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Member Gene Lhotka
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 87 -223
introduced the following
RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO IMPLEMENT A COOPERATIVE REFUSE
AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN
CENTER
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County
Solid Waste Master Policy Plans call for rapid development of
recycling and other forms of resource recovery in place of
landfills; and
WHEREAS, organized refuse collection is essential for
development of a cost efficient curbside recycling program; and
WHEREAS, current landfill sites are at or near capacity
and new landfills are severely limited in number; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center currently has
multiple refuse collectors duplicating service on city streets
which cause deterioration of streets, and produces additional
traffic and redundant noise which detracts from the safety and
welfare of the community; and
WHEREAS, organized collection would benefit the
taxpayers since collection costs are anticipated to be lower, and
reducing the number of garbage trucks on streets will reduce
maintenance costs; and
WHEREAS, organized refuse collection will benefit the
waste haulers by providing more efficient and economical
operations; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Legislature has provided means
for cities to provide organi ;ed collection through procedures
established in the amended Waste Management Act of 1980.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Brooklyn Center
City Council that it is the intent of the city to establish a
system of cooperative refuse and recy ing collectio
November 23, 1987
Date
ATTEST:'
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member Bill Hawes and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist,
Gene Lhotka, Celia Scott, Bill Hawes, and Rich Theis;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.