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-- -.-- e Ms. Utecht said that the Lane Council of Governments (L-COG) has prepared some maps of the City's current collection system to assist the council in its discussion. Referring to the maps, she pointed out that multi-family lots have been plotted on the commercial account maps. She also noted that one of the haulers was not included on the map because the information pro- vided was not presented in a usable format. She said that the percentage of Eugene residents who self-haul their solid waste is estimated at between 25-30 percent. Ms. Utecht said that in order to forward a recommendation to the council, the board considered both State mandates and its sense of the community's long- term waste-reduction goals. The board has prioritized the following goals as important to consider in developing the future collection system: 1. Waste Reduction 2. Education and Promotion 3. Customer Rates 4. Customer Service 5. Local Business Viability 6. Intergovernmental Cooperation 7. Regulation Ms. Utecht said that the board is seeking feedback from the council about whether these goals, as listed, accurately reflect the council's and communi- ty's goals with respect to solid waste collection. e Paul Scott, SWRB chair, emphasized that waste reduction was identified by the board as the primary goal of Eugene's solid waste collection system. The board recognizes that moving toward an exclusive territories system could help the community meet some of its goals, but feels it would be premature to establish territories before developing waste-reduction strategies. Instead, the board recommends that the City identify and implement specific programs that will allow the community to meet State mandates. If those programs would be better served by a different collection system, the board feels that the council should then reexamine the issue of exclusive territories. Mr. Nicholson said that some of the goals identified are not really goals, rather they are strategies that could be implemented to meet the primary goal of waste reduction. Mr. Boles encouraged the council to process this issue thoroughly the first time. It should identify strategies that will allow the community to meet its long-term goals, rather than focusing on 1995 State mandates. He sug- gested that the council look toward an 80-percent waste-reduction goal for the year 2000. In order to meet this goal, the community will need to re- evaluate its entire collection system and realize that the responsibilities for recycling rest with the customer as well as the hauler. Mr. Boles also suggested that the whole issue of life-cycle costing be folded into the pro- gram. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 23, 1991 Page 3 Dinner Meeting