Environment Committee

Comité de l’environnement

 

 

DISPOSITION 12/ SUITE À DONNER 12

 

Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 9:30 a.m.

le mardi 15 novembre 2011, 9 h 30

 

                                                        

 

Note:      1.             Unless otherwise noted, reports requiring Council consideration will normally be presented to Council on 23 November 2011 in Environment Committee Report 11.

 

Nota :     1.             À moins d’avis au contraire, les rapports nécessitant un examen par le Conseil municipal devront être présentés au Conseil le 23 novembre 2011 dans le rapport no 11 du Comité de l’environnement.

 

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
RATIFICATION DES PROCÈS-VERBAUX

 

Minutes 11 of the Regular meeting on 18 October 2011 were confirmed.

 

 



 COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Responses to Inquiries: / Réponses aux demandes de renseignements:

 

Council Inquiry CC – 23-11 - Waste Receptacles Along Pathways / Poubelles le long des sentiers

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

PRÉSENTATIONS

 

1.         EXPANDED PLASTIC RECYCLING IN THE BLUE BOX IS A SUCCESS

LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DU RECYCLAGE DU PLASTIQUE AU MOYEN DE LA BOÎTE BLEUE EST UNE RÉUSSITE

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

2.         PLASCO ENERGY UPDATE AND LONG TERM WASTE CONVERSION AGREEMENT

MISE À JOUR SUR PLASCO ENERGY ET ACCORD DE VALORISATION DES DÉCHETS À LONG TERME

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

3.         ORGAWORLD UPDATE – ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TRIBUNAL DECISION

MISE À JOUR SUR ORGAWORLD – DÉCISION DU TRIBUNAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

 


CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE

BUREAU DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL

 

City Clerk and solicitor department

services du greffier municipal et du contentieux

 

4.         STATUS UPDATE - ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS - for the period ending 4 NOVEMBER 2011

RAPPORT DE SITUATION - DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS ET MOTIONS DU comitÉ de l’ENVIRONNEMENT POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT LE 4 NOVEMBRE 2011

ACS2011-CMR-CCB-0090                                     CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

That the Environment Committee receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES

SERVICES FINANCIERS

 

5.         2011 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET Q3 STATUS REPORT - RATE SUPPORTED

Budgets de fonctionnement et des immobilisations 2011 – T3 – Rapport d’étape - Programmes soutenus par les tarifs

ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0057                                       CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

1)         That the Environment Committee receive this report for information; and

 

2)         That the Environment Committee recommend that Council approve the capital budget adjustment as outlined in Document 5.

 

                                                                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 


INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY

SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET VIABILITE DES COLLECTIVITES

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAUX

 

6.         SOLID WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION AND SERVICES (TENDER RFT01811-91027-T01)

COLLECTE DE DÉCHETS SOLIDES EN BORDURE DU CHEMIN ET SERVICES (APPEL D’OFFRES NO RFT01811-91027-T01)

                                                                        CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

 

THAT the Environment Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law:

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

That the Environment Committee recommend that Council approve:

 

1.         Award of Zone C1 Solid Waste Curbside Collection and Services Contract No. 01811-91027-T01 to Waste Management (Waterloo, ON) for first year total costs of $6,158,562 (HST not included), subject to annual CPI and growth increases as determined by the contract;

 

2.         Award of Zone C2 Solid Waste Curbside Collection and Services Contract No. 01811-91027-T01 to Miller Waste Systems Inc. (Markham, ON) for first year total cost of $5,998,030 (HST not included), subject to annual CPI and growth increases as determined by the contract;

 

3.         That Form of Tender, Basis of award Section 16.3 of the SOLID WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION AND SERVICES tender (RFT #01811-91027-T01) be exercised and award of Zone C4 Solid Waste Curbside Collection and Services Contract No. 01811-91027-T01 to the second lowest bidder, Miller Waste Systems Inc. (Markham, ON), for first year total costs of $5,548,628 (HST not included), subject to annual CPI and growth increases as determined by the contract;

 

4.         Award of Zone C5 Solid Waste Curbside Collection and Services Contract No. 01811-91027-T01 to the City Of Ottawa In-House Group (City of Ottawa, ON) for first year total cost of $5,807,713, which includes the establishment of an additional 39 positions (temporary for the term of contract), subject to annual CPI and growth increases as determined in the contract;

 

5.         Establishment of the annual budget for the City of Ottawa In-House Group, which was awarded the Curbside Collection Zone C3 at the August 25, 2011 Council meeting, based on all terms, conditions and assumptions used to calculate the In-House bids for other zones for the Solid Waste Curbside Collection and Services Contract No. 01811-91027-T01,  which results in Zone 3 first year costs of $5,508,731, which includes the establishment of an additional of 7 positions (temporary for the term of the contract), subject to annual CPI and growth increases as determined in the contract;

 

6.         An increase to the 2012 Capital Budget Authority in project 906332 Solid Waste Fleet Replacement by the amount of $3.5M for a total authority of $3.795M, for the acquisition of 13 new collection vehicles to be funded from the Solid Waste Capital Reserve Fund to be repaid by the Fleet Replacement Reserve Fund, causing no tax pressure in 2012;

 

7.         Delegation of authority to General Manager, Public Works to enter into a purchase or lease agreement, whichever is the most cost efficient, for the Fleet requirements for Zone 5 vehicles, subject to the City Treasurer review and approval; and

 

8.         Requirement for an annual audit of expenditures for works awarded to the City and an annual information report, qualitative and quantitative in nature, relevant to this program and subject to the normal committee process.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

7.         OTTAWA’S WASTE PLAN – PHASE 1: VISION, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS

PLAN DE GESTION DES DÉCHETS D’OTTAWA – PHASE 1 : VISION, LIGNES DIRECTRICES, BUTS, OBJECTIFS ET CIBLES

                                                                        CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

THAT the Environment Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

That Environment Committee recommend that Council approve:

 

1.                  The following vision statement for Ottawa’s Waste Plan:  "By 2042, Ottawa will have room in its municipal landfill because as a community we improved our rates of reducing, reusing and recycling, and managed our assets wisely."

 

2.                  The guiding principles, goals, objectives and targets set out in Document 1, which received broad public support.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY

DURABILITÉ D’INFRASTRUCTURE

 

8.         GREEN BUILDING POLICY - 2010 STATUS REPORT

Politique sur les bĂtiments Écologiques – rapport de situation 2010

ACS2011-ICS-INF-0013                               CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

That the Environment Committee receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

city council

conseil municipal

 

9.         2012 DRAFT BUDGET – ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

BUDGET PROVISOIRE 2012 – COMITÉ DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT

ACS2011-CMR-ENV-0011                          city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville

 

That the Environment Committee accept the amended pages 3, 4, 47 and 48 of the Environment Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

That the Environment Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Environment Committee 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:

 

1.      The Infrastructure Services Budget, as follows;

a)      User Fees (p. 13-14);

b)     Operating Resource Requirement (p. 9);

 

2.      The Community Sustainability Operating Resource Requirement (p. 19);

3.       The Environment Committee Capital Budget (p. 22) [individual projects listed on p. 23-26], be amended by the following:

 

That the budget request for the Sustainability Practice and Neighbourhood Program described on page 20 of the Community Sustainability Department’s 2012 Operating Resource Requirement (19) be amended from $350,000 to $150,000, and that the remaining $200,000 be allocated to the Forestry Services 2012 Operating Resource Requirement (p. 44) for city-wide tree planting.

 

(this motion also amends The Forestry Services Operating Resource Requirements (p.44).

 

4.      The Solid Waste Services Budget, as follows:

a)      User fees (p. 36-37);

 

b)     Operating Resource Requirement (p. 31); as amended by the following:

 

That the Environment Committee, through the Chair, ask the Minister of the Environment to direct Stewardship Ontario to fully fund the cost of this program, as required by the Ministry, and that a copy be sent to all Clerks of Municipalities of Ontario;

 

c)      Capital Budget (p. 38) [individual projects listed on p. 39-40];

 

5.      The Forestry Services Operating Resource Requirement (p. 44), be amended (as stated above)

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED as amended

 

Direction to Staff:

Prior to the next meeting, Legal Staff to report back to Committee by way of a memorandum of the legal aspects of Waste Diversion Ontario who has failed to cover the costs of the Household Hazardous Waste Program.