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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/25/1988 (Special) . . . . . ~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" .. . . . . S.G.P.A. Minutes Emergency Planning library Lot Levy Reserve Museums in The Town of Newcastle - A Strategy For Implementation - 2 - 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; . . . . . S.G.P.A. Minutes - 2(a) - 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" , . . . . , S.G.P.A. - 3 - 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" 0"' . . . . S.G.P.A. Eldorado Resources - 4 - 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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Minutes Eldorado Resources - 5 - 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; . . . . S.G.P.A. Minutes Eldorado Resources - 6 - 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 . . . e. . S.G.P.A. Minutes Eldorado Resources Adjournment - 7 - 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"