Agenda - Council - 12/22/1987 - Laserfiche WebLink

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IV. ADEQUACY OF EXISTING FACILITIES The current facilities, as a whole, appear to provide adequate hours of operation for the public and the drop off sites are well maintained. Two areas of concern, however, are the convenience of drop off points to all city residents and whether drop offs should be created for new materials (e.g., corrugated paper). As in Figure 1, the city's transportation routes have a strong north-south orientation but a relatively weak east-west flow. Thus, if recycling facilities are to be made convenient to all residents, drop off facilities should be located along the major corridors. Logical points for drop offs would be at convenience stores, gas stations, churches or commercial nodes with high volume traffic and exposure. The existing dropoffs and recycling center provide adequate opportunity for newspaper and metals for the eastern side of Ramsey. No new facilities for these materials appear to be necessary at this time. A deficiency of facilities convenient to the residents in the western part of the City exists. It is proposed that the City work with one of the civic organizations to initiate discussion with Brooks Superette at the corner of Highway 10 and A_~mstrong to dete~-mine a possible location for a drop point for newspapers and/or other recyclab!e materials. The recycling center operated by the Jaycees is expanding its capabilities to include glass recycling. A new city recycling site would duplicate their effort and is not warranted. The city proposes, however, to work closely with the Jaycees recycling center operation and will provide support assistance in the areas cf: _~ o~ tonnage by ~ateria! 2) Public education and advertisement cf the recycling center. ~) !nfo~ationai and directional roadway signage.