WORKS COMMITTEE

AGENDA

Date of Meeting: Thursday, February 24, 2000 Enquiry: Trudy Perrin

Time: 2:00 p.m. Committee Administrator

Location: Committee Room 2 392-8027

2^nd Floor, City Hall

100 Queen Street West

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO

THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.

1. TORONTO'S INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT ("TIRM") PROCESS - IDENTIFICATION OF

TOP-QUALIFIED PROPOSALS FOR PROVEN DISPOSAL CAPACITY.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(February 22, 2000)

Recommending that:

(1) the proposals from the following five qualified Respondents to the TIRM Request for Proposals for Proven Disposal Capacity be identified as the final group of top-qualified proposals and, as such, be advanced to Stage 4 (due diligence and contract negotiations) of the TIRM Process:

- BFI Waste Systems of North America Inc.;

- Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority;

- Green Lane Landfill;

- Rail Cycle North; and

- Republic Services of Canada Inc.

and, subject to the approval of Recommendation No. (1), it is further recommended that:

(2) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be authorized to proceed to conduct the necessary due diligence reviews of the disposal sites identified in the proposals of the top-qualified Respondents and to conduct contract negotiations with the top-qualified Respondents, as contained in Recommendation No. (1), and to report on the outcome of the negotiations and provide recommendations in the form of a proposed award of contract(s) with one or more of the top-qualified proposals;

(3) the recommendations contained in this report proceed to the City Council meeting scheduled for February 29 and March 1, and 2, 2000; and

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

1a. Communications from the following in opposition to the Adams Mine landfill proposal:

(i) (January 29, 2000) from Mr. Gordon J. Ham, Englehart, Ontario;

(ii) (February 2, 2000) from Mr. Jaimie Board, Chief Financial Officer, North Bay Green Party Constituency Association;

(iii) (February 3, 2000) from Murray and Bernice Doner, Charlton, Ontario;

(iv) (February 4, 2000) from Victor and Nancy Charlton, Englehart, Ontario;

(v) (February 5, 2000) from Mr. Gordon J. Ham, Englehart, Ontario;

(vi) (February 5, 2000) from Ms. Coleen Martin, Englehart, Ontario;

(vii) (February 7, 2000) from Ms. Sandra Willard, Thornloe, Ontario;

(viii) (February 11, 2000) from Ms. Louise Williams, Clerk-Treasurer, Township of Dack, District of Temiskaming, Englehart, Ontario;

(ix) (February 13, 2000) from Mr. Koert Dragt, Englehart, Ontario;

(x) (February 14, 2000) from Rick F. Fortier and Wendy Fortier, Englehart, Ontario;

(xi) (undated) from Ms. Vida Digulla, Englehart, Ontario;

(xii) (February 16, 2000) from Mr. Gordon J. Ham, Englehart, Ontario;

(xiii) (February 16, 2000) from Mr. Tom Goddard, Belle Vallee, Ontario;

(xiv) (February 17, 2000) from Bruno and Wanda Gareau, Larder Lake, Ontario;

(xv) (undated) from Mr. William Dennis, Englehart, Ontario;

(xvi) (February 17, 2000) from Mr. Milton R. MacPherson, E & M Farms, Engelhart, Ontario;

(xvii) (February 17, 2000) from Don and Jo-Anne Anderson, West Wind Farm, Englehart, Ontario;

(xviii) (February 18, 2000) from Mr. Andre Brazeau, Thornloe, Ontario; and

(xix) (February 18, 2000) from Mr. Larry Duke, Thornloe, Ontario.

1b. Communications from the following in support of the Adams Mine landfill proposal:

(i) (February 16, 2000) from Mr. James D. Stevens, Larder Lake, Ontario; and

(ii) (February 16, 2000) from Ms. Charlene Stevens, Larder Lake, Ontario.

1c. Form letters from approximately 110 persons in opposition to the Adams Mine landfill proposal, and urging the City to choose an alternative solution.

(NOTE: Copies of the aforementioned form letters are on file in the office of the City Clerk).

1d. Mr. Marcel Beaubien, MPP,

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex

(February 10, 2000)

Expressing concern with respect to locating landfill sites in rural or Northern Ontario; and advising that the residents of the riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex are opposed to expanding the Canadian Waste Services Lambton site.

2. TORONTO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

("TIRM") PROCESS - AMENDMENT TO CONSULTANT AGREEMENT.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(February 22, 2000)

Recommending that authority be granted to amend the existing consulting services agreement with the engineering firm of Proctor & Redfern Limited (now Earth Tech (Canada) Limited) by an additional amount of $193,000.00, inclusive of GST, to undertake the necessary due diligence workplan associated with Toronto's Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Process Request for Proposals for Proven Disposal Capacity and to provide contract negotiations support.

3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CUPE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(February 22, 2000)

Recommending that:

(1) authority be granted to amend the TIRM Diversion consulting contract with MacViro Consultants Inc. to conduct a two-phase analysis of the CUPE Waste Management Plan at a cost of $32,500.00 after municipal GST rebate; and

(2) staff report back to the Works Committee in April with the results of the phase 1 analysis of the CUPE Waste Management Plan and with options for proceeding with the phase 2 comparative evaluation.