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SC~ retrieval service so retrieval service could be considered together with the ordinance. Since August, staff has: Q solicited proposals and received 4 proposals for a City-wide retrieval service; IJ met with thirteen retailers, representing 10 stores; Q formed a committee to develop criteria to evaluate subsequent proposals from retrieval service providers (November 30th meeting), and Q interviewed each of the 4 proposers on Dec. 7, 1999. The interview committee recommends that the contract be awarded to Scott Junior Shopping Cart Service, who bid $3.00 per cart to pick-up and return carts to either the owner or to the City corporation yard. This bid applies to every volume, for example to 1,000 carts per month and to 3,000 carts per month. Other bids ranged from $2.60 per cart for retrieval of 3,000 carts and $4.00 per cart for 1,000 carts per month to $5.00 per cart for every volume. In the opinion of the committee and upon discussion with other communities, Scott Junior was determined to be the provider to best meet the City's needs. The operation of the retrieval program is described in Attachment 2. An agreement for retrieval services will be recommended for approval following the second reading of the ordinance. 3) The Public Education Campaign A public information campaign was advocated by the Council, the attendees of the November 16th meeting, and the committee. Key elements of the effort to familiarize residents with the laws of California and the City, and planned enforcement include: Q A City-wide mailer in the utility bill. Q Work with the Tri-County Apartment Association to distribute educational material to apartment managers, who in turn can distribute material to their tenants (who may not receive utility bills from the City). Q Distribution of material (perhaps door hangers) to neighborhoods with a high incidence of stray shopping carts - successful in Mountain View. Q Newspaper articles. IJ Work with Neighborhood Associations. Q Work with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) regarding provision of alternative carts at a low price. IJ Courtesy notices to people with shopping carts not on business premises informing them of the law. 4) Fines Both Concord and San Mateo include in their shopping cart ordinances penalties of a $1000 fine plus a $50 fine for each day of non-compliance. These penalties apply to a store's failure to submit a plan for City approval or to implement a shopping cart plan, or when required, failure to install physical measures to prevent removal of carts from the business premises. It is important that the City: 1) impose fines on businesses that fail to install signs on their carts (otherwise the City bears the cost of retrieving those carts), and 2) enlists the participation of most retailers in the City's program. Even so, some unsigned carts may find their way into the City from unincorporated areas. The City has the opportunity to .. "~..._.-.-. "-'.T