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9.         ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

 

Plan d'amélioration communautaire du boulevard St-Joseph

 

 

 

Committee RecommendationS

 

That Council:

 

1.      Enact a by-law to designate the area shown as Schedule “A” on Document 1 as the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan Project Area;

 

2.      Enact a by-law to adopt the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan as detailed in Document 2 and 3; and

 

3.      Delegate to the General Manager, Planning and Growth Management the authority to approve Community Improvement Plan grant applications for which the total combined grant amount does not exceed $250,000.00, subject to an annual financial reporting to Council.

 

 

RECOMMENDATIONS DU COMITÉ

 

Que le Conseil :

 

1.   adopte un règlement municipal visant à désigner la zone illustrée à l’annexe A du document 1 comme Zone de projet d’amélioration communautaire du boulevard St‑Joseph;

 

2.      adopte un règlement municipal visant à adopter le Plan d’aménagement communautaire du boulevard St-Joseph comme il est défini dans les documents 2 et 3; et

 

3.   délègue au directeur général, Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance, le pouvoir d’approuver les demandes de subvention relatives au Plan d’amélioration communautaire pour lesquelles le montant total combiné ne dépassera pas 250 000 $, et qui devront faire l’objet d’un rapport financier annuel déposé devant le Conseil.

 

 


 

DOCUMENTATION

 

1.   Deputy City Manager of Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability report dated 19 December 2009 (ACS2008-ICS-PLA-0003).

 


 

Report to/Rapport au :

 

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

 

and / et

 

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

19 December 2008 / le 19 décembre 2008

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager

Directrice municipale adjointe,

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability

Services d’infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités  

 

Contact Person/Personne-ressource : Richard Kilstrom, Manager/Gestionnaire, Community Planning and Design/Aménagement et conception communautaire, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

(613) 580-2424 x22653, Richard.Kilstrom@ottawa.ca

 

Orleans (1), Innes (2)

Ref N°: ACS2009-ICS-PLA-0003

 

 

SUBJECT:

ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

 

 

 

OBJET :

Plan d'amélioration communautaire du boulevard St-Joseph

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That the Planning and Environment Committee and the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend Council:

 

1.                  Enact a by-law to designate the area shown as Schedule “A” on Document 1 as the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan Project Area;

 

2.                  Enact a by-law to adopt the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan as detailed in Document 2 and 3; and

 

3.                  Delegate to the General Manager, Planning and Growth Management the authority to approve Community Improvement Plan grant applications for which the total combined grant amount does not exceed $250,000.00, subject to an annual financial reporting to Council.

 

 

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement et le Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique recommandent au Conseil :

 

1.         d’adopter un règlement municipal visant à désigner la zone illustrée à l’annexe A du document 1 comme Zone de projet d’amélioration communautaire du boulevard St‑Joseph;

 

2.         d’adopter un règlement municipal visant à adopter le Plan d’aménagement communautaire du boulevard St-Joseph comme il est défini dans les documents 2 et 3; et

 

3.         de déléguer au directeur général, Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance, le pouvoir d’approuver les demandes de subvention relatives au Plan d’amélioration communautaire pour lesquelles le montant total combiné ne dépassera pas 250 000 $, et qui devront faire l’objet d’un rapport financier annuel déposé devant le Conseil.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

In 2003, the City approved the St. Joseph Boulevard Corridor Study.  This study established a framework to guide the form of development adjacent to the street and suggested improvements to the streetscape.  The goal of the Corridor Study was to set the stage for future intensification and beautification enhancing the area as a live/work/shop destination and thereby supporting the economy of the area.  It led to a comprehensive change to the zoning for the St. Joseph Boulevard corridor that implements the design recommendations in the study.  The Corridor Study recommended a series of strategic initiatives including the preparation of a Community Improvement Plan for the area.

 

The City commenced preparation of the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan in December 2007.  The CIP was drafted under the guidance of a Project Advisory Committee comprised of representatives from the Heart of Orleans Business Improvement Area, the Chamber of Commerce, Action Ottawa-Orleans and representatives from the Councillors offices from Wards 1 and 2.  The property owners within the study area and the community-at-large were consulted through two public open house meetings.

 

The goal of the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan (CIP) is to bolster the economic viability of the St. Joseph Boulevard area by stimulating development and redevelopment of privately held property, encouraging land use intensification and the provision of affordable housing, supporting the establishment of mixed-use development, and improving site and built-form aesthetics.  This is achieved in the CIP through a program of grant-based financial incentives to landowners that will partially offset a range of typical development costs.  The CIP does not contain direction for streetscape (public street right-of-way) improvements.

 

Other goals of the CIP include:

 

a)                  Reinforcing the St. Joseph Boulevard area as a central focus for the community;

b)                  Strengthening the St. Joseph Boulevard area as a live / work / play destination;

c)                  Encouraging a range of higher-density housing types including affordable housing units;

d)                  Providing employment opportunities through intensification of commercial and office uses;

e)                  Encouraging infill and mixed-use development;

f)                    Assisting in achieving improved building architecture, site design and site landscaping; and

g)                  Helping to provide for an attractive, safe and pedestrian friendly environment.

 

The CIP Project Area covers a length of about 4.0 kilometres along St. Joseph Boulevard, extending approximately from Youville Drive in the west to Prestone Drive in the east.  It is comprised of approximately 75 hectares of land and affects approximately 150 commercial and residential properties fronting on both the north and south sides of St. Joseph Boulevard as well as properties fronting on Jeanne D’Arc Boulevard, Place D’Orleans Drive and within portions of the Cumberland Town Centre area (see Document 1).

 

The Planning Act requires that Council approve the Community Improvement Plan Project Area and the Community Improvement Plan document at a formal public meeting.  A by-law must first be passed that enacts a Community Improvement Plan Project Area then immediately following the Community Improvement Plan document can be adopted by by-law.  A statutory appeal period applies after by-law approval.

 

Best Practices Review

 

The Planning Act provides for municipalities to offer financial incentives in the form of loans and grants within approved Community Improvement Plan project areas.  Staff contacted several other municipalities in Ontario to determine successes and failures of their respective CIP’s and to identify emerging trends and best practices.  The cities of Windsor, London, Hamilton, Oshawa, Barrie, Owen Sound, Quinte West, Sudbury, Gananoque, Brockville and Kingston were contacted. 

 

Most municipalities have incentive programs tailored to specific circumstances of their particular CIP project area.  Certain of them have grant or loan programs in order to implement require detailed design guidelines.  An example of this would be façade improvement grants that are paid at specified rates depending on the level of aesthetic improvement achieved.  The St. Joseph Boulevard Corridor Study (2003) does not provide sufficient design detail to allow the City to offer such performance-based incentive programs.  Also, loan programs were reported to be costly to administer in terms of staff time compared to the benefit received from the program and therefore are not recommended for this CIP.

 

City staff also consulted extensively with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Kingston office, on draft versions of the document to draw from their collective experience in reviewing and approving municipal CIP’s.  As a result of the best practices review, and based on input received from Municipal Affairs and Housing as well as through public consultation, a set of four grant programs are recommended for inclusion in the St. Joseph Boulevard CIP. 

 

Recommended Financial Incentive Programs

 

Four grant programs are recommended for the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan (Document 3).  The recommended grant programs have been structured to cover the progression of typical development projects from inception to completion.  The financial incentive amounts within each of the grants have been increased slightly to support the construction of new affordable housing units.  Affordable housing is defined as housing, either rental or ownership, for which a low or moderate income household pays no more than 30 per cent of its gross annual income.  All grants are paid only after site development is completed, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) has reassessed the property and the first year of taxes have been paid in full.

 

Grant program duration under the CIP is an initial period of five years with an option to extend for up to another five years.  Council can extend or cancel the CIP programs at any time (except any approved grant program payments to owners must continue).  Changing the CIP by adding new grant programs or by increasing the grant payment amounts must be approved through a formal amendment to the CIP under the Planning Act. 

 

The recommended CIP grant programs are summarized as follows:

 

1.                  Project Feasibility Study Grant Program

 

This grant program provides financial assistance to partially offset the cost of studies that are undertaken to help determine if a development project is feasible.  Studies in this program include, for example, servicing analysis, market studies, site design and architectural concept designs.  This grant would be beneficial to all types of development from small projects such as façade and site improvement up to larger projects such as building demolition and site intensification through redevelopment. 

 

The total overall grant amount for all eligible feasibility studies combined is 25 per cent up to a total overall maximum grant amount of $2,500.  The grant amount is increased to 50 per cent of study costs up to $5,000 combined maximum if three or more new affordable housing units are constructed.

 

2.         Planning Fee Grant Program

 

This grant program provides financial assistance to partially offset the cost of applications made for approvals required under the Planning Act including, for example, Zoning By-law amendments, Site Plan Control Approval and Committee of Adjustment applications.  Final approval by the City of the planning application must be obtained in order for a grant under this program to be paid.

 

The total overall grant amount is 25 per cent of the City fees for initial applications made under the Planning Act (after applicable multi-application reductions) up to a total overall maximum grant amount of $5,000.  The grant amount is increased to 50 per cent of the application fee cost up to $10,000 maximum if three or more new affordable housing units are constructed.

 

3.         Development Incentive Grant Program

 

This grant program provides financial assistance to partially offset the cost of site and building development.  Eligible costs under this program include, for example, building demolition, construction, energy efficiency (LEED), building permit fees, hard and soft site landscaping components and signage.  This grant is paid once annually over a maximum 10-year period to a total overall maximum grant amount of 70 per cent of the eligible on/off site construction costs or $1,000,000.00 whichever is lower. 

 

The annual grant amount is equal to 70 per cent of the increase in the municipal portion of property taxes (tax increment) resulting from constructed projects.  The annual grant amount is increased to 85 per cent of eligible on/off site construction costs if three or more new affordable housing units are to be constructed.

 

4.         Building Permit Fee Grant Program

 

This grant program provides financial assistance to partially offset the cost of building permit fees.  The grant amount is equivalent to 30 per cent of building permit fees.  This cost is then included as an “eligible cost” within an approved Development Incentive Grant.  Through the Development Incentive Grant up to 70 per cent of the 30 per cent (maximum 21 per cent of permit cost) may be reimbursed.

 

The grant maximum percentage is increased to 40 per cent of building permit fees if three or more new affordable housing units are constructed. Through the Development Incentive Grant up to 85 per cent of the 40 per cent (maximum 34 per cent of permit cost) may be reimbursed.

 

The total combined grant maximum amount per property, for all CIP grants combined, is 70 per cent of the eligible on/off site construction costs or $1,000,000.00, whichever is lower.  The total combined maximum grant amount is increased to 85 per cent of the eligible on/off site construction costs or $1,000,000.00 whichever is lower, if three or more new affordable housing units are constructed.

 

All grant programs are structured such that payment occurs following construction of a project, property reassessment by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation has occurred and the first year of post-reassessment taxes have been paid.  Issuing payments after construction ensures that the City, through its investment in the four grant programs, has resulted in an actual project that benefits the community and allows time for project-related tax increment revenues to be received by the City. 

 

The grants are not a direct rebate of taxes paid.  However, in the case of the Development Incentive Grant, the maximum annual grant amount is based on a percentage of the increase in the municipal portion of tax payment (increment) post-development as compared to pre-development.  Using the tax increment amount as a guide provides a reasonably consistent mechanism of determining grant payment amounts that reflect actual improvements carried out on a property.  This approach also has the advantage of providing a sliding scale for grant calculations - smaller projects typically have a lower increase in assessed value, a smaller tax increment amount, and generally would receive smaller grants.  Larger projects have a higher increase in assessed value, a larger tax increment amount, and would generally receive larger grants.  Sample grant payment calculations for residential and commercial development projects are set out in Document 4.

 

The following summarises the general requirements of the CIP:

 

·        All owners of private properties in the CIP Project Area can apply for grant programs for all types of land use.  Only one grant per grant type, per property (including coordinated development projects) is permitted.

 

·        CIP grants may be given for projects resulting in one or more of:

-                     a building addition,

-                     façade improvement facing a public road,

-                     construction of a new building, and

-                     site works including landscaping and signage.

 

·        All CIP grants are only paid after project construction, property reassessment by MPAC has occurred, and the first year of tax payment is made in full.

 

·        Maximum combined total grant payment amount resulting from all CIP grant programs, including applicable Brownfields CIP grants, cannot exceed 70 per cent (85 per cent if three or more affordable housing units are constructed) of eligible project costs, or $1,000,000.00, whichever is lower.

 

·        In order for a CIP application to be processed and a grant payment made, the projected total overall grant amount per grant type must be at least $1,000.00.

 

·        In order for a CIP grant payment to be made there must be a minimum $10,000.00 increase in post-construction assessed property value.  An estimate of the increase in assessed property value must be provided as part of an application for a Development Incentive Grant.

 

·        All CIP grants are subject to an agreement signed by the owner and registered on the title of the property to which they apply.  If an applicant has received approval for a Project Feasibility Study Grant and/or a Planning Application Fee Grant, the related requirements and grant payment amounts would form part of the legal agreement prepared for a Development Incentive Grant and Building Permit Fee Grant.

 

To streamline the approvals process, it is recommended that Council delegate to the General Manager, Planning and Growth Management, approval of grant applications with a total payment amount equal to or less than $250,000.00.   All grant applications with a total payment amount greater than $250,000.00 would be brought to Committee and Council for consideration.  Final approval of all new grants would be contingent on Council approving the first year of grant payment at the time of annual City budget approval.  Note however that once a grant application is approved and an agreement is entered into between the City and the applicant, the City is obliged to continue annual grant payments as set out in the agreement.

 

As part of the grant capital budget approval process, staff will prepare and bring forward to Council for information an annual monitoring report on the performance of the CIP setting out, for example:

 

·        The number and type of grant applications,

·        The increase in assessed value and taxes paid for participating properties,

·        Projected and actual grant payment amounts,

·        Number of residential units / area of commercial space constructed,

·        Estimate of jobs created / maintained.

 

Ottawa Brownfields Community Improvement Plan

 

Council approved the Brownfields CIP on April 22, 2007.  The Brownfields CIP provides financial assistance for the redevelopment of contaminated sites.  Since approval, several applications have been processed under this program.  The proposed St. Joseph Boulevard CIP is modelled on the Brownfields CIP in terms of general content and structure, but its grant programs have been tailored to meet needs specific to the St Joseph Boulevard community context.  Highlights of the key differences between the Brownfields CIP and the proposed St. Joseph Boulevard CIP are as follows:

 

·        For the Development Incentive Grant (Rehabilitation Grant in the Brownfields CIP) the annual grant payment amount is 70 per cent rather than 50 per cent of the municipal tax increment (85 per cent where three or more affordable housing units are constructed).

·        The overall combined maximum payment for all grants per property is 70 per cent rather than 50 per cent of eligible project costs (85 per cent where three or more affordable housing units are constructed) and is capped at $1,000,000.00 maximum (including any Brownfields CIP grant amounts).

·        The property must have a minimum increase of $10,000.00 in post-construction assessed value in order for grant payments to be made.

·        The projected overall grant payment per grant type must be greater than $1,000.00 in order for a grant application to be processed and paid.

 

CIP Marketing Strategy

 

The St. Joseph Boulevard CIP will be marketed primarily through the Heart of Orleans Business Improvement Area (BIA) as well as the Orleans Chamber of Commerce with support from the City.  Marketing initiatives include making BIA members aware of the CIP and its programs through BIA meetings and newsletters and by promoting the CIP to local realtors.  The City will support marketing of the CIP by maintaining access to the document on the “Ottawa.ca” web site, by promoting awareness of the CIP programs through developer pre-consultation meetings for development proposals within the CIP area, and through promotion of Orleans area development opportunities by the Department.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

A public open house meeting was held on May 27, 2008 to introduce the proposed project composition and schedule and to present the preliminary Community Improvement Plan project area boundary and preliminary financial incentive programs.  A second public open house meeting was held on September 24, 2008 to present a full draft copy of the CIP document including the proposed CIP project area boundary and four financial incentive programs.   The meetings were generally well attended and a very positive response to the proposed CIP was received from residents and business owners.

 

 

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:

 

Staff will prepare application guidelines and application forms for each of the CIP grants subject to Council approving them by adopting the St. Joseph Boulevard CIP by by-law.  A standard agreement will be prepared with the assistance of Legal Services staff.  If Council approves the CIP early in 2009 it is anticipated that the first agreements would be registered in 2010 and the first grant payments would be made in 2011 or 2012 (after site development and tax payment). 

 

Grant payments are to be made following construction and payment in full of the first year of taxes.  Grant payments will also not be made unless the minimum specified increase in assessed value of the property has occurred.  These requirements reduce interim financial pressure on the City, help to ensure that substantive work has been undertaken on the property and eliminate the risk of grant payments being made that have not led to actual project construction.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The capital requirement for both the Development Incentive Grant Program and the Building Permit Fee Grant Program is to be funded from the city-wide capital reserve fund, calculated at the rates for each grant program as approved in the CIP (based on the municipal tax increment resulting from properties participating in the program).  The Project Feasibility Study Grant Program and the Planning Fee Grant Program are also to be funded from the city-wide capital reserve fund, calculated based on retaining the remaining amount of the municipal tax increment amount resulting from properties participating in the Development Incentive Grant Program.  A “St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan Revolving Fund” capital account (CIP Revolving Fund) will be established as the operating account for the life of CIP grant programs.

 

If approved, grant applications equal to or less than $250,000.00 are to be approved by the General Manager, Planning and Growth Management.  Grant applications that exceed $250,000.00 will be brought forward to Council for approval through a staff report to Committee.  All grant program capital requirements will be identified individually at annual budget time as strategic initiatives and as such will be subject to approval by Council as part of the usual City budget process.   Note however that once a grant application is approved and an agreement is entered into between the City and the applicant, the City is obliged to continue annual grant payments as set out in the agreement.

 

All approved CIP grants are to be paid only after project construction, reassessment by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, and the first year post-reassessment taxes are paid in full.  This will ensure that the funds transferred into the CIP Revolving Fund are directly as a result of the incremental tax dollars realized from constructed CIP projects.  Money transferred to the Revolving Fund resulting from an approved CIP project may however be used to provide grant payments to another approved CIP project.  Grant programs may also be funded from seed funding and subsequent top-up funding as may be brought forward by staff for consideration of Council.  

 

There are no direct financial implications as a result of this report.  Requests for funding will be included in the annual budget process or as separate reports as required.  There is no requirement for additional staff in the Planning and Growth Management Branch to implement the CIP.   However, the Financial Services Branch has advised that it may require additional staff resources to respond to increased workload related to community improvement plans as well as to other project initiatives that are being brought forward by the Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability Department.

 

Motion 26/37 passed by Council in December 2007 requires that $500,000.00 be allocated to streetscape corridor improvements identified in the St. Joseph Boulevard CIP (once approved).  Motion 26/38 requires that Motion 26/37 be referred to Planning and Environment Committee at the time the CIP comes forward to that Committee.  The CIP now before Committee cannot be used as a basis to implement Motion 26/37 since the recommended CIP affects only private property and does not contain provisions for streetscape design improvements.

 

 

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

Planning and Growth Management staff will receive and administer grant applications and take the lead role in liaison with applicants through the grant review and approval process.  Staff will also identify for consideration by Council through a CIP monitoring report, the annual budget requirement for each anticipated CIP grant and will identify the overall anticipated CIP grant amounts in the Long Range Financial Plan. 

 

For the first year of each approved grant, the budget pressure amount will be based on the approved percentage of the estimated tax increment amount as provided by the applicant at the time of initial grant application.  The actual grant payment amount in the first year will be based on the lower of the estimated or actual tax increment amounts.  In all subsequent years grant amounts will be calculated based on the actual municipal incremental tax amount.  The Revenue Division of the Financial Services Branch will take the lead role in reviewing estimates of increase in assessment, calculating annual grant payment amounts and for transferring appropriate funds into the CIP Revolving Fund.   Financial Services Unit staff will be responsible for issuing grant payments and for tracking totals paid under each grant program.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1      St. Joseph Boulevard CIP Project Area Draft By-law

Document 2      St. Joseph Boulevard CIP Adoption Draft By-law

Document 3      St. Joseph Boulevard CIP (distributed separately and on file with City Clerk)

Document 4      Sample CIP Grant Payment Calculations

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability Department to prepare implementing by-laws and forward to Legal Services Branch.

 

Legal Services to forward implementing by-laws to City Council.

 

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability Department to implement the Community Improvement Plan.

 

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability Department to prepare an annual Community Improvement Plan grant monitoring report to Council.

 

 


                                                                                                                                   DOCUMENT 1

ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD CIP PROJECT AREA DRAFT BY-LAW

 

   BY-LAW NO. 2009 - ____

 

                        A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate a part of the area covered by the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa as the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Project Area.

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 28 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990. c. P.13, City Council may designate the whole or any part of an area covered by an Official Plan as a community improvement project area;

 

AND WHEREAS the 2003 St. Joseph Boulevard Corridor Study approved by Council directed the implementation of a Community Improvement Plan for St. Joseph Boulevard;

 

AND WHEREAS on ________, 2009 Planning and Environment Committee recommended the designation of part of the area covered by the Official Plan to be a community improvement project area;

 

AND WHEREAS on ________, 2009, City Council carried the recommendations of Planning and Environment Committee;

 

                        THEREFORE the Council of the City of Ottawa enacts as follows:       

 

1.                     The following area is designated as the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Project Area:

 

(1)        the land illustrated on Schedule “A” to this by-law is hereby designated as a community improvement project area.

 

2.                     This by-law shall come into force in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

 

                        ENACTED AND PASSED this __ day of ________, 2009.

 

 

 

 

CITY CLERK                                                             MAYOR

 


                                                                                                                                    DOCUMENT 2

ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD CIP ADOPTION DRAFT BY-LAW

 

 

 

BY-LAW NO. 2009 - _______

 

A by-law of the City of Ottawa to adopt the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan.

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 28 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990. c. P.13,

City Council may, where it has passed a by-law designating the whole or any part of an area covered by an Official Plan as a community improvement project area, adopt a plan as a community improvement plan for the community improvement project area;

 

AND WHEREAS Council has convened public meetings to consider the adoption

of the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan;

 

AND WHEREAS on __________, 2009 Planning and Environment Committee

recommended the adoption of the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan;

 

AND WHEREAS on _________, 2009 City Council carried the recommendations

of Planning and Environment Committee;

 

THEREFORE the Council of the City of Ottawa enacts as follows:

 

1.         Attachment 1, being the St. Joseph Boulevard Community Improvement Plan is hereby adopted.

 

2.         This by-law shall come into force in accordance with the provisions of the

Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

 

ENACTED AND PASSED this ____th day of ________, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITY CLERK                                                                         MAYOR


SAMPLE CIP GRANT PAYMENT CALCULATIONS                                          DOCUMENT 4

 

 

Development

Type

 

 

New Retail Store

 

Office Expansion

 

Multi-Unit Residential

(Affordable Housing)

 

 

Feasibility

Study

Grant

Program

 

 

Maximum grant = $2,500

 

Maximum grant = $2,500

 

Maximum grant = $5,000

 

Planning

Application

Fee Grant

Program

 

 

Zoning By-law Amendment:  $6,200

Site Plan Approval:                $4,796

                                             $10,996

$10,996 x 25% = $2,749 max. grant

 

Minor Variance:   $880

 

 

$880 x 25% = $220 max. grant

 

Site Plan Approval:                $15,646

Plan of Condominium:           $10,360

                                               $26,006

Upset grant amount = $10,000

 

Development

Incentive Grant

And

Building Permit Fee Grant

Program

 

 

Total Eligible Costs         $1,792,830

(construction, permit fees, etc.)

 

Increase in Assessment:      $843,000

 

Municipal Tax Increment:     $16,848

 

Maximum annual grant payment is 70% of tax increment =         $11,794

 

Total grant over 10 years =  $117,940

 

 

 

Total Eligible Costs           $140,000

(construction, permit fees, etc.)

 

Increase in Assessment:       $21,790

 

Municipal Tax Increment:      $3,114

 

Maximum annual grant payment is 70% of tax increment =           $2,179

 

Total grant over 10 years =    $21,790

 

Total Eligible Costs          $2,846,000

(construction, permit fees, etc.)

 

Increase in Assessment:       $742,480

 

Municipal Tax Increment:      $87,351

 

Maximum annual grant payment is 85% of tax increment =          $74,248

 

Total grant over 10 years =   $742,480

 

Totals

 

 

Feasibility Study Grant       $2,500

Planning Fee Grant             $2,749

Dev. Incentive Grant       $117,940

Overall Total Grant      $123,189

 

 

Feasibility Study Grant        $2,500

Planning Fee Grant              $   220

Dev. Incentive Grant          $21,790

Overall Total Grant         $24,510

 

Feasibility Study Grant          $5,000

Planning Fee Grant              $10,000

Dev. Incentive Grant          $742,480

Overall Total Grant         $757,480

 

Notes

 

 

Dev. Incentive Grant amount will fluctuate annually with changes in municipal taxes.

All examples are under the overall maximum grant amount of the lower of 70% / 85% of Eligible Costs and $1,000,000

All examples would be paid over a ten-year period.