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3. PROTECTIVE
PLUMBING
PROGRAM – PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO FLOODING PROGRAMME D'INSTALLATION DE
DISPOSITIFS PROTECTEURS SANITAIRES RÉSIDENTIELS – PROPRIÉTÉS ADJACENTES AUX
SECTEURS D’INONDATION |
Committee recommendation
That Council
approve that all neighbouring homeowners immediately adjacent and fronting on
the same sanitary and/or storm sewer system to those properties that have
experienced basement back-ups due to unusual rain events in the past, also be included
for 100% protective plumbing.
Recommandation DU Comité
Que le Conseil approuve l’ajout de toutes les propriétaires avoisinantes
situées directement à côté, en face ou en arrière du réseau d’égout pluvial et
sanitaire ayant causé des inondations de sous-sols de résidences à la suite des
pluies diluviennes des années passées, au programme d’installation de
dispositifs protecteurs sanitaires résidentiels à 100 %.
Documentation
1.
Councillor
Monette’s report dated 16 February 2010 (ACS2010-CCS-PEC-0007).
2.
Extract
of Draft Minute, 23 February 2010.
Report
to/Rapport au :
Planning
and Environment Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme et de
l'environnement
and Council / et au Conseil
16 February 2010 / le 16 février
2009
Submitted
by/Soumis par : Councillor/Conseiller Bob Monette
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Councillor/Conseiller Bob Monette, Orléans
613-580-2471,
Bob.Monette@ottawa.ca
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Ref N°: ACS2010-CCS-PEC-0007 |
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SUBJECT: |
PROTECTIVE
PLUMBING PROGRAM – PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO FLOODING
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OBJET : |
PROGRAMME D'INSTALLATION DE DISPOSITIFS PROTECTEURS SANITAIRES
RÉSIDENTIELS – PROPRIÉTÉS ADJACENTES AUX SECTEURS D’INONDATION |
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning and
Environment Committee recommend Council approve that all neighboring homeowners
immediately adjacent and fronting on the same sanitary and/or storm sewer
system to those properties that have experienced basement back-ups due to
unusual rain events in the past, also be included for 100% protective plumbing.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité de
l’urbanisme et de l’environnement recommande au Conseil d’approuver l’ajout de
toutes les propriétaires avoisinantes situées directement à côté, en face ou en
arrière du réseau d’égout pluvial et sanitaire ayant causé des inondations de sous-sols
de résidences à la suite des pluies diluviennes des années passées, au
programme d’installation de dispositifs protecteurs sanitaires résidentiels à
100 %.
BACKGROUND
At the 9 February 2010 meeting of the Planning and
Environment Committee, Councillor Monette moved the following notice of
motion:
BE IT RESOLVED that all neighbours immediately adjacent to those
residents who have been flooded in the past be also included for 100%
protective plumbing.
Subsequent to the tabling of the Notice of Motion, the Councillor amended his motion to read as follows:
WHEREAS the flooding in Orléans on July 3rd, 2006 and
subsequently on August 2nd, 2006 affected over 800 homes,
AND WHEREAS homeowners that flooded due to back-ups in City storm and
sanitary sewers are eligible for grants of 100 per cent of the cost of
installing backflow valves under the City’s Protective Plumbing grant program;
and
AND WHEREAS homeowners directly adjacent to and fronting flooded homes
have a similar risk of flooding, but are only eligible for grants covering 50
per cent of the costs of installing backflow valves:
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED that the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council
approve that all neighboring homeowners immediately adjacent and fronting on
the same sanitary and/or storm sewer system to those properties that have
experienced basement back-ups due to unusual rain events in the past, also be
included for 100% grants under the protective plumbing program.
DISCUSSION
Per the direction given by City Council on September 2nd, the City is currently conducting a review of the Protective Plumbing Program particularly with respect to eligibility criteria, and will be reporting back to committee and Council in Q2 2010.
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CONSULTATION
This item will be advertised in the local dailies as part of the Public Meeting Advertisement on Friday preceding the Planning and Environment Committee meeting.
LEGAL/RISK IMPLICATIONS
There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
This change in policy will result in an
increased number of properties being eligible for a 100% grant under the
Protective Plumbing Program, which has typically been over subscribed. Expanding eligibility criteria, as proposed,
will expand the list of eligibile residences. Increased eligibility may result
in a reduced number of applications approved in any one year of the program
because the budget will be spent more quickly.
The
Department of Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability will
implement the directions of Committee and Council.
PROTECTIVE PLUMBING PROGRAM – PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO FLOODING
PROGRAMME D'INSTALLATION DE
DISPOSITIFS PROTECTEURS SANITAIRES RÉSIDENTIELS – PROPRIÉTÉS ADJACENTES AUX
SECTEURS D’INONDATION
ACS2010-CCS-PEC-0007 CITY
WIDE/ À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE
Dixon Weir, General Manager of Environmental
Services, confirmed that staff was satisfied with the intent of the
recommendation. He confirmed that a
report on the Protective Plumbing Program in its entirety would be coming
forward to Committee and Council in the second quarter of 2010.
That
the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council approve that all neighbouring homeowners immediately
adjacent and fronting on the same sanitary and/or storm sewer system to those
properties that have experienced basement back-ups due to unusual rain events
in the past, also be included for 100%
protective plumbing.
CARRIED