Other Items Considered by the Committee

 (a)Timing Options for Closure of Keele Valley Landfill Site.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having:

 (1)deferred consideration of the following report until its next meeting scheduled to be held on September 9, 1998, to provide an opportunity for the Solid Waste Management Industrial Consultation Committee (SWMICC) and any other interested parties to make a deputation; and

 (2)requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to submit a report to such meeting providing more detailed information on the financial implications of the various options and outlining the timing of the proposal call for long-term disposal capacity, such report to include a breakdown of the origin of waste being disposed of at landfill:

 (July 9, 1998) from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services reviewing the potential utilization of the remaining approved capacity in the Keele Valley Landfill Site, and discussing the impacts of the following three options for filling the site to its approved capacity: (1) Status Quo; (2) Rapid Fill; and (3) Slow Fill; providing an update on the City's environmental assessment planning process for post-Keele Valley disposal capacity; advising that it is staff's intention to discuss the content of this report with staff in the City of Vaughan and York Region, and that a subsequent report will provide information related to their positions on the closure issue, in addition to more specific detail related to financial matters; and recommending that this report be received for information.

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 The following persons appeared before the Works and Utilities Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

 -Councillor Mario Ferri, City of Vaughan; and

-Ms. Nancy Porteous-Koehle, Canadian Waste Services Inc.

 (b)Award of Contract for Small Scale Mixed Waste

Recycling and Organics Processing Facility.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having recommended to the Budget Committee the adoption of the following report:

 (July 6, 1998) from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services recommending that:

 (1)staff be authorized to enter into a contract with a joint venture of Stone and Webster Canada Limited and Canada Composting Inc. (a company designated by Stone and Webster Canada Limited) for:

 (a)the design and construction of a Small Scale Mixed Waste Material Recycling and Organics Processing Facility at the Dufferin Transfer Station, at a total cost of $10.4 million after the municipal GST rebate, and

 (b)the operation of the facility and the marketing of the output material for a one-year term with options for two one-year extensions in accordance with the operating fee schedule contained in this report,

 such contract to be in accordance with the Request for Proposals and the Proposal submitted, modified as set out in this report, and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, including such financial and performance guarantees to be provided by Stone and Webster Canada Limited as deemed appropriate by the Commissioner, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor;

 (2) a contingency amount of $500,000.00 be provided for any approved additional work in relation to Recommendation No. (1)(a);

 (3)subject to finalization of an agreement as set out in Recommendation No. (1), MacViro Consultants Inc. be engaged as project consultants to review the design of the facility, inspect site construction and monitor contractor progress and performance at a cost not to exceed $238,000.00 after the municipal GST rebate; and

 (4)financing in the amount of $3.2 million be transferred from Project C-SW360 - Recycling to Project C-SW004 - Recycling Facilities to accommodate the shortfall in financing resulting from the Request for Proposals process.

 (c)Amendment to Agreement to Facilitate the Expansion

of Access Rights to Municipal Road Allowances -

Metronet Communications Group Inc.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having:

 (1)deferred consideration of the following reports until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on September 9, 1998; and

 (2)requested the Commissioner of Corporate Services to submit a report to the Committee at that time with comments on any information and technology implications:

 (i)(June 30, 1998) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services recommending that:

 (1)City Council authorize an amendment to the Agreement with Metronet Communications Group Inc. to allow Metronet to enter upon the Public Highways under the jurisdiction of the City of Toronto beyond the bounds of the former Toronto city limits, for the purposes of installing, maintaining and operating a fibre optic telecommunications network throughout the City and renting spare City duct capacity, subject always to the City's requirements and permissions for construction within the street allowance; and

 (2)that the amended Agreement with Metronet contain such terms and conditions as have been negotiated and agreed to between the parties and described generally in this report, and approved by City Council, and such other terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and the City Solicitor to protect the interests of the City.

 (ii)confidential report (July 14, 1998) from the City Solicitor respecting legal issues on the proposed extension of the Metronet agreement.

 (d)Banning of Wine and Spirit Containers from

the Blue Box and Landfill Site.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having received the following report:

 (July 6, 1998) from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services, providing further information with respect to the banning of wine and spirit containers from the Blue Box program and landfill effective September 1, 1998, as requested by the Committee at its meeting on June 17, 1998; advising that City staff have met with representatives of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) who advised that they are not able to provide space on their properties for bulk lift containers for the recycling of wine and spirit containers, and that they will not contribute to the cost of the City operating a depot system near their stores; further advising that if it is decided to implement collection of wine and spirit containers adjacent to the LCBO stores, the annual operating cost would be approximately $1,600,000.00 per year and the capital cost for implementation would be approximately $1,200,000.00; concluding that it would take approximately one year following authorization by City Council to acquire the necessary containers and trucks and implement the proposed recycling system, and that therefore the system cannot practically be implemented on September 1, 1998; and recommending that the report be received for information.

 (e)Removal of Coloured Glass from the Blue Box Program.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having received the following report:

 (June 29, 1998) from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services, providing information on the impact of removing coloured glass from the Blue Box program, as requested by the Committee at its meeting on June 17, 1998; advising that the removal of coloured glass containers (other than liquor and wine bottles) from the Blue Box program would result in a net saving of approximately $580,000.00 per year and an increase in garbage costs of approximately $110,000.00, for a net benefit of approximately $470,000.00 per year; advising that a further report on methods of improving collection of all materials will be submitted following completion of the solid waste management service review currently underway; and recommending that this report be received for information.

 (f)Provision of a Standard Garbage and

Recycling Collection Calendar.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having received the following report; and having requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to submit a sample of the calendar to the Committee at its next meeting, scheduled to be held on September 9, 1998:

 (July 3, 1998) from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services respecting the publication of a single garbage and recycling collection calendar for 1999 for distribution to all residences of eight units or less which receive curbside collection in the City of Toronto, to provide a consistent message regarding appropriate methods of waste management; and recommending that the report be received for information.

 (g)Cleaning and Cement Mortar Lining of Existing Water Mains,

North York District - Contract No. NY9881WS.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having awarded the contract as recommended in the following report, in accordance with By-law No. 57-98, the Interim Purchasing By-law, as amended:

 (July 8, 1998) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services recommending that:

 (1)Contract No. NY9881WS for the cleaning and cement mortar lining of cast and ductile iron water mains in the North York District be awarded to the lowest bidder, Fer-Pal Construction Ltd., for the total price of $1,624,232.18 including the Goods and Services Tax; and

 (2)the appropriate City officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

 (h)Waste Management Collection Costs.

 The Works and Utilities Committee reports having deferred consideration of the following report until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on September 9, 1998:

(July 13, 1998) from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services outlining the costs of curbside and bulk lift waste collection in Toronto, based on the operating systems of the six former municipalities, as requested by the Committee at its meeting on April 22, 1998; noting that while every attempt has been made to provide an accurate costing analysis, further work is required to ensure that costs related to such things as building maintenance, human resources and general governance are reported in a consistent manner; and recommending that the Works and Emergency Services Department, in conjunction with the Finance Department, develop a costing framework which provides a uniform set of guidelines and principles for all activities and programs within the Solid Waste Management Division, and which will provide accurate and standardized cost accounting and will allow for an activity-based costing analysis.