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SPECIAL MEETING
130 S. GALENA
SISTER CITIES MEETING ROOM
JiTLY 23, 2008
8:30 A.M.
8:30 I. Roll call 7, i 6 ; ,., u.~-~
II. Public Comments not on the agenda (please limit your
comments to 3 minutes)
III. Commissioner Comments
IV. Ducky Derby
V. Recycle ordinance
VI. Adjourn
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July 23, 2008
Commercial Core and Lodging Commission
City of Aspen
Aspen, CO 81611
Re: Ducky Derby Sales Tent -Cooper Mall Request
Dear Commission:
On behalf of the Aspen Rotary Club, I am requesting a permit to erect a vending tent on the
Cooper Avenue Mall for the two weeks prior to our principal fund raising event -the Ducky
Derby. This is a request we've made in the past and that the Commission has approved.
The operation will mimic past years. We will again have our two standard tents that we have
used in the past. These are approximately 10 feet by 10 feet each. One is used for the sales
desk and one is used to keep our merchandise out of the rain, etc. There is some discussion
in Rotary of purchasing one new tent that would be 10 feet by 20 feet, using the same space
as the two tents used in the past. We will again have the inflatable duck that will be erected
each day and removed at night. We are aware of the limitations on the west side of the
sales area for fire access. In prior years, Ed VanWalraven of the Fire District has directed us
to keep the area between the cranberry trees/drainage Swale and the Guido's building open
for fire access and we will continue to observe this parameter.
We are requesting atwo-week permit -Starting Saturday the 26`h of July through Friday the
8`h of August. The event is on August 9`h.
Attached is a photo rendering of the approximate footprint of the tent (the fire hearth is
drawn-in).
S(in1cerely, - ~,
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Chris Bendon
Aspen Rotary Club
Copy: Ed VanWalraven, Aspen Fire Protection District
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Ashley Cantrell, Environmental Health Department
THRU: Lee Cassin, Environmental Health Director
CC: Chris Bendon, Community Development Director
DATE OF MEMO: July 21, 2008
MEETING DATE: July 28, 2008
RE: Renewal of the Recycling Ordinance
REQUEST OF COUNCIL: We ask that Council approve the continuation of the recycling
ordinance, including the proposed minor changes, on second reading. Based on the success of
the program, we are recommending the removal of the initial "sunset" provision, and other
administrative improvements that will make the ordinance easier to comply with and easier to
understand.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The recycling ordinance was enacted in August of 2005
to encourage higher recycling rates by making recycling easier for residents and businesses.
The original ordinance included a sunset provision that requires action from City Council
within three years to continue the ordinance. The sunset provision also allows Council to
make changes to the ordinance.
BACKGROUND:
The three years of the recycling ordinance have proved to be very successful. Recycling rates
rose in both commercial and residential sectors, and many businesses and residents began to
recycle after the ordinance took effect. Higher recycling rates signify that more waste was
diverted from the landfill, which means less air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
At the first reading of this ordinance on July 14, council requested more information regarding
the potential negative effects that bi-annual reporting may have on the waste haulers. Staff had
already spoken with representatives from three separate waste hauling companies and informed
them of the proposed change, and all three said the new reporting requirements would not
negatively affect their operations. Staff believes this provision will make it easier for the
haulers to provide accurate data.
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In the time since the first reading, staff received a verbal comment from one hauler requesting
that residential recycling pickup be required only every other week instead of every week. The
Environmental Health staff is willing to consider the proposal in the future when it can be
further discussed with the other haulers and customers, but we do not want to make any hasty
changes that might help some haulers and hurt others, or make any changes that would reduce
recycling rates without careful consideration. At this time, staff is not inclined to recommend
the change based on the following reasoning: Please refer to Attachment A for more details on
this topic.
- Weekly recycling pickup on the same day as trash pickup is easy for the customer to
remember and leads to higher recycling volumes due to ease of use. In fact, several
customers dropped their recycling service before the ordinance went into effect,
because homeowners felt it was too hard to coordinate with the bi-weekly schedule of
pickup.
- Weekly pickup ensures that bins do not overflow. Overflowing bins discourage
customers from recycling.
Staff solicited comments from all the waste haulers earlier in the yeaz and received a number of
comments which have been addressed in the ordinance. City staff expects to receive further
comments from Waste Management staff at about the time this memo is due. (We received
comments from them eazlier, but due to staff changes, current Waste Management staff wanted
to make some different comments.) Even though city staff may agree with some suggestions on
first consideration, we must research and consider any significant changes so as to not
adversely affect customers or other haulers.
The current changes to the ordinance aze only housekeeping changes that do not change the
intention or key elements of the ordinance. If council wishes to make significant changes to the
existing ordinance, staff commits to come back at the eazliest available work session to explore
these suggestions further. However, at this time any major changes would be made in haste
and could lead to unseen adverse affects on customers or haulers.
On July 23 the Environmental Health staff met with members of CCLC to hear their comments
on the ordinance. This is the second time this year that staff has met with CCLC to receive
feedback on this particular ordinance and program. CCLC requested a number of studies and
information, which staff provided at the first meeting, and provided again, with updates, on
July 23. Staff considered all suggestions and comments and provided all available
documentation and data on the effects of the ordinance. For a list of documents provided to
CCLC please see Attachment B. Some CCLC members have always believed this ordinance
would increase traffic, noise, hauler profit, and cost, and for this reason staff anticipates
further comments from CCLC members at second hearing, especially suggestions that other
methods should be used to increase recycling. However, we feel all concerns have been
properly addressed to CCLC and the issues are further described below.
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Noise - We have historically received occasional complaints about waste (or recycling) trucks
coming early in the morning, but we did not find an increase in the number of complaints
received after the ordinance compared to years prior to the recycling ordinance. We get very
few complaints about trash or recycling truck noise.
Tra c- There was concern on the part of some CCLC members about the potential for increased
traffic in downtown Aspen resulting from more recycling pick-up to handle the higher volumes
of recycling. After the ordinance the amount of trucks on the road increased by 12 trucks per
week. In light of the fact that over 800 dump trucks and over 23,000 vehicles enter Aspen every
day, staff sees this increase in trips as small.
Cost -Some CCLC members were concerned the ordinance would give waste haulers an
excuse to increase their rates and profits. However, our research shows that rates went up for
some customers and went down for others, and the price changes may represent normal
increases in the cost of fuel and other aspects of doing business. Out of the thousands of
citizens and hundreds of businesses in Aspen, we received 7 complaint calls related to cost
increases. Environmental Health worked with all concerned customers to let them know about
service options and ways to reduce their cost. Many residential customers found they could
switch to smaller containers without changing their habits, and saw prices stay the same or drop.
Staff observed cases where commercial accounts saved money on their trash bill after the
recycling ordinance came into effect. Attachment C gives some examples of the cost changes to
customers in all sectors.
Space -Finding space to locate newly added recycling bins was another concern for some
businesses in the Commercial Core. The Environmental Health department worked with
downtown alley businesses to help them find locations for recycling containers if they had
limited space. A few multi-family locations were not easily resolved due to homeowner or
hauler constraints (homeowners not wanting another container for visual reasons, for
example). Otherwise, Environmental Health was able to resolve all issues that were brought to
our attention.
Yard Waste- In the first year, staff hired a company to provide curbside pickup of grass and
leaves in order to provide disposal options for yard waste. Very few customers took advantage
of this service, so the program was discontinued. Citizens are successfully self-hauling to the
Rio Grande recycling center where there is a grass and leaf collection bin provided by the City
of Aspen and Pitkin County. Other citizens are using mulching mowers. Landscapers take the
material for free to the landfill for composting, use mulching mowers, or compost grass and
leaves at other down valley locations.
Program Successes-
At least 138 businesses started or expanded their recycling efforts since the adoption of the
ordinance. Attachment D provides a list of some of the businesses that added recycling
because of the ordinance. This success is attributed to the concentrated efforts by city staff, the
cooperation of the waste haulers, and the public's desire to recycle.
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With the adoption of the ordinance the city was able to collect information from the haulers on
collection rates of recycling and yard waste. From the 2006 data, staff was able to'set a
starting point for Aspen's recycling rate of 14%. In 2007, Aspen's recycling rate increased
to 16% as more customers came under the ordinance.. Since many customers have three-year
contracts, many more commercial customers will come under the new ordinance this fall, so
rates should increase again. Although Aspen's rate is still low in comparison to the rest of the
nation, partly because of the distance to recycling markets, Aspen is moving in the right
direction to greatly surpass Colorado's recycling rate of 12.5 % and continues towards
meeting the National average of 30%.
DISCUSSION:
Staff had numerous meetings with trash haulers, Pitkin County landfill staff, CCLC, and
community members to gather input and suggestions about how the ordinance is working and
to take note of any recommended changes. Staff incorporated numerous helpful suggestions
that will improve and simplify the ordinance. For a description of the main elements of the
original ordinance, none of which is being changed, refer to Attachment E. (The main
elements are: requiring recycling to be included as part of the customer's basic trash service;
requiring volume-based pricing; and keeping yard waste out of trash.) The following are
staff's recommended Chang es.
• Discontinue additional exemptions for Commercial Customers who haul their own
cazdboazd to the Rio Grande Recycle Center. Any existing exemptions will be honored,
but no new customers will be able to apply for exemptions. (This provision allowed a
Commercial Customer to be exempt from the ordinance if the customer proved to
Environmental Health that they were hauling cardboard to a drop-off center.) Only
three businesses used this option in three years, and due to the difficulty to implement,
we recommend this be discontinued.
• Delete the exemption for separate cardboard hauling by a different hauler. Under this
exemption a Commercial Customer was exempt from cardboard service with their
contracted hauler if they could prove their cazdboazd was picked up by a separate
hauler other than the customer's trash hauler. No customers applied for this
exemption.
• Require reporting bi-annually instead of annually, with the quantities reported in tons.
Staff discovered that each hauler was collecting data and making assumptions
differently not only between haulers but from yeaz to year. This caused uncertainty in
Aspen's actual recycling rate. By including standardized data collection in the
reporting form, staff will have both increased confidence in Aspen's recycling rate and
better ability to track the effects of the recycling ordinance. All three major haulers
indicated this would not pose a problem.
• Clarify the 90-day notice provision in which haulers let customers know of service
options. This provision requires haulers to educate their customers of the changes that
will take place once the ordinance comes into effect for that customer and to allow time
for the customer to understand their options for service. Staff only made the wording
clearer for better understanding.
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• Clarify that the City will provide wording for audit cards, which the haulers can print
in their preferred format. Each hauler has different preferences regarding the format of
their audit cazds.
• Add clarifying wording to section B of hauler requirements that makes it perfectly clear
that it is unlawful to display the cost of recycling as a sepazate charge in a line item in
any document provided to the customer. Staff feels previous wording made this
regulation clear, but additional clarifying wording will help ensure that no future
compliance issues result from haulers not understanding the wording. (The intent is that
recycling is included as part of the basic trash service, and is neither an added charge,
nor a deduction if people choose not to use it.)
• Eliminate the Sunset Provision so the ordinance remains in effect.
FINANCIAL/BUDGET IMPACTS: None. The recycling ordinance requires staff time to
educate consumers and haulers, and conduct enforcement and routine field surveillance
activities. This is done by existing Environmental Health staff.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
Prolong the life of the landfill: By diverting waste away from the landfill, recycling is
prolonging the lifespan of the Pitkin County Landfill. As long as the Pitkin County landfill
remains open, Aspen will not need to haul trash out of the Roaring Fork Valley, which would
generate more greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.
Conserve Resources: Recycling helps to conserve resources by minimizing the need for virgin
materials, and allows material that has already been extracted to be used for another purpose.
Save Enerey: Manufacturing any new product requires energy use, however when recycled
material is used, it uses less energy than producing new products from virgin materials.
Additionally, the energy required to get recycled materials to industry (including collection,
processing and transportation), is less than the energy required to supply virgin materials to
industry (including extraction, refining, transportation and processing). (See Attachment F)
Pollution Reduction: The initial steps in the production process, extracting, refining, and
processing raw materials, are often overlooked, but create substantial air and water pollution.
Recycling reduces the need for extraction and processing, and thereby reduces the pollution
associated with these activities. Recycling also reduces the amount of fossil fuels entering the air
because energy intensive extraction is eliminated, and reduces potential groundwater
contamination associated with landfills.
Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The reduction in energy use achieved through
recycling also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and thus helps curb global warming.
Attachment F shows the benefits of recycling in more detail.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends Council adopt the ordinance as amended,
based on the environmental benefits, success of the ordinance in its first three years, and
staff s findings that the adverse impacts of the ordinance have been minimal.
Staff has had some verbal indication that one hauler may make suggested changes after this
memo is due. Staff recommends that Council pass this ordinance making minor changes, and
then if any significant issues are raised at the last minute, that the Environmental Health
Department meet as soon as possible with all the haulers and affected customers to discuss any
proposed changes, and then return to Council at a work session so the impacts of potential
changes can be thoroughly evaluated.
ALTERNATIVES: Council could strengthen the ordinance requirements, make recycling
mandatory, leave the ordinance as is, or make other changes.
PROPOSED MOTION: "I move to approve Ordinance # Series of 2008 amending
Aspen's recycling ordinance with included changes."
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS:
ATTACHMENTS:
A: Frequency of Pickup Data
B: List of documents provided to CCLC
C: Cost changes after Recycling Ordinance
D: Businesses who added recycling
E: Key elements of the Recycling Ordinance
F: Benefits of recycling
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Chapter 12.06
WASTE REDUCTION
Sec. 12.06.010. Definitions.
For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed [o them:
Audit Card shall mean a cazd that waste Haulers give [o customers who have included
banned Yard Waste in [heir garbage or who have failed to properly sort their Recyclable
Materials.
Commercial Customer shall mean any premises utilizing collection service where a
commercial, industrial or institutional enterprise is carried on, including, without limitation,
retail establishments, restaurants, hospitals, schools, day care centers, offices, nursing homes,
clubs, churches and public facilities.
Hauler means any person in [he business of collecting, transporting or disposing of
garbage or trash for another, for a fee, in [he Ci[y.
Multi-Family Customer means the occupants, taken together, of a residential building or
set of residential buildings who use a collective, common system for the collection of gazbage
generated by the occupants.
Recyclable Materials means any materials that are designated by the City Manager in the
"Recyclable Materials List" which may include, but are not limited to, newspaper, office paper,
cardboard, glass containers, plastic containers, steel cans and aluminum cans.
Residential Customer means every occupant of a residential building or set of residential
buildings who receives periodic garbage collection service, and who does not use a collective,
common system for the collection of gazbage generated by the occupants.
Yard Waste shall mean materials generated from the maintenance of the vegetation on a
property that have been designated by the City Manager in the "Banned Yard Waste List"
which may include, but are not limited to, Bass clippings, leaves, weeds, holiday trees and
other plant materials. (Ord. No. 26, 2005, § 1)
Sec. 12.06.020. Exemptions.
The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter:
(A) Any person or agent thereof who transports to the landfill only the garbage that person
generates.
(B) Any person who transports only liquid wastes (such as restaurant grease), discarded or
abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, discarded home or industrial appliances, household
hazardous wastes or hazazdous materials as defined in the rules and regulations adopted by the
United States Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §5101 et seq.
(C) Any Commercial Customer who has received
an exception pursuant of this chapter may continue to be exempt provided he or she
proves he or she transports h[s or he_r_ caddboazd recycling to the Rto Grande Recyc_ ling Center
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exemptiox. Such exemption shall be granted upon satisfactory demonstration to the
Environmental Health Department that said customer:
(i) Is taking his or her recyclable cardboazd to the Rio Grande Recycling Center or
Pitkin County Materials Recovery Facility;
(ii) Is not allowing recyclable cardboard to be placed in hash containers; and
(iii) Complying with the requirements of section 12.06.030 would be unduly
burdensome [o the applicant.
Sec. 12.06.030. Hauler requirements.
(A) No person shall operate as a solid waste Hauler within the city limits without first
obtaining a business license from the City. In order to receive a City business license, a solid waste
Hauler must comply with the requirements of this Chapter.
(B) Except for customers exempt from the provision pursuant to Section 12.06.020 above,
Haulers providing trash service in the City shall include in the base rate for trash pickup service [he
pickup of Recyclable Materials as designated by the City Manager in [he Recyclable Materials List.
It shall be unlawful for Haulers to provide a separate line item for the cost of recvcline services on
any invoice, contract, or other document that is delivered to the customer, or deduct any amount
from a customer's rate if the recycling services are not used unless the customer has received an
exemption from the Environmental Health Department.
(C) The collection of recyclable materials for residential customers shall be provided on [he
same day and upon the same frequency as hash pickup.
(D) Haulers shall provide collection of recyclable materials for multi-family and commercial
customers as often as necessary to prevent the overflow of the recycling containers and to permit the
customer to use the recycling containers without causing an overflow.
(E) Any person licensed to operate as a solid waste Hauler within the City shall charge all
Residential Customers on the basis of volume of trash collected, which shall be measured by the
volume capacity of the container used by the customer. All charges shall be based upon units of
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volume no greater than thirty-two (32) gallons. The charge for the second unit shall be no less than
the charge for [he firs[ unit of volume. The charge for each subsequent unit of volume shall be no
less than the charge for the first unit of volume.
(F) In offering or arranging for services, a Hauler shall provide reasonable notice of the full
range of container sizes or levels of services offered by the Hauler, and shall provide to each
customer that customer's requested container size or level of service.
(G) Each Hauler shall submit a bi-annual annual report to the city manager of the weight in •-
tons of-eubie-herds of garbage, trash, Recyclable Materials (as determined by [he City Manager in the
Recyclable Materials List pursuant to 12.06.040) and Yard Waste materials collected within [he
limits of the City. For loads that contain garbage or Recyclable Materials originating in part from
within the limits of the City, and in part from outside [he limits of the City, the reported quantity may
be estimated by the Hauler but must use the standardized formula provided by the City of Aspen
which shall include the use of both the scale tickets and customer route sheets, and reported as an
estimate.
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standardized formula for volume estimations, a description of the approved data collection
methods and a section for the hauler to describe apv assumptions used in [he data collection
process. All reports shall be treated as confidential commercial documents under the provisions of
the Colorado Open Records Act.
(H)Nothing in [his Section shall be construed as prohibiting any Hauler from providing
separate pricing for special collection of bulky items, Yard Waste, contaminated recyclables,
unscheduled pick-up of trash, extra volumes of trash, such as bags, boxes or bundles, or more than
what was subscribed with a Hauler for [rash.
(I) Except for materials that customers have no[ properly prepared for recycling and so are
grossly contaminated (fifteen percent [ 15%] or more of [rash), Haulers may not dispose of Recyclable
Materials set out by recycling customers by any means other than at a recycling facility that sorts,
packages and otherwise prepares Recyclable Materials for sale.
(i) Haulers must notify customers of anv grossly contaminated Recyclable Material with
an Audit Card with wording provided by the Environmental Health Department. The
Environmental Health Department, once notified by the customer, will determine if
recyclable material may be cleaned and nicked up as recycling, or determined to be
trash, and then contact the Hauler [o approve the collection, which the Hauler may
choose to Dick up at the next scheduled pickup and which may incur a charge for an
extra trash oickuu.
(J) Haulers shall notify customers of the provisions of this Chapter by a letter previded
reasonably acceptable by the City of Aspen:
(i) Upon the initial provision of solid waste collection services to new customers,
(ii) Ninety days prior to any deadline such as the date for
existine customers to notifv the hauler if thev wish to oot out, and
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Haulers will also provide within the above reference letter information on the materials
designated for recycling collection pursuant to 12.06.040 and such rules and regulations as
established by the Hauler for the orderly collection of Recyclable Materials as authorized
pursuant to 12.06.050(b). Such notice shall further include for Residential Customers the
notification of the variable rate system employed by the Hauler, and shall be in a form
reasonably acceptable [o the City to ensure that customers are fully informed of the
availability of recycling and level of service options.
For group accounts, [he notices required herein may be sent to the group representative for
said account, provided that such notice shall further notify said representative of its
obligation to notify all individual customers or users of the service within the group of the
availability of recycling services.
On or before January 31 of each year, the Hauler shall deliver to the Environmental Health
Director a true and correct copy of the notification sent [o each customer type, i.e.
Residential, Multi-family or Commercial, on or before December 31 of the previous year.
(K) Haulers shall not pick up trash that contains banned Yard Waste materials. Haulers shall
notify customers of [he ban with an Audit Card with wordin¢ provided by the Environmental Health
Department. The Environmental Health Department, once notified by the customer, will determine
when the customer has removed the contaminating materials and then contact the Hauler to approve
the collection of [he trash, which the Hauler may choose to pick up at the next scheduled pickup or
which may incur a charge for an extra pickup. (Ord. No. 26, 2005, §1)
Sec. 12.06.040.Designation of Recyclable Materials and Banned Yard Waste Materials.
(A) The Recyclable Materials [hat haulers are required to pick up shall be set forth in the City's
"Recyclable Materials Lis[," which shall be prepared and amended from time to time by [he Ci[y
Manager. The Recyclable Materials List shall be developed after consultation with the Pi[kin County
Landfill Director/Manager, the Environmental Health Director and representatives of the licensed
Haulers operating within the City, as well as the public, and shall be available for review on the City's
Environmental Health Department website.
(B) The Yard Waste material that is required to be separated from [rash shall be set forth in the
City's "Banned Yard Waste List," which shall be prepared and amended from time to time by the City
Manager. The Banned Yard Waste List shall be developed after consultation with the Pitkin County
Landfill Manager, the Environmental Health Director and licensed Haulers operating within the City,
as well as the public, and shall be available for review on the City's Environmental Health
Department website. (Ord. No. 26, 2005, §1)
Sec. 12.06.050. Placement of Recyclable Materials and Yard Waste for pickup.
(A) All recyclables and Yard Waste accumulated on any premises shall be placed in a
container sepazate from garbage, or in a suitable manner such as cardboard broken down and placed
on a shelf.
(B) Recycling containers for storing and setting out Recyclable Materials may be of any color
or design as long as [hey do not interfere with industry-accepted requirements for the preparation of
materials for recycling [ha[ are necessary to provide for the orderly collection of Recyclable
Materials. (Ord. No. 26, 2005, §1)
Sec. 12.06.060.Educational materials.
(A) The Environmental Health Department shall provide an annual summary of waste and
recycled material totals collected in [he City, and shall report on other measures of success and
aspects of this Chapter.
(B) The City will provide wordine for Audit Cards that the Haulers must use to notify their
customers of contamination of Yard Waste in trash and contamination of trash in recyclables. In
addition, the City will produce an educational flyer, not to exceed one (1) sheet of paper in length.
Haulers shall distribute this educational flyer at leas[ once a yeaz to all their customers, that maybe at
the same time as materials sent out under Subsection 12.06.030(j) above. The City will consult with
the Haulers about the educational flyer prior to pFiutiug distributive it to the Haulers. (Ord. No. 26,
2005, §1)
Sec. 12.06.070. Audits avd violatiovs
(A) Each Hauler licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall maintain accurate and complete records
of the services provided to all customers, the charges to such customers and payments received, the
form and recipients of any notice required pursuant to this Chapter, and any underlying records,
including any books, accounts, contracts for services, written records of individual level of service
requests, invoices, route sheets or other records necessary to verify [he accuracy and completeness of
such records. It shall be the duty of each Hauler [o keep and preserve al] such documents and
records, including any electronic information, for a period of three (3) years from the end of the
calendar year of such records, except for paper records of route sheets, which may be discarded one
(1) year after the end of the calendar year of such route sheets.
(B) If requested, each Hauler shall make its records available for audit by the City Manager
during regular business hours in order for the City to verify Hauler compliance with the provisions of
this Chapter. All such information shall be treated as confidential commercial documents under the
provisions of the Colorado Open Records Act.
(C) Violation of any provision of this Chapter by any person, firm or corporation, whether as
Hauler, owner or occupant, shall be unlawful and subject to the penalty provisions in Section
1.04.080 of this Code. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. No. 26, 2005, § 1)
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Klanderud and Aspen City Council
FROM : Sarah Laverty, Environmental Project Coordinator
DATE OF MEMO: August 23, 2006
RE: Traffic Change due to Recycling Ordinance
SUMMARY:
There was, and is, concern on the part of some people, about the potential for increased traffic
resulting from the Recycling Ordinance. The Recycling Ordinance requires that haulers provide
recycling as part of basic trash service for all commercial and residential customers. In doing so,
the intent of the ordinance is to propel those that did not previously recycle, to begin to recycle,
and those that did recycle, to increase the amount they recycle. With these increased volumes of
recycling, it is likely that more recycling trucks will be sent to Aspen. The hope is that over
time, as recycling increases, the volume of trash will decrease, and thus decrease the amount or
frequency of trash pick ups. (The reality is that the Recycling Ordinance does nothing to change
the volumes of trash/recycling, it just changes which bin these items end up in. So if the recycle
bin increases in volume, the trash bin should decrease.) Staff does, however, expect a lag
between the time when more trucks are needed to pick up the recycling, and when customers
realize they can decrease the frequency of trash pick ups, thus requiring fewer trash trucks to be
sent to Aspen.
To get a sense of how traffic has changed since implementation of the Recycling Ordinance, staff
contacted all of the haulers to find out how many more trips they make each week to
accommodate the new needs generated by the Recycling Ordinance.
Trash trucks -all of the haulers report NO CHANGE in the number of trips made per week for
their trash trucks. (For example, Hauler A sent 2 trash trucks to Aspen to pick up trash Sx/week,
for a total of 10 trips/week before the ordinance, and as of August 2006, still sends 2 trucks
Sx/week, for a total of 10 trips/week.)
Recycle Trucks -all of the haulers report an increase in the number of recycle trips/week. On
the whole, there are now 11 more trips/week in the city as a whole, to pick up the increased
recycling, most likely generated by the Recycling Ordinance.
Overall increase in traffic due to the Recycling Ordinance -11 trips/week or 1.6 added
trips per day
In light of the fact that over 800 dump trucks and over 23,000 vehicles enter Aspen every day,
staff sees this increase in trips as manageable. Moreover, the fact that all haulers have increased
the number of recycle trips seems to be a sign that recycling is increasing in Aspen.
Staff will continue to monitor the change in trips that results from the Recycling Ordinance and
will update Council periodically.
Recycling ordinance -Increase in Traffic
As of August 23, 2006:
(Check again August 2007 to see if trash trips have decreased)
WM:
Before Ordinance
Trash - Sx/wk had 3 trucks/day, 1 x/wk had 1 truck/day - total of 16 trips/wk (plus
perhaps some 2x/day pick up)
After Ordinance
Trash - no change - 16 trips/wk (plus perhaps some 2x/day pick up)
Before Ordinance
Recycle - 1 truck 2x/wk -total of 2 trips/wk
After Ordinance
Recycle - 1 truck Sx/wk -total of 5 trips/wk
Overall Increase - 3 trips/wk
As of 1/25107
Trash - no change
Before Ordinance
Recycle - 1 truck 2x/wk -total of 2 trips/wk
CB Recycle -1 truck 2x/wk -total of 2 trips/wk
After Ordinance
Recycle - 1 truck Sx/wk -total of 5 trips/wk
CB Rec cle - 1 truck 3x/wk -total of 3 trips/wk
Overall Increase - 4 trips/wk
WS:
Before Ordinance
Trash
After Ordinance
Trash - no change
Before Ordinance
Recycle -
After Ordinance
Recycle - 1 new truck making 5 trips/wk
Overall lncrease -Strips/wk
As of 1/25/07
No add'1 change
Overall Increase - 5
RMD:
Before Ordinance
Trash
After Ordinance
Trash - no change
Before Ordinance
Recycle -
After Ordinance
Recycle - 3 more trips/wk
Overall Increase - 3 trips/wk
As of 1/25/07
No add'1 change
Overall Increase - 3
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