The Public GalleryToronto

←Infrastructure and Environment Committee · 2020-11-05 · 2020.IE17.5

The filed record

2020 Basement Flooding Protection Program Update

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2020-11-25 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on November 25 and 26, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct that projects identified through completed Basement Flooding studies proceed to detailed design and construction, if the cost per benefitting property, as determined during the preliminary design phase, is less than $68,000. 2. City Council direct that Basement Flooding Protection Program projects that exceed the threshold of $68,000 per benefitting property, at the preliminary design phase, be sequenced in accordance with the principle of implementing projects that achieve the greatest impact, with the greatest impact to be determined considering the following criteria: a.

Show the rest of As filed, 1,313 more characters as filed

hazard, projects that mitigate a greater extent of flooding and/or a higher probability of flooding; b. exposure, projects that are more likely to have residential basements and/or other critical infrastructure; c. vulnerability, where consideration is given to the Ontario Marginalization Index; and d. project capital cost that considers a lower cost per benefitting property. 3. City Council direct that Basement Flooding Protection Program projects that meet the $68,000 per benefitting property threshold be scheduled for implementation first and that projects that exceed the $68,000 per benefitting property threshold be scheduled for implementation after the Basement Flooding studies for the 67 study areas have been substantially completed. 4. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to request the Ontario Ministry of Finance to amend insurance regulations to preclude the denial of insurance coverage by insurance providers in the event that homeowners are able to establish that flooding incidents they experienced occurred through no fault of their own and that they have taken all reasonable efforts to prevent future flooding.

The vote

Amend Item (Additional) · Carried, 24-0

For (24)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Cynthia Lai, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Jennifer McKelvie, Joe Cressy, John Filion, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll, Stephen Holyday
Absent (1)John Tory
The whole record, all 25 members

Every name opens that member’s record.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

This report provides an update on the Basement Flooding Protection Program including a review of the prioritization approach and rules for recommended Basement Flooding Protection Program infrastructure improvement projects to proceed to implementation. This report also responds to Council direction concerning intergovernmental funding for the Basement Flooding Protection Program, the state of good repair program, and the feasibility of a localized Basement Flooding study in the sewer catchment area near the Humber River Hospital.

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 1,361 more characters as filed

Since its inception in 2006, the Basement Flooding Protection Program has made tremendous progress in completing Basement Flooding studies across the city. These studies have identified a significant number of sewer system improvement projects required to help reduce urban flooding risks. While many recommended Basement Flooding Protection Program projects have been implemented, many more projects have not proceeded to design and/or construction because they have not met the Council adopted prioritization rules for Basement Flooding Protection Program project implementation. Due to the large number, cost, and scale of the Basement Flooding improvement projects, it will take several decades to implement all the recommended projects. While the current $32,000 cost per benefitting property threshold has become a constraint in advancing recommended projects to implementation, a prioritization approach for implementation remains a critical requirement due to the large number of projects that remain to be implemented. This report recommends that the cost per benefitting property threshold be increased to $68,000. Also recommended is a further prioritization approach, for the time after the cost per benefitting property threshold has been applied across the whole City, which will sequence projects for implementation based on the project's impact.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Toronto Water, recommends that: 1. City Council direct that projects identified through completed Basement Flooding studies proceed to detailed design and construction, if the cost per benefitting property, as determined during the preliminary design phase, is less than $68,000. 2. City Council direct that Basement Flooding Protection Program projects that exceed the threshold of $68,000 per benefitting property, at the preliminary design phase, be sequenced in accordance with the principle of implementing projects that achieve the greatest impact, with the greatest impact to be determined considering the following criteria: a.

Show the rest of Staff recommended, 752 more characters as filed

hazard, projects that mitigate a greater extent of flooding and/or a higher probability of flooding; b. exposure, projects that are more likely to have residential basements and/or other critical infrastructure; c. vulnerability, where consideration is given to the Ontario Marginalization Index, and; d. project capital cost that considers a lower cost per benefitting property. 3. City Council direct that Basement Flooding Protection Program projects that meet the $68,000 per benefitting property threshold be scheduled for implementation first, and that projects that exceed the $68,000 per benefitting property threshold be scheduled for implementation after the Basement Flooding studies for the 67 study areas have been substantially completed.

Considered

  • 2020-11-05 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council direct that projects identified through completed Basement Flooding studies proceed to detailed design and construction, if the cost per benefitting property, as determined during the preliminary design phase, is less than $68,000. 2. City Council direct that Basement Flooding Protection Program projects that exceed the threshold of $68,000 per benefitting property, at the preliminary design phase, be sequenced in accordance with the principle of implementing projects that achieve the greatest impact, with the greatest impact to be determined considering the following criteria: a.

    Show the rest of Decision as filed, 751 more characters as filed

    hazard, projects that mitigate a greater extent of flooding and/or a higher probability of flooding; b. exposure, projects that are more likely to have residential basements and/or other critical infrastructure; c. vulnerability, where consideration is given to the Ontario Marginalization Index; and d. project capital cost that considers a lower cost per benefitting property. 3. City Council direct that Basement Flooding Protection Program projects that meet the $68,000 per benefitting property threshold be scheduled for implementation first, and that projects that exceed the $68,000 per benefitting property threshold be scheduled for implementation after the Basement Flooding studies for the 67 study areas have been substantially completed.

  • 2020-11-25 · Toronto City Council · amended

On the record

The item as the City filed it

More from this meeting

The whole meeting