Britannia Village Flood Control System

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Britannia Village Flood Control System

• Information Meeting for Directly Affected
  Landowners
• February 5, 2009

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Agenda

• Introductions
• (D.Downey)
• The Projects History to date
• (B.Reid)
• The Planning and Design Process
• (D.Yaeger)
• The Project Schedule
• (D.Yaeger)
• About Easement Agreements
• (B. Reid)
• The Special Service Charge Process
• (G.Gill)

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Introductions

• Moderator Diane Downey (RVCA Communications)
• Speakers
• Dave Yaeger Delcan Corporation
• Gina Gill Ottawa, Infrastructure Services
• Bruce Reid RVCA
• Waterfront Landowners

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The Island
The Flood Plain
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Project History to Date

• May, 1979 max. water level 60.26m
• 1980 Construction of some sea walls and berms to
  60.3m
• 1984 1100 year flood 60.77m
• 1992 flood damage reduction study
• 1996 to 2007 community discussions
• Sept 2007 Council approval to proceed with a
  remedial flood control project

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Design Criteria Considerations

• Protection against 1100 year flood level under
  calm winds, with 30 cm freeboard 61.1 m
• Berms and seawalls
• Land-side drainage
• Permits and easements
• Ministry of Natural Resources
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Private landowners

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Planning and Design Process

• Engineering Phase 1
• review background
• update cost estimate
• Completed Aug. 2008
• Novatechs 2005 preliminary design can
• be used as the starting point for detail
• Design.
• Updated Construction Cost 525,000

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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Conceptual Design
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Planning and Design Process

• Engineering Phase 2
• Initiated November 2008
• Environmental impacts analysis
• Site meetings with Landowners
• Detailed physical surveys
• Preliminary design drawings
• Finalized Drawings

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Environmental Assessment

• In accordance with
• Conservation Ontarios Class
• Environmental Assessment for
• Remedial Flood and Erosion Control
• Projects
• (approved by Ont. Min. of the Environment, June ,
  2002)

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Environmental Assessment

• Notice of Intent
• Community Liaison Committee
• Environmental Impacts Analysis
• Project Plan
• Notice of Filing
• 30 day public review period
• Project Plan Amendment (if necessary)
• Notice of Project Approval
• Notice of Project Completion

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Project Schedule

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Project Schedule (continued)

Subject to confirmation that pre-tender
construction cost estimate and lowest acceptable
tender amount remain within City Councils
approved budget
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Permanent Easements

• convey rights to enter and occupy a specific area
  of the property for a specific purpose
• registered against title, runs with the deed
• The Area defined by registered plan
• Purpose for construction and maintenance of the
  flood control system and its component parts

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Easement Process

• Step 1 (April - May) permanent easement
  acquisition agreements
• sets out RVCAs obligations
• installations per engineering drawings
• site restoration, warranty provisions
• protection of adjacent works
• reimbursement of legal fees
• landowner agrees to grant permanent easement

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re filled crown land

• MNR approval requires consultation with owners of
  immediately adjacent upland property

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Easement Process

• Step 2 construction proceeds in accordance with
  permanent easement acquisition agreements
• Step 3 (after construction) R-Plan prepared by
  surveyor and deposited at Land Registry Office
• Step 4 execution and registration of documents
  for transfer of easement

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Special Service Charges

• Ontario Regulation 305/02 and Section 326 of the
  Municipal Act 2001 allow the recovery of costs
  related to Special Service works from landowners
  via their tax bill
• Additional funding request currently scheduled to
  proceed to committee and council in April 2009
• No change to cap on cost recovery amount from
  property owners

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Special Service Charges

• All costs will be recovered over the course of a
  ten-year period, with carrying costs as necessary
  
• Yearly charge amount for a property will be based
  on the property's assessed value relative to that
  of the rest of the properties in the Special
  Service area
• Charge will be an additional levy amount on the
  final tax notice for each property, due and
  payable at the same time as the property taxes
• Approximately 60 per year, per 100,000 of
  assessed value, for each property assessed in a
  single-family residential tax class

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Next Steps

• Field Layout and Site Meetings with Landowners
  early April to mid-May
• Please sign a consent form for the field layout
• Please leave your contact info with us

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Questions?