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Donna Sacuta's research paper is interesting an I recommend reading it. It's
46 pages, but it's well documented. What I found interesting was the up to
27,000 ppm of lead, zinc and I believe, copper samplings from a soil sampling
study on the former range (400 ppm is acceptable for soil to be used as back
fill for housing) as well as the distinct probability of unexploded ordinance,
including hand grenades and mortar shells.
While all the soil on the range does not have these issues, remediation is not
cheap or a uncomplicated fix and could potentially run into the 10's of
millions especially considering locating, accessing, removing and the safe
disposal of contaminated soil, spent and unexploded ordinance. While property
values are unquestionably high, do the remediation costs outweigh the profits?
Maybe, maybe not.
IMO, given CMHC's glacial amount of movement on the property since in nearly
50 years and historical complete lack of communication with the local tax
payers who help pay their very wages (yes, I'm pulling that card out), I
expect a general PFO tone to any communiques.
I'm smelling a well-worded ATIP request. CMHC, you better start deleting those
emails and backups off your Exchange servers, pronto.
Oct. 21, 2016, 10:08 a.m. - Merwinn
#!markdown Donna Sacuta's research paper is interesting an I recommend reading it. It's 46 pages, but it's well documented. What I found interesting was the up to 27,000 ppm of lead, zinc and I believe, copper samplings from a soil sampling study on the former range (400 ppm is acceptable for soil to be used as back fill for housing) as well as the distinct probability of unexploded ordinance, including hand grenades and mortar shells. While all the soil on the range does not have these issues, remediation is not cheap or a uncomplicated fix and could potentially run into the 10's of millions especially considering locating, accessing, removing and the safe disposal of contaminated soil, spent and unexploded ordinance. While property values are unquestionably high, do the remediation costs outweigh the profits? Maybe, maybe not. IMO, given CMHC's glacial amount of movement on the property since in nearly 50 years and historical complete lack of communication with the local tax payers who help pay their very wages (yes, I'm pulling that card out), I expect a general PFO tone to any communiques. I'm smelling a well-worded ATIP request. CMHC, you better start deleting those emails and backups off your Exchange servers, pronto.