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Our Misiion: To work tngether to resposNY grow our community. and to provide quality, cost-oiFecdve, and eiliclent gowemm*nt services. CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 02/27/2018 By: Chris Anderson, Community Development Information Title: Update on Current and Future Recycling Goals Purpose/Background: 7.7. The purpose of this case is to provide an update to the City Council regarding current and future recycling goals. As background information, the City's recycling program is funded through the State's Select Committee On Recycling and the Environment (SCORE). The SCORE funds are distributed to counties who then determine how to utilize the funds. Anoka County disburses the SCORE funds to each municipality with a base of $10,000 plus $5 per household. Ramsey's base funding for 2018 is $54,865.00. SCORE funds are only eligible to be spent on residential recycling programs (i.e. they cannot be used toward the commercial sector). To receive the SCORE funding, each municipality must enter into an agreement with Anoka County that outlines required components of a municipality's recycling program. These required components include providing households an opportunity to recycle at least four (4) broad types of materials, a public information program, recycling drop-off opportunities, and notifying new residents of the recycling program. Furthermore, municipalities are encouraged, but not required, to look at opportunities to expand its recycling program by offering additional drop-off events, implement and/or enhance recycling at community events, enhance multi -family recycling opportunities, and/or develop opportunities for source separated compostables/organics collection. Anoka County also establishes the annual recycling goals for each municipality. These goals are based on a formula that addresses both single family houses and multi -family households (this includes townhome buildings with five [5] or more units per building). The formula is based on 210 pounds per person in single family homes (this represents a ten [10] pound per person increase from 2017) and 160 pounds per person in multi -family buildings (this is the same as in 2017). Based on Ramsey's population of 26,251 (per the 2016 Met Council estimates), the 2018 goal is 2,696 tons (an increase of 141 tons compared to 2017). It should be noted that while the numbers are not yet finalized for 2017, it appears that Ramsey will have met or exceeded its recycling goal for the fourteenth (14th) consecutive year. The preliminary numbers indicate that the residents of Ramsey recycled approximately 2,800 tons of material in 2017, which clearly exceeded the 2017 goal of 2,555 tons. Observations/Alternatives: