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REPORT TO: Community and Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING: October 19, 2015
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Allen, Acting Director of Engineering, 519-741-2200
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PREPARED BY: Steve Allen, Manager, Engineering Design and Approvals
WARD(S) INVOLVED: All
DATE OF REPORT: October 8, 2015
REPORT NO.: INS-15-082
SUBJECT: Cross Border Servicing Agreements - City of Waterloo
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the "Cross Border Servicing
Agreement - Miscellaneous Properties, Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo"
satisfactory to the City Solicitor to address existing cross border sanitary
servicing between Kitchener and Waterloo and that the CAO be delegated
authority to make amendments and sign any ancillary documents related this
Cross Border Servicing Agreement; and further,
THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the "Cross Border Servicing
Agreement - Bridgeport Sanitary Pumping Station" satisfactory to the City
Solicitor to address existing cross border sanitary servicing between Kitchener
and Waterloo and that the CAO be delegated authority to make amendments and
sign any ancillary documents related this Cross Border Servicing Agreement
BACKGROUND:
Due to their common border and the layout of the infrastructure, the City of Kitchener
and the City of Waterloo have several instances of sanitary sewage crossing the
municipal boundary. Although there are several areas of cross border servicing, this
report relates to two separate instances which have been ongoing for several decades.
Staff have identified a need to update and/or formalize the cross border servicing
agreements (CBSA) for these situations.
REPORT:
This report concerns two separate instances of cross border servicing between the City
of Waterloo and the City of Kitchener.
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1) Miscellaneous Properties along the K-W border
Due to topography there are several instances where Kitchener addressed
properties are connected to the sanitary system in Waterloo and vice versa. There
is a current cross border servicing agreement (CBSA) in place however the original
agreement is decades old. An update is required to this agreement in part due to
changes in the infrastructure as a result of major capital works on these streets.
Where possible, these situations are eliminated as a part of major reconstruction of
the sanitary system. However, many remain and cannot easily or cost effectively be
eliminated. In total there are currently 34 Kitchener properties that drain to Waterloo
and 105 Waterloo properties that drain to Kitchener.
2) Bridgeport Area
A contribution of sanitary sewage from Waterloo currently drains into Kitchener in
the Bridgeport area. This sewage ultimately ends up at the Bridgeport Sewage
Pumping Station (SPS) along with Kitchener originated flows and is pumped to the
Region's Waste Water Treatment Plant in Waterloo. The City of Waterloo pays for
the treatment of this sewage and invoices Kitchener for a fixed proportion of volume
measured at the SPS. There currently is no formal agreement in-place for this cross
border servicing. This arrangement has been on-going from the time the SPS was
brought into service.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommendation of this report supports the achievement of the city's strategic
vision through the delivery of Effective and Efficient City services by utilizing readily
available infrastructure in the City of Waterloo to deliver services.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Historically, the Bridgeport Pumping Station wastewater volumes have been allocated
based on a fixed proportion contribution from the City of Kitchener to Waterloo. The
proposed changes to the CBSA identifies that the contribution from the City of Kitchener
is based on metered water consumption data and is anticipated to fluctuate annually.
The payment terms in the CBSA are consistent with our practice for similar CBSAs
Similarly the Miscellaneous Properties CBSA continues with the principle that payment
for sanitary servicing is based on metered water consumption of individual properties
and is also anticipated to fluctuate annually.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM — This report has been posted to the City's website with the agenda in
advance of the council / committee meeting.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Dev Tyagi, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services Department
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