M E M O / N O T E D E S E R V I C E |
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To / Destinataire |
Chair and Members
of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee /
Président et membres du Comité de l’agriculture et des questions rurales
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File/N° de fichier: ACS2009-ISC-ESD-0007-IPD |
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From / Expéditeur |
Dixon Weir, General Manager / Directeur général, Environmental Services / Services environnementaux, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability / Services
d’infrastructure et viabilité des collectivités |
Contact Person / Personne ressource: Dave Ryan,
Project Manager / Gestionnaire, Municipal Drainage / des
installations de drainage, Environmental Services Department /
Services environnementaux 613-580-2424 x 25106 Dave.Ryan@ottawa.ca |
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Subject / Objet |
Municipal
Drainage Program Update (IPD) /
Mise à jour de l'état de drainage municipal (IDP)
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Date: 2 December 2009 / Le 2 decembre 2009 |
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The City of Ottawa has a legislative responsibility for all aspects of drainage works constructed under the Drainage Act, including the repair and maintenance of existing municipal drains and the construction of new drains. This memo provides a general overview of the Municipal Drainage program and the status of various municipal drain petitions, improvement, and maintenance projects that are currently in the midst of an approval process. The previous status update was provided at the June 11, 2009 Committee meeting (ACS2009-ICS-WWS-0017-IPD).
Municipal Drain Maintenance Program
In 2009, the City will be maintaining approximately 141,000 feet (43 kilometres) of municipal drains. The total cost of $248,000 associated with this maintenance will be recovered through a combination of provincial grants and assessments to benefiting landowners.
The following is a list of those
municipal drains that are scheduled for maintenance in 2009 and for which,
where eligible, grant money from the province has been requested. Maintenance will also be conducted on a
localized basis (beaver dams, culverts) on other municipal drains in response
to inspections and landowner requests.
Albert Marshall Municipal Drain
Christie
Dashney Municipal Drain
Crawford-Hill Municipal Drain
Cummings Municipal Drain
D'aoust Municipal Drain
David Cleroux Municipal Drain
Eric Deavy Municipal Drain
Garvock Municipal Drain
Hobbs Municipal
Drain, Br. 11
Kizell Municipal Drain
Lalande-Cleroux Municipal Drain
Leamy Creek Municipal Drain
Lowe-Armstrong Municipal Drain
McCormick Municipal Drain
Monahan Municipal Drain
Kenny Branch
Mud Creek Municipal Drain
Schwerdfager Municipal Drain
Smith Municipal Drain
Smith-Gooding Municipal Drain
South Castor River Municipal Drain
Spikker Municipal Drain
Stanley Edwards Municipal Drain
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ (OMAFRA) budget was approved in June. Approvals were obtained from the various regulatory agencies and maintenance is ongoing and will continue into early winter, after the crops have been harvested.
For 2010, the City of Ottawa has, to date, received requests for maintenance on 15 municipal drains, with more expected before the end of the year, and will be submitting a grant allotment request to the province to provide for a one-third grant on assessments to agricultural lands affected by maintenance. The remaining two-thirds of the maintenance costs are recovered through assessments to benefiting landowners.
Six of the seven capital projects listed in
Attachment 1 to this report are Section 4
Drainage Act petitions for new drainage works. Significant advances have been achieved in
2009 on these files.
Following a landowner meeting held on October
26, 2009, the Engineer’s Report for the Upper Flowing Creek landowners’
petition for drainage works is to be filed with the City Clerk this month. Construction of the drainage works is
expected to begin in Q3 2010.
Following receipt of a landowners’ petition
for the giving of new drain status to the existing Arbuckle award drain, the
final Engineer’s Report will be submitted to the Rideau Valley Conservation
Authority by the end of December.
Construction is anticipated to commence in Q3 2010.
With respect to the David Adams petition for
new drain status, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority referred the project
to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for review. The Drainage Engineer has secured DFO
agreement in principle with respect to the revised drain design. A landowners meeting was held on December 1st. The Engineer’s report will be finalized and
submitted for Council’s consideration in Q1 2010.
The Drainage Engineer’s preliminary report
will be filed in December for both the Upper Dowdall and the Upper Karl
Municipal Drain petitions for the extension of the existing drain in the
Goulbourn Ward/Beckwith Township area.
The reports will proceed to Committee and Council in Q1 2010. With the approval of Council, a full
Engineer’s report will follow.
A preliminary Engineer’s report for the
Hazeldean Road Municipal Drain was considered by Council in September
2009. At that time, Council directed the
Drainage Engineer’s to prepare a full report in response to the landowners’
petition for drainage works. That report
is anticipated in Q1 2010, and construction is expected in Q3 2010.
A Drainage Engineer was appointed under
Section 78 of the Drainage Act to undertake modifications and
improvements to the Dowdall Municipal Drain in Goulbourn Ward. The necessary regulatory approvals have been
received. Following receipt of the revised
Engineer’s Report, a second prelminary landowner meeting was held in
November. The revised Engineer’s Report
will proceed to Committee on January 14.
Construction is anticipated in the summer of 2010.
Coordination with
Stakeholders
In addition to the Drainage Act, watercourses are governed by several other Federal and
Provincial Acts:
The Endangered Species Act is the most
recently created provincial legislation affecting both the maintenance and
construction of drainage works. City
Drainage staff are working with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on
the approval process and related requirements under this statute.
Progress is being made and all projects are
moving forward and are at various stages in the design and/or approval
process. Individual project status is
described in greater detail in the attached table. As a result, the timing for filing of
Engineers’ Reports has increased considerably.
Section 39(1) of the Drainage Act allows Council to extend the
timing for filing of Engineer’s Reports and extensions were granted in November
2008 for all new drainage petition projects.
Groups representing the various
regulatory bodies have been established at the provincial level, the Drainage
Action Review Team (DART), and at the federal level, a Drainage Action Working
Group (DAWG), for the purpose of gaining a greater understanding of the
competing legislation and for the development of communication tools that
provide clearer direction for all of the parties concerned. To date, neither DART nor DAWG has made
significant headway, as such a similar committee for eastern Ontario involving
the DFO, OMAFRA, local Conservation Authorities and municipal staff may be
established to deal with the various issues on a more localized level.
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dave Ryan, Drainage Superintendent, Wastewater and Drainage Operations, at extension 25106.
Original signed by
Dixon Weir, P.Eng.
General Manager
Environmental Services
cc: Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services
and Community Sustainability
Attachment (1) Drainage Act Capital Project Summary
Attachment
1
City of Ottawa
Drainage Act Capital Project Summary
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Project Name |
Ward |
Council Approval |
CA |
Drainage Act Authority |
Project Summary
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Status/CA
Requirements/Engineering Reviews
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Anticipated
Approval and
Construction
Timing/Schedule[1]
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1. Arbuckle Report |
Goulbourn |
Oct 2005 (Report filing extension under
Section 39(1) granted in November 2008) |
RVCA |
Section 4 (new report to give status
to existing award drain) |
Landowners
have petitioned for status under the Drainage Act for an existing
award drain to ensure legal and sufficient outlet and future maintenance.
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RVCA
comments and tentative approval received. |
Final Engineer’s Report to be submitted to RVCA by end of Dec. 2009. Drainage Act
approval process Q1of 2010. Construction anticipated to begin in
Q3 of 2010*. |
2. Dowdall/ Morold Municipal Drain Report |
Goulbourn |
March 2005 (Report filing extension under
Section 39(1) granted in November 2008) |
RVCA |
Section 78 (revise existing report
to reflect changes and improvements to the drain) |
Purpose
is to update the report to reflect changes to an existing drain made by the
former Township of Goulbourn and DND in the 1990’s and for minor improvements
requested by landowners. |
RVCA Permit
received. Engineer’s report was tabled at ARAC on June 11,
2009. The Engineer’s Report was
referred back to the Engineer under Section 57 of the Drainage Act by Council
on June 24, 2009. Revised
Engineer’s Report to be filed with City Clerk in Nov. 2009. |
Second preliminary landowners meeting scheduled for Nov. 19, 2009. A revised Engineer’s Report is to be tabled at ARAC on January 14, 2010. Drainage Act
approval process Q1/Q2 2010. Construction is anticipated to begin in Q3 of 2010. |
3. David Adams Report |
Rideau |
April 2005 (Report filing extension under
Section 39(1) granted in November 2008) |
RVCA |
Section 4 (new report to give status
to existing award drain) |
Landowners
have petitioned for status under the Drainage Act for an existing
award drain. Petition was prompted by long-standing man-made blockage at
bottom end of agricultural award drain impeding flows and flooding upstream
lands. |
RVCA has referred the project to
Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO) for federal review as proposed works
exceed RVCA’s delegated authority. Engineer has met with and submitted revised design to DFO. DFO is in agreement in principle with the
proposed design. |
Engineer
to finalize draft report for Council consideration in Q1 of 2010. Landowner
meeting scheduled for Dec. 1. |
4. Upper Flowing Creek Report |
Goulbourn |
July 2006 (Report filing extension under
Section 39(1) granted in November 2008) |
RVCA |
Section 4 (new report to give status
to an existing watercourse) |
Landowners
have petitioned for drainage works in response to ongoing drainage concerns,
lack of outlet in Flowing Creek and extensive beaver activity. |
Engineer to finalize report and file
with City Clerk in December 2009. |
A landowner meeting was held on October 26, 2009 to discuss the
Engineer’s draft report. Drainage Act approval process in Q1 of 2010. Construction expected to begin in Q3
of 2010. |
5. Upper Dowdall MD (Ashton Station Road) |
Goulbourn Beckwith |
June 2008 (Report filing extension under
Section 39(1) granted in November 2008) |
RVCA |
Section 4 (petition to extend
existing drain) |
Petition
for Drainage Works by Beckwith Township and the City of Ottawa Surface
Operations (Road Superintendent) due to historic flooding of Ashton Station
Road during spring and ongoing high maintenance costs. Public access and safety issue.
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Preliminary
Engineer’s Report to be filed with City Clerk in Dec. 2009. |
Preliminary Engineer’s Report to
ARAC/Council – Q1 of 2010 (meeting to consider the
preliminary report). |
6. Upper Karl MD (Ashton Station Road) |
Goulbourn Beckwith |
June 2008 (Report filing extension under
Section 39(1) granted in November 2008) |
RVCA |
Section 4 (petition to extend
existing drain) |
Petition
for Drainage Works by Beckwith Township and the City of Ottawa Surface
Operations (Road Superintendent) due to historic flooding of Ashton Station
Road during spring and ongoing high maintenance costs. Public access and safety issue.
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Preliminary
Engineer’s Report to be filed with City Clerk in Dec. 2009. |
Preliminary Engineer’s Report to
ARAC/Council – Q1 of 2010 (meeting to consider the
preliminary report). |
7. Hazeldean Road |
Goulbourn |
May 2008, 9 Sept. 2009 |
MVCA |
Section 4 |
Petition
for Drainage Works by several landowners in response to ongoing drainage
concerns, lack of outlet, wetland designations and road safety.
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Engineer proceeding
with full Engineer’s Report. |
Council – September 9, 2009 - Engineer instructed by Council to prepare a full
Engineer’s Report. Engineer to file
his report in Q1 of 2010. Drainage Act approval process in Q2 of 2010. Construction anticipated
in Q3 of 2010. |
[1] Based on the estimated regulatory agency review period, and subject to appeals under the Drainage Act.