Finance and Corporate Services Committee

WHEREAS the Finance and Corporate Services Committee is considering a report regarding the potential municipal acquisition of the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC) site; and WHEREAS rural residents have expressed to the Ministry and members of City Council significant interest in and concern about the potential for any landfill operation to contaminate groundwater, pollute the air and impact the quality of life of residents including contributing dust and noise; and WHEREAS local residents campaigned the Ministry to “dump the dump” for over 15 years questioning on the suitability of a landfill on lead clay and expressing concerns related to the stability of the ground and potential release of leachate and other toxins; and WHEREAS Carlsbad Springs lies within the Bear Brook watershed, a headwater stream that flows to the South Nation River dominated by lead clay and other fine textured soils, which includes provincially significant wetlands, and wildlife habi-tat; and WHEREAS the South Nation Conservation Authority is currently studying the Bear Brook Watershed to examine how future land use and climate change could impact the watershed; and WHEREAS the last environmental assessment made public for the site by the Ministry of the Environment was dated 2015; and WHEREAS a Community Liaison Committee was established through the Minis-try’s environmental assessment process to represent best practice and support transparency, identify early issues and collaborate on

WHEREAS a Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) is a structured, scientific process used to evaluate whether people may be exposed to harmful substances and if so, whether those exposures could pose health risks; and WHEREAS the Ministry’s environmental assessment includes an overall assessment of potential impacts, alongside air quality, groundwater and ecological studies; and WHEREAS upholding the best interest of residents would include ensuring the safety of groundwater, soil, air, and other aspects of the environment that contribute to human health; and WHEREAS the site has a history of industrial activities (auto wrecker) for over 30 years; and WHEREAS residents have serious concerns about potential human environmental health impacts that could occur in the event of contaminant releases from an active landfill; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend Council direct staff, should the City of Ottawa be successful in ac-quiring this site and in advance of its operation, to undertake and publish an HHRA to disclose the already-established (via Ministry EA) baseline of contaminant and exposure data and an assessment of the risk to human health; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the HHRA be revised if environmental monitoring reveals a new concern (e.g., exceedance of acceptable thresholds, air emission change, new contaminant of concern is identified) in accordance with normal practices and that this information be publicly available and

WHEREAS Council is considering a report regarding the potential municipal acquisition of the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC) site located near Carlsbad Springs; and WHEREAS increased activity at the site will result in additional truck traffic using the surrounding rural road network; including heavy trucks and employee and visitor trips, with implications for safety, traffic operations and quality of life in and around Carlsbad Springs; and WHEREAS residents in Carlsbad Springs and nearby rural villages have raised concerns to the Ministry and members of Council regarding heavy truck traffic, including noise, safety, and cut-through movements on residential streets and through village cores; and WHEREAS the City’s rural truck route network and associated signage may be reviewed and improved to better direct trucks to appropriate corridors and minimize impacts on local communities; and WHEREAS the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) is the City’s primary tool for identifying and prioritizing major transportation infrastructure investments over the long term; and WHEREAS proactively identifying and prioritizing network improvements that support safe and efficient access to the CRRRC site and protect nearby rural communities from undue impacts would better position the City to respond to future growth in the area; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend Council direct staff, prior to site activation and regularly thereafter,

WHEREAS Council is considering a report regarding the potential municipal acquisition of the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC) site located near Carlsbad Springs; and WHEREAS recognizing the impacts that landfill operations have on residents, Private sector proponents develop community benefit programs to provide positive investments directly to the impacted community in the form of grants to im-prove parks and pathways, scholarships etc.; and WHEREAS rural communities often shoulder a disproportionate share of environmental and infrastructural burdens, like landfills, that compromise their quality of life and the rural lifestyle that they enjoy. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend Council direct staff, should the City acquire the CRRRC site, to review options available to establish a community benefit mechanism for the City to provide direct positive benefit to Carlsbad Springs and surrounding communities in the form of grants for local improvements, and report back to ARAC in 2027.

a potential purchase of the CRRRC does not preference or preclude any future waste management decision of Council, it does represent new information to consider as staff develop a recommendation and finalized business case for Ottawa’s future waste management system. As part of the in-depth evaluation that staff are undertaking to develop a recommendation and finalized business case for Ottawa’s future waste management system, staff be directed to undertake a market sounding exercise that invites proponents to provide information to City staff related to the Council approved scenarios outlined in Recommendation 2 of the Waste Management Technologies Feasibility Study Report (Status Quo and Private Facilities, Waste to Energy Incineration Facility, and Construct a New Landfill).