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years. The total is 11.31% and the rate would be elllgctive July 1, 2000 and go titrough March 31, 2004. That would be the ot~.y rate increase that would occur during that period. It is designed to keep pace with the CPI, as it is anticipated to increase between now and the year 2004. Historically from 1997 to 1999 it had increased 11.4% and the dump costs had gone up 11.62%. As noted, some of the cost increases exceed the rote adjustment~ The reason that they believe that the rate adjustment is lower is because of operational efficiencies and other activities that the company has undertaken to successfully reduce costs. The residential customer service based 90-gallon garbage with mixed recycling blue bag is the predominat~t service; 96% of the residents in Pleasanton use that service. Less than 1% use the smaller 32-gallon can. The 64 gallon green waste can is serviced twice a month and the residential blue bag program is available weekly for those individuals who take advantage of that and put it right into the refuse container. Currently the rate now is a $20.03 per month; it is proposed to go up to $22.30 and stay there until the year 2004. The current rates for the 90-gallon service in the county survey area is $58.90. Mr. Oliver said another item that PGS wanted to bring up is the congestion in the transl~r station. If any of you have done any self-haul, particularly on the weekends, you*ve seen what we are dealing with. Basically the transfer station was not designed to accomplish as much recycling activity that occurs today and so what PGS is faced ~vith is the need to actually go through the material, put it on the floor and have the employees go through and get the material out so that PGS can increase recycling numbers. That is the reason for the proposed 7,000 square foot expansion on the east side of the building. That will give PGS the opportunity to take the waste material, pmdominately the commercial waste, to that side and go through it to get more material out of it and then take it to the recycle belt in a timely fashion. Because the Vasco Road facility is not open on Sundays, PGS cannot haul out of the ~acility to Vasco Road, so the material that stacks up after the last track that can go out on Saturday, through the rest of the weekend, is significant. What happens is that they ran out of time to be able to go through the materials so they just haul it out, and therefore they are losing some of the recycling numbers? As Mr. Fialho mentioned, they are at 50% in state compliance, however PGS believes that the State will continue to look for higher levels of recycling. The Alameda Waste Authority has asked for voltrotary compliance to 75%. A great deal more ~vork needs to be undertaken in order to reach a higher percentage than 50% and so PGS is recognizing that needs Io happen and the expansion would increase that efficiency to a great degree. Ms. Ayaia said that she had a question regarding the 75% compliance. If we are one of the few cities that is in compliance at 50%, what are people thinking when they are going to go to 75%, when they don't have all of the cities conforming at 50%? Mr. Oliver said that on a statewide basis it ranges down from the teens up to 50+%. Statewide there is a huge variance and there is not compliance on a uniform basis. The 75% requirement will require extraordinary measures. It will require very aggressive programs. The City of Fremont has been undertaking some of those in the commercial area to go out and actually work with specific industries to get recycling done, to work Pleasanton City Council 35 06/20/00 Minutgs