View - The Municipality of Lambton Shores

THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAMBTON SHORES
D.C.S. Report No. 27-2013 Monday, February 25, 2013
TO:
FROM
RE:
Mayor Weber and Members of Council
Brent Kittmer, Director of Community Services
Municipal Drain Assessment Updates
RECOMMENDATION:
That Council appoints Spriet and Associates, per Section 65.
(1) of the Drainage Act, to update the assessment schedules
for the Mud Creek and Golden Creek Municipal Drains.
REPORT
Recent drainage maintenance activities to Mud Creek and Golden Creek has brought to
the attention of the Community Services Department that the Mud Creek and Golden
Creek drains have outdated Assessment Schedules and require an engineer to
appropriately levy costs to the landowners within the watershed.
The watershed of both drains are significant in size spanning from Arkona to Port
Franks and Thedford to Port Franks (see attached Schedule A). The reports were last
reviewed in 1985 where they were divided into sections in both the Upper and Lower
reaches. Since this last report the CNR had dissolved its ownership to lands which it
crossed and sold/returned it to the owners. It has also been noted that there have been
some additional ownership changes to various other properties where some have
relinquished their “Agricultural” status and no longer receive the benefit of the 1/3
granting rebate.
As regulated under section 65. (1) of the Drainage Act, if, after the final revision of an
engineer's assessment of land for a drainage works, the land is divided by a change in
ownership of any part, the clerk of the local municipality in which the land is situate shall
instruct an engineer in writing to apportion the assessment among the parts into which
the land was divided, taking into account the part of the land affected by the drainage
works. Staff recommends that Spriet and Associates be appointed to complete this
work.
Respectfully submitted,
Brent Kittmer, P.Eng.
Director of Community Services
Prepared by Allan Little, Drainage Superintendent. 83