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~TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
General Purpose & Administration Committee
Roll Call
Newcastle Public
Library Board
Revisions 1988.
Capital Budget
March 25th 1988
Minutes of a special meeting of the
General Purpose and Administration Committee
Reconvened at 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 25th
1988, in Court Room #2
Present Were: Mayor J. Winters
Councillor A. Cowman
Councillor M. Hubbard (From 9:50 a.m.)
Councillor McKnight
Councillor F. Stapleton
Councillor A. Wotten
Absent: Councillor D. Hamre (Due to Illness)
Also Present: Chief Administrative Officer, L. Kotseff
Town Clerk, D. W. Oakes
Treasurer, J. Blanchard
Director of Planning, T. T. Edwards
Mr. L. Kotseff, Chief Administrative Officer, updated the
Members of Committee present with respect to the Watson
report on Lot Levies. He indicated, that a further
preliminary report would be forthcoming in 4 to 6 weeks.
Resolution #GPA-247-88
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Stapleton
THAT the Newcastle Public Library Board 1988 Capital
Budget be lifted from the table and dealt with at this time.
"CARRI ED"
Resolution #GPA-248-88
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor McKnight
THAT all references with respect to the relocation of the
eastern branch of the public library be deleted from the
1988 Capital Budget and Four Year Forecast.
"CARRIED"
Resolution #GPA-249-88
Moved by Councillor Hubbard, seconded by Councillor Stapleton
THAT Report TR-22-88 be received;
AND THAT the revised financing scenario to the 1988 Capital
Budget identified in Schedule "A" attached to Report TR-22-88
be approved as corrected.
"CARRIED AS AMENDED"
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S.G.P.A. Minutes
Emergency Planning
library Lot
Levy Reserve
Museums in The Town
of Newcastle - A
Strategy For
Implementation
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March 25th 1988
Resolution #GPA-250-88
M~by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Stapleton
THAT the previous Resolution #249-88 be amended as follows:
"THAT the Emergency Planning Item in the amount of $12,000
be removed from the 1988 Capital Budget, assigned to
"Contributions by Others" and referred to the Hydro Liaison
Committee for consideration of funding from the Hydro
Station Accounts. "
"CARRI ED"
Resolution #GPA-251-88
Moved by Councillor Hubbard, seconded by Councillor Cowman
THAT the Treasurer be directed to encumber the Library
Lot Levy Reserve in the amount of $25,000 for book
Acquisition for the Courtice Branch of the Newcastle
Public Library.
"CARRIED"
Resolution #GPA-252-88
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Hubbard
THAT the letter dated March 24th 1988, from Mrs. Carolyn
Sproatt, Chairman, Newcastle Public Library Board, detailing
its altered position with respect to the Clarke and Newcastle
Village Branches be received;
AND THAT the said correspondence be referred to Council for
consideration and discussion at the meeting of Monday,
March 28th 1988.
"CARRIED"
Resolution #GPA-253-88
Moved by Councillor Stapleton, seconded by Councillor Hubbard
1. That Report Admin 4-88 be received;
2. That Option "d" of Section 4 (Options Available) of
Report Admin 4-88 be approved for purposes of museum
development;
3. That the operating budgets of the Bowmanville Museum
and the Clarke Museum and Archives be adjusted to include
sufficient funds, that being $3,000 in total, in order
to offset the cost of undertaking a building profile
for the respective museum and that a report be prepared
by staff and presented to Council in this regard for
further review and consideration at a subsequent meeting;
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March 25, 1988
Resolution #GPA-253-88 Cont'd
4. That Council approve the 1988 Capital Budget requests
of the Bowmanville Museum and Clarke Museum and Archives
as indicated in Attachment #3 and Attachment #5
respectively to Report Admin 4-88 and that the
appropriate funds as indicated in the 1988 Capital
Budget be transferred to the respective reserve
fund account;
5. That Council approve in principle the 1989 - 1992 four
year capital budget forecast requests of the Bowmanville
Museum and Clarke Museum and Archives as indicated in
Attachment #3 and Attachment #5 respectively to
Report Admin 4-88;
6. That the Bowmanville Museum be permitted to utilize
the space of the upper level at the Hampton Municipal
Office on an interim basis once the premises is vacated
in the near future by Town staff and that an appropriate
letter of understanding between the Town and the
Bowmanville Museum be agreed to;
7. That each Museum prepare a marketing program as soon as
possible in 1988 and submit same to Council for
consideration; and
8. That the respective Museum Board be advised of
Council's actions.
"CARRIED AS AMENDED"
Resolution #GPA-254-88
Moved by Councillor Hubbard, seconded by Councillor Cowman
THAT the previous resolution #GPA-253-88 be amended
as follows:
"THA T Item 7 in Report Admi n 4-88 be amended to i nc I ude
the preparation of a 'Statement of Purpose' and a
Marketing Program;
AND THAT the subject document be brought to Council
for review and approval."
"CARRIED"
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March 25th 1988
Resolution HGPA-255-88
Museum Boards
Reserve Funds
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor McKnight
THAT Report TR-20-88 be received;
AND THAT the Museum Boa rds,be requested FORTHW lTH to
relinquish all Reserve Fund Monies presently held or
invested by the respective Boards, to the Town of
Newcastle, in accordance with Section 65 of the
Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980.
"CARRIED AS AMENDED"
Resolution HGPA-256-88
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Stapleton
THAT the previous Resolution #GPA-255-88 be amended as follows:
"THAT the Treasurer and the Chief Administrative Officer
meet with representatives of the Museum Boards, to explain
the decision."
"CARRIED"
Resolution HGPA-257-88
1988 Capital Budget Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Hubbard
& Four Year Forecast
THAT Recommendation Number 2 in Report TR-19-88,
respecting the 1988 Capital Budget, be approved as amended.
"CARRIED"
Resolution HGPA-258-88
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Hubbard
WHAT Recommendation Number 5 respecting the approval of
the Four Year Capital Forecast, be approved in principle
and received for information purposes only.
"CARRIED"
Resolution HGPA-259-88
Recess
Moved by Councillor Cowman, seconded by Councillor Hubbard
THAT there be a 10 minute recess.
"CARRIED"
Resolution #GPA-260-88
Moved by Mayor Winters, seconded by Councillor Stapleton
THAT the recommendations contained in Confidential Report
Admin 6-88 be approved "FORTHWITH."
"CARRIED"
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Eldorado Resources
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March 25th 1988
Resolution HGPA-261-88
Moved by Councillor Stapleton, seconded by Councillor McKnight
WHEREAS the Atomic Energy Control 80ard (the "AECB")
directed Eldorado Resources Ltd. ("Eldorado") by the end
of 1986 to present plans for the decommissioning of the
Port Granby Waste Storage Site because of the Board's
concern for the long term stability of the bluffs which
were and are eroding, a condition which ultimately will
result in the deposit into Lake Ontario of radioactive
wastes and other contaminants including arsenic;
AND WHEREAS Council has consistently been of the view that
Eldorado must be required to immediately cease and desist
depositing any further waste at the Port Granby Site and
must be required to immediately decommission the Site;
AND WHEREAS to date Eldorado has not complied with the
directive of the AEC8; Eldorado has applied for a licence
to continue depositing waste at the Port Granby Site and
Eldorado has not presented to the AECB or to the Town
Council its plans, if any, to decommission the Site;
AND WHEREAS the Town has opposed and continues to oppose
the extension of Eldorado's licence to permit Eldorado to
add waste to the material now deposited at the Port
Granby Site;
AND WHEREAS the AECB required Eldorado to submit to it by
February 9, 1988, an analysis of the feasibility and impact
on its operations of a cessation of the deposit of waste
at the Port Granby Site using the present techniques, which
analysis was also required to address the matters of
temporary storage of the waste on Eldorado's property other
than the Port Granby Site as well as temporary storage at
the Port Granby Site;
AND WHEREAS Eldorado has filed a report entitled "Interim
Storage Alternatives for Port Hope Plant Waste" dated
February 9, 1988 with AECB;
AND WHEREAS Eldorado's February 9, 1988 report establishes
that temporary storage of waste material at the Port Hope
refinery site is feasible;
AND WHEREAS the AECB also directed Eldorado to submit a
report detailing its proposed long term waste storage
techniques for consideration by the AECB in considering
the issuance of an extension or renewal of the operating
licence for the Port Granby Site beyond February 29, 1988;
AND WHEREAS Eldorado's February 9, 1988 report purports to
respond to this directive by proposing waste management
techniques which envisage continued use of the Port Granby
Site beyond October 29, 1988 for what appears to be an
indefinite period of time in the future;
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Eldorado Resources
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March 25th 1988
Resolution #GPA-261-88 Cont'd
AND WHEREAS the indefinite storage of existing material at
the Port Granby Site would continue to place an unjustified
and unacceptable burden on the residents of Port Granby
and the Town and would continue to result in the reasonable
apprehension of the residents of Port Granby that they
will continue to be harmed thereby;
AND WHEREAS Council believes that the AECB has an obligation
to establish standards respecting low level radioactive waste
and the health and environmental significance of AECB standards
as they apply to the Port Granby Site in language that may be
understood and criticized by members of the public generally
rather than only by experts, and the AECB has failed to do so;
AND WHEREAS the Report of the Siting Process Task Force On Low
Level Radioactive Waste Disposal of December 1987, recognizes
the unsuitability of the Port Granby Site as a waste disposal
site, but proposes a complex process for the identification of
a new host site which could take well over a decade to complete;
AND WHEREAS Council continues to be of the view that no action
should be taken by the Government of Canada whether by way of
acceptance of the recommendations of the Task Force Report or
otherwise that would result in a continuation of the Port
Granby Site as a depository for waste material;
AND WHEREAS the report of the Standing Committee on Environment
and Forestry of the House of Commons, dated January 1988, has
reinforced Council's apprehension of the gravity of the
hazards presented by the continued maintenance of the Port
Granby Site, and has recommended that the AECB should be
responsible to Environment Canada rather than to the
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, a recommendation
which Council supports;
AND WHEREAS Eldorado has made no attempt to contact or discuss
its plans for the immediate decommissioning of the Port Granby
Site with Councilor Town officials despite the opposition
of the Town to the renewal by the AECB of Eldorado's licence
to continue the operation of the Port Granby Site in 1988
and the Town's interest in the decommissioning;
AND WHEREAS the Minister Responsible for Privatization,
the Honourable Barbara McDougall, has announced her
intention to recommend the privatization of Eldorado, but
has made no announcement concerning the responsibility of
Eldorado, its successor, or the Government of Canada to
immediately decommission the Port Granby Site nor has she
discussed her plans for privatization of Eldorado with
the Town;
AND WHEREAS Council is of the view that no steps should be taken
to privatize Eldorado until arrangements satisfactory to the
Town have been made for the immediate decommissioning of the
Port Granby Site;
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Eldorado Resources
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March 25, 1988
Resolution #GPA-261-88 Cont'd
AND WHEREAS waste material currently deposited at the Port
Granby Site is contaminating the soil with arsenic contrary
to the provisions of the Ontario Environmental Protection
Act and this situation is totally unacceptable to Council;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED FORTHWITH THAT:
The AECB and the Government of Canada requires Eldorado to
immediately cease and desist from depositing additional
waste material at the Port Granby Site, to immediately
instal those stabilization works that are necessary to
ensure that contaminants on the Site will not slip into
Lake Ontario while the Site is being decommissioned, and
to decommission the Site forthwith.
Council communicate to the Government of Canada its views as
set out above concerning the recommendation of the Standing
Committee on Environment and Forestry of the House of
Commons that the AECB be made responsible to Environment
Canada.
Council requests the AECB to establish forthwith standards
respecting low level radioactive waste and the health and
environmental significance of the AECB standards as they
apply to the Port Granby Site in language that may be
understood and criticized by members of the public
generally, rather than only by experts.
Council communicate to the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
and the Honourable Barbara McDougall, its view that no steps
should be taken by the Government of Canada to privatize
Eldorado until arrangements satisfactory to the Town have
been made for the immediate decommissioning of the Port
Granby Site.
Council record its opposition to the recommendations of the
Siting Process Task Force On Low Level Radioactive Waste
Disposal since they imply a continuation of the Port Granby
Site until a host community is selected which may take a
decade or more, and that the result of the recommended
siting process would be to continue an unjustified and
unacceptable burden on the residents of Port Granby and of
the Town.
The Premier of Ontario and the Minister of Environment of
Ontario be notified that the waste material presently
deposited at the Port Granby Site has contaminated the
environment by the deposit of arsenic contrary to the
provisions of the Ontario Environmental Protection Act, and
they be requested to enforce the provisions of that Act
against Eldorado immediately.
AND FURTHER THAT a copy of the resolution be sent to:
The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, the Prime Minister of
Canada
The Honourable David Peterson, Premier of Ontario
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Minutes
Eldorado Resources
Adjournment
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March 25, 1988
Resolution#GPA-261-88 Cont'd
The Right Honourable John Turner
The Honourable Ed Broadbent
The Honourable Marcel Masse, Federal Minister of Energy,
Mines and Resources
The Honourable Gerald Merrithew, Minister of State
(Forestry and Mines)
The Honourable Thomas Michael McMillan, Federal Minister
of the Environment
The Honourable Barbara Jean McDougall, Minister of State
(Privatization)
Mr. Bob Brisco, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the
Standing Committee of the House of Commons on
Environment and Forestry
The Honourable Ian G. Scott, Attorney General, Province
of Ontario
The Honourable James Bradley, Minister of the Environment,
Province of Ontario
Mr. Rene J.A. Levesque, President, Atomic Energy Control Board
Mr. Allan Lawrence
Mr. Sam Cureatz
Mr. G. Herrema
Mr. Terry D. Hutchison
Mr. John Veldhuis
Mr. K.L. Kohn, Corporate Secretary and Legal Advisor
"CARRIED"
Resolution HGPA-262-88
Moved by Mayor Winters, seconded by Councillor Hubbard
THAT the meeting adjourn at 12:45 p.m.
"CARRIED"