That with respect to Notice of Motion PFC2021-0222, the following be adopted:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Administration to appoint an Officer, be they internal or external, to lead an interdepartmental work group in addressing the resolutions below;
AND FUTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Administration present their internal Officer or present the job description and their recommendations for funding should they be external, to Utilities and Corporate Services Committee no later than Q2 2021;
AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the interdepartmental work group examine the financial and environmental liability The City would incur in the case of these companies abandoning their sites, (to say what potential liabilities and fees would be incurred by The City through 1,000 M/t increments), and the management of these sites;
AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the interdepartmental work group develop an enforceable strategy for bringing all sites, that store and process waste, recycling and other materials into better compliance (pile height, screening, fire code, environmental, LUB, etc.), minimizing the potential risks they pose;
AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Officer combine the research in a report back through the Utilities and Corporate Services Committee no later than Q4 2021, outlining an initial set of recommendations for how to create enforceable development and operating standards and an enforcement strategy for targeting problematic sites that store and processes waste, recycling and other materials;
AND FUTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Officer prepare a comprehensive list of recommendations, to submit with their report, on the tools available to Administration, should the enforcement strategy not be an adequate solution to managing the risk associated with these sites.
Council then dealt with the Confidential Items.