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2019 05-22City of Meridian 2X/ e Solid Waste Advisory Commission MEETING AGENDA Wednesday, June 26, 2019 4:00 P.M. — 5:00 P.M. Meridian City Hall, Council Chambers 33 East Broadway Avenue Meridian, Idaho 208-888-4433 1. Call to Order 2. Roll -call Attendance: A. Voting Members X Mark Nelson X_ Megan Larsen X Steve Cory X J. Scott Walters X Dave Neal O_ Youth member B. Ex Officio Members X_Genesis Milam X_ Rachele Klein 3. Approval of the Agenda Commission Larsen moved to approve, Commission Nelson second, all ayes motion passed. 4. Approval of Minutes: May 22, 2019 Commissioner Nelson move to approve, Commission Neal second, all ayes motion passed. S. Community Acknowledgment: SWAC Chair Cory thanked Commissioner Larsen for chairing the SWAC booth at the Public Works Week Expo. He also thanked Republic Services for participating. Chair Cory also handed out the volunteer thank you cards and items from the City to the members of the SWAC. 6. Action Items: A. Old Business: 1. Trash or Treasure — Wrap-up — Staff Staff summarized the Trash or Treasure survey results to the SWAC and noted that public response was positive. 2. Recycle rate adjustment Staff presented the request from Republic and verified the proposed numbers. Staff presented concerns as to the requirements to accepting increases from franchisee. Staff updated SWAC about recycle markets and fluctuations. Staff noted that there is general public support for recycling. Commissioner Nelson questioned the request itself and whether the request will become annual. Staff addressed that this is due to recycle commodity market volatility and that it is appropriate to have an annual process regarding only recycle rates. Commissioner Nelson also brought up the issue of the rate Solid Waste Advisory Commission Meeting —June 26, 2019. Page 1 of 1 All Materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. payer having to pay each. Staff noted that there may be improvements that can be made on the processing side to eliminate the need for a rate increase. Commissioner Nelson brought up that the goal of SWAC is to promote recycling and reduce landfill impact. Commission Larsen asked about processing upgrades and if the real issue with recycling is just a contamination issue. Ex Officio Member Klein stated that the real cost driver is that Republic has to take more contaminated material from Western to the landfill. Member Klein also noted that domestic markets were anticipated to take 2-5 years and after that the request would probably be eliminated. Commissioner Walters and Larsen also noted that it appears to be an education issue with the public. Council Woman Milam raised similar question. Member Klein explained that upgrades to Western's infrastructure are very expensive and with markets where they are it would take a very long time to recoup the investment. Member Klein gave an update regarding the contingency plan that Republic has with Pacific Recycling so that recycling is not diverted to the landfill. Commission requested that Western recycling be contacted to make a presentation to SWAC regarding their process and the cost of upgrades. Commission recommended supporting request and to insert this request into the overall CPI rate increase for next month's discussion. 3. Survey update Staff noted that the survey is in final review and will be conducted once final docs are completed. Member Klein asked how the survey was being administered and if respondents could respond multiple times. Staff answered no survey is being administered by a third party under statistical methods. 4. Cart Placement update Staff presented the new placement ordinance language and outreach material to SWAC. Discussion centered on the specific language of the ordinance. There was also conversation on the specifics of the outreach. SWAC voted to send the ordinance to Council. 5. Commercial glass recycling update Republic presented rate information to SWAC. SWAC recommended to Republic to begin commercial glass collection on a subscription basis since this has already been approved by Council. B. New Business: 1. Milk carton recycling Staff provided updated information on requirements to recycle cartons. Conversation centered on composition of cartons and the logistics of recycling. SWAC tabled the issue until 2020. 2. Household Hazardous Waste update There was no new information on HHW. Conversation centered on other cities changes to HHW. 3. Western Recycling operations update Republic gave an update to the commission on equipment breakdown and mitigation of the issue at Western. Discussion centered on having Western give a presentation to SWAC. SWAC asked staff to contact Western about presenting to SWAC. 4. SWAC ordinance language update Staff presented new language to SWAC. Conversation centered on if there were any edits required by legal. SWAC asked staff to verify language with legal. Solid Waste Advisory Commission Meeting —June 26, 2019. Page 1 of 1 All Materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. 1 7. Next Meeting: Confirm July 24, 2019 8. Adjournment 17:31 A�rrc fve <- 0,,TBD AUG ti city of IDIAN -- �DAHO ,P C11'7 ("e' Cov- -�- l � 11V C 7/L / Solid Waste Advisory Commission Meeting — June 26, 2019. Page 1 of 1 All Materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting.