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Date
of Meeting:
June 22, 2000
Time:
3:00 p.m.
Location:
Council Chamber City Hall 100 Queen Street West
Enquiry:
Trudy Perrin, Committee Administrator
416-392-8027
perrin@toronto.ca
TORONTO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ("TIRM") PROCESS.
1. Category 2, Proven Disposal Capacity Residual Solid Waste Disposal
Capacity Options.
Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services (June 19, 2000)
Recommending that:
(1) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be authorized
to proceed to conduct final contract negotiations with the following
three TIRM Respondents to address the Citys residual solid waste
disposal needs: Green Lane Environmental Group Ltd. for up to 125,000
tonnes per year; Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority for up to 100,000
tonnes per year; and Onyx Arbor Hills Landfill, Inc. for up to 454,000
tonnes per year, subject to satisfactory resolution of additional
contractual matters and exceptions as identified by the Commissioner
of Works and Emergency Services to be detailed in a report to be
submitted In Camera to the Joint Committees;
and, subject to approval of Recommendation No. (1), recommending
that:
(2) the commencement date of contracts referred to in Recommendation
No. (1) be January 1, 2001, to allow the City of Toronto to commence
disposal operations with the Respondents on that date in order to
extend the service life of the Keele Valley Landfill to December
31, 2006;
(3) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested
to report to the Works Committee and Policy and Finance Committee
on the outcome of the final contract negotiations, referred to in
Recommendation No. (1) by September 2000;
(4) effective January 1, 2001, the amount of solid waste disposed
of at the Keele Valley Landfill be limited to approximately 700,000
tonnes annually made up of municipal solid waste from the City of
Toronto, the Region of York and the Region of Durham (subject to
confirmation that these Regions choose to dispose of their waste
at the Keele Valley Landfill as set out in Recommendation No. (6))
and only that private sector waste which cannot be disposed of via
transfer stations to alternative disposal facilities;
(5) should the Regions of York and Durham choose to dispose of their
municipal solid waste at the Keele Valley Landfill, the City of
Toronto charge York Region on the basis of its current agreement
with the City of Toronto for disposal and charge Durham Region a
disposal fee reflective of the market price as determined through
the TIRM Process;
(6) City Council request the Regional Councils of Durham and York
to formally confirm by September 1, 2000, their agreement to continue
using Keele Valley for disposal of their municipal solid waste;
(7) City Council request the Region of Peel by formal by-law of
Council to confirm by September 1, 2000, its participation in contracts
for the disposal of municipal solid waste commencing January 1,
2001;
(8) the Keele Valley Landfill close to solid waste disposal operations
no later than December 31, 2006;
(9) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be authorized
to submit a report to the Works Committee regarding a tendering
process, separate from the TIRM Process, for the disposal of solid
waste received from the private sector;
(10) effective January 1, 2001, the Commissioner of Works and Emergency
Services be authorized to adjust the solid waste management disposal
fee at Torontos transfer stations by up to 15 percent by giving
two weeks public notice; and
(11) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be authorized
to share under confidentiality agreements with the Regional Commissioners
of Works for Durham, Peel and York the detailed contract terms of
the proposed contracts with the appropriate Respondents in order
for them to finalise their due diligence processes and to develop
recommendations to their respective Regional Councils.
1(a).
Top Qualified Proposals for Proven Disposal Capacity Due Diligence
Reviews.
Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services(June 7, 2000)
Providing a summary of the due diligence review of the top-qualified
proposals in TIRM Category 2, Proven Disposal Capacity, which was
undertaken with respect to the following Respondents and their respective
facilities, both primary and contingency sites:
- Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority;
- Green Lane Environmental;
- Onyx Inc.;
- Rail Cycle North; and
- Republic Services (Canada) Ltd.;
outlining the purpose, scope and methodology of the due diligence
review, and advising that in conjunction with reviewing Respondents
facilities, due diligence reviews were conducted of proposed waste
haulage systems which considered transportation service providers
facilities, their environmental systems capabilities and transportation
safety records; summarizing the key findings and associated remedies
identified by the project consultants; further advising that the
project consultants have advised, following the completion of the
due diligence review, that the Respondents investigated are capable
of delivering the waste haul and disposal services offered in their
submissions to Toronto, and that they did not identify any technical
or scientific issues which would be a basis for precluding Toronto
from entering into contracts with the Respondents for service provision;
and recommending that the report be received for information.
1(b).
Disposal and Diversion Tonnage Projections.
Commissioner of Works and and Emergency Services (June 6, 2000)
Submitting a table providing the range of waste disposal and diversion
tonnage projections that are being used to determine the recommended
award of contract(s) for proven disposal services under the TIRM
Process; noting that the report provides the range of waste tonnage
that may need to be disposed of over the 20-year TIRM planning period
and demonstrates the importance of flexibility in considering disposal
services contract options; and recommending that the report be received
for information.
The Policy and Finance Committee and the Works Committee jointly
deferred consideration of the aforementioned reports and communications
until a further joint meeting of the Committees, to be held at the
call of the Chairs; and directed the Commissioner of Works and Emergency
Services to:
(1) contact all of the respondents, in writing, for confirmation
of the terms and conditions of their proposals and request that
they provide final and best pricing scenarios on their proposals,
including a separate price for dealing with the private sector (ICI)
waste, including consideration of road and rail options, by sealed
submissions to be made no later than June 30, 2000, at noon to the
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for further evaluation and
report thereon, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Works and
Emergency Services, to the aforementioned joint meeting of the Policy
and Finance Committee and the Works Committee;
(2)
address in the forthcoming report:
(i) consideration of the implications and feasibility of advancing
the contracts to 2001;
(ii) development of a feasible disposal option that does not include
extending the life of the Keele Valley Landfill Site;
(iii) staffs understanding of the Council direction with respect
to the closing of the Keele Valley Landfill Site;
(iv) the current balance of capacity of the Keele Valley Landfill
Site under Slow Fill Option B, adopted by Council on October 1 and
2, 1998, and various filling options to facilitate closing the site
at the end of 2002;
(v) pricing of the various disposal options based on the City reaching
a 60 percent diversion rate by 2006;
(vi) the position of Rail Cycle North with regard to the impact
of reduced tonnages that may be shipped to landfill sites in the
context of the Citys diversion efforts;
(vii) other scenarios for transportation costs to Essex-Windsor,
one scenario to be the Citys cost net of overheads;
(viii) increased rail opportunities in light of new rail modalities
presented to the Committees at the meeting;
(ix) possible CO2 and other possible credits for transportation
by rail instead of by truck;
(x) the balance of waste remaining in the Greater Toronto Area after
the 50 percent diversion by 2006; and
(xi) the estimated cost of diversion programs by 2006;
(3) communicate with the other interested regional governments in
the Greater Toronto Area requesting confirmation, in writing, of
their participation in contracts for waste disposal; and submit
a report to the joint meeting on staffs understanding of the role
of the Regions of York, Durham and Peel in the partnership;
(4) further report to the joint meeting on expanding the study of
the CUPE/TEA (Toronto Environmental Alliance) Wet/Dry proposal to
consider the inclusion of commercial strips and/or condominiums
as well as single family dwellings which are currently being studied;
(5) work with Enwave District Energy Limited and report to the joint
meeting on the exploration of anaerobic digestion of waste, particularly
organic wet waste, as a possible source of recovered energy in the
form of heat and/or electricity;
(6) request the consultants involved in advising the Committees
and Council on this matter to attend the next joint meeting to answer
questions that Members of Council may have, such meeting to be videotaped
and held in public session with respect to those matters normally
dealt with in public; and
(7) report to the Policy and Finance Committee and the Works Committee
by September 2000 on the feasibility of achieving a higher diversion
rate through the use of new technology, and revising the diversion
rate set by City Council from 50 percent by 2006 to 75 percent by
the year 2010.
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