Title
PUBLIC HEARING 9:30 a.m. (30 mins)
Off-Site Levy Bylaw No. 2015-07
(Repeals Bylaw No. 01-2010 and Bylaw No. 2013-03)
Proposed Motion(s)
Upon closing the Public Hearing:
1. That Bylaw No. 2015-07 receive second reading; and
2. That Bylaw No. 2015-07 receive third and final reading.
Body
Administration Recommendation(s)
Administration supports proposed Bylaw No. 2015-07 as presented.
Purpose
Bylaw No. 2015-07 will provide a mechanism to collect 2015 off-site levies. For the first time, a single bylaw utilizing the Corvus off-site levy model will be utilized for all four municipal infrastructure types (water, sanitary, storm, roads) within the Big Lake, Acheson and Fifth Meridian benefitting areas. If proposed Bylaw No. 2015-07 is approved by Council, the following Bylaw changes will also be approved:
1. Repeal Bylaw No. 2013-03
2. Repeal Bylaw No. 01-2010
Summary
The Public Hearing for Bylaw No. 2015-07 was advertised in the Reporter and Examiner on April 3rd, 2015 and again on April 10th, 2015.
The development community were further notified by e-mail on April 2nd, 2015 (those developers and planning and engineering consultants signed-up with the County).
As of the date of this submission, no written comments or requests to speak before Council at the Public Hearing have been received.
Parkland County currently collects off-site levies to offset the costs of infrastructure within the Big Lake, Acheson, and Fifth Meridian areas through existing Bylaw No. 01-2010 (Roads) and Bylaw No. 2013-03 (Underground Utilities). Proposed Bylaw No. 2015-07 will consolidate all off-site levies under a single Bylaw that utilizes the Corvus off-site levy model. Bylaw No. 2015-07 will implement the off-site rates to be charged by the County effective May 1, 2015.
Bylaw No. 2013-03 was enacted on April 9, 2013 and already utilizes the Corvus model. Administration has completed the annual report for the off-site levies as required under Section 11 of Bylaw No. 2...
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