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The City’s Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management today considered its portions of the draft operating and capital budgets for 2019.
The draft rate-supported budget allocates an additional $21 million to drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services, for a total operating budget of $404 million. The proposed budget also allocates $263.9 million in capital funding to renew and grow the City’s rate-supported infrastructure, including water purification plants, sewage pumping stations, watermains, sewers, stormwater management facilities and drainage culverts.
The tax-supported budget includes $3 million to conserve energy in City facilities and $150,000 for the second phase of Energy Evolution. During the second phase of Energy Evolution, staff will identify and prioritize the actions needed to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent below 2012 levels by 2050.
The Committee recommended two motions for Council approval. The first would reduce the rural stormwater rate increase by one per cent, from 10.8 per cent to 9.8 per cent. The second would direct any surplus in the Hydro Ottawa dividend received in this Term of Council that exceeds the projected amount in the long-range financial plan, toward energy efficiency, conservation or renewable energy programs within Ottawa. Once the dollar amount of the surplus is known, staff would recommend specific projects for approval by the Standing Committee and Council.
The Urban Forest Management Plan is on track to make Ottawa’s urban forest healthier, more diverse and resilient. The Committee also received an update on the 20-year plan. Staff have created a Forested Areas Maintenance Strategy to guide the establishment of a proactive inventory, monitoring, maintenance and reforestation programs for City-owned forested areas. Several other projects are underway, and staff hope to begin work on four more this year.
The City continues to implement protective measures to maintain Ottawa’s drinking water sources at the provincially mandated standard, according to an update received by the Committee. Last year, the City negotiated risk management plans with several landowners to mitigate potential threats to drinking water sources. The City is also moving forward with a functional design study to deepen the Shadow Ridge municipal wells, keeping drinking water safe for residents in this Greely subdivision.
The Committee recommended Council approve appointments to the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee. Following Council approval, Abigail Alty, Bill Eggertson, Brian Innes, Iqbal Jaswal, Merissa Mueller, Kris Nanda, Sonia Pacin, Paulina Pisarek, Kristine Van der Pas-Norenius, Melissa Watchorn and Alana Westwood would serve on the Advisory Committee for this Term of Council.
Regular items from today’s Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management meeting requiring City Council approval will go to Council on Wednesday, February 27. The Committee’s portion of the draft budget will go to Council on Wednesday, March 6.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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The draft rate-supported budget allocates an additional $21 million to drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services, for a total operating budget of $404 million. The proposed budget also allocates $263.9 million in capital funding to renew and grow the City’s rate-supported infrastructure, including water purification plants, sewage pumping stations, watermains, sewers, stormwater management facilities and drainage culverts.
The tax-supported budget includes $3 million to conserve energy in City facilities and $150,000 for the second phase of Energy Evolution. During the second phase of Energy Evolution, staff will identify and prioritize the actions needed to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent below 2012 levels by 2050.
The Committee recommended two motions for Council approval. The first would reduce the rural stormwater rate increase by one per cent, from 10.8 per cent to 9.8 per cent. The second would direct any surplus in the Hydro Ottawa dividend received in this Term of Council that exceeds the projected amount in the long-range financial plan, toward energy efficiency, conservation or renewable energy programs within Ottawa. Once the dollar amount of the surplus is known, staff would recommend specific projects for approval by the Standing Committee and Council.
The Urban Forest Management Plan is on track to make Ottawa’s urban forest healthier, more diverse and resilient. The Committee also received an update on the 20-year plan. Staff have created a Forested Areas Maintenance Strategy to guide the establishment of a proactive inventory, monitoring, maintenance and reforestation programs for City-owned forested areas. Several other projects are underway, and staff hope to begin work on four more this year.
The City continues to implement protective measures to maintain Ottawa’s drinking water sources at the provincially mandated standard, according to an update received by the Committee. Last year, the City negotiated risk management plans with several landowners to mitigate potential threats to drinking water sources. The City is also moving forward with a functional design study to deepen the Shadow Ridge municipal wells, keeping drinking water safe for residents in this Greely subdivision.
The Committee recommended Council approve appointments to the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee. Following Council approval, Abigail Alty, Bill Eggertson, Brian Innes, Iqbal Jaswal, Merissa Mueller, Kris Nanda, Sonia Pacin, Paulina Pisarek, Kristine Van der Pas-Norenius, Melissa Watchorn and Alana Westwood would serve on the Advisory Committee for this Term of Council.
Regular items from today’s Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management meeting requiring City Council approval will go to Council on Wednesday, February 27. The Committee’s portion of the draft budget will go to Council on Wednesday, March 6.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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