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City Council - 2 - October 29, 1998 collection services in their service delivery area. As a result of this service delivery change, there can be a reduction of three full-time refuse worker positions. This is a mandatory bargaining issue and will be discussed with the City Council in closed session at a future date. A flyer has been prepared to notify the residential customers in the City's service area about this change that will be implemented as of January 1999. These flyers have been designed to be door hangers and will be distributed twice throughout the affected residential neighborhoods, once in November and once in December. It is anticipated that there may be complaints about the fact that customers will be required to place their refuse containers on the curb for curbside collection. To mitigate these complaints, staff recommends that the City purchase "Rubbermaid" type wheeled garbage containers and make them available to customers at cost. Those customers who are unable to bring their residential refuse can to the curb will be able to request side yard or back yard service by completing the Application for On -Premise Refuse Collection (Attachment 1). Staff has obtained a list of customers (approximately 800 in number) who have requested side yard or backyard service from San Leandro Recycling. These customers will not be required to fill out a second application. 2. The annual, unlimited debris pickup program will be eliminated in 1998-99. In place of this service, residents will be provided debris pickup once a year on a call -in basis as a supplement to their weekly garbage service. The change to the debris program is to no longer designate a specific day(s) for the annual debris collection in an area, but to allow any 20- or 32-gallon can customer to call and request a debris collection day. With 7 days notice, the debris will be collected on their next regularly scheduled refuse collection day. Since this program has typically been held in the Spring, notices to the residents regarding this change will be distributed after January 1999. 3. The City will enter into discussions with San Leandro Recycling, Inc., the private contractor providing residential recycling, for the purpose of re -negotiating its agreement with the City. Staff spoke with Gerard Wen who indicated that San Leandro Recycling would be willing to renegotiate its contract(s) with the City, including a provision that would require a 10% franchise fee to be paid to the City. San Leandro Recycling is not interested in being bought out by another company because of the $3 Million investment it has made in their operations on Aladdin. He expressed interest in renegotiating two existing contracts with the City and providing both refuse and recycling services to the City. San Leandro Recycling's contract with the City for residential recycling expires in 2006; the contract for industrial/commercial refuse collection expires in 2018. 4. The City will explore the opportunity of having the Oro Loma Sanitary District provide refuse service to the entire San Leandro service area.