TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Doug Hewett, City Manager
Kelly Olivera, Interim Assistant City Manager
FROM: Brook M. Redding, Special Project Manager
DATE: October 10, 2022
RE:
Title
Shopping Carts - Research Review and Policy/Program Options
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work, and Recreate - Be a highly desirable place to live, work, and recreate with thriving neighborhoods and high quality of life for all residents.
Executive Summary:
The City of Fayetteville continues to collect, return, or dispose of shopping carts left abandoned at bus stops, residential areas, and other public property locations. Shopping carts left unattended and abandoned pose a hazard to pedestrians and motorists. Additionally, the collection and return of carts to a business, done by city staff, continues to create operational burdens on multiple departments. In 2020, the City Council adopted a Memorandum of Agreement with local retailers operating in the City. Since its adoption, the number of carts collected, returned, or disposed of has continued to rise.
Background:
City Council reviewed and discussed this item in late 2019. The following summarizes the significant actions and discussions from 2019 to 2022.
August 2019 - April 2020
* Mayor Colvin presented a Council Member Agenda Request to discuss errant shopping carts across the City of Fayetteville
* Staff conducted research and briefed Council on the findings of the research, and provided two options to address the issue.
o Option 1 - Establish a Memorandum of Agreement with retailers operating in Fayetteville through coordination with N.C. Retail Merchants Association and Fayetteville/Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
o Option 2 - Develop ordinance recommendations and return to Council for discussion and consideration
* City Council directed staff to establish the MOA with retailers operating in Fayette...
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