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TO: Mayor, City Council, City Administrator
FROM: Dean Johnson, Director of Community Development
DATE: April 15, 1988
SUBJ: April 19, 1988 Council Agenda Items
Sd. Recycling U date! raring Clean up May 21, 1988
We have had several meetings over the past three months, regarding a local recycling
pilot programa These meetings have included city staff, county staff and
representatives of private industry. The primary purpose of this pilot is to generate
data rather than accomplishing any particular goals in waste reduction.
It is hoped that this data will be useful to the City and County, particularly the
various committees involved with solid waste and recycling. It should provide specific
data for Rosemount that will assist us in determining which approaches to recycling
and waste reduction will work and why.
Attached is a county staff memo, providing an update on this issue to the Physical
Development Committee. it is my understanding that the County Board is extremely
interested in doing a pilot, of this nature. It is also my understanding that
extraordinary funding is available to the City for this project. I will keep you
informed as progress is made.
In conjunction with Park Improvement Weekend, we are gearing up for spring clean-
up, which will be held. on Saturday, May 21. The details are incomplete at this time,
but preliminary notice is appropriate. Brochures and news releases will go out in the
near future.
Se. College_ of St. Thomas ,Study
I received word yesterday that we are not recipients of a 1988 Blandin Foundation
grant. Dr. Fred Zimmerman, Director of Graduate Programs in Manufacturing
Engineering, wants to proceed with the study, in spite of the grant. He indicated
that the interest generated from the exposure of the application process has led him
to seek alternative sources of funding. Those include some department monies and
other endowment funds.
I would like to recommend that the City extend its commitment for a $2,000
supplement provided the scope of the study remains the same. Dr. Zimmerman
indicated there would actually be increased faculty involvement without the Blandin
grant, because the foundation had placed emphasis on student involvement. He feels a
number of faculty members would increase their involvement, including his own.
The merits of this study have already been reviewed. I believe the information we'll
receive is vital to our negotiations with the County. It will also be an invaluable
tool in determining economic development in a much broader sense. I didn't put two
and two together before, but this study could also have a positive impact on the Star
City profile.
April 19, 1988 CautScl/Agenda Items
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I have also contacted the economic development department at Peoples' Natural Gas.
They have an interest in the potential customers in any manufacturing/industrial
developments. Their earlier contact regarding the status of the resource recovery
project, prompted my inquiry into their own potential funding possibilities in a study
of this nature. This request has been referred to the Northern Natural home office
in Omaha.
At this point, I would like to recommend the City extend its earlier commitment for
$2,000, provided the scope of the study remains the same (or increases).
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UPDATE ON PILOT RECYCLING PROJECTS
BACKGROUND
An informational item listing the pilot recycling projects of Rosemount and
Hastings was presented to the Physical Development Board Committee on March 22
as a status report. It indicated staff would continue to hold meetings with
City staff and would report progress at the April 19 meeting of the
Committee.
City of Rosemount - County staff and City of Rosemount staff have tentatively
agreed upon the framework of a program which will: 1) generate data useful to
the City, and to other Dakota County cities as they assess the use of routed
collection for recyclables and yard waste, 2) generate data which will be
included in the report on routed collection to be developed by the Routed and
Organized Collection Subcommittee of the SWMAC, 3) include data gathering and
other activities which will be useful to all three subcommittees of the Solid
Waste Management Advisory Committee, and 4) establish a program of routed
collection on a trial basis which may be adjusted and applied to the entire
City of Rosemount. As this framework has developed, issues have been
identified which require opinions by County and City legal counsel.
Generally, the project will include a study area large enough to allow a
variety of recycling opportunities. The opportunities will include same-day
collection, collection on days different than collection of trash, a variety
of container types, and drop off sites in areas having less dense
population. Another variable will be the opportunity for participants to take
advantage of volume -based billing for trash collection. The program will be
voluntary for all participants. Data collected will illustrate participation
rates in an open collection system under various conditions of convenience and
pricing incentives. Open collection is the dominant trash collection system
used in Dakota County.
Issues identified have been summarized by staff and a meeting was held by
City, County Planning and County Attorney staff to discuss the issues.
Opinions will be forthcoming from County Attorney staff and the City Counsel.
Following receipt of the opinions, greater detail will be given- to the
framework of the program, the degree of involvement by the County and the City
will be determined, and the proposed program will be presented to the County
and the City. If approved by both, a request -for -proposal will be advertised.
It is anticipated that the opinions' will be received within two weeks. Follow
up meetings have been scheduled to determine the respective roles of the
County and the City, and to begin development of the RFP. Progress will be
reported at the May 17 Physical Development Board Committee meeting.
City Of Hastings - A meeting of City staff, Waste Management, Inc. and County
staff is scheduled uled for April 19. It is understood that a proposal for a
routed collection program serving the City will be presented by Waste
Management, Inc. Results of this and subsequent meetings will be reported at
the May 17 -Physical Development Board Committee meeting.
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request foAlroposals that were preparoand in the
discussion I had with representatives of each firm, I
attempted to make it very clear that first, the city wants
the study to determine if and where additional fire station
facilities should be located; and secondly, based upon our
growth potential and other factors involved in police and
fire service, should the "administration" of both
departments be combined.
The Boarman and Hoisington proposals both seemed to bring
that out clearly. The other two seemed to indicate that
their perception of the study was to simply determine where
to put the facility which had already been decided to build.
The other two firms seemed to be historically based more in
architectural design and construction management rather than
need and location determination. This may be the reason
behind their skewed understanding of the studies. Our
concern is that it may also skew any recommendation(s) they
might make. We felt, therefore, that Boarman and Hoisington
were equal in their understanding of the scope of the
studies, and other two were both a distant second and third.
(B&C) Methodology to be used to conduct study:
Second to the understanding of the scope or purpose of
conducting the studies comes the method used to conduct
them. One might say that if city staff were expert enough
to decide which approach was best to use in conducting these
studies, why don't we just do them. My response to that is
that we feel staff can use the proposed methodology to at
least help to further determine whether or not the
consultant understands the needs of the city, and they be
met in conducting the study.
Again, the Boarman proposal and the Hoisington proposal
indicated an understanding that the studies would be:
(1) Political in nature;
(2) Sensitive;
(3) Extremely important;
(4) Potentially costly; and
(5) Of such a nature that experts in specific fields are
necessary to complete the studies effectively.
The Hoisington proposals seemed to shine even brighter here
because it suggested:
(1) Using experts in police and fire administration outside
Its own firm to be on the work team for this project
even though Fred Hoisington has extensive experience in
consulting to police and fire departments; and
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(2) City sW f would be involved in iormation gathering
and meeting on a regular basis with the work team but
would not be involved in putting together the
recommendations evolving from the studies. This is a
key factor from staff's perspective.
The other proposals were not clear in this approach.
(D) Estimated cost for completion of studies:
Following is a breakdown of cost estimates presented by the
four vendors for completing both studies:
Vendor Fire Station Fire/Police Total
Facilities Administration
(1) Boarman $12,500 $3,000 $15,500
(2) Hoisington 6,700 6,250 12,950*
(3) Israelson 11,500 4,500 16,000
(4) Kodet 9,750-14,650**
Note:
* Hoisington presented proposed cost estimates at a set fee as
shown to do either study, not based upon doing both or
neither one. He also proposed doing both at an "hourly not -
to -exceed" fee. I have discussed this with him and feel we
should utilize the "hourly not -to -exceed" basis and expect
to see a substantial savings over the combined fee of
$12,950 by reaping the benefits of having one firm do both
because of an overlap in data research and use.
** Kodet did not present a proposal to do either study but only
to do a combined study and a wide cost range associated with
doing both.
(E) Experience of consultant in conducting this type of study
and their working with other cities:
Based upon the City of Rosemount's own experience working
with Hoisington (his firm completed the Rosemount Community
Needs Assessment Study in 1984-85), and his company's work
with other cities doing consulting work with police, fire
and public works departments; we feel his firm is the most
qualified of the four presenters.
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SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION
Two of the four firms presenting proposals seemed to grasp the
scope of the studies and the methodological approach which will
compliment their understanding. The use of city staff and their
experience added to their credibility and firmed up their
position.
Hoisington overall seemed to present the best dual proposal. The
estimated cost of doing both studies could be made lowest by
giving Hoisington the work on the fire station study and Boarman
the administrative study. This combined cost would be $9,700.
If one firm were to do both the lowest cost would be Hoisington
at $12,950.
The recommendation will be to award both contracts to Hoisington
Group on an hourly fee basis not to exceed $12,970. It is
expected that we shall experience a cost savings by this method
since one firm will be doing both studies.
I had budgeted ten thousand dollars for the completion of these
studies'in 1988. Additional funds are available in "professional
and consulting" service budget accounts for this purpose which
could be available for this purpose.
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