Staff Report - Middlesex County, Ontario · BMA Management Consul ting Inc. was engaged in 2015 by the Municipality of Middlesex ... for stormwater management services to fund stormwater

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Report No.: PWE 050-16 Meeting Date: December 7, 2016 Submitted by: Brian Lima – Director, Public Works & Engineering Subject: Application of Stormwater Management Rates in Designated

Settlement Areas

Recommendation: THAT the Application of Stormwater Management Rates in Designated Settlement Areas report be received for information. Purpose: To review the application of the Stormwater Management Rate as it is applied to the Municipality’s urban growth boundary settlement communities as defined in the Municipality’s Official Plan. Background: On October 19, 2016 the Municipality of Middlesex Centre Council passed the following resolution: “THAT during the 2017 budget review of the storm water rates, that Council re-examine the stormwater charge as it applies to the Urban Designated (non- serviced) areas.” Related Reports: February 17, 2016 PWE 011-16 - Stormwater Management Rate Implementation Plan Analysis: BMA Management Consulting Inc. was engaged in 2015 by the Municipality of Middlesex Centre to undertake a stormwater financial review. The purpose of this report was to provide an overview of the options available for the Municipality to fund its stormwater management program and to make recommendations in the recovery of stormwater management costs based on best practice research. The report also calculated the proposed rates using the 2016 Operating and Capital Budget provided by the departmental administrative staff.

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Middlesex Centre’s stormwater infrastructure includes stormwater ponds, storm sewers, catch basins, maintenance holes, oil grit separators, culverts, roadside ditches, and municipal drains. As the owner and operator of stormwater infrastructure, the Municipality is responsible for ensuring that the system is operational which will provide an appropriate level of flood protection for all properties. Stormwater infrastructure requires ongoing maintenance and capital work including but not limited to blockage removal, concrete repair, sediment removal, and rehabilitation and/or replacement. The intent of a stormwater pond is to provide flood control, water quality treatment and erosion control. Design standards for these ponds continue to evolve. Over the years, the design of stormwater ponds has advanced from a dam built across a river (online pond) to a wet pond constructed near the river (offline pond). Storm sewer sizing criteria is also changing, as municipalities adapt to the variability of extreme weather events expected in the future. Due to ongoing development and change of design standards, there is a need to rehabilitate our ponds or sewers so that adequate flood protection can be provided in accordance with changing design criteria established by approval agencies. Middlesex Centre’s stormwater infrastructure exists at various lifecycle stages, and continues to evolve and age. As sediment is collected in a pond, concrete structures, or existing urban municipal drains continue to degrade, the ability of the infrastructure to provide adequate flood control decreases. To meet evolving regulatory requirements and protect the various settlement communities from storm events that could cause flood damage to persons or property, the Municipality must conduct ongoing infrastructure monitoring, operate and maintain these services, and provide for capital replacement programs as required. As such, a sustainable, predictable, and proactive funding source is required to be maintained necessary to support the Municipality’s stormwater infrastructure and the programs necessary to maintain and replace it over time. The Municipality’s Asset Management Plan, dated December 2013, estimated the replacement cost of the stormwater infrastructure at $53.2 million. Further, the recently completed Delaware Community Settlement Area Stormwater Master Plan identified up to $7.0 million of needed stormwater infrastructure improvements alone. A comprehensive stormwater management program is very capital intensive and cannot be successful without a consistent, dedicated source of revenue on which it can rely. Financial Implications: The current funding approach for stormwater management is that all properties within the Municipality’s settlement urban growth boundary limits as defined by the Municipality’s Official Plan (please refer to Appendix “A” for mapping attached), dated May 27, 2015, which includes Poplar Hill / Coldstream, Denfield, Lobo, Melrose, Ilderton, Birr, Bryanston, Ballymote, Arva, Komoka – Kilworth, and Delaware pay a $14.88 monthly flat rate ($178.61 per year) for stormwater management services to fund stormwater management


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and infrastructure costs. Industrial, commercial, and institutional properties also pay $14.88 per month and for all hectares above the 0.4 hectare threshold, such properties contribute an additional $42.18 per month. These rates are applied based on property types and use as identified by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation in the annual assessment roll; and are based on all information known at this time, including lifecycle reserve needs for all existing stormwater infrastructure inventory and estimates of lifecycle reserve needs for known facilities to be assumed by the Municipality. The total quantity of properties currently affected by the Stormwater Management Rate is 4,299 and as of the last bi-monthly billing cycle generated $140,801.78 in reserve funds. The Stormwater Management Rate is a stable, predictable, and dedicated source of funding that is used to undertake maintenance, rehabilitation, and capital upgrades of the Municipality’s stormwater management system; which includes and is not limited to, roadside ditches, catch basins, laneway culverts, storm sewers, stormwater management ponds, etc. With anticipated Provincial regulations expected to be announced in 2017, it is expected that more municipalities in Ontario will be moving to a dedicated stormwater rate in the future. Strategic Plan: N/A


ILDERTON RD / COUNTY RD 16HYDE PARK RD / COUNTY RD 20

KING ST

MILL ST

ROBERT ST

CALV

ERT L

N

TWELVE MILE RD

MEREDITH DR

MARTIN DR

HERITAGE PL

HERITAGE DR

MEADOWCREEK DR

STONE FIELD LN

WILLOW RIDGE RD

ILDERTON ST

WOODLILY LN

PERIWINKLE DR

GEORGE ST

MAPLEWOOD LN

MILL ST

SPA#1

SCHEDULE A-1: ILDERTON URBAN SETTLEMENT AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000250Meters

NOTE: Schedules should be read in conjuction with applicablepolicies of the Plan and other Schedules

SCALE 1:15,000 4

Official Plan DesignationAgriculture

LEGENDSpecial Policy Area

Rural IndustrialRural CommercialResidentialParks and Recreation

Strategic Employment AreaSettlement Boundary

Village CentreSettlement EmploymentSettlement Commercial


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A

A

A

A

A

CNR

CNR

OXBOW DR

GLENDON DR

AM

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D

GIDEON DR

CO

LDST

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M R

D

VANNECK RD

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ST

JEFF

ERIE

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RAILWAY AVE

WESTBROOK DR

UNION AVE

HURON AVE

SIMCOE AVE

KIL

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RTH

PA

RK

DR

ELM

HU

RST

ST

OLD RIVER RD

ONTARIO AVE

BIRCHCREST DR

DEL

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N

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TUN

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LAN

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SPR

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BEEC

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PIONEER DR

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THODY LANE

PARKVIEW DR

THAMES AVE

DUKE STPRIN

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LAN

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WESTBROOK CRESRIVERS EDGE LANE

BLA

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ST LAWRENCE AVE

FIELDSTONE CRES S

VA

LLEY

VIE

W D

R

HAMILTON ST

Street B

FIELDSTONE CRES N

WOODLAND DR

ST CLAIR AVE

ENTERPRISE DR

WILLARD CRES

CR

ESTV

IEW

DR

KO

MO

KA

RD

Wellness Centre

NP

SWM

SWM

CP

Thames River

SWM

Proposed Draft PlanNP

NP

CITY OF

LONDON

SWM

SPA #12

SPA #2

SPA #18

SWM

SPA #25SPA #23

SPA #24

SPA #22

SPA #24

SPA #22

Deferred via OPA 28

SCHEDULE A-2: KOMOKA-KILWORTH URBAN SETTLEMENT AREA & SECONDARY PLAN

MUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE

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0 250 500 750 1,000125

Meters

Legend

OFFICIAL PLAN DESIGNATION

COMMUNITY USE

TRANSPORTATION:

MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

COLLECTOR ROAD

RESIDENTIAL

PARKS AND RECREATIONSTRATEGIC EMPLOYMENT AREA

AGRICULTURE

OFFICIAL PLAN

NATURAL HERITAGE ENHANCEMENT AREAHAZARD LANDS

COMMUNITY PARKCPNEIGHBOURHOOD PARKNPRECREATION FACILITYSCHOOLFUTURE SCHOOL SITE

ARTERIAL ROAD

VILLAGE CENTRE

1:20,000

SPECIAL POLICY AREA #SETTLEMENT BOUNDARYAGGREGATE OVERLAY

DESIGNATION

SETTLEMENT COMMERCIAL

SETTLEMENT EMPLOYMENT

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

RURAL COMMERCIAL

OTHER:

FUTURE COLLECTOR ROADFUTURE LOCAL ROAD CONNECTION

MULTI-USE TRAILS

WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY

COMMUNITY GATEWAY

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

NOTE: Schedules should be read in conjunction with applicable policies of the Plan and other Schedules


Settlement Employment

MEDWAY RD / COUNTY RD 28

RICHMOND ST / HIGHWAY 4

ARVA STSIR ROBERT PL

ELGIN ST

CROYDON DR

ST JOHN'S DR

WELDON AVE

AA

SPA#19

SCHEDULE A-3: ARVA COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 250 500 750 1,000125Meters


SCALE 1:10,000 4

Settlement Boundary


LEGENDSpecial Policy Area Aggregate Overlay Flood Plain

Village CentreParks and Recreation Residential Settlement Commercial


HARRIS RD

VICTORIAST

YOUNG ST

LONGWOODS RD / COUNTY RD 2

TOWERLINE ST

CARRIAGE RD / COUNTY RD 5

PRINCE ALBERT ST

HIGHLAND STSPRINGER RD

YORK ST

SOUTH ST

PLEASANT ST

OSBO

RNE S

T

MILL

CREEK LANE

MILLER RD

THAMES ST

MARTIN RD

WELLINGTON ST

GIDEON DR / COUNTY RD 3

ATKINSON CRT

DAVIS ST

THAMES RIVER

SPA#3

SPA#5

SPA#4

SPA#10

SPA#8

A

A

MUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000250Meters

NOTE: Schedules should be read in conjuction with policies of the Plan and other Schedules

SCALE 1:10,0004

SCHEDULE A-4: DELAWARE COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT AREA

LegendSPA

Official Plan DesignationSettlementBoundary Aggregate Overlay Flood plain

Agriculture Parks and Recreation Residential Settlement Employment Village Centre

Flood Line

Settlement Commercial


MEDWAY RD / COUNTY RD 28HIGHBURY AVE N / COUNTY RD 23

A

SCHEDULE A-5: BALLYMOTE HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 100 200 300 400 50050Meters


SCALE 1:5,000 4


LEGEND

Hamlet

Settlement Boundary Aggregate Overlay


RICHMOND ST / HIGHWAY 4

THIRTEEN MILE RD

SALISBURY DR

GWENDOLYN ST

SALISBURY PL

A

SCHEDULE A-6: BIRR HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 100 200 300 400 50050Meters


SCALE 1:5,000 4


LEGEND

Hamlet



HIGHBURY AVE N / COUNTY RD 23

PLOVER MILLS RD / COUNTY RD 16

TWELVE MILE RD

SCHEDULE A-7: BRYANSTON HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 100 200 300 400 50050Meters


SCALE 1:5,000 4


LEGEND

Hamlet



ILDERTON RD / C

OUNTY RD 16

EGREMONT DR / COUNTY RD 22

COLDSTREAM RD

POPLAR HILL RD

QUAKER LANE

KOMOKA RD / COUNTY RD 16

LEWIS DR

MCKAY STZAVITZ DR

JAMES STHEDLEY DR

IVAN DR

SPA#21

A

A

A

A

A

A

SCHEDULE A-8: POPLAR HILL & COLDSTREAM HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000250Meters


SCALE 1:20,000 4

Settlement Boundary

Official Plan Designation

LEGENDSpecial Policy Area

Agriculture Natural Environment

AggregateOverlay Flood Plain

Hamlet Parks and Recreation


DENFIELD RD / COUNTY RD 20

FIFTEEN MILE RD

BROOKF

IELD ST

STATION ST

SIXTEEN MILE RD

A

SCHEDULE A-9: DENFIELD HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 100 200 300 400 50050Meters


SCALE 1:7,000 4


LEGEND

Agriculture Hamlet

Settlement Boundary AggregateOverlay Flood LineFlood Plain


NAIRN RD / COUNTY RD 17


GOLD CREEK DR

LOBO LANE

SCHEDULE A-10: LOBO HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 100 200 300 400 50050Meters


SCALE 1:6,000 4


LEGEND

Agriculture Hamlet

Settlement Boundary


VANNECK RD


BOSTON DR

NAIRN RD / COUNTY RD 17

OXBOW DR

SUNNINGDALE RD W

MELROSE DR

WYNFIELD LANE

SCHEDULE A-11: MELROSE HAMLET AREAMUNICIPALITY OF MIDDLESEX CENTRE OFFICIAL PLAN

0 200 400 600 800 1,000100Meters


SCALE 1:14,000 4


LEGEND

Agriculture Hamlet

Settlement Boundary

Parks and Recreation


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Staff Report - Middlesex County, Ontario · BMA Management Consul ting Inc. was engaged in 2015 by the Municipality of Middlesex ... for stormwater management services to fund stormwater