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1. -13% for All. This scenario evenly applies the 13.3% reduction in costs to all subscription levels. 2. Residential Focus. This scenario reduces the residential 35-gallon cart rate to below comparable agencies' corresponding rates (holding the residential 96- gallon cart rate static), and evenly applies the remaining balance to commercial rates. 3. Commercial Focus. This scenario reduces the commercial one and two times per week collection bin rates (all sizes) to below comparable agencies' corresponding rates (holding the three, four, and five times per week bin rates static), and evenly applies any remaining balance to all other commercial rates. 4. Balanced. This scenario reduces the residential 35-gallon cart rate and commercial one and two times per week collection bin rates (all sizes) to below comparable agencies' corresponding rates, and evenly applies any remaining balance to all other commercial rates. The results of the modeling, as well as a demonstration of how the new rates would compare to neighboring agency rates under each scenario, are presented in Attachment 1 . Attachment 1 also presents the percentage of customers subscribing to each subscription level listed above. The "-13.3 percent for all"scenario reduces the 96-gallon residential cart rate (which is currently considerably lower than neighboring communities' 96-gallon rates) even further below neighboring communities' rates and reduces all other categories to levels with the range of neighboring communities. The "Residential Focus"scenario would make the 35-gallon residential cart rate the least expensive of our neighbors, reduces high volume, high frequency commercial solid waste rates considerably, and brings all other service level rates within the range of our neighbors. The "Commercial Focus"scenario reduces most commercial accounts to be less expensive than in neighboring communities with residential service falling within the range charged by our neighbors. The "Balanced" scenario is very similar to the reduction in the "Commercial Focus" scenario but also reduces the 35-gallon service rates for residential and commercial mixed recycling and solid waste to the lowest rates for those service levels in the area. The subcommittee is recommending to move forward with the "Balanced" scenario as it realigns rate relationships for both commercial and residential customers, best reflects City goals, and provides competitive rates in comparison to the regional rate surveys. All customers will receive a reduction in their current rate with the exception of the residential 96-gallon cart customers whose existing rate ranges from 47% to 99% lower Page 3 of 5