TOWN HALL AND UPDATE ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE CRRRC BY COUNCILLOR ISABELLE SKALSKI

Hello Osgoode Ward,

Last Wednesday at City Council, City staff confirmed that they finalized the purchase of the

landfill site in Carlsbad Springs and presented a report to disclose the details of the CRRRC

acquisition.

Here’s what they said:

• The City bought the CRRRC land + key provincial approvals/permits for $95M

• The site is made up of eight parcels of land at Boundary Rd / Frontier Rd area.

• Some of the lands had two commercial leases and an occupancy agreement in place,

which were terminated at closing by the seller.

• A residential lease was also on the land but due to requirements under the Residential

Tenancies Act the lease will continue following closing and will terminate in the future.

• The City relied on KPMG and other consultants to help value the site to put forward a

bid.

• $95M will be paid for by debt. The debt servicing fee would be paid for via the ‘solid

waste fee’ on your taxes starting in 2027 - this will result in a slight increase from the

planned fee (from an avg. of 5.4% to 5.7%).

Answers to your questions:

• Staff confirmed that they relied on the Provincial Environmental Assessments to

determine the suitability of the site for a landfill. No external expertise about the

feasibility of developing a landfill on leda-clay was taken into account.

• There are no “strings attached” to the conditions of this sale. No special treatment for the

sellers or the Tewin development.

• Regarding previous permit conditions and expiry dates, the COO received assurances

from the Ministry of Environment that all conditions of the permit have been met and

confirmed no pending expiry.

What’s next?

• The City committed to turn its attention to advancing the human health risk assessment,

upgrading the Community Liaison Committee, scoping the truck route review and getting

started on developing a community benefit program.

• The future use of this site has not yet been decided. The City’s long-term direction for

waste technology will be determined in Q1 2027, staff are working now on options.

Ask questions - stay informed!

• Next week (Tuesday Feb 3) my open office hours 1-5:00 will take place at the Carlsbad

Springs Community Centre to shorten the commute for area residents to pop-in and ask

questions or discuss concerns.

• I am hosting a Town hall on Thursday February 5 at 6:30 at the Carlsbad Springs

Community Centre

• If you want to be part of the future Community Liaison Committee - reach out to my

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