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REGULAR MEETING
SISTER CITIES MEETING ROOM
CITY HALL
September 6, 2006
8:30 a.m.
8:30 I. Roll call
II. Approval of minutes - August 16, 2006
III. BID update
IV. Recycling information
V. Catalyst on-going discussion
VI. Adjourn
Catalyst
Rio Grand Park - memorial chairs and tables
Signage at Rio Grand Park for bathroom located at the parking garage.
Council work session
Exclusion of the dwell review - fire pit
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 oftrash 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 5x/week,
for a total of 10 trips/week before the ordinance, and as of August 2006, still sends 2 trucks
5x/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 ofrecycle 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.