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In my commitment to keep you up to date on the important issues that will affect you directly, I am providing you with the most recent information with respect to the July 8, 2013 Flood. Thousands of Ward 3 residents were impacted by basement flooding and overland flooding following the July 8th storm. Since then, I have been working with Council, the community, the Region of Peel and the Toronto Region Conservation Authority to find solutions around mitigation, adaption and prevention.
Information has continually been posted on my website at
www.chrisfonseca.ca under Ward 3/Flooding and I have sent out several e-blasts over the last 18 months. Although, no new information has been posted recently, staff have been working on Council's direction to come up with recommendations and ideas on how the City of Mississauga and Region of Peel can deal with the effects of climate change.
At its General Committee Meeting on May 20, 2015, the City of Mississauga Transportation and Works Department included a Corporate Report titled "Stormwater Charge Implementation Update". Property owners will be charged based on the amount of hard surface area on their properties. The more hard surface you have, the more waterrunoff you are creating and the more you will be charged. The less hard surface you have, the less you will pay. For a full copy of the Report and Media Release please click on the links below:
Other recommendations that have already been implemented include:
Basement Flooding Remediation Update - Neighbourhood by neighbourhood improvements (due to the size of the documents it is separated by areas):
SNAP - (Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan). I worked with the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority to ensure the SNAP program was approved in Ward 3. Ward 3 is the only Ward in Mississauga to be chosen. The project seeks to develop action plans to improve the local environment on the neighbourhood scale and build resiliency against climate change. To learn more about this project please click on the link below:
- SNAP - Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Program
Previous Corporate Reports and chronological information can be found on my website including a Corporate Report presented to General Committee on December 4, 2013, The City of Mississauga's Transportation and Works Department included a Corporate Report titled "Stormwater Financing Study, Phase 2 (Implementation Project) Implementation Plan". This Report recommends the City's stormwater program move from a property tax supported program to a stormwater rate funded program, using a tiered single family unit rate structure. In short, the Report recommends staff report back to General Committee with a detailed implementation plan addressing the establishment and administration of a credit system, cost to implement and maintain the stormwater rate based program, billing mechanism and related policy and business process considerations. As a part of the public process, the City hosted two public information meetings which were held on June 27, 2012 and November 20, 2012, with poster board displays and presentations given at both meetings. Further background is contained in the City's Budget documentation Fact Sheet - Special Purpose Levies and Fees. On December 12, 2012, Council endorsed in principle moving from a property tax supported program to a stormwater funding model. Staff made recommendations at General Committee in fall 2013 for a detailed implementation plan for the new billing system, credit policies and execution and on-going administration costs. This plan will result in a transfer of tax funding of $5.8 million to a stormwater user fee in 2016. Next Steps! The Stormwater Charge Report will go to Council on May 27, 2015 for Council' consideration. New information will be posted on my website and sent out via e-blast after the May 27th meeting. |
