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ls there anything that SHARE/IP| expect from the City?

Until such time that staff commences serious negotiations with SHARE/IPI,
is difficult to state exactly what they expect from the City. However,
Their proposal to the City so far, they have requested the following:

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A committment from Council to fully support this Recycling Program.
The Mayor and Aldermen endorse this Recycling Program by submitting news
releases to jocal papers.

The City pay for the initial cost of purchasing the plastic bags needed by
each residence to contain the recycled newspaper.

Council consider amending the Garbage Collection, Removal Regulation Bylaw
to protect SHARE/IP! from the pilferring of recycled newspaper at curbside
by other parties.

The City enter into a renewable five-year agreement giving them the
exclusive right to operate this Curbside Pickup Recycling Program for
newspaper.

Regarding items (a) and (b), the Committee feels that these are reasonable
requests indeed since the success or failure of this Recycling Program is
highly dependent on the full support of Counci! and also a well-executed
public awareness program. Regarding item (c), it was initially thought that a
grant may be obtained from GVRD for this program since the North Shore
communities obtained a 50% grant for their recycling program. However,
according to Burnaby, it appears that GVRD will no longer give out such grants
since their application was turned down. Despite this, we will nevertheless
pursue this avenue further by applying for a grant through the G.V.R.D.
Recycling Committee, This apparent disappointing Information has been
conveyed to International Paper Industries and they have now agreed to ask the
City for $2,000 only to help offset the cost of purchasing these plastic bags.
Since the total cost of purchasing the estimated 9,000 bags needed initially
would be In excess of $2,000 this amended request is an improvement over the
original. With respect ta amending the Garbage Collection, Removal Regulation
Bylaw to protect SHARE/IPI, the Committee recommends that tnis request be
considered at a later date when the need for such Bylaw amendment arises. As
International Paper Industries have Indicated, the enforcement of such a Bylaw
giving them protection from pilfering has not been necessary in other
municipalities. The request for the City to enter into a renewable five-year
agreement with them is a reasonable one since they want some assurance that
they will be permitted to operate the proposed recycling program for a
sufficient length of time to enable them to recover the capital costs of
implementing such a program. The length of time stipulated in similar
agreements which they have entered into with other municipalities is also five
years. Incidentally, under the Garbage Collection, Removal Regulation Bylaw,
the City may enter into such agreements. Even if SHARE/IP| had not requested