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Council Mirnrtes of 4/21/92 Audience Partici tion (contirn~d) Mayor Boyle respo to Mr. M~rgolius by stating that the County did not pass on recycling to the cities. The State mandated that the counties must reduce their landfill waste by 25X, arui the County Plarmir~g Camtission is row in the process of working out a program. The County Plarmng Ca~3.ssion was given the task of establishing the surveys and the solutions to recycling in Cuyahoga Coamty. The commsttee, of which Mayor Boyle is a member, is addressing single-famaily homes. Many cities in Cuyahoga County have established policies, but he is not aware of arty that have included multi-families or business. The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission is monitoring the city programs ar~d will establish the criteria for multi-families. North Olmsted is begirs~.ir~g a program of recycling which, at this time, involves single-family homes. He feels that recycling of .multi-families and businesses can be acccx~plished more effectively through a larger entity such as the County. High-rise apartmt$ aryd office buildings normally use ca~aactors to collect trash. This method of trash collection will cause a whole different set of needs than do single-family homes. There are many problems associated with recycling: how waste is currently handled, what materials are being collected, what materials are recyclable, where to dispose of the recyclables. If this is left to the County, a larger volume of reeyclables can be gather~l ~. disposal will probably be easier. With ].ergs supplies of recyelables, the Colmty could guarantee a steady supply to a recycier and be able to write favorable contracts. A single city would not be able to deal in volume; consequently, ems could be quite high. The city is taking the most efficient actives possible to recycle the most goods. Recycling is not a free service; it costs approximately $2 a week per single-family hare. The voters of the cc~nuiity decided to pass a tax which earmarked funds for recycling and solid waste. Mr. McKay agreed that the County was under a mandate to reduce waste to lardfills by 25X. However, according to County statistics, most cities will have only a i2X reduction in residential waste. Commercial and industrial recycling will account for the remainder of the waste reduction. Mrs. Beringer felt that the proposed program be given a chance to work; perhaps sometime in the future the city will be able to address another proposal. Mayor Boyle added that it appears that Mr. Margolies was saying that there is a section of residents that the city is not going to address. This is not true. There is not a segment of the population that we are not going to address; however, there may be a portion that ~ do not address immediately. ~ will take care of single-families first. Multi-family residences all have different problems; ~ will need to wait for direction from the County an the most efficient methods of handling this recycling. Recycling will be ~P-d one way or anther to cover every factor in the ccmi:ty. This may be accomplished through a city contract, County contract, or individual apartment contracts. Mary Arm Koch, 24740 Antler Drive, is concerned about the sewage arxi yard restora- tion taking place in the Deerfield Park development. She said .that things were looking pretty bad in the neighborhood, arx~i she wanted to knew how long the city is going to stand behind the yard and driveway restoration. 4