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Sessic~ 1494, Minutes Page 3 May 10, 1989 summer. He suggest~q_ that the City buy th~m, since it will have the responsi- bility for maintaining them anyway. Mr. Ollendorff said he had not been noti- fied that the Omunty did not plan to mow the lots, and that he would try to get further information. 2660 Public Works - Sanitation (paqe C-62).' ~he city Manager pointed out the increase in 732.04 Cleaning and Sanitation. He .=aid t_h_is amount included the plastic refkkse begs, and although the cost is higher there will be a 14% re- duction in the number of begs distr/bue~d__. He said Council will receive new bids for bags prior to the June 5 meeting, and it was anticipated that bag de- livery will be resumed the fi~t week of July. ~lis account also includes 130 new ~, dumpster parts, and 50 polycarts, at a cost of about $20,000. He said this will not be enough if the City is not successful in repairing the old dumpsters. Mrs. ~ asked about start-up costs for t~]e pilot alum/hum can recycling program, and she also noted that revenue from paper salvage was projected to d/up drastically. Mr. Ollendorff said that revenue was besed on the amount presently reoeived for newspaper salvage. Mr. Ollendorff said no money for recycling was currently in the budget; if the City decides to expand the pk~=m after the six month trial period, money will have to be allocated. Th~ containers for the cans came f~,-~, this year's allotment for 732.04 Clean- ing and Sanitation. Mayor Pro Tern Ada~ asked about newspaper containers, and Mr. Ollendorff said the city hoped to get a state grant to fund the purchase of new containers. 2670 Public Works - Street Liqhtinq (paqe C-66). The City Manager said the major, portion of this budget is for electricity, which /~ludes pole cost, amortization, depreciation and repairs for the street lights. The decrease in this budget was due to a 10% rate cut, and removal of about 40 street lights f~-~, locations where they were not needed. The next economizing step will be the removal of all street lights on one side of Olive, accompanied by the re- lamping of the lights on the other side of the street with wattage three times as bright as the old ones; however, the cost will be about two-thirds less than it is now. *Mrs. Th~,~son arrived at this time. Mr. Schocmer said it was Union Electric's intention to replace all the mercury vapor lights with sodium lights in the entire metropolitan area, and he wished to kn~w when this will take place in University City. Mr. Ollendorff said it will be implemented at the rate of 10% a year for 10 years, and University City ~-~ reque~_ that' Olive and Delmar be the first two University city ~ts to be changed. In the Olive conversion, the City asked that the high- est /ntensity lights be put in, which Union Electric will do at no additional charge. When this project is finished, Olive will be completely pole-free on c~e side of the street, which should improve its appearance i~nensely. 3510 Parks and Recreation - Administration, Maintenance and Forestry (paqe C- 68). Mr. Ollendorff said the City was proposing the removal of a few street lights fr~% various parks--two fk~. Motley, three fk~.. Lewis, two from Heman, either two or four fz~. Fogerty, and two f£~. Millar plus about six of the perimeter lights at Millar. He said this would net be done until Council has had an opportunity to discuss this thoroughly, since citizens are usually very