TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Anna Luke-Jones, Public Works Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Review of the City's Food Waste Collection Program (Continued from the April 17, 2018 City Council Meeting) (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
RECEIVE AND FILE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report regarding the City's food waste collection program.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with receiving this report.
BACKGROUND:
The City currently has a Franchise Agreement with Waste Management (WM) for solid waste hauling services. An overview of these services was provided to City Council on February 6, 2018. The report also included the results from a recent community survey about how residents and businesses feel about the City's current solid waste services and programs. At that meeting, City Council requested that staff return with additional program information and data about the participation rates of residents and businesses for the City's solid waste collection programs and services, including food waste collection.
Also, two specific questions were asked about the residential food waste program:
1. Are there different dedicated carts available for food waste collection and how do other cities handle residential food waste collection other than using plastic bags?
2. If there was a dedicated cart to handle food waste, how would odor and sanitary issues be handled that a city may experience around town (especially if there is a higher participation rate)?
Recall that core solid waste collection services include:
* Trash (gray cart), recycling (blue cart), and organics (green cart) curbside collection.
* Bulky-item collection (those items too large for a cart and not often dispose...
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