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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/11/1988 - Solid Waste Abatement Commission M E E T I N G ('.4i)11).51.4161 N O T I C E The Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission will hold a Regular Meeting beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 1988 in Eagan Municipal Center Conference Rooms A & B. 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota Packet materials will follow for Commission Members. For more information about this meeting, please call Jon Hohenstein at 454 -8100. AGENDA SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION EAGAN, MINNESOTA EAGAN MUNICIPAL CENTER CONFERENCE ROOMS A & B TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 1988 11:30 A.M. I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES III. CURBSIDE RECYCLING IMPLEMENTATION A. Hauling Districts B. Capital Budget C. Draft Ordinance Amendments IV. OTHER BUSINESS V. NEXT MEETING VI. ADJOURNMENT MEMO TO: CHAIRS MANN AND HOEL AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION FROM: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT HOHENSTEIN DATE: OCTOBER 7, 1988 SUBJECT: EAGAN SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 11, 1988 A regular meeting of the Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 1988 at 11:30 a.m. in Eagan Municipal Center Conference Rooms A and B. The City will provide a box lunch to those requesting one by noon, Monday, October 10. Please contact Jon Hohenstein at 454 -8100 to indicate your lunch preference. I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA The agenda, as presented or modified, requires adoption by the Commission. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A copy of the minutes of the Solid Waste Abatement mmission mee ' g of September 14, 1988 is enclosed on pages 4 through for your review. These minutes, subject to any change, require approval by the Commission. III. CURBSIDE RECYCLING IMPLEMENTATION A. Hauling Districts / - Enclosed on page you will find a map representing the hauling boundaries and daily districts as discussed with and accepted by the haulers. It would be appropriate to recommend these daily districts and boundaries to the Council for its consideration. ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THIS ITEM: To recommend daily hauling districts to the City Council as presented or modified. B. Capital Budget (� Enclosed on pages 7'4 d you will find an updated draft of the recycling and resource recovery budget estimate for your consideration. Staff is continuing to attempt to improve cost estimates for the various elements listed as unknown. Staff will be in touch with the representatives of the City of Burnsville and equipment vendors to generate estimates of these costs. ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THIS ITEM: To recommend those portions of the operating capital budget whose costs have been identified for City Council consideration. C. Draft Ordinance Amendments Since preparation of the agenda, staff has been unable to process all of the ordinance amendments which were discussed at the workshop meeting. Therefore, staff will continue to prepare these amendments for consideration at a future meeting. In the alternative, staff has undertaken to prepare a draft of the application for funding which will be presented to the Commission in part at Tuesday's meeting. It is staff's intent to schedule these items together with the Commission's recommendation for the City Council meeting on October 18. As the ordinance amendments may be processed at any time prior to implementation of the program and the deadline for the application is very specific, it seemed appropriate for staff to focus its efforts on the application with the ordinance amendments to follow. ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THIS ITEM: To recommend the draft application as presented at Tuesday's meeting or as modified to the City Council for its consideration at the October 18 City Council meeting. IV. OTHER BUSINESS There is no other business at this time, however, staff has enclosed two items for your information. The first is a copy of the most recent County solid waste update which has articles on such things as the resource recovery plant, public education campaign, local recycling programs, etc. The second is a copy of an advertisement by Dana's Eco Services integrating many of the concepts we have discussed in promoting it to the community. This item is not intended to promote one haulers service over another but rather to illustrate the types of promotions which haulers may use to help implement the solid waste mandates. V. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Commission would be on Tuesday, November 8. However, as this coincides with national elections, it is staff's recommendation that an alternative date be chosen, probably November 9 or 10. Please bring your calendars and be prepared to consider alternative dates for the November regular meeting. It is also anticipated that additional hauler workshops will be held on Tuesday, October 25 at 4:00 p.m. and on several dates in November and December. As usual, staff understands the difficulty of attending multiple meetings but appreciates the extra effort from those of you who have been able to attend some or all of the hauler workshop meetings. VI. ADJOURNMENT The meeting will adjourn at or about 1:00 p.m. A ministrative Assistant cc: City Administrator Hedges City Planner Runkle JDH /j eh 3 Subject to Approval MINUTES OF THE SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION Eagan, Minnesota September 14, 1988 A regular meeting of the Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission was held on Wednesday, September 14, 1988 at 11:30 a.m. The following members were present: Chair Mann, Knutson, Schnell, Marshall and Todd Gadz for Delmar Debilzan. Absent were Milbridge, Ista, Hoel and Nordby. Also present was Administrative Assistant Hohenstein and representatives of the hauling industry and public. MINUTES Upon motion by Bahr, seconded by Schnell, all members voting in favor, the minutes of the August 9, 1988 meeting were approved as presented. AGENDA Upon motion by Schnell, seconded by Bahr, all members voting in favor, the agenda was approved as presented. CURBSIDE RECYCLING IMPLEMENTATION Hohenstein briefed the commission on the Council's action of accepting the recommendation for modified open hauling including daily collection districts, volume based fees, and periodic review of programs /performance. Knutson asked if the conditions approved by the Council were firm or if they would accept suggested changes. Hohenstein responded that it was his impression that the Council had approved the recommendation with all elements as presented. Knutson stated that he had become concerned about the impact of daily collection districts since the previous meetings because it would require substantial dislocation of current routes and may increase some safety concerns by putting extra trucks in given areas on particular days. Hohenstein stated that districting is important to the success of recycling because it reenforces peer pressure and recycling behaviors. Turner indicated that daily districts would require haulers to unnecessarily split up their work and reduce their efficiency. He stated that coming in and out of town five days a week will increase wear on arterial roads. He also stated that it was more convenient for customers if they are able to choose the collection day. Jim Weinzettel of Mendota Heights Rubbish stated that it is not impossible to work within a districted situation but generally agrees with Turner that districts are restrictive for haulers. Floyd Hiar, an Eagan resident and member of the County Recycling Subcommittee, indicated that the aesthetic value of having refuse out only one day of the week was a definite benefit to residents. Bahr also stated that the convenience of same day collection is important to homeowners. Kevin Tritz of Wood Lake Sanitation stated that districting does reenforce recycling and abatement. Schnell stated that without districts the City would lose the reenforcing mechanism of peer pressure. y Hohenstein reminded the haulers that the City Council stated a preference for a higher level of organization than exists under the current proposal and that it was the staff's and commission's direction to make the recommended course of action work rather than present alternatives. Knutson asked if it would be possible to do curbside recycling for one year without districts as a pilot project. Tritz suggested the City approach the issue incrementally and require program start up in 1989 with modification to districts in 1990. Hohenstein asked the resident members of the commission if they had responses to the points being raised by the haulers. Schnell stated that he had originally been in favor of organization when he joined the commission and was persuaded by haulers that a modified open hauling system within daily districts would be a reasonable compromise. He stated that the current discussion appeared to be an effort to change what had been agreed to. Marshall stated that she was also feeling pressure to accept something other than had been agreed to. She indicated that it might be appropriate to consider phasing for some aspects of the program but that the basic elements should not be compromised. Bahr stated that she was frustrated by the hauling communities change of tone and indicated that if recycling could not be done under the conditions of the modified open hauling recommendation, the commission might have to reconsider a recommendation to organize hauling. Knutson stated that it was more a matter of timing of the districts rather than whether the districts went in place and asked if it couldn't be done later in 1989. Turner asked that the commission give the haulers as much lead time as possible so that they might begin switching customers over to the daily districts. Hiar stated that the changes should be made simultaneously because same day collection is a major part of recycling publicity and uniform participation is a proven means of reenforcing recycling. Bahr also stated that haulers should be able to share some knowledge about recycling to reduce the impact of these changes. Schnell indicated that it was important to move on with implementation of the recommendation as it was stated and not to revisit issues repeatedly. By acclamation, the commission directed staff to set two workshop meetings for September 20, 1988 and September 26, 1988 at 4:00 p.m. to discuss funding availability, ordinance amendments, districting and other aspects of implementation. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Knutson, seconded by Marshall, all members voting in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 1:10 p.m. Date Chair , i ''',.' ,,,,,,.. 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' eclai - 25,000 f Compost Equipment (Windrower, Unknown _(L 6)-A Shredder, Portion of Loader, T��' -1-�pp�' - 1 4 Testing Equipment) Mob'. e Recyclable P . essing Unknown Trai - (M.: etic Separator, Can D-• ' -r, Bottle Crusher, B. er and Trai - 25 -30 • - t Contain- - Unknown l'1;141`9-- Other -OVER- 1 Operations & Maintenance Recycle Minnesota Resources $4,000 Contribution Recycling Promotion /� Advertising 12,000 V Lottery 5,200 Household Hazardous Waste Collection 5,000 Operational Support 25,712 $51,912 Commercial /Industrial Program Promotions $5,000 Operational Support 5,000 $10,000 4 coU IC Reduce•R cn r � i O UPDATE ® ti � iP4 StE M? Volume 1, No. 6 July- August, 1988 County To Proceed With Resource Recovery Plant On July 12, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners awarded a contract for an 800 ton per day solid waste processing plant to Combustion Engineering, Inc., of Windsor, Connecticut. Three public meetings on the resource recovery facility were held last spring, but testimony at a June 28 hearing on recycling again focused on the $126.6 million plant. Speakers voiced their concerns about potential health risks from burning solid waste and the proposed size of the facility. At the July 12 meeting, County staff and consultants reiterated their findings on these issues. "Solid waste combustors of all types are perhaps the most tightly regulated and carefully scrutin- ized combustion facilities of any kind," said a representative of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., in a letter responding to the concerns expressed. Before the facility can be built, state and federal permit procedures require detailed environmental impact statements, air quality tests, and a health risk assessment. "If they do not prove the facility to be completely safe, then the facility cannot be built", the representative stated. It has the stated that the facility, as planned, is a disincentive to recycling, but a representa- tive of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. stated that the plant capacity was based on estimates of the County's population growth, projections of solid waste produced, and reasonable goals for recycling. Continued on Back Page DAKOTA COUNTY SOLID WASTE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY • Printed on Recycled Paper • Public Education Plan Focuses On Recycling Attitudes And Awareness "People have to understand garbage is a problem but I don't want to how recycling affects the future drive somewhere to drop -off my recy and then they'll recycle." clables." Participants said special containers and curb -side pick -up would encourage "Until it affects people in their them to start recycling or to recycle more. pocketbooks — until it affects them personally —they won't Be Tougher on Us recycle." In contrast to the "make recycling These comments, offered by Dakota easier" comments, there is support for County residents as part of an opinion mandatory recycling, saying "a lot of peo research study represent the different views ple just won't recycle until they're forced regarding awareness of the recycling and to." Other restrictions, short of mandatory other solid waste issues in the County. recycling, that are supported include charging extra fees for household waste Some of the preliminary findings from beyond a certain level and setting a penalty the Dakota County research are: for putting items such as car batteries in " regular trash." Landfills Cause Pollution Whose Problem Is It? There is a strong feeling that landfills cause a number of problems, primarily While there is agreement that today's because "there is no control over what goes "throw away society" makes recycling impor into landfills. They are tant, many participants voice statements y primarily viewed as a necessary evil at this time, but other solu indicating "It`s not MY problem." Some tions are needed for the future. greater, undefined entity is responsible. Composting Awareness Is High A Broad Solution Is Necessary Composting is well accepted as a means There's no one solution — we need a of converting waste to a useful product. combination of methods to handle our gar Awareness seems high on how to create a bage problem." This viewpoint was widely compost project at home, and several resi accepted as true. Waste -to- energy is viewed dents had developed a compost pit but as a better solution than landfills. gave it up because it was "too messy and Education Can Make A Real Difference smelly." There is broad support for a community central composting facility. Education helped me find out simple things like used oil is harmful if thrown Recycling Is Important out." It is felt that community residents It is felt that recycling cannot address all need to be told how, what and where to of the County's waste problem, but recy- recycle. Also, citizens need to be made cling is viewed as one of the primary aware of the difference recycling can make. means of waste management. A countywide recycling educational cam- paign will be developed, based upon the Make Recycling Easier research results. For more information on "I'd recycle if it were more convenient" the County's recycling educational efforts, is a common statement. Also: "I agree please call the Department of Planning and Program Management at 431 -1158. UPDATE is published by Dakota County, to serve the purpose of in Three Additional Household Hazardous forming interested parties of the Waste Collections Scheduled County's progress with its resource recovery and recycling program ef- Three more household hazardous waste forts. For more information, contact collections for 1988 have been scheduled the Department of Planning and Pro- for residents in Dakota County. The firs' gram Management; 7300 West 147th collection, held in the Lakeville- Farmington Street; Suite 503; Apple Valley, MN area, resulted in seven tons of various 55124; (612) 431 -1158. hazardous wastes being diverted from land- fills. Continued on Next Page REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE Managing Home Wastes REDUCE Do I need it? Can I buy it with less packaging? REUSE Can I compost it? Use it again? Give it away? RECYCLE Can I recycle it? Recycle Glass Clear, brown, and green separated by color. Metals Cans of aluminum, tin, bi- metals, and steel. Aluminum foil and trays. Paper Non - glossy, newspapers, junk mail, windowless envelopes, and cardboard. Yard Wastes Compost or mulch grass clippings and leaves. Special Items White goods (stoves, refrigerators and other major appliances). Some plastics and textiles. These items may be picked up or you may need to take them to a specific location. Waste that may require special handling, storage, or disposal: Paint products Auto tires, batteries, waste oil Household cleaning products Garden chemicals Hearing aid batteries iblication developed by Shirley L. Barber, Minnesota Extension Service, Ramsey County in consultation with Minnesota Extension Service faculty and Metropolitan k2ouncil staff. This publication was supported by a grant from the Metropolitan Council, 300 Metro Square, 7th and Robert Streets, St. Paul, MN. University of Minnesota • Minnesota Extension Service The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Printed on 100% Recyclable Paper The second collection will be held in Inver Grove Heights on September 17 from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the City Hall, I Reduce,Reuse,Recycle. 8150 Barbara Avenue. This collection is - sponsored by Dakota County, the City of i ...make it second nature! Inver Grove Heights, and Pine Bend Land- fill. A third collection will be held in �► ' Rosemouni, at the Municipal Building, 14450 Brazil Avenue West, from 9:00 A.M. �....c�<;.r to 4:00 P.M. on October 1, sponsored again � _ �_ by Dakota County, the City of Rosemount, TAI wimr and Koch Refining ‘Z,V•ttrg Amok The final collection in 1988 will be October 8 at Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 East Nicollet Boulevard, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. This collection is sponsored by Dakota County, the Cities of Apple Valley and Burnsville, and Burnsville Sanitary Paper/Cardboard. Landfill. p Paper makes up almost half of our household trasha quarter of which is newspaper that is dis- For further information on wastes that carded after a single day Since recyclable card - will be accepted at the collection sites, call hoard and other paper products are remanufac- Dakota County Public Health Department turgid herein tilinnesota. they have no place in our (450- 2793). landfills. Office paper, newspapers and cardboard are Fundi For Local Recycling Programs s naturals for recycling. They re ea to prepare, g oca y g Jr store and reprocess, and recycling these materials Approved By The County Board saves both energy nd natural resources. In fact, up to 65 percent t I less energy is required to make new paper from wastepaper than from virgin wood Guidelines for a funding program that fibers. By recycling a 45 inch pile of newspapers, will provide up to $2.2 million to commu- you've conserved in natural resources the equiya- nities in Dakota County to establish and lent of a 12 foot pine tree. operate recycling programs in 1989 were approved by the Dakota County Board of • Curbside collection of materials; Commissioners on July 26. This action is • Yard waste compost sites; viewed as an incentive to communities in • Collection of household hazardous the County to start local recycling programs waste; in 1989. • Promotion of commercial /industrial source separation; Communities must submit a work plan • Office paper recycling in public sector and budget by November 1 to the County, facilities; and and must also demonstrate that an office • Special wastes handling and /or paper recycling program is in operation or processing. will be operational in the city /township offices by December 1, 1988. If a community does not begin develop- ment of a program by July 1, 1989 or does Reimbursement of up to 100% of a com- not complete implementation of a program munity's eligible costs is possible. The by January 1, 1990, the County will imple- amount of funding will be determined by ment a program and assess the residents of performance in establishing residential that community for costs to set up and recycling programs, meeting residential operate the program. recycling goals and, in urban cities, pro- moting and encouraging commercial /indus- A number of cities are in the process of trial recycling activities. planning for recycling programs to be in place early in 1989. It is expected that the Projects that are eligible for funding from new recycling programs that will be oper- Dakota County include: ating in 1989 will greatly increase the • Education and promotion activities; County's ability to achieve an overall goal • Drop -off centers; of recycling 15% of the waste by 1990. Resource Recovery Project Facts • Combustion Engineering, based in Windsor, Connecticut, has 75 years experience in the design and operation of solid waste combustion and steam generation systems. The company is currently developing similar resource recovery systems in Hawaii, Michigan, New York and Oregon. • Construction is expected to begin in August, 1989, with the system operational by 1992. Environmental Impact Statements are being prepared for two different sites near the Pine Bend Industrial area in Rosemount. • Combustion Engineering will design and construct the facility for $92.3 million, plus a con- tingency fund and escalation costs of $7.7 million. Approximately $26.5 million will be earmarked for financing costs, insurance and other associated project expenses. The total project cost will be $126.6 million. • Annual operating and maintenance costs for the facility are projected to be $5,473,000. The costs will be paid through revenues from the "tipping fee ", estimated at $66 per ton, and the sale of electricity, with estimated revenues of $4 - $5 million per year. • The resource recovery facility will be one of the first large - scale, publicly -owned facilities in the country. It will be owned 100 percent by Dakota County at the end of 20 years. • Currently, 256 resource recovery plants are in operation in Western Europe, where the tech- nology has been in use for more than 40 years. Japan has 361 waste -to- energy plants, ac- cording to the National Solid Waste Management Association. In the United States, there are more than 100 facilities either operating or in different stages of development. Resource Recovery Plant Continued from Page 1 The Minnesota Legislature has required that counties develop a solid waste plan and imple- ment alternatives to landfilling their garbage. Dakota County's Solid Waste Master Plan includes three components: • Waste reduction, including product reuse and decreased use of products, is expected to reduce waste by about 14,000 tons per year by 1992. • Source separation or recycling programs (including the composting of yard wastes) are expected to reduce waste now going to landfills by about 36,000 tons per year. • The waste -to- energy facility will process up to 234,000 tons of waste per year for conversion to electricity and possibly, in the future, steam. Dakota County Department of Planning and Program Management 7300 West 147th Street; Suite 503 Apple Valley, MN 55124 (o"I. Reduce•R R ecycle = • Printed on Recycled Paper • ATTENTION AREA RESIDENTS: LANDFILL RATES TO RISE Dana's Eco Services intends to meet that challenge through •FREE CURBSIDE RECYCLING •LEAF AND GRASS COMPOSTING •VOLUME BASED FEES Landfill rates will soon increase drastically due to raised surcharge taxes and tipping fees. Our solution is to offer FREE CURBSIDE RECYCLING on a voluntary basis for our customers - a program being phased in since May 1988. We expect to offer recycling to all of our routes by April 1989. Customers will receive fliers when recycling is available in their neighborhood. We urge everyone to use.recycling drop off centers until the program is available to them. Beginning this fall we will haul leaves and grass clippings in a separate truck when possible - these clippings will be composted into a soil enhancer. We urge customers to cooperate by not mixing leaves and garbage in the same bag and by setting leaf bags a few feet from the garbage. Our rate structure will soon change to volume based fees. Customers with less garbage to dispose of will be at a lower • rate than those with more. Households may decrease their garbage rates by using our CURBSIDE RECYCLING SERVICE or any recycling dropoff center. Dakota County residents are urged to participate in household hazardous waste collections Oct. 8th at Fairview Ridges Hospital. CaII 450 -2793 for details. Striving to handle your waste in the Best ECOlogical and ECOnomical way we can! • r ONE MONTH 1 MONTH FREE I FREE SERVICE! DANA'S Pay for 3 months service, mot— 90 GALLON II receive the 4th month FREE. ECO SERVICES CART TRIAL DANA'S ECO SERVICES 435 -7209 $2.50 Value 435 -7209 Offer good for new prepaid DANA'S ECO SERVICES customers only. 435 -7209 L ®_Don'ts PitclhIt ..Pitch In- RecycleeToday ! 20A OCTOBER 3 „1988 THISWEEK