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justifications for a rate increase, it recognizes that increases in fuel, regulatory fees, landfill costs and other operating expenses are under inflationary pressure which is impacting expenses. Attachment A includes a listing of the current and proposed interim/partial service fees. The new standard 96 gallon residential service will increase from $25.04 to $28.04 (+$3.00) per month. PGS bills quarterly and as a result the quarterly bill will increase from $75.12 to $84.13 (+9.01). Proposed Changes to Recycling Services Currently, all residential waste collected from residences is processed at the PGS Transfer Station which results in recyclable material being separated from refuse. PGS also operates the residential green waste and food scrap program that results in this material being recycled into compost. In addition, material taken to the transfer station is sorted in an attempt to recover recyclables. Finally, PGS maintains a buy back center that purchases and receives recyclables. The end result of these efforts is a recycling rate of 54% which meets existing state and Alameda County recycling goals and requirements. At the start of discussions with PGS, the Council Subcommittee identified a need to modify existing recycling services in an attempt to improve the percentage of material that is recycled. This is seen as necessary if the City expects to meet the 75% recycling target that has been adopted by all Alameda County cities, including Pleasanton. In addition, the Subcommittee recognizes that many residents have requested modifications to the existing recycling program to increase the recovery rate of recyclable material and to make the program more "hands on" and visible. Finally, the City does not currently have a significant commercial recycling program and the Subcommittee sees this as an important piece of the City's overall waste diversion effort. In response to these discussions, PGS and the City have agreed to modify and expand existing recycling programs. However, agreement has not yet been reached on the costs required to implement and maintain the programs, and as a result, further discussions are necessary. It is estimated that these new services may result in an increase of 10% to 16%. A summary of the new services are as follows: Residential Single Stream Recycling Services PGS will establish a source separated residential curbside collection program with weekly collection. While the actual new cart configuration is still under discussion, it is probable that it will be as follows: . 1 96-gallon or 35-gallon cart for refuse . 1 96 or 35-gallon cart for green waste and food scraps . 1 96-gallon residential recycling cart will be provided to all residential customers to be used for collecting material suitable for recycling, including cardboard, aluminum beverage containers such as soda cans, steel and tin cans such as soup and tuna containers, glass bottles and jars of all colors, plastic bottles with 1 to 7 printed on the Page 4 of 7