{"id":246,"date":"2014-09-15T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T20:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2021-03-20T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T21:41:32","slug":"dump-carlsbad-springs-dump","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/petitions\/dump-carlsbad-springs-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"DUMP CARLSBAD SPRINGS DUMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PETITION : \u00a0DUMP CARLSBAD SPRINGS DUMP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To The City of Ottawa Council through<br \/>\nThe Honourable _____________________ (elected Oct. 27, 2014)<br \/>\nMayor of Ottawa<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS The proposed site of the Carlsbad Springs Dump is currently zoned \u201cRURAL\u201d and would require major rezoning from the City of Ottawa in order to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS Historically this location was deemed NOT adequate for a similar waste project in the 1980\u2019s by the municipality mainly because of the poor soil conditions.<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS The softness of the soil (Leda Clay) is identified as the weakest type of soil, most prone to amplified shaking and even liquefaction during seismic events. A documented risk in the area of the site.<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS The presence of natural gas on the site was previously found under the clay and represents an unexplored and serious risk for the functioning of the landfill system.<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS These are ecologically sensitive lands with an unusually rich biodiversity. Also, the site habitat includes a peat bog and forest with a high water table making the risk of \u201coff-site migration\u201d of contaminants from surface water unacceptably <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">high<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>We the undersigned petition the City of Ottawa Council as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 To \u201cREJECT\u201d the proposed Carlsbad Springs Dump project as it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>not<\/strong><\/span> needed and is a high-risk location. Ottawa has more than enough disposal capacity using existing sites.<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 To maintain the \u201cRURAL\u201d zoning classification of this site. To stand up for the citizens of Ottawa against the OMB even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>legally<\/strong><\/span> if necessary and move to help create legislative protection for the future environmental integrity of this area.<\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 The City must place limitations on where landfills can be placed, and to explore alternative waste diversion methods so that new landfills are no longer needed<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">[yawpp-form-1]<\/span><br style=\"color: #555555;\" \/><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Number of people who have signed the petition: [yawpp-num-signs-1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>* All personal information is private.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETITION : \u00a0DUMP CARLSBAD SPRINGS DUMP To The City of Ottawa Council through The Honourable _____________________ (elected Oct. 27, 2014) Mayor of Ottawa WHEREAS The proposed site of the Carlsbad Springs Dump is currently zoned \u201cRURAL\u201d and would require major rezoning from the City of Ottawa in order to proceed. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":242,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions\/290"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}