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Water Supply Advisory Committee Aug 11, 2020 www.scrd.ca 1 Agenda 1. Adoption of Agenda Presentation on Capital Project Financing 20 min 2. Water Demand Analysis 5 min 3. Raw Water Reservoir Feasibility 10 min 4. Raw Water

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Water Supply Advisory Committee

Aug 11, 2020

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Agenda

1. Adoption of Agenda 2. Presentation on Capital Project Financing – 20 min 3. Water Demand Analysis – 5 min 4. Raw Water Reservoir – Feasibility – 10 min 5. Raw Water Reservoir – Phase 3 Results – 15 min 6. Groundwater Investigation – 10 min 7. Groundwater Investigation – Phase 2 Results – 10 min 8. Groundwater Investigation – Phase 3 Results – Church Road Well – 5 min 9. Overview of Metering Program – 15 min 10. New Business

a) Election of WASAC Chair and Vice-Chair – 10 min b) Any other items?

Next meeting ADJOURNMENT

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Understanding Regional District Finance

Presented By: Tina Perreault, CPA, CMA Date: August 11, 2020

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Regional Districts

  • British Columbia:

– 162 Municipal Governments – 27 Regional Districts which are divided into Electoral Areas (1 is Regional Municipality)

  • Governance is managed by a board of

directors composed of appointees from municipalities and a director elected from each electoral area

Information from www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/pathfinder-rd.htm

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Voting at a Regional District Board

Weighted all participants of Service

  • Fees & charges
  • Parcel tax rolls

All Directors weighted

  • Contracts
  • Property acquisition
  • Borrowing
  • Liabilities
  • Financial Plan
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Types of Service Delivery

Regional Services

  • Solid Waste

Management Planning

  • Liquid Waste

Management Planning

  • Emergency Planning

Localized Service

  • Water
  • Refuse collection
  • Fire protection
  • Wastewater

Examples of Discretionary Local Services

  • Recreation
  • Libraries
  • Street lighting
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Service Delivery

  • Only those properties within a service area are

taxed for the service

  • Services are delivered in any combination to

electoral areas &/or member municipalities

  • Services may also be delivered via contract with

third parties

  • All participants pay into General Government

Administration

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Establishing a New Service

Idea is raised

  • New pool or

local service

Do the feasibility study

  • Purpose;

Scope; Cost Sharing; Service Delivery; Governance.

Develop Bylaw

  • If deemed

feasible, bylaw created and given 3 readings

Ministry and Elector Consent

  • Public

consultation

  • Referendum,

alternative approval process, then consent

Adopt Bylaw

  • Final adoption
  • f bylaw
  • Fund service
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Regional District

  • Budgets are more

flexible and general surpluses and reserves can be used within a general fund.

  • Funds can be transferred

amongst different services and funds.

  • Municipalities are

responsible for collecting all taxes.

Municipality

Differences Between Regional District & Municipality:

  • Each service has an

independent budget. This also means all reserve and surpluses must remain within a service.

  • Funds can not be

transferred between service budgets.

  • Regional Districts is not the

direct taxation authority. Taxes are collected by the Provincial Surveyor of Taxes

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Differences Between Regional District & Municipality continued…

RD tax rates are different depending on the services you receive. In a municipality, the tax rate (mill rate) is the same for everyone.

Tax Rates

Taxpayers are taxed on the basis of property assessments, land & improvements or just improvements depending on the service.

Tax Basis

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Financial Planning & Budget Process

  • Authority: Mandated under the Local Government Act
  • Regional District Bylaw must be adopted by March 31 of

each year

  • Similar to municipalities- the 5 year financial plan is

required for operational and capital budgets. Municipal budget must be adopted by May 31st of each year

  • Public consultation is required
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How Taxes are Collected

BC Assessment Determines property values in BC Regional District Determines the amount of money required to provide needed services Surveyor of Taxes Administers collection of tax money in Electoral Areas (Municipalities administer collection for incorporated areas) Tax Notice Issued by Surveyor Residents pay taxes by a set date each year SCRD Receives tax funds by August 1st

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Regional District Tax Rates

  • Surveyor of Taxes establishes tax rates to be levied

against each property class:

Property Class Class Multiple 1 Residential 1.0:1 2 Utilities 3.5:1 3 Supportive Housing 1.0:1 4 Major Industry 3.4:1 5 Light Industry 3.4:1 6 Business and Other 2.45:1 7 Managed Forest Land 3.0:1 8 Recreation/Non-Profit 1.0:1 9 Farm 1.0:1

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Regional District Borrowing

  • Local governments can only engage in long-term

borrowing for items and projects that are considered “capital” in nature.

  • Long-term borrowing must be undertaken through the

Municipal Finance Authority (MFA).

  • All borrowing is channeled through regional districts,

even municipal debt and RD must approve the Bylaws. However, municipalities are responsible for meeting their

  • wn debt obligations.
  • Long-term borrowing by local governments cannot be

undertaken without the approval of the Inspector of Municipalities and elector approval.

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Regional District Reserves

  • Generally two classifications of reserves:

– operating reserves and capital reserves.

  • How these funds can be used is outlined in the

body of the reserve bylaw and is kept very generic to give flexibility for changes in priority or emerging issues.

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Do you have any questions?

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Thank-you

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Water Demand Analysis

Key assumptions and implications

  • Drought length
  • Watershed flows
  • Maximum monthly demand: 20,000m3/day

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Drought Length

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Watershed Flows

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Water Demand Analysis

Modeled Drought Demand Scenario

  • Modeled Stage 2 average demand: 17,000m3/day
  • Maximum Monthly Average Daily Demand:

20,000m3/day Modeled Population Growth

  • 2%, higher than historical
  • 3% population growth: add 2,000,000m3

Temperature impacts

  • 10% change in per capita use

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Water Demand Analysis

Questions and Discussion

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Raw Water Reservoir – Feasibility

Pass / Fail criteria

  • 15 meters limit on embankment
  • Avoid

– Private Lands – Fortis BC Right of Way – “Gravel Lands” of Foundation Agreement

  • Located on SCRD owned or Crown Land
  • Conveyance to Chapman WTP possible

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Raw Water Reservoir – Feasibility

  • Conceptual Options

– Area A: Low elevation – Area B: High elevation – Area C: Enlarging sub-alpine lake

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Raw Water Reservoir – Feasibility

  • 4 sites in final MCA
  • Questions and Discussion

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Raw Water Reservoir – Phase 3

Site A:

  • Geotechnical risks
  • High costs due to large earthworks but few of the
  • perational advantages of Site B

Sites C3 and C4:

  • Environmentally and regulatory approvals likely

significantly challenging given wetlands, natural waterbodies, delaying timeline

  • Natural space less favourable to community

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Raw Water Reservoir – Phase 3

Site B

  • Expansion potential (ICOLD limits surpassed)
  • Existing road access
  • Limited pumping required for operations
  • Excavation material used as fill
  • No significant geotechnical risks
  • New Point of Diversion on Chapman Creek
  • Industrial partnership potential
  • Hydro-generation potential

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Raw Water Reservoir – Site B

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  • 15% allowance for the majority of line items.
  • 20% contingency allowance for the entire project
  • Lack of geotechnical data on the soil composition and

the bedrock depth of all sites

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Raw Water Reservoir – Phase 3

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  • Unknowns

– Depth to bedrock – Industrial partnerships

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Raw Water Reservoir – Phase 3

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Questions and Discussion

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Groundwater Investigation

Areas eliminated

  • Langdale

– Lower sustainable yield expected compared to other locations – Promising for future development

  • Roberts Creek, Wakefield Creek, Sargeant

Bay, Halfmoon Bay

– Bedrock: usually limited productivity and arsenic concerns – Unconsolidated: moderate productivity

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Groundwater Investigation

Questions and Discussion

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GWELLS, Aquifer database layer

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Groundwater Investigation – Phase 2

Results

  • Gray

– In Round 2

  • Dusty

– Further development canceled

  • Unconfined aquifer
  • Industrial activity
  • Mahan

– Political considerations, eventually pulled.

  • Church

– Proceed

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Groundwater Investigation – Phase 2

Questions and Discussion

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Groundwater Investigate – Phase 3 Church Rd Well Project

  • Covered in detail with Let’s talk water

webinar

  • Reed Road Pump Station connection to

maximize use

  • 75 litres / second

– Combined with Soames Point Well

Questions and Discussion

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Metering Program

Our Community Values Water

  • Avoiding loss of water, a precious resource
  • Fostering a reliable water system
  • Sharing information to inform water use decisions
  • Reforming utility billing for equitable rates
  • Spending money wisely on long term projects that

support SCRD regional water goals

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Equitable Billing

  • District of Mission: 80% subsidized top 20% users
  • Timing: 2022-2023

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Better Water Management

Water meters provide vital information to utility managers about water consumption, water loss and system efficiency – BC Water and Waste Association (2012)

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  • Detailed water usage – optimized operation
  • Prompt leak repair
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Conservation

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  • Accessible data
  • Measure effectiveness of programs
  • Leak detection
  • Example: Chaster Well
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Metering Program

Infrastructure

  • Meter installations in Sechelt area
  • Full commitment = best $ value

(Metro Van, full bars is local gov, developers, and homeowners, dashed bars is local gov only)

  • SCRD: Opt-in / Opt-out options: 50% more expensive

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Metering Program

Meter Data Management Project – 2020

  • Meter Data Warehouse: Neptune 360

– Monthly meter read – Volume – Continuous flow – Intermittent flow – Backflow – Zero Flow

  • Customer data portal
  • Customer Relationship Management Software

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Election of Chair / Vice-Chair

  • Duties:

– Agenda review prior to meetings – Facilitation of discussion – Help craft recommendations for Board

  • Nominations
  • Vote: Blind vote via chat direct to Raphael Shay

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