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<br />'S C \ <br /> <br />REPORT <br /> <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />February 14,2000 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Shopping Cart Ordinance, Shopping Cart Retrieval Program, and a Public Education Program. <br /> <br />Recommendations <br />1. Introduce an ordinance repealing Article VI of, and adding Article VII to, Chapter 14 of the <br />Redwood City Code regarding shopping cart removal, retrieval, impoundment, and disposal. <br />2. Provide staff direction on implementing a public education program. <br />3. Provide staff direction on adding shopping carts to the list of fines. <br /> <br />Issue <br />Shopping carts removed from business premises and left on public property throughout the City <br />create blight and create an expense for local retailers to locate, retrieve, or replace. The <br />Council wants to free the City of stray shopping carts. <br /> <br />Major Finding <br />Programs to implement the goal of a "cart-free city" have been developed with the cooperation <br />of local retailers. These include: 1) adopting a shopping cart ordinance with incentives for <br />compliance, 2) instituting a citywide, City-sponsored, shopping cart retrieval program, and 3) <br />conducting a major public education campaign. <br /> <br />.. -'-'-----" "'-'T""'" <br />