling contractor to provide lists of residents not participating in recycling program. Work on strategy to target and encourage these residents to participate. • If church's or small business's contact city for help recycling, city staff to try and help facilitate service. Work with contractor to provide service and the contractor would bill the business or church directly. • City staff surveys all multi-family buildings to verify recycling service and look for improvements to any recycling services offered • Create flyer promoting composting and offer it to residents. Continue to promote the Roseville, and other,rain barrel and compost bin sales. • Include note in receipt or other document that a park facilities renters would be encouraged to use the recycling bins available at parks facilities. • Work with the county to place a recycling container adjacent to all garbage containers located in New Brighton parks. • Work with clean up day contractor to ensure mattresses and carpet is recycled at clean up events. Education/Outreach • Make available flyers, and other recycling information, in multiple languages • Work on improving recycling and city website. Grant money could be used for this. Consequences The work plan and SCORE grant application are both due on December 1, 2012. If the work plan is not signed by the City Manager and city Recycling Coordinator then county staff have informed us that SCORE grant funding will be withheld. As mentioned above, SCORE grant money is around $45,000.00 annually and represents approximately 20% of the recycling budget. If New Brighton decided not to sign the work plan, in order to continue providing the same recycling services, the city recycling fee would have to be increased to supplement the lost SCORE funding. Recommendation Staff recommends that the city manager and staff be authorized to sign the work plan agreement with the understanding the tasks required do not change from the tasks outlined at the September 26, 2012 meeting. H:\Recycling info\Recycing Changes and Improvements\Workplan Memo.doc