1. business and industrial
2. construction

City of Port Colborne
Site Servicing of East Side Employment
Lands
Public Information Centre
March 23, 2015
City of Port Colborne, City Hall
rd
3 Floor Committee Room
4:30pm to 6:00pm
1. Welcome!
We invite you to learn about the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for the future servicing of the
development of the East Side Employment Lands
Questions? Ask any member of the team here tonight. If we don’t have an answer, we’ll get it for you
This evening we will introduce you to the project, specifically:
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What this study is about
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Why this planning study is being done
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What has happened so far including recommended municipal infrastructure improvements
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What the planning process is moving forward
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How you can help plan the servicing for the future ESEL
We are looking for your feedback. Please take a sheet from the registration table and record your comments
on:
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The work we have done to date. What areas of study are important to you? The environment?
The social and cultural features? Servicing the area with municipal road, water and wastewater
infrastructure?
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Please submit your comment sheet here or send your feedback to the project email
SSESEL@portcolborne.ca addressed to Jim Huppunen, Project Manager, City of Port Colborne
2. Why This Study? Why Now?
East Side Employment
Lands (ESEL) encompasses
approximately 1.3 km2
(320 acres)
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Location confirmed in the 2010
site selection study by
AECOM and City
Third Concession Road
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This project is following
the Municipal Class EA
document (October 2000,
as amended in 2007 and
2011) for a Schedule ‘B’
undertaking (Master Plan
Approach # 2)
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The Municipal Class EA is
approved under Ontario’s
Environmental Assessment
Act, enables municipal
infrastructure projects to
be planned with a proven
process for protecting the
environment
Ramey Road
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These lands form part of Niagara
Region’s Niagara Gateway Economic Zone and centre,
which was first identified in the Provincial Growth Plan
for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
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The East Side Employment Lands have been identified
by the City as a priority for investment to enable and
support development of these lands
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The study will include municipal servicing design for
sanitary sewer, watermain and road (including storm
water management)
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Development phasing and preparation of the draft
tender package are also included
At the end of the EA process, a Master Servicing Plan
Project File will be prepared for public review and
comment to document the planning process followed
3. Project Schedule and Next Steps
TAC
Meeting #
1
January 26, 2015
City Council
Presentation
Feedback from
Review Agencies and
Stakeholders
March 2015
Public
Information
Centre
• Background/
purpose of study
• Background/
purpose of study
• Preliminary alternative
servicing concepts
• Problem/
opportunity statement
• Project schedule/
next steps
• Identification and
evaluation of
alternative servicing
concepts
• Recommended
servicing concepts
• Project schedule/
next steps
TAC
Meeting #
2
April 2015
Confirm
Preferred
Servicing
Concepts
• Revise preferred
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servicing concept based
on feedback from PIC
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and TAC-review
agencies, if required
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May 2015
May to October 2015
Master
Detailed
Servicing Plan
Design/Tender
Project File
Documents
Report
Draft/final Master Plan
Project File Report
Notice of Study
Completion
File for 30 day public
review period
• Ready to advance as
development proposals
come forward
4. Summary of the Problem/Opportunity Statement
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The East Side Employment Lands have been identified as a Gateway Economic Zone/Centre
and priority for investment
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The existing road network is deficient to service planned growth and meet existing municipal
design standards
Looking North on Ramey Road
Looking West on Third
Concession Road
Looking North on Highway 140
Culvert at Ramey Road and
Third Concession Road
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Local municipal water and wastewater servicing does not currently exist within the subject
lands
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In order to address the above, a Master Servicing Plan is required to:
Provide the necessary overall Municipal Servicing Guidelines for the East Side
Employment Lands
Provide input to formulate the City’s capital works program to service the future needs of
the ESEL as development proposals come forward
5. Study Area Features
Property Ownership
Legend
City of Port
Colborne
Ministry of
Transportation
St. Lawrence
Seaway Authority
Private
6. Summary of Natural Environment Summer/Fall 2014 Field
Investigations
Aquatic:
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Four watercourses traverse the study area:
Indian Creek (Haun Drain)
Third Concession Road south side drainage ditch
Indian Creek (north side of Third Concession)
Ramey Road drainage ditch
2
Terrestrial:
5
4
2
6
Dry-Moist Old Field Meadow Type
1
2.
Mineral Cultural Thicket
8
3.
Fresh-Moist Oak-Maple-Hickory Deciduous Forest Ecosite
4.
Mineral Cultural Swamp Thicket
5.
Oak Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type
6.
Black Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type
7.
Swamp Maple Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type
8.
Mineral Meadow Marsh Ecosite
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Three Pin-Oak trees were identified: two on the north side
of Third Concession Road; 1 within the Babion Woods
Provincially Significant Woodland
Species at Risk
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Study area has the potential for several Species at Risk
(e.g., Milk Snake, Bobolink, Snuffbox, Cerulean Warbler,
Swamp Rose-mallow)
3
4
The following Ecological Land Classification Communities were
found within the study area:
1.
4
7
7. Archaeological and Cultural/Built Heritage Resources
Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment
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High potential for the recovery of Aboriginal and
Euro-Canadian archaeological resources on the east
side of Ramey Road
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Stage 2 archaeological assessment responsibility of
land developer or the City (for municipal infrastructure
outside of the disturbed road allowance)
Cultural and Built Heritage Resources
Fourth and currently utilized Welland Canal
(referred to as the Welland By-Pass)
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Two old farm houses and barns (east side of
Ramey Road and south side of Third
Concession)
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No designated historical buildings,
markers, recognized historical places or
Heritage Conservation Districts are located
within the study area
Third Concession Road
Ramey Road
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8. Municipal Wastewater Servicing Options – Sewage
Pumping Station (SPS) Sites Evaluation Summary
Wastewater Servicing Options
Option Option Option Option Option
1
2
3
4
5
5
Natural
Environment
Social/Cultural
Regulatory/
Legal
Technical
Financial
3
2
1
4
Near and Long
Term Solution:
Forcemain to
Seaway WPCP
Initial Phase
Development
Solution
Recommended
Option
LEGEND
GOOD
*Recommended*
MODERATE
POOR
NO DIFFERENCE
Recommended
Wastewater Pump
Station
(SPS Option 1)
Third Concession Road
Future Sanitary
Sewer
Typical Sewage Pumping Station Layout
Ramey Road
Elm Street
West Side Road
Proposed
Sanitary Sewer
Snider
Road
9. Recommended Municipal Wastewater Servicing
Second Concession Road
Barrick Road
Future Wastewater
Forcemain Canal
Crossing – Ultimate
Build Out
Seaway WPCP
Proposed Wastewater
Forcemain - Initial
Phase Only
Main Street East
10. Ramey Road, Road Improvement Options Evaluation
Summary
Option 2: Shallow Ditches on Both Sides of Ramey Road
Option 1: Deep Ditch on West Side of Ramey Road
• Possible combination of deep ditch and Ramey Road drainage ditch
• Shallow ditch on east side of Ramey Road
• No catch basins or storm sewer
• Small storm sewer for road base
• No affect on Ramey Road Drainage Ditch
Road Improvement Options
Option 1 Option 2
Natural
Environment
Social/Cultural
Regulatory/Legal
Technical
Financial
Option 3: Storm Sewer System
• No ditches
• Large storm sewer
• No affect on Ramey Road Drainage Ditch
Recommended
Option
LEGEND
GOOD
*Recommended*
MODERATE
POOR
NO DIFFERENCE
Option 3
Looking East on Third
Concession Road
Proposed Intersection Improvements
Include:
• Dedicated northbound left turn lane
• Dedicated southbound right turn lane
Third Concession Road
Looking North on
Ramey Road
Ramey Road
Elm Street
West Side Road
Road
Improvements
Snider
Road
11. Recommended Road Improvements
Looking North on
Highway 140
Barrick Road
Third Concession Road
Ramey Road (Option 1: Deep Ditch on West Side of Ramey Road)
Snider
Road
12. Recommended Municipal Water Servicing
Proposed ESEL
Watermain
Future Niagara Region
Watermain Canal
Crossing
Barrick Road
Ramey Road
Elm Street
West Side Road
Third Concession Road
Connect to
Regional
Watermain
Second Concession Road
Connect to
Regional
Watermain
Main Street East
Note: 450 mm diameter watermain will be constructed in the existing road allowance-no alternatives were investigated
13. Existing Utilities in the East Side Employment Lands
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High pressure gas main on the north side of Third
Concession Road. Study will confirm if this pipe negatively
impacts the proposed road improvements
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Recommended road design does not require the relocation
of hydro poles on Ramey Road or Third Concession Road
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The Trillium Railway crossing at Third Concession Road will
be designed to meet current standards
14. Proposed Mitigation Measures
Water Crossings (Culvert Replacement and Pipes)
Archaeological
• Maintain drainage through ditch relocation and redesign
• Complete Stage 2 archaeological assessment based on
Stage 1 archaeological assessment findings
• Construction to take place outside of fish spawning timing
window (i.e., no construction between March 30 and
June 1)
• Develop comprehensive erosion/sedimentation control
strategy including regular inspections
Noise/Vibration/Dust:
• Construction operations to occur during day shift
• Use of low noise equipment during construction, where
possible
• If any archaeological and/or historical resources are
discovered during the performance of construction work,
the performance of the work in the area of the discovery is
to halt. The Ministry of Culture (Archaeological Unit) will
be notified for an assessment of the discovery. Work in
the area of the discovery would not resume until cleared to
do so by the Ministry
Groundwater Management
• Complete preconstruction condition surveys of buildings
• Implement dewatering plan based on hydrogeological
assessment
Trees and Vegetation
Contaminated Soils
• Minimize tree and vegetation removal
• Prepare and follow contingency plans for control and
cleanup should a spill occur
• Prepare Tree Protection Plan, if required
• Breeding Birds - in accordance with the Migratory Birds
Convention Act, any tree trimming or site clearing should
take place between August 1 and April 31
• Should tree or site clearing be scheduled from May 1 to
July 31, comprehensive breeding bird surveys will be
required
Traffic Management and Access
• Prepare Traffic Management Plan including staging
drawings
(Highway 140)
• Maintain 1 lane of traffic and access to property at all times
• Provide advanced notification to affected property owners
15. Will I Have to Connect to the New Water and Sewer
System?
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No residential connection to trunk water and sanitary sewer facilities will be
allowed
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Those living within the East Side Employment Lands
study area will not be required to hook up to the new
water and wastewater system
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The City may consider requests to connect to local
water and wastewater services where they exist on a
case-by-case basis
Ramey Road
Third Concession Road
Phase 1
16. How You Can Provide Feedback
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The City of Port Colborne appreciates and values your input in its decision making for this
project
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All comments collected throughout the project will be considered in finalizing the preferred
servicing option
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Please fill out a comment sheet today and leave it with our representatives, or send it to Jim
Huppunen, Project Manager, by April 10, 2015
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Further information is available on the project website at www.portcolborne.ca > City
Services > Engineering > Current Studies.
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A project email address has been established: SSESEL@portcolborne.ca
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Comments and requests to be added to the study mailing list can be sent to the project
email address or you can contact:
Mr. Jim Huppunen, A.Sc.T.
Manager of Engineering Services
City of Port Colborne
66 Charlotte Street
Port Colborne, Ontario L3K 3C8
Tel: (905) 835-2900 ext. 221, Fax: (905) 835-2939