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.
N/A
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.