Schultz Email 1 28 20Action Outlines 2019 — 2021 City of Dubuque
GOAL 5 SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT: PRESERVING AND ENHANCING NATURAL RESOURCES P78
ACTION: SOLID WASTE DELIVERY CHANGES: PRIORITY
DIRECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION Policy
Key Issues Activities/Milestones Time
• Glass 1. Glass: Direction 9/19
• Hazardous Waste 2. Develop budget proposal — carts 12/19
• Recycling 3. Decision: Funding FY '21 carts/marketing 3/20
• Public Education 4. Development public marketing program 4/20
Responsibility: Public Works
This above item was not selected by Council and listed on the 2019 City Goals and Priorities - Paul Schultz
1. Glass (drop-off) is identified but is DMASWA and not a City solid waste collection policy
2. These carts are not about Hazardous Waste but about mandatory larger trash City carts
3. Funding FY'21 carts/marketing is not about Recycling but a change to automated trash collection
Further Context
Goal 5 Sustainable Environment: Preserving and Enhancing Natural Resources OUTCOMES p35
1. Reduce the community's carbon footprint (50% by 2030)
3. Become a resilient City using sustainable and affordable technology for water, energy, transportation, health and
wellnessL discards, community engagement — a model community for the world so that residents and businesses can
make more informed choices with limited resources
SHORT TERM CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES p36
3. Changing solid waste collection and funding mechanism
4. Educating the residents and businesses to increase their understanding the benefits of their habits and their impacts
on "sustainability" and recognizing the impact of their actions on community resiliency
7. Community understanding of solid waste and recycling, including curbside collection program
11. Building community understanding and support for "sustainability" and "resiliency" goals, priorities, actions using
outcome -based performance measures
LONG TERM CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES p36
4. Community education on climate changes and environmental sustainability
5. Integrating climate adaptation into City operations
ON THE HORIZON 2022 — 2025 p38
16. Solid Waste Management Plan for 10 Years
From: Paul
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:55 PM
To: bcavanagh@cityofdubuque.org; Roy Buol; Ric Jones; David Resnick; Brett Shaw; Danny Sprank; Laura
Roussel)
Cc: kfirnstahl@cityofdubuque.org; Mike VanMilligan; John Klostermann; Anderson Sainci; Gina Bell; Ken
Miller; Raki Giannakouros; karla.braig@msn.com; Thomas Barton; Ben Fisher
Subject: Work session 1-28-20 on Performance Analysis of Solid WasteOperations
Mayor and City Council Members:
In February 2017, Green Dubuque recommended budgeting for such a report. Green
Dubuque favors many of the ideas and data generated in the report yet disagrees with some of
the recommendations. I plan to attend the meeting.
Following the types of questions proposed by Lyle Sumek, the following may be helpful
in reviewing some of the recommendations based on the Foth Report.
1. What is the actionable performance/community data supporting the recommended outcomes
in the report?
Foth Report Key Findings: (What problem is being addressed?)
• Determine resident's understanding of the current solid waste collection program
Over half knew the bigger trash carts are an option
• Determine if the current solid waste collection program meet resident's needs?
"A majority, but not an overwhelming majority, are good with the 35-gallon cart
Over half rarely or never need the green stickers
Over 70% say the recycling program meets their current needs"
Foth Report Survey and Social Media Poll Results
• Does the 35-gallon trash can or bag meet your needs?
Yes 78%
No 22%
Foth Report Fully Automated: Cons
• Not suitable for alley collection
• Sometimes these arms don't work well in areas with a lot of low hanging wires and limbs
• Does not easily allow inspection of cart contents before or during servicing
• Best when there is limited to no parking on street
2. How do the recommended outcomes relate to Dubuque solid waste collection realities? Alley
collection, snow windrows blocking setouts, some areas with heavy on -street parking, slope
terrain to many customer setouts, customer preference of containers and bags, elderly
physical limitations, sensitivity to increased collection fees and input from city collection
crews?
3: How does the mandatory deployment of larger 48-gallon tipper carts fit with the
recommended significant reduction of solid waste to be Iandfilled in the 2037 Comprehensive
Plan and the draft Climate Action Plan (being finalized)?
4. Timeline: Why is this FY21 recommendation of phased implementation of automated
collection being proposed before the recommended FY22-FY25 development of a 10-year solid
waste management plan?
5. Who are the key City and local private partners significantly involved in developing this report,
the FY21 Budget Proposal and to be included in implementation planning of these
recommendations?
Paul Schultz
Green Dubuque President