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REPORT
Meeting: SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
Date: AUGUST 18 1997
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Subject: pROPOSED TRANSFER STATION
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It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the
following:
1. THAT Report No. ADMIN-39-97 be received;
2. THAT Council direct staff to prepare and present to the
Ontario Realty Corp. a Conditional Offer of Purchase and
Sale, covering the approximately 13 acre site located at 178
Darlington-Clarke Townline in the amount of $1.00,000, once
all the relevant documentation covering the appraised value
of the lands and the cost of environmental clean-up, has
been reviewed by staff;
3. THAT the offer be conditional on the Municipality of
Clarington being awarded a Certificate of Acceptance from
the Ministry of the Environment to operate a Waste Transfer
Station on the site, in a given period of time; and,
4. THAT a copy of this report, together with Council`s
decision, be forwarded to the Commissioner of Works for the
Region of Durham, and Canadian Waste Services Inc.
1.0. BACKGROUND
1.1. Effective December 31, 1994, The Municipality of Clarington
entered into a five year contract with Laidlaw waste Systems
Ltd. for the collection of residential waste within the
municipality. Once collected, Laidlaw delivered same to the
Brock West Landfill Site in Pickering, under the direction
of the Region of Durham, who has the responsibility of waste
disposal for the member municipalities within the Region.
1.2. On June 11, 1996, the Regional Works Department advised
Regional Council that Metropolitan Toronto intended to close
the Brock West Landfill Site which resulted in Durham making
other arrangements for the disposal of waste.
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1.3. In the same report to Regional Council, staff outlined an
agreement whereby three separate contracts would be entered
into regarding waste disposal..
1.4. On September 3, 1996, the Regional Council directed staff to
enter into an agreement with Laidlaw Waste Systems for the
haulage and disposal of approximately 13,400 tonnes per year
of residential solid waste from the Municipality of
Clarington, until December 31, 1999.
1.5. In entering into this agreement with the Region of Durham,
Laidlaw Waste proposed to utilize the existing transfer
facilities at Pebblestone Multi-Services in Whitby until a
proper transfer station could be established in the
Municipality of Clarington, at which time Laidlaw would then
dispose of the Clarington waste at their licensed disposal
site near Napanee, Ontario.
1.6. On October 21, 1996, under Report # WD-35-96, Clarington
Council advised the Region of Durham of their support for
the establishment of a waste transfer station in the
Municipality of Clarington, directing staff to work with
Laidlaw regarding a site presently owned by the Ministry of
Transportation, consisting of approximately 13 acres,
located at the Darlington/Clarke Townline Road, just north
of Highway 401, known as 178 Darlington-Clarke Townline.
2.0. REVIEW AND COMMENT
2.1. THE SITE
For the past number of months, staff has been negotiating
with the Ontario Realty Corp. regarding the site in
question. After a lengthy process, we have now been
successful in having the site declared "surplus" by M.T.O.,
and are presently in a position to put forth a Conditional
Offer of Purchase and Sale to Ontario Realty Corp.
2.2. SITE CONDITION
The site in question has been used for the past number of
years by M.T.O. as a works yard, primarily for the
maintenance of Highway #2, in the Clarington area, and has
become "surplus" since M.T.O. passed the responsibility for
Highway #2 onto the Region of Durham. However, since the
site has been used for the storage of salt and fuel for the
maintenance equipment, there is some environmental clean-up
that must be done prior to the disposal of the property.
2.3. LAND VALUE
We understand from Ontario Realty Corp. that they have a
recent evaluation of the property that establishes a value
of approximately $135,000. The cost of environmental clean-
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up of the site has been estimated in the are of $30,000. We
are presently awaiting both of these reports from Ontario
Realty Corp., who have agreed to provide copies of same.
3.0. CONDITIONAL OFFER OF PURCHASE AND SALE
3.1. As the site is to be used as a waste transfer station, there
seems to be no reason to proceed with the environmental
clean-up at this time. Under the circumstances it is
recommended that staff be given the authority by Council to
prepare and present a Conditional Offer of Purchase and Sale
in the amount of $100,000 once both of the above-mentioned
reports have been verified.
3.2. This offer would be based on the environmental clean-up NOT
being carried out by the Ontario Realty Corp., and would
also have a "hold-harmless" clause written into the
agreement that would release the Province from all future
liability that may result from the lack of environmental
clean-up.
3.3. The offer would also be conditional on the Municipality of
Clarington being awarded a Certificate of Acceptance from
the Ministry of the Environment for the operation of a Waste
Management Transfer Station on the site within a given
period of time.
4.0. CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL FUNDING
4.1. The necessary Capital funding for the project would be
available in the Garbage Impact Reserve Account (Account
#2900-11-X) which presently has a balance in excess of 2.8
million dollars. In regards to the operating costs of the
project, it would be staff`s intention to negotiate an
operational contract with Canadian Waste Services Inc.,
previously Laidlaw, who presently hold the waste collection
contract for the Municipality, thereby leaving no
operational costs with the Municipality and providing a
rental income from the property. Any final agreement on
operations will be presented to Council for approval.
5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1. It is respectfully requested that Council direct staff to
present a Conditional Offer of Purchase and Sale, based on
the foregoing report, to the Ontario Realty Corp. in the
amount of $100,000 covering the lands in question.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H/~ ckw 11,
Chief Administrative Officer