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They say mining is an accepted use for that land, and if the city wants pristine land it will have to do the cleanup itself. Territorial officials say they read the motion passed by council.īut they refuse to budge on the standards council is requesting, saying the land has always been used for industrial purposes. "If the land is not remediated to a residential standard city council will not accept those lands for ultimate fee-simple disposal."īouwmeester says the city is concerned about any liability that polluted land would carry. "In that motion council stated that either MACA or the mine would be responsible for remediating that land to a level acceptable for residential development," she says. While the city is asking the board to ensure the mine cleans it to residential standards, the territorial government says it's happy to leave the land for industrial use.Ĭity lawyer Lorretta Bouwmeester says that position may derail the city's motion. That land that will soon be turned over to the territorial government is polluted by arsenic. Yellowknife city council passed a motion to obtain the land for the residents last year, but that motion carried some conditions that the territorial government says it's not willing to meet. He said he's not sure past use should determine future standards. "The city's identified planned future use that cannot be met based on an industrial restoration." Nielsen accused the territorial government of being shortsighted. "I guess that begs the question then who is responsible for restoring the site to fill the gap?" said Board Member Stephen Nielsen. They say they're happy keeping the land at industrial standards because that's the description of the land on the surface lease.
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While the city of Yellowknife wants the mine to restore the land to residential standards so it can use the land for homes and recreation, territorial government officials say the future of the land is not their responsibility. Short-sighted A member of the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board scolded the territorial government Wednesday over the issue of clean-up of the Con Mine lands. The trailer park is on land that is leased by the mine. Twenty-six tenants who live on Con Mine property face eviction unless they can work out a deal for the land. A disagreement between governments jeopardizes a deal that would enable Con Trailer park tenants buy their land.