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Director's Report to Public Works Committee of May 12, 1981.
Item: WD-69-81.
Date: May 6, 1981.
Subject: Cean Investments Limited - Subdivision.
(High Street, Bowmanville) .
Storm Drainage.
Recommendation:
THAT storm drainage within the Cean Investments proposal and/
or the immediate watershed, be accommodated by means of a
storm sewer outfalling at Liberty Street, independent of the
Canadian Pacific Railway drainage works.
Report:
In 1975 Cean Investments made application for a plan of sub-
division on lands lying north of the C.P.R. tracks and east
of High Street in Bowmanville. The subdivision did not proceed
due to lack of water supply and sanitary treatment facilities.
Preliminary engineering drawings were presented in 1979 util-
izing an open storm drainage channel from the north limit of
C.P.R. lands to the existing storm sewer on Liberty Street.
This concept did not meet Town Standards and Design Criteria
for storm drainage.
Following several meetings with the Developer, his engineer
and Works Staff, Director's Report WD-83-80 was prepared for
Committee resulting in Council adopting the following recomm-
endation on July 3, 1980:
THAT stwtm dna t.nage within the Cean Investment6
pAopo,sat and/on the immed�ate watershed aaea, be
accommodated by means o4 a Istanm zewers and, 4u&thek,
that this zha t become patrt o4 the Devetopen'ls
agreement."
On January 15, 1981, W.T. Dempsey Limited submitted a storm
drainage proposal to the C.P.R. for their approval. A reply
dated March 9, 1981, from J.O. Norwood, Division Engineer,
C.P.R. , states that the railway prefers a redesignated storm
sewer independent of their own drainage works and in accord-
ance with their conditions and specifications. f/ J
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Following an informal meeting with members of the Public Works
Committee and Staff, Mr. Zygocki expressed his concerns regard-
ing delay in his subdivision progress and a verbal report was
presented to Committee April 14, 1981, resulting in Resolution
# W-120-80:
"THAT Sta44 bking back a upoitt to the next
Meeting negoAding the matters bnuught 4oAwatcd
by Mn. Zygocki,, Cean Investmentz."
On Friday, May 1, 1981, Chairman Taylor and Works Staff met
with representatives of C.P. Rail, on the site, to review the
existing storm drainage and to investigate alternative pro-
posals which would allow Cean Investments to proceed.
These alternatives are:
1. To allow Cean Investments to construct a complete
storm drainage system within the subdivision, out-
falling into the existing watercourse, back of
C.P.R.. tracks.
* This proposal does not comply with Town Standards
and Design Criteria and is not endorsed by C.P.R.
representatives.
The Minister of Housing conditions of Draft Approval
dated August 5, 1980, pertaining to this problem are:
" THAT the Owner agrees in writing to satisfy all
the requirements, financial and otherwise, of the
Town of Newcastle, concerning the provision of roads,
installing of services and drainage"
if THAT the Subdivision Agreement between the Owner
and the Municipality contain the following provisions,
wherein the Owner agrees:
to ensure that there is no increase or
changes of direction in the flow of natural surface
drainage which would adversely affect the C.P. right-
of-way.
- that any proposed utilities under or over,
crossing the C.P. right-of-way to service the resid-
ential development are to be designed in accordance
with C.P. Railway specifications and must receive
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C.P. Railway approval and be covered
by C.P. Railway's Standard Agreement.
2. An independent storm sewer system be designed and
constructed by the Developer under the Railway to
outfall at Liberty Street.
The latter alternative would be subject to the following:
(a) C.P. Rail approval.
(b) Town of Newcastle's Engineering Design Standards
and Approval.
(c) Region of Durham Approval (Liberty Street storm sewer) .
(d) Granting of easements from north side of the C.P.R.
right-of-way to Liberty Street.
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