Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a) Toronto Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Process (TIRM) -

Presentations by Respondents to Request for Proposals for Disposal Services.

The Works Committee reports having:

(1) held a special meeting on January 10, 2000, to provide the opportunity for respondents to the Toronto Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Process Request for Proposals for Disposal Services to make presentations to the Committee regarding their proposals; and

(2) requested the City Solicitor to report to the Committee at its meeting on January 12, 2000, respecting the submission made by Ref-Fuel Canada Ltd. and its omission to provide the required agreement to provide a letter of credit.

The following respondents gave presentations to the Committee:

- Mr. John C. Myers, District Vice President, and Ms. Kathleen Klein, Market Development Manager, Browning-Ferris Industries Ltd., and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Mr. Todd R. Pepper, General Manager, Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority;

- Mr. Frank Boussen, Green Lane Environmental Group Ltd., and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Mr. Nigel Guilford, Vice-President, Rail Cycle North, and Mayor Bettyanne Thib-Jelly, Town of Englehart, also representing the municipalities of Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake, and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Mr. Derek Veenhof, Business Manager, Ref-Fuel Canada Ltd., and submitted material with respect thereto; and

- Mr. Robert Webb, Director of Business Development, Republic Services of Canada Inc.; Mr. Doug Miller, Director, CP Expressway System; Mr. James D. Wilson, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Wilson Logistics Inc.; and Mr. Matt Neely, General Manager, Landfills, Republic Services of Michigan; and submitted material with respect thereto.

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

- Ms. Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch;

- Ms. Francine Patterson, Adams Mine Intervention Coalition and Temiskaming Environmental Action Committee, and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Ms. Rhonda Hustler, Warwick Landfill Committee and Richmond Landfill Public Liaison Committee, and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Ms. Karen Buck, Citizens for a Safe Environment, and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Mr. John Vanthof, Temiskaming Federation of Agriculture;

- Mr. Bill Guthrie, Vice President, Toronto Civic Employees' Union Local 416;

- Mr. Brad Aggarwal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Engineering Services; and submitted material with respect thereto;

- Ms. Cathy Wilkinson, Citizens Network on Waste Management, and submitted material with respect thereto; and

- Ms. Greta Thompson, Blenheim, Ontario.

(b) Proposed Street Naming Policy.

(All Wards)

The Works Committee reports that the following report was withdrawn at the request of the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services:

(December 9, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services recommending that:

(1) the Street Naming Policy, outlined in Attachment No. 1, be circulated to the Community Councils for comment; and

(2) the Community Councils be requested to forward their comments to the Works Committee by January 30, 2000, for processing through to City Council.

(c) Installation and Maintenance of Traffic Signs on

Arterial Roads and Expressways Within the City of Toronto

for the Period April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2002,

Contract No. T-95-99, Tender Call No. 282-1999.

The Works Committee reports having awarded the contract as recommended in the following joint report, in accordance with By-law No. 57-1998, the Interim Purchasing By-law, as amended:

(December 6, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer recommending that:

(1) Contract No. T-95-99, Tender Call No. 282-1999, for installation and maintenance of traffic signs on arterial roads and expressways within the City of Toronto for the period April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2002, be awarded to Mark-All Services Inc., in the amount of $1,201,914.95, including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received; and

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

(d) Mississauga Transit Buses on

Burnhamthorpe Road.

The Works Committee reports having received the following report for information:

(October 18, 1999) from the City Solicitor respecting the recommendation of the Urban Environment and Development Committee that a by-law by enacted prohibiting Mississauga Transit buses from using Burnhamthorpe Road east of Highway 427, and that the Minister of Transportation be requested to approve the passing of such a by-law, which was adopted by Council on April 13, 14 and 15, 1999; advising the Committee that the Minister has refused to approve the by-law on the grounds that it is not in the best interests of either the City of Toronto or the City of Mississauga to approve such a by-law at this time, and that the Minister has suggested that the Greater Toronto Services Board could assist the parties to arrive at a workable solution to this matter, and forwarding a copy of the Minister's response; and recommending this report be received for information.

(e) Pedestrian Issues.

The Works Committee reports having received the following communication:

(November 15, 1999) from the City Clerk (Toronto Community Council) advising that the Toronto Community Council, on November 9, 1999, had before it a communication (November 23, 1999) from Ms. Joan Doiron and Ms. Rhona Swarbrick, Co-Chairs, Toronto Pedestrian Committee, respecting pedestrian issues; and forwarding the material received by the City Clerk, Toronto Community Council, respecting this matter to the Works Committee, the Strategic Plan Working Group and the Official Plan Reference Group.

(f) Pilot Wet/Dry Collection Project in Conjunction with the

Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Processing Facility.

The Works Committee reports having deferred consideration of the following communications and report until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on February 7, 2000:

(i) (December 1, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that the Committee, at its meeting on December 1, 1999, had before it a report (November 15, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services responding to a request from the Committee to report on a proposal for a pilot wet/dry collection project in conjunction with the Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Processing Facility; and further advising that the Committee:

(1) deferred consideration of the aforementioned report and following motion until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on January 12, 2000:

Moved by Councillor Layton:

"That the source-separated organics pilot project proceed first"; and

(2) requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to submit a report to such meeting on:

(i) a breakdown of the estimated costs for the project; and

(ii) the volume of mixed waste and source-separated organic tonnage that can be handled by the pilot facility and by the expanded facility.

(ii) (January 5, 2000) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services respecting the costs of pilot and full facility operation of mixed waste and source separated organics processed at the Dufferin Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Facility, as requested by the Committee on December 1, 1999; and recommending that mixed waste processing proceed as the first phase of testing at the Dufferin Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Processing facility to allow finalization of the Toronto Integrated Resource Management (TIRM) Diversion process to proceed with minimal potential delay.

(iii) (January 12, 2000) from Councillor Jack Layton, Don River, respecting the Pilot Wet/Dry Collection Project in conjunction with the Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Processing Facility; and recommending that the source-separated organics project proceed first.

(iv) (January 11, 2000) from Ms. Karen Buck, Toronto, Ontario, respecting the Pilot Wet/Dry Collection Project in conjunction with the Mixed Waste Recycling Facility and Organics Processing Facility.

(g) Garbage Packers.

The Works Committee reports having again deferred consideration of the following communications and report until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on February 7, 2000:

(i) (April 19, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that City Council on April 13, 14 and 15, 1999, directed that Clause No. 6 contained in Report No. 4 of The Works and Utilities Committee, headed "Garbage Packers", be struck out and referred back to the Works and Utilities Committee for further consideration; and that Council also adopted the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that the Chair of the Works and Utilities Committee, Councillor Shiner and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services meet to discuss this matter prior to it being again considered by the Works and Utilities Committee."

(ii) October 28, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services recommending that:

(1) Council authorize the appropriate officials to tender the sale of 30 one-person side load garbage packers currently in the City's fleet; and

(2) Council authorize the appropriate officials to issue a Request for Proposals for the purpose of purchasing ten 25 cubic yard high density tandem axle rear load replacement vehicles.

(iii) (September 3, 1999) from Mr. Raymond E. Hacker, Regional International Corporation, respecting the implementation of one-man refuse collection in the City of Toronto; forwarding a list of municipalities which have successfully implemented cost reduction programs with one-man collection vehicles; and requesting the opportunity to review the confidential staff report and all other supporting documentation in order to address the Committee.

(iv) (November 3, 1999) from Mr. Brian Cochrane, President, Toronto Civic Employees Union - CUPE Local 416, in opposition to the use of side packers, and outlining concerns with respect to safety and workload.

(v) (January 12, 2000) from Mr. Bill Guthrie, Vice President, Toronto Civic Employees Union, CUPE Local 416, respecting the matter of side packers.

(h) General Cleanliness in the Downtown Core.

The Works Committee reports having recommended to the Policy and Finance Committee the adoption of the following report:

(i) (January 7, 2000) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services recommending that:

(1) the framework for the development of a "Clean Toronto" strategy as set out in this report be endorsed;

(2) the following elements, contained in the Solid Waste Management Services Division and Transportation Services Division 2000 Operating Budget requests, be approved in principle:

(a) street litter bin capacity - provision and servicing of 500 additional bins - $150,000.00;

(b) increased solid waste by-law enforcement - $780,000.00;

(c) operational upgrades in sidewalk/street cleaning:

- $1,000,000.00 for 12 sidewalk litter vacuums and operators (April 1 to November 30);

- $180,000.00 for 40 summer litter cleaning staff (May 1 to September 15);

- $20,000.00 for purchase of sidewalk power washing unit; and

(d) Clean Toronto public awareness campaign - $1000,000.00; and

(3) appropriate staff, in consultation with Councillors continue to develop the details of a pilot project for the downtown core area bounded by Bathurst Street, Bloor Street, Sherbourne Street and the Lake, including the adjustment of current work shifts, routing and associated operations.

(ii) (November 29, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that City Council at its meeting held on November 23, 24 and 25, 1999, had before it Clause No. 16 contained in Report No. 5 of The Works Committee, headed "Other Items Considered by the Committee"; and directed that item (a), embodied in the aforementioned Clause be struck out and referred back to the Works Committee for further consideration at its next meeting to be held on January 12, 2000.

(iii) (January 11, 2000) from Mr. Gordon Dreger, Urban Design Committee Chair, Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area, submitting comments for consideration along with initial support for the proposal to improve the essential services related to cleanliness.

(i) 3Rs Pilot Projects - Findings and Actions.

The Works Committee reports having deferred consideration of the following report until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on February 7, 2000:

(i) (December 13, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services responding to the request of the Committee at its meeting on October 6, 1999, for a report on the 3Rs pilot projects undertaken by the former Metropolitan Toronto; providing a brief summary of the findings of the pilot projects and an update on actions resulting from the following pilots:

(1) - Enhanced Diversion from Apartments;

(2) - Maximum Diversion from a Curbside Route;

(3) - Curbside Collection of Textiles;

(4) - Intensive Household Hazardous Waste Promotion and Collection;

(5) - Backyard Composter Distribution;

(6) - Multi-Residential Composter Distribution;

(7)(8) - Residential and Commercial Organics Waste Collection;

(9) - Residential Diaper Collection;

(10) - Kensington Vermicomposting Pilot;

(11) - Commercial Wet Waste Collection;

(12) - Kraft Bag Leaf and Yard Waste Collection; and

(13) - Waste Watcher Volunteer Program;

and recommending that this report be received for information.

(ii) (January 11, 2000) from Ms. Karen Buck, Toronto, Ontario, advising that the pilot projects should have been incorporated into the system as feasibility studies for implementation.

(j) R2000 - 5^TH World Congress on Integrated Resources

Management and Trade Show: June 5 to 9, 2000 -

Request for Funding (Downtown - Ward 24).

The Works Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Grants Sub-Committee of the Policy and Finance Committee for consideration at its next meeting:

(December 2, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that the Economic Development and Parks Committee had before it a report (November 9, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism recommending that:

(1) the request from the organizers of the R2000 World Congress for $200,000.00 be declined with the provision that other forms of in-kind assistance may be obtained from the City of Toronto; and

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

and further advising that the Economic Development and Parks Committee concurred with the recommendations of the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism embodied in the aforementioned report, and referred the report to the Works Committee for consideration.

(k) Managed Competition in Public Works Services.

The Works Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services for a report thereon to the Committee:

(December 3, 1999) from Councillor David Soknacki, Scarborough Highland Creek, recommending that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to report back to the Committee prior to March 1, 2000, on whether managed competition in public works services would improve services and/or reduce costs.

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Councillor David Soknacki, Scarborough Highland Creek, appeared before the Works Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.

(l) Exemption from Pay Permit Fees for the Installation

of Banner Signs at Various Locations on City Streets.

The Works Committee reports that the following report was withdrawn at the request of the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services:

(January 5, 2000) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services respecting a request to obtain an exemption from paying the permit fees for the installation of banner signs on 465 utility poles at various locations, for the period of January 15, 2000 to February 9, 2000 for the National Hockey League All-Star Game; and recommending that the Works Committee decide whether to recommend to Council an exemption for the National Hockey League from paying the required permit fees for the installation of banner signs over City streets.

(m) Sewer Use By-law.

The Works Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services for a report thereon to the Committee at its next meeting, schedule to be held on February 7, 2000:

(January 12, 2000) from Councillor Jack Layton, Don River, recommending that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services report to the next Works Committee meeting on the status of the sewer use by-law, including a revised timetable which has the Works Committee consider the proposed sewer use by-law and hear deputations on the proposed by-law in March 2000.

(n) Awards to Works and Emergency Services Staff.

The Works Committee reports having extended its congratulations to staff of the Works and Emergency Services Department on the following achievements:

(i) the Water and Wastewater Services Division received an Award of Excellence from the Toronto and Region Remedial Action Plan in the category of water quality, for the Etobicoke Stormwater Exfiltration System;

(ii) a team of employees from the Highland Creek Treatment Plant, Coach Dave Spiller, plant manager Martin Shigeishi and team members Paul Bongelli, Tony Gisitsch, Bruno Michlits and Alasdair Reid, placed first in two events at the Operations Challenge competition held as part of the Water Environment Federation's Annual Conference in New Orleans; and

(iii) the Solid Waste Management Division received an award from Goodwill Toronto as Donation Drive Partner of the Year for its help in the collection of used clothing and household items.