File #: 15-G-200    Version: Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Recommended Motion (Section F)
File created: 9/22/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/5/2015 Final action: 10/5/2015
Title: NEW HARVIE ROAD / BIG BAY POINT ROAD CROSSING OF HIGHWAY 400 MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - NOTICE OF COMPLETION (WARDS 6, 7 AND 8) 1. That the preferred design alternative for the Phases 3 and 4 Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for Harvie Road / Big Bay Point Road / Highway 400 Transportation Improvements (Bryne Drive to Bayview Drive), be adopted as outlined in Staff Report ENG012-15. 2. That in accordance with the requirements of the Class Environmental Assessment process, the Engineering Department publishes a Notice of Completion for the Harvie Road / Big Bay Point Road / Highway 400 Transportation Improvements Class EA associated with the crossing of Highway 400. The interchange will be subject to a separate Class EA. 3. That the design of the highway crossing be added to the 2015 Business Plan in the amount of $1.5 million; funding will be approximately $975,000 (65%) from development charges and $525,000 (35%) from the Tax Rate Capital Reserve. 4...
Attachments: 1. ENG012-150928.pdf
Related files: 12-G-049, 05-G-343, 15-A-107, TMP-15266, TMP-15269, TMP-17377

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NEW HARVIE ROAD / BIG BAY POINT ROAD CROSSING OF HIGHWAY 400 MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - NOTICE OF COMPLETION (WARDS 6, 7 AND 8)

 

1.                     That the preferred design alternative for the Phases 3 and 4 Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for Harvie Road / Big Bay Point Road / Highway 400 Transportation Improvements (Bryne Drive to Bayview Drive), be adopted as outlined in Staff Report ENG012-15.

 

2.                     That in accordance with the requirements of the Class Environmental Assessment process, the Engineering Department publishes a Notice of Completion for the Harvie Road / Big Bay Point Road / Highway 400 Transportation Improvements Class EA associated with the crossing of Highway 400. The interchange will be subject to a separate Class EA.

 

3.                     That the design of the highway crossing be added to the 2015 Business Plan in the amount of $1.5 million; funding will be approximately $975,000 (65%) from development charges and $525,000 (35%) from the Tax Rate Capital Reserve.

 

4.                     That the capital budget for the Harvie Road / Big Bay Point Road / Highway 400 Transportation Improvements Class EA (14-16-2320-0651-3591) be increased by $250,000 to complete additional traffic analysis as required by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to confirm that their selected preliminary preferred design alternative associated with the Highway 400 Transportation Environmental Study Report Update is compatible with the proposed interchange; funding will be approximately $162,500 (65%) from development charges and $87,500 (35%) from the Tax Rate Capital Reserve.

 

 

 

 

 

5.                     That the capital budget for the Bryne Drive Masterplan Update be increased by $150,000; funding will be approximately $97,500 (65%) from development charges and $52,500 (35%) from the Tax Rate Capital Reserve to complete Phase 1 and 2 of the Class EA and to undertake Phase 3 and 4 of the Class EA. 

 

6.                     That staff in the Engineering Department investigate additional mechanisms by which to advance the a) land acquisition to 2017, and b) utility construction start dates to 2018.

 

7.                     That a letter be sent to  the Premier, Minister of Infrastructure, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Health, and MPP Ann Hoggarth requesting that their respective ministries recognize the sizeable investment that the Ministry of Health has made by granting the largest investment in Ontario's history to fund the construction of the Barrie South Family Health Team and noting that the Province has an opportunity to maximize their investment by working collaboratively between ministries as well as with the City to accelerate the design and approval process of the Harvie Road/Big Bay Point Overpass/Potential Interchange, and ultimately better serve residents, patient care and the business community.  (ENG012-15) (File: T05-HA3)