Agenda Packet Cc - Regular Meeting 9/22/2025

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ORGANIZED CURBSIDE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE -SORT RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES BACKGROUND Orono is a suburban rural community with about 8,382 residents (METC), located roughly 15 miles west of Minneapolis along the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. The city covers 25 square miles and about half of that area is water or wetland. Orono includes 40% of Lake Minnetonka's shoreline and 33% of the lake's surface area. The city is mainly residential, with mostly single-family homes and a small commercial area in Navarre. The city is governed by a City Council of five members (one is Mayor) with a City Administrator who handles day-to-day operations. Councilmembers serve overlapping four-year terms and meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. There are currently 3,413 residential units (homes with up to three units). There are no multi -family buildings with four or more units. The city's current recycling service offers single -sort (single -stream) recycling every other Tuesday. The city prefers to continue with the same collection day citywide. Commercial buildings arrange their own recycling service separately. Recycling and garbage trucks must follow a maximum weight limit of 18,000 pounds per axle (9 tons) on all residential streets, unless otherwise posted or approved by the City Council. During the spring load restriction period, most residential streets are posted at 4 tons per axle. While recycling and garbage trucks are exempt from this 4-ton limit, they must still follow the 9-ton per axle rule during this time. See Attachments for a map and list of residential streets. SCHEDULE The Request for Proposals (RFP) and selection schedule will be as follows. These dates are subject to change as deemed necessary by the city. Solicitation Opens August 12 Newspaper Publication August 16 Proposal Deadline August 24 Proposal Review August 25-29 Hauler Recommendation September 8 Page 4 of 27 36