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a 2.22 ha. residential Block which could be developed with apartment dwellings,
nursing home, home for the aged, retirement home and townhouses including
street townhouses;
a 0.48 ha park block;
three (3) commercial blocks;
a 0.81 ha. storm water management facility;
two (2) open space blocks.
Rice Development Company Inc. has been working to satisfy the conditions of approval.
I expect to bring a report to the next Council meeting requesting that Council grant final
approval to the west half of this development (which is comprised of three phases) and
grant an extension to the draft approval on the balance of the lands until June 2014.
A number of issues need to be addressed in order to allow Council to grant final
approval to the west half of the subdivision.
The storm water management facility required for the Subdivision, which will become a
municipal facility, has been sized to accommodate the final phase (Phase 5) (see map,
Attachment 1) of development in Grand Cove Estates, which is located within the
Municipality of South Huron. Phase 5 of Grand Cove Estates is being developed by a
division of the Rice Development Company Inc. and is comprised of 25 single family
condominium units.
A number of issues arise from allowing a development outside of Lambton Shores to
utilize a municipal storm water management facility in the Municipality. Since the lands
will not be paying taxes in Lambton Shores, they will not be contributing to the long term
maintenance costs of the facility. Since the lands are owned by Rice the issue of a
contribution to the long term maintenance of the facility has been part of the
negotiations for final approval of their Lambton Shores subdivision. Storm water flows
from Phase 5 represent 10% of the capacity of the facility. It is Staff’s recommendation
that a onetime lump sum contribution be made for the future maintenance of the facility.
The monies will be kept in an interest bearing account which will assist in replenishing
the account over the long term. Staff calculates the yearly contribution to maintenance
at $850/year for Phase 5 and suggests that a 20 year time frame be used to calculate a
one-time lumps sum payment of $17,000.
In order to ensure that Phase 5 has long term access to the storm water management
facility and the municipal storm sewer extending from Phase 5 to the facility, the
Municipality must also enter into an agreement with that division of the Rice
Development Corporation Inc. developing Phase 5, which provides for this long term
access. The subdivision agreement will provide for the execution of this agreement.
Rice Group is proposing to construct upgrades to the park proposed in the Rice
Subdivision. Lambton Shores Infrastructure Design Guidelines and Construction
Standards require that parks be graded and seeded. In addition the standards require
that street trees be planted along road allowances 16 at an approximate spacing of 1 tree