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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-01-13, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT.JAN. 13, 1966" E MONDVILLE Mrs. R. Dalrymple is spend- ing the week with friends in London and attended the fun- eral of the late Frank Kenny. Mrs. Massacotte and daugh- ters renewed acquaintances in the village during the holidays. The Late Frank Kenny A well known person, Frank Kenny, died suddenly at, the home of- his daughter, Mrs. Joan Court, Stratford, on Mon- day, Jan. 2. He was born in Logan Township, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kenny. Helmoved to Stratford to work in the CNR motive power shop. He played the violin in a Coun- try eed Western Group at Nash- ville; Tenn. He started to play when quite a young child and continued to play the rest of his life at dances in the area, including New Year's Eve 1965 at the Optimist dance, and was well., known for his fiddle play- ing. He worked a number of years in Tuckersmiths Township and surrounding country. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus' in Lon- don. He was married. to Neta ..'Cassidy, who died shortly after :.°zfiarriage. He then married Dora Jane Dalrymple, and is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Howard (Joan) Court, Stratford and Miss Jean, at home; 'a sister, Miss Anne Kennedy, London; four broth- ers Martin and Edward, both of London; Robert, of Stratford, and William, of Windsor, and five. grandchildren. The body .rested at the .Kin- nigan & O'Neil funeral home, London. Pre ers were said on Thursday night, and Requiem High 'Mass was celebrated' at St. IVlary's Church,' with burial Classified ads pay dividends. TRUCK SEAT REPAIR' SERVICE Pickups, heavy duty, construc- tion vehicles. Guaranteed re- built stronger than new, Seats $19.50; Backrests $11.50. Same . day service if sent in now. ,,HERMAN'S AUTO "TRIM. 47 Shirley Ave. KITCHENER, ON" - Complete auto re -upholstery service. (James F. MacLaren Limited, Seaforth's consulting engineers, have completed a study of storm sewer requirements for Seaforth. The report indicates "lei detail the steps to be taken to the end that basic facilities be provided, so that in the future all ,areas of the town my be served with storm sew- ers. The report, presented to council late last year, has ,been referred to the Public Works and Sanitation Committee of town eounci•I for study and re - est -Lon commendation.) The existing system of drains in . the Town consists primarily of extensions of numerous pri- vate drains installed over the years to facilitate the disposal of sanitary wastes and surface water run-off. By means of in- dividuhl agreements with the original owners and by com- mon usage, the Town has as- sumed 'responsibility for those drains located within the street allowances. Extensions to the storm drainage system have been made from time to time by. the Town from general funds. So far as we are aware, none of this work on the drainage system has been effected under the `Local Improvement Act. The major portion of the ex- isting system consists of 6 -inch diameter and 8 -inch diameter open -jointed field tile, although some of the drains are of vitri- fied tile. ' The largest drains'. in use are a 30 -inch diaffieter con- crete pipe sewer extending along Main Street (south of Goderich' Street) and Elm Street to Silver 'Creek: on Coleman Street south of Goderich Street and on Huron .Street between Main Street and Jarvis Street. Unfortunately, in the exten- sion of- this system,' no definite plan was. followed nor were records kept •of the sizes, loca- tions and grades of the drains installed. In an attempt to determine the feasibility of incorporating in St. Peter's cemetery. Pall- bearers were Jimmy Kenny, Jim Hay, Ed. Kenny, Wilfred Kenny and Ken Reidy, all nephews. Friends attended • from Elliot Lake, Flint, Wingham, Detroit, Riverside, Mich., Windsor, Sea - forth, Sarnia; Stratford and Kin- kora. as many elements of the exists, ing system as possible in the recommended drainage system, the Town Works Superintend- ent exposed and examined a number of the existing, drains. These particulars sewers were not as heavily silted as one would expect for open -jointed. tile. However, e the grades, depths and for the most part, the diameters of these sewers have been found to be quite inadequate for incorporation in- to the proposed permanent drainage system. Moreover, standard practice in construct- ing municipal sewer systems is to use vitrified tile, concrete pipe, or asbestos cement con- crete"pipe with rubber gasketed joints for ease of installation, to limit infiltration and to com- bat the tendency for open - jointed pipe to allow tree roots to enter the drains and to block the flow. ' Accordingly, we have had to conclude that the existing drainage system could not be, incorporated •in the proposed system of storm sewees, and that they should only continue to serve in an interim role un- til it is. progressively replaced by the proposed works. The sizes of the sewers that will be required for the proper drainage • of the municipality are shown. It is not consider- ed within .the scope of this re- port to consider the effect of the possible conflict of other public services on the loca- tions and sizes of the proposed storm sewers since this can' on- ly be determined by detailed pre -design field surveys. When actual contract drawings are being prepared,. the locations and elevations of all under- ground services will have to be determined by such, detail- ed surveys, and it is quite pos- sible that it will be found nec- essary..,to deviate slightly from the sizes shown -lir -order to pro- vide for localized conflicts with other existing sekvicese• eHow- ever, any changes should not be such, -as to reduce the ca- pacity of -.^the proposed sewers as this would result in the in- stallation of an in.acequate sys- tem. Description of Proposed Systeme The storm sewer system evolved from. our investigations for, each of the following drain- age areas will provide adequate drainge facilities for • the erm /rain streets, adjacent lands and pro• pertiea contained therein. Drainage Area "A" Area AI This area contains the foie lowing streets: i dam, Ann, Helen, Wilson, West, part, of James and part of Centre Street. At peak flow the potential run-off volume discharging in- to the Lawrence Drain through a 30 -inch diameter pipe was calculated to be 22.0 cubic feet per second (c.f.s.). The pro- posed invert elevation of the outfall , pipe will be approxi- mately 1.6 ft. lower than the original bottom elevation of the ditch. Area 2 This area contains Church Street, William Street, part of James Street and part of Cen- tre Street. The computed poe tential discharge into the Lawr- ence Drain through a 33 -inch diameter pipe is 19.70. c.f.s. The proposed invert elevation of the outfall Pipes will be ap- proximately 1.5 ft. lower than the original elevation of the ,ditch. , Areas A3, A4 and A5 These areas are situated to, gether near the 'northern Town limits. It is not poseible to determine accurately the posi- tion 'o'"r'•"size of each outfall un- til such time as the pattern ana nature of development in this area is established. On inspec- tion, however, we' do not an- ticipate that there would be any difficulty in providing ade- quate storm sewer systems for these areas. The necessary deepening , of the Lawrence Drain which will provide a suitable 'outlet for the recommended sLwer sys- stems for Drainage Area "A", is currently beirig implement- ed by McKillop Township. Drainage Area "B" Area Bl This• areas is bounded by the Canadian National Railway's line to the north, Main Street to the east, and the Town Lim- it to the south and west. The calculated'•'die'charge into Silver, Creek throh a 48 -inch diame- ter pipe will be 37.0 c.f.s. The invert elevation of the outfall pipe will be;.,•approximately 1.5 ft. lower than the present ele- vation of the Creek bed. Area B2 This area is bounded by God Start the New Year. 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The potential design discharge into Silver Creek through a 60 -inch diameter pipe will be 52.5 c.f.s. The in- vert elevation of the outfall pipe will be approximately 1.6 ft. lower than the present ele- vation of the Creek bed. Area B3 This area contains the fol- lowing streets: George, Gouin- lock and part of Victoria, Chalk and Coleman Streets. The dis- charge into Silver Creek through a 27 -inch diameter pipe will be' 21.40 c•f.s. It has been determined that the in- vert elevation of the outfall pipe will be approximately 4 inches above the present ele- vation of the Creek bottom. Area B4 This area contains the fol- lowing streets: William Street East, George Street, Side Street, Franklin Street and Duke Street. It is proposed that the run-off, from this area, togeth- er with • that from Area B5, will discharge into a 58-inoh x 36 -inch arched pipe sewer, which will replace an existing 24 -inch diameter storm outlet sewer between Side Street and Goderich Street. This new sewer is connected to an ex- isting manhole in Goderich Street. There is an existing 58-iiic'h"' x 36 -inch storm sewer extending from this manhole to the open ditch on. Coleman Street which then conveys the run-off to Silver Creek. The design run-off, from Area B4 has been calculated to be 19.0 c.f.s. _. Area, -B5 This area lies immediately to the . fast of Area B4 and is bounded by Goderich Stree and 'the Town Limits. A'ede tailed study of this area was made in order to 'ensure. that the outfall sewer it shares with Area' ,B4 would-be adequate to serve +both areas. As -a - basis for this investigation, a pre- liminary plan• of a possible fu- ture sub -division within the area was employed to assist in the design acid •layout --of a pos- sible local storm sewer system. A 36 -inch . diameter pipe stub has been shown on Figure leo, 1 to be, provided in the man- hole ateethich the sewer system for this area would be connect- ed to the proposed 58-1nch x 36 -inch outfall sewers and ea- pacity has • been allowed for the receipt of 19.3 Cie. from Area B5 during a storm of two-year frequency. The total computed run-off generated from 'areas B4 and B5 by a two-year storm has been calculated to be 36.8 cubic feet per second (c.f.s.) when the differing ' times of concentra- tion for the two areas are tak- en into account. Accordingly, an outlet sewer having suffici- ent, capacity for the conveyance of this flow westerly from Side Street extended to the existing' 58 -inch x 36 -inch _culvert in- stalled under Goderich Street to the ditch on Coletnan•Street must be provided. The topo- graphy of the land between Side Street and the outlet ditch on Coleman Street south of Goderich Street is such that there is no opportunity of in- stalling a sewer at an appreci- able gradient or at significant depth through- this -"..area. Our investigations indicated•• that a 42 -inch diameter pipe sewer laid at the steepest •feasible gradient would provide capaci- ty for only 31:5 ,e.f.s. and that the next largest available arch - type„ pipe ineasuring 58 inches x 36 inches and providing a capacity of 46 c.f.s., would be required. The installation of the pro- posed 58 -inch x 36 -inch pipe arch, between Goderich Street and Side Street extended Would constitute,.. an extension of the existing 58 -inch x 36 -inch pipe areli culvert 'that was installed under Goderich Street by the Department of Highways in 1863„ • This culvert currently re- ceives Undetermined volume of etirface drainage 'from an orig- inal open jointed, 24 -inch diame- ter storm tile extendingsouth- esly from Side Street, in addi- tion to some 9 c.f.s. of runioff from the parallel 24 -inch diame- ter storm sever outlet for the tributary area of the storm sewer system installed on North Main Street by the County of Huron in 1963. For consistency, this lattef flaw volume is based on the two-year storm intensity employed) for our preliminary designs. The combined run-off from Drainage Areas' B4 and- B5,.to- gether - with the 9 c.f.s. of po- tential storm rtinsoff from the County's store sewer on North Main . Street, totals 47 c.f.s., or just slightly In excess of the capacity of the existing Depart - Meta of Highway's arch culvert under Goderich Street, The proposed northerly extension of this pipe arch will 'replace the obsolescent_ 24 -inch, Open-debit- edstorm drain, but the r Coun- ty's' parallel 24 -inch outlet sew- er froth • Main .Street . willre- Main in' service. Ae ordingly, the extended section of -•"the 58- inClt x 384nch pipe eteb ' will liave an apparent 'Mesa ea, (44 tarp pacity of same 9 c.f.s. The ex- cess capacity, afforded by this necessary 'pipe size will, how- ever, provide s an additional safety factor against backing up of the outlet pipe during storms of greater intensity than a two-year storm and will, in addition, provde,,, capacity to reduce the tisk '`of seasonal flooding in the vicinity of Side Street extended due to run-off, volume originating outside the Town's northeasterly limits. While our terms of reference for this Report did not extend to a detailed investigation of the run-off volumes which orig- inate outside the Town's bor- ders, a cursory review of this subject •indicates that approxi- mately 266 acres of agricultural 4and lying to the north-east of the Town in McKillop Township are naturally tributary to the proposed outlet sewer required to serve Areas B4 and B5, and that in its present state of land- use this area is capable of gen- erating a• 'flow of some 21.2 c.f.s. during •a storm of design' intensity. Accordingly, were it not for the longer time • requir- ed for the flows from this addi- tional area to reach the inlet to the outfall sewer, a poten- tial total combined flow' from this area, from Areas B4 and B5, and from the County's North Main Street system in the -girder •of .67 c.f.s. could be imposed on the existing 58 -inch x 36 -inch pipe arch under Gode= rich Street, whose capacity 'is only 46 c.f.s. From our investi- gations, however, ;we are satis- fied that the bulk' of the run-off generated from Areas B4, B5 and from --•North Main Street: by -a two-year storm will have passed through the outlet pipe before the flows from that por- tion of the tributary area ly- ing outside the north-easterly Town Limits reach the entry point tq the outlet pipe. This should preclude surface pond= ing during stormsof the design intensity. It is emphasized, -however, that the extension of develop- ment of an urban scale and type to this outlying portion of the tributary area would change the run-off characteris- tics of the area by accelerating the rate of run-off and increas- ing its volume to the extent that eventually the ' exte$}ded 58 -inch x 36 -inch outlet pipe might frequently become sur- charged or overloaded, and thus occasion the need to sup- plemeut its capacity by install- ing a second parallel outlet pipe. The question of financial responsibility, for the installa- tion of the' second 'conduit would presumably rest with the authority of the day whose ac- tion in perniitting a change in the density of development would result 'in an. acceleration of and. increase in the run-off Tate from the 1nds in ques- tion. Area B� This ' area is situated in the southeastern corner of the M icipality and is bisected by Sii ver Creek. It -is largely' unde- veloped, although a basic street pattern has long been establish- ed. The drainage of this area will be relatively' easy and economical elite' to -the proxim- ity of the outlet afforded by the Creek. - Deepening' of Silver Creek It is recommended that Sil- ver Creek be deepened. This improvement to the Creek would be carried out throughout a 'distance of 'soiee 3500 feet ex- tending from" a' point approxi- mately 900 feet southwest of the Town Limits -to a point ap- proxirpately 800 feet north-east. of . the . Canadian National Rail- way line. This improvement_ wouldbe required to provide an outlet of adequate depth to permit unobstructed gravity 'flow from the outlet pipes of the proposedsewer system for all of Drainage Area "B We have determined from discussions with S. W. Archi- bald, P. Eng., of Archibald; Gray & McKay, Ontario Land Surveyors, that the improves ments to silver Creek- that acne. recommended in this Report are not unlike those recom- mended by his firm in a report prepared in March of 1949, so far- as the section of the Creek to be improved for the Town's drainage, requirements is con- cerned, Mr. Archibald's report apparently dealt with a larger drainage area than that encom- passed'by the Town's boundhr- ies `however, and accordingly the Creek improvements re- commended therein extend far- ther south through uckersmith Township than would be nec- essary • to accommodate ' only the potential run-off from Drainage Area "B"' of the Town itself.- Should your Council an- ticipate entering into an agree- ment with Tuckersmith Town- ship for a joint major improve- ment to Silver Creek, we would reeohimend a review of. Mr. Arehibald's report to ascertain the 'appropriate apportionment 'of the .cost to be assumed by, the Town in relation to the specific requirements of t }e Town asnow established by our Report. Construction Priorities It is. obvious -that the entire program Cannot,be car> ie& •out at once aitd', indeed, When Conti. cel. authorized us to prepare r eaforth this Report, we were asked to indicate a schedule of construe- tion priorities. This schedule is of prime importance if Council, is to proceed with theinstalla- tion of storm sewers on an or- derly basis to obtain the best value from these sewers both to, alleviate flooding and to al- low Council to proceed with a progressive street paving pro- gram. , For the purpose of setting up this schedule, we have not con- sidered Areas A3, A4;' A -5 -B5 - and B6 as theseareas are.as yet largely undeveloped and, with the possible exception of Area B5, are likely to remain so for some time. Again, with the exception of Area B5, each area would have its own out- fall utfall or outfalls discharging' di- rectly into one or other or the drains available. Should one of these 'areas' develop before the remaining built-up areas have been adequately served, the timing of the sewer program will have to bedetermined on the merits of the areas in ques- tion and the financing capabil- ity of the Town, Of the remaining areas of -the,' Town, only Areas Al, A2 and B3 and B4 are served -by sani- tary sewers, the installation of which should properly precede that of the shallower storm sewers, except in cases of ex- treme need. Further, • since Areas Al and A2 are naturally. tributary to the Lawrence Drain which will shortly be deepened to elevations suitable for 'the outlets of the areas in ques- tion, it is our recommendation that these two areas receive first priority in the installation of storm sewers. rt ' will be not- ed from Figure No. 1 that, en. completiop of the outlets to the' Lawrence brain, the sewer sys- tems for these two areas 'lend themselves"•to a staged program of construction because of the short length of the trunk. sewers involved. _ The four remaining areas, viz. B1,--12, B3 and B4, all drain to Silver .Creek. As previously mentioned, Silver Creek will have to be deepened and, in addition, the culvert under the Canadian National Rail- way tracks must be increased in size or duplicated-befeire the outlets from Areas B1 and B2 can be accommodated. This work on Silver- Creek should therefore be carried out in Ad- vance of any Work's -being inn plemented in Drainage Area „B,,. In view of the possible im- provement' of Main Street. South which the. County of Huron pro- poses to undertake in due course, it is our . reco emenda- tion that construction of . the outlets for Areas B1 and B2 should be deferred, if practi- cable, to coincide with the - County's work. In this vay it may be 'possible to take advant- age of any saving- in cost which might 'arise through the instal- lation of a storm sewer to serve. the County and the Town joint- ly: At the very least it' is es- sential that the required storm sewers both, crossing and ex- tending along Main Street South are installed either before or in conjunction with the county's work.. ' Areas B3.and B4 can be serv- ed at any time. that is practi- cable. As B4 is partially serv- ed by sanitary sewers and is susceptible to flooding in the southeast corner, it should have preference over mB3. However, unless it is otherwise' dictated, construction in these two -areas should be deferred so that they will not conflict with the de- sirability of co-ordinating ,the construction of outlets for Bl and B2 with . the County's im- provement work on Main Street South. Again in this regard, the County's schedule- should be idetermined prior to Council making any financial commit- ment to construct the recom- mended works in Areas Al and A2 to ensure that funds are available for_the,_ construction Qf..„any agrejoint drainage works- in B3 and 114. On December et last, we again discussed the scheduling of the work on Main, Street with Mr. J. Britnell;-Huron County En- gineer. Mr. Britnell advised us that the County is unable to indicate the probable timing of the Main Street South improve- ment at this time. It is cur- rently indicated as being im- plemented sometime within the next six to 10 years, although this schedule would be advanc- ed if the project was declared eligible for designation as a Development Road 'project. Any cost-sharing arrangement's which may involve ,the draingge, of this section of the County's program will- depend on whe- ther the road work is Carried out. under a Development Road Program or under a by-law and agreement with the' Town, al- though Mr. Britnell pointed out that the . urban municipality normally provides the surface drainage works at its owl cost under existing County. -policy. - We have estifnated the cost of only, • those works ,whieli we feel may be constrpeted within the foreseeable future. The fol,... lowing estimates include the cost of Main 'sewers, and storm prl`vate drainage connections from the sewer to the street line ,at each property. ,tor con. venience, we have, arranged the estims a, her each sub=draitiage"i: area in conformity with the order -of eonstruction priorities' which appears most logical at present. The actual order of construction will, of course, vary as Council- deems best in the light of changing condi- tions onditions and other financial com- mitments. It should be recognized .that these estimates are prelimin- ary`since they have been de- termined without the benefit of detailed field surveys arid soil boring investigations. Accord- ingly, they are subject to fu- ture revision when actual de- sign work is undertaken. The estimates are based on current prices for similar work end in- clude allowances for engineer- ing services and construction' contingencies, but not for the purchase of • land or other mis- cellaneous charges. . Man Sewers Areas - Al "$ 97,735 A2 130,344 B4 99,932 B3 • 113,307 Silver Creek re- grading 3,600 B2 452,846 131 235,162 Private Drain Connec- tipns $16,731 $ 114,466 19,393 149,737- 8,811 108,743 14,668 127,975 Totaa"f _..... 3,600 39,730 492,576 14,667 249,829 $1,132,926 $1;246,926 Financing There are teeb methods • of assessing the charges relating to the installation and opera- tion of sewage works: (1) Un- der the Local Improvement Act, (2) Under. Section 380 of the Ontario, Municipal Act. Local- Improvement Act: Annual charges.- for such works as are h in recom- mended are' frequen y deter- mined on the basi of 10 to 20 -year debentures eaaing in, terest at a rate ..of approximate- ly ,6 per cent per annum under present conditions. 'The total frontage abutting on the sys- tem is double the total length of the proposed sewers and the cost is shared on the basis of an amount per ,foot of frontage assessed, against 'the abutting properties. Flankage allowanc- -'es for corner lots, the cost of .. the outfall sewers and the'lcost of sewers.. in street 'intersec- tions may be borne by the'..Cor- poration, acid these together normally make up the total Cor- poration's share of the cost of the works. The `general mill rate is increased to cover the' -Corporation's ' annual payment• of interest and principal on the associated debenture debt. The . owner's portion • of the costcan either be paid as a lump \sum or on the basis of equal -Annual payments over the period of the debentures. - _Provision is made under the Local Improvement Act- for a municipality to issue debentures sto cover the cast of installing private drains from. the sewer to the street line: The costs to owners "benefitted may there- fore be spread over a period of years and collected by a spe- cial assessment against the pro- perty served. The cast of in- stalling the private drains from the 'street line to the building is normally borne outright by the owner'. 2, Ontario Municipal Act• -Sec- tion 380: Under - this -Act, the Town may compute sewer- rates be any or all or any combination of the following methods: (a) A foot frontage,'rate on the, lands that 'receive immedi- ate benefit from, the works. (b) A foot frontage rate on the lands that receive- a defer- red benefit from the work.' (c) An acreage rate or rates on any or all of the lands desig- nated by by=law which lands may include all land -within the. municipality and the rates may differ as between lands , that will receive an immediate bene- fitand lands that receive a de- ferred' -benefit. (d) A mill rate on the assess- ed value of the lands designat- ed. The most equitable method. of assessing the cost of the works, is, of course, that which will ensure that the benefit- ting properties% will pay the largest share. We appreciate that the method of financing is extreme important and that careful study will be required, " before the most appropriate method is adopted. For -this - reason, therefore, • we do not ,feel that this 'fs the time to .recommend the system to be used. From the foregoing, how- ever, your Council will appree�ei- ate that both the Local Iin provement Act and the Ontario Municipal Act have been set up to provide flexible approach- es <,to this problem: For ex- ample, the Ontario Municipal Act is particularly suited to a sanitary sewage system involv- ing 'a 'tteatinent plant serving . ,. portion of a municipality. The plant would' not be charge- able on -a frontage basis and udder the Local Improvement Act would be paid for by the whole munieipall'ty. Under the Ontario Municipal Act, howev- er, the bulk of the plant .cost could be charged to the areas deriving immediate benefit' and the remaining portion 'harped to the areas whieh would 'de- rive benefit froth .it at a lister date .. 1 r yi