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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2011-04-27, Page 2• • • 2 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, April 27 2011 Councils replyiratepayer quesffons regarding lrealment plant Lakeshore Advance In late March Bob Sharen, as an interested ratepayer from Lambton Shores, sent a letter to the editor. 'the letter was also sent to Lambton Shores counn- dl and the (;rand Bend area Sewage Treatment Board seek- ing answers to various ques- tions. At last week's council meeting Sharen asked some of the same questions. Lambton Shores CAO John Byrne along with Nick Verho- even, manager of Infrastruc- ture for Lambton Shores answered the queries. Bluewa- ter CAO Lori Wolfe answered the question from that munici- pality and South Huron CAO Roy Hardy answered theirs. Q. Contained in the project file for Zone 4 of the subject project there is a letter from the then director of the approvals branch of the ministry instruct- ing Dillon and the municipality to provide the residents of the Zone 4 area of the detailed costs of the collection system. This was 2007, to date this has not been done. What is the detailed cost per property? A. -Construction estimates can only be made based on the progress of the design at the time. In the project file and overall project cost for the Zone 4 area collection system of $9,700,000.00. It was not prudent to give an estimate for each household in the Zone 4 Class EA project file due to possible fluctuation in the final design flowing the EA process. 'the majority of flows expected from this Area will be consisted of the Pinery Provin- cial Park and the proposed Southbend development. At the time of the EA, the design had not reached a point to accurately determine the cost sharing between the three major parties (Lambton THE BLUEWATER-ZURICH SKATING CLUB WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING THE RECENT FUTURES 2011 COMPETITION Aunt Gussies Lifetime Home Products Bob Dietrich income Tax Metzger's Meats Bluewater Windows and Microage Basics Mike and Terri's No Frills Music For Young Children Nature's Choice Parkhill Skating Club Premium Transportation Rising Stars, Goderich Royal LePage Realty Smiley'z Pizza South Huron Office Solutions Southwest Marine Services Tasty Nu Bakery Thiel's Mercantile Tin) Horton's Exeter United Credit Union Westland Greenhouses Doors Brian's Service Centre Cobble Design Inc Coldwell Banker Ellison Travel Essence of Harmony Spa Exeter Skating Club Floor Designs Grand Bend Sanitation Hayter's Turkey Products Honey Do Property Maintenance Hansen's independent Grocers Huron Ag Services Huron Motor Products Huron Ridge Acres Huron Tractor Ilderton Skating Club Jeffrey Bros. Ltd Jerry Rader Homestyle Catering Jim Scott Enterprises A special thank you to our community for all your support. Many local families volunteered their time throughout the weekend, donated food or sponsored ads in the competition booklet. We would also like to thank the arena staff for ensur- ing smoc)th operations! Our skating club is very fortunate to be surrounded by such a caring community. Thank you! Shores, Pinery Park MNR, Southbend Development) and detailed estimates were not possible. Since the EA process, the Zone 4 force -main has been com- pleted with the Pinery now contributing flows to the Grand Bend lagoons. Costs to date have been $2.4 million for the Force -main and Pump station. After removing the Pinery and Southbend portion of the force -main costs Lambton Shores is responsible for $1,044,581.54 (41.9%). There are approximately 625 exis lots (-500 built/ 125 vacant within the Lambton Shores component of Zone 4. The esti- mated costs to date per lot are approximately $1,650.00 Remaining costs per lot depend on the design and phasing of the collection sys: tem and the ultimate construc- tion of the STF. Q. SInce the Sewage Treat- ment Facility (STF) is an inte- gral part of the overall system the same criteria should apply to the STF as to Zone 4. What is the detailed price per property? A. The Grand Bend STF cap- ital cost per household was estimated at $5,100.00 (Page 93 Grand Bend STF ESR). this fig- ure is based on full build out in 2031. That estimate however does not include committed funding to the project ($15,900,000 Build Canada plus GMF Grant and l,ow inter- est Loan) so the actual cost to the residents will be much lower. Additionally each of the three municipal councils will need to decide how on cost recovery methods within their own municipality. Detailed costs will not be certain until each council makes decisions upon cost recovery and pend- ing on timing for funding being met. Costs to operate the facility were estimated as $100 per household per year (Page 93 Grand Bend STF ESR). These costs are recovered through sewer rate charges. Q. At a recent meeting in Varna in the Municipality of Bluewater, Mr. Boussey of Dil- lon could not advise the coun- cil of the detailed cost of their proposed collection system. Zone 1 is comprised of the shoreline located in Bluewater. What is the detailed cost per property of the collection sys- tem in Zone 1? In the same vein why are Mr. Boussey and/ or Dillon not able to answer such an essential question that councils and the affected pub- lic should know as a right? A. Detailed costs will be pre- sented at the April 27th meet - NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE REGARDING PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Pursuant to Sections 17 & 34 of the Planning Act, RSO 19901 Monday, May 9, 2011 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Crediton Community Centre 39 Victoria Avenue East, Crediton The purpose of this open house is to hear public comment on the proposal to implement a 150 metre buffer within which sensitive land uses (i.e. residential) would not be permitted around the expanded and upgraded Grand Bend Sewage Treatment Facility For further information, contact the Planning Department at 519-235-0310 or visit www.southhuron.ca Michael 1)i Lullo, Clerk !ng at 2 p.m. at Council Cham- bers in Varna. Prior to this, detail costing information was not available on a per property basis as we %vew not at the policy stage and various policy decisions will affect the property costs. Coun- cil is made aware through the EA process of various policy decisions that need to be made for the project and the devel- opment of associated costing. Now that the EA is significantly completed and council has provided direction to Dililon, they are now able to produce more detailed per property costs. Q. Why is South I luron in a support mode for a project that is not related to their needs now or in there foreseeable future? A. A number of the out- standing questions regarding the collection systems will be answered once the EA process is completed. Our Council has yet to make decisions regard- ing financing for the treatment plant and collection systems before the end of the year. The suggestion by Lambton Shores to put forward a tender for both a full build out and phased plant was welcomed by South Huron's Board mem- bers as we work through the merits of both options. South t Iuron won't comment on the positions posed as questions in the letter. Q. Will Grand Cove Estates, 'the 1 turon Country Playhouse, POG, St. John's By the Lake Anglican Church, Oakwood inn, Oakwood Links condo- miniums along with the former Village of Grand Bend serviced area be paying a second time for the Sewer Treatment Facil- ity when it has already been paid for once? A. Existing customers (serv- iced properties ) of the existing Sewage 'treatment Facility (l,ragoons) will have no finan- cial obligation to the new Mechanical Plant apart from their current financial obliga- tions contained within the sewer surcharge, which already provides funding for a share of the plant expansion. Sewer rate charges cover operation, future maintenance, and ultimate replacement of all municipal infrastructure necessary to maintain existing developed capacity. 'Ihe existing serviced areas (Playhouse, POG, 5 John's, Oakwood) and forme,` Grand Bend would have all met appropriate development fees to cover their portion of the original lagoon capital expenses. Future development within Lambton Shores will also have to pay for appropriate develop- ment charges for their own portion of capacity in the new Grand Bend STE Connection of existing un -serviced areas (Zone 3 and 4) have not been paying sewer rates or development charges for sewer and will be charged with a cap- ital sewage development charge at the appropriate dine for their capacity. Q. Dr. Tasfl of Dillon Con- sulting stated at the Crediton Tri Municipal Sewer Board meeting of Friday the 18th of February 2011, that the Sewer Master Plan for this area did not consider "Seasonality': As a professional corpora- tion where was the due dili- gence? Since this admission, has the issue of "Seasonality" now been addressed? How does seasonality affect the operation of the proposed SIT? A. Dr. Tasfi's comments appear to have been misinter- preted by the author in this question. 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