CONSERVATION HALTON 2017 BUDGET
2017 BUDGET SUMMARY PAGE 2 2016 2017 2017 vs 2016 Budget Budget Budget Variance Operating $24,895,700 $25,752,631 3.4% Budget Capital $2,145,000 $2,238,000 4.3% Budget $0 $5,265,000 100% Kelso Dam $27,040,700 $33,255,631 23% TOTAL
2017 BUDGET FUNDING SOURCES PAGE 3 Federal and Municipal Debt Provincial Financing Funding 8% 11% Municipal Funding Program 27% Revenue/ Other Grants and Funding/ Reserves/ Chargebacks 54% Total Budget: $33,255,631 Total Municipal Funding: $9,159,087
2017 MUNICIPAL FUNDING PAGE 4 2016 2017 2017 2017 vs 2016 Municipal Funding Budget Forecast Budget Budget Variance Operating Funding $8,406,295 $9,179,800 $8,596,587 $190,292 2.3% Capital Funding $291,500 $270,000 $562,500 $271,000 93% TOTAL $8,697,795 $9,449,800 $9,159,087 $461,292 5.3%
2017 MUNICIPAL FUNDING PAGE 5 MUNICIPAL APPORTIONMENT Municipal Municipal Municipal Funding Funders Apportionment Funding Change 2017 2016 92.2788% $8,451,896 $8,021,307 5.4% Halton 5.2638% $482,116 $463,001 4.1% Peel 2.2058% $202,031 $191,612 5.4% Hamilton 0.2516% $23,044 $21,875 5.3% Puslinch 100% $9,159,087 $8,697,795 5.3% TOTAL
2017 MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGET PAGE 6 BUDGET PRESSURES / DRIVERS 2016 Approved Municipal Operating Funding $8,406,295 Operating Pressures funded by Municipal Funding: $179,123 • Staff Compensation and Benefit Increases $11,169 • Debt Financing Charges Note: Total operating budget increase is $856,931 . Cost increases have been mitigated by staff changes and increases in other revenues and chargebacks totaling $666,639 . $190,292 Total Operating Budget Increase Funded Municipally 2017 Proposed Municipal Operating Funding $8,596,587
2017 MUNICIPAL CAPITAL FUNDING PAGE 7 BUDGET PRESSURES / DRIVERS Watershed Projects $110,000 Flood Forecasting & Operations $25,000 Integrated Watershed Management $75,000 Watershed Database Management System $210,000 Infrastructure Projects Dams and Channels Major Repairs and Maintenance $192,500 Projects (50%) $80,000 Information Technology Infrastructure $80,000 $352,500 GIS Upgrades Note: Kelso Dam costs are funded through debt financing. EAB treatment costs are funded through fees collected by Halton Region. 2017 Proposed Municipal Capital Funding $562,500
OTHER FUNDING GAPS PAGE 8 Kelso Dam Repair Project is dependent on receiving 50 percent share of federal and provincial funding. The provincial grant is still to be approved. The 50 percent municipal portion is funded by debt financing through Halton Region .
CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE KELSO DAM INSPECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE MILTON CHANNEL RECONSTRUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE HAGER-RAMBO RECONSTRUCTION
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE DEER CLAN LONGHOUSE, CRAWFORD LAKE
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE NEW RAPTOR ENCLOSURE, MOUNTSBERG
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE NEW MOUNTSBERG BARN
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE NEW HILTON FALLS WORKSHOP
CAPITAL CHALLENGES
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE MECHANIC SHOP FUEL PUMPS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE FORESTRY SHOP
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WORKSHOP
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE HILTON FALLS AND MOUNT NEMO REST STATIONS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE GLEN EDEN RENTALS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE GLEN EDEN FACILITIES
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN 2016 , WE HIRED… 717 SEASONAL EMPLOYEES (these hires are not tax supported!) $3,164,000 Other 12% SEASONAL WAGES 2016 (projected) Peel 13% Halton 65% Hamilton 10%
RECREATION FOR 2016, WE ESTIMATE… 650,000 visitors to the HALTON PARKS 270,000 visitors to 85,000 o our membership holders are residents of Peel GLEN EDEN
TOURISM IN 2016, THERE WERE… 39,000 FALL INTO NATURE visitors 19,000 MAPLE TOWN visitors 9,500 CHRISTMAS TOWN visitors (registered) 1,450 YOGA IN THE PARK visitors 950 BIKE RACE SERIES visitors
EDUCATION FOR 2016 , WE ESTIMATE… 20,000 30,000 students came to students came to MOUNTSBERG CRAWFORD LAKE
EDUCATION AND IN 2016 , THERE WERE… 1,150 2,683 2,270 WATER FESTIVAL FOREST FESTIVAL WAYS OF THE WOODS campers students students
STEWARDSHIP IN 2016 … 5,825 ACRES OF LAND WERE PROTECTED THROUGH HALTON WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM …with 6 new landowners agreements and 27 new landowner projects!
STEWARDSHIP IN 2016 … 115,000 TREES WERE PLANTED (fifteen landowners, two municipalities, one regional municipality) 2,500 TREES AFFECTED BY EMERALD ASH BORER WERE REMOVED (in just the first year of the program)
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WE MONITOR… 1470 44 184 MAMMAL SPECIES BIRD SPECIES PLANT SPECIES 30 100 REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN SPECIES FISH SPECIES This monitoring provides data on the health of our natural areas, which our ecologists, planners, consultants and partners use as a baseline for projects .
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WE MONITOR… 20 WELLS 4 RAIN GAUGES 6 WETLANDS This monitoring provides data on ground and surface water interactions, quality and quantity, which helps inform development application comments .
FLOOD FORECASTING WE MANAGE… 9 7 RAIN GAUGES 6 SNOW SURVEY SITES STREAMFLOW GAUGES DAMS 12 4 KM OF FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL This monitoring data provides important details regarding current watershed conditions and is used to help predict potential areas of flooding .
FLOOD MANAGEMENT WATERSHED PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS • New rain gauges • Hilton Falls Dam embankment • New stream gauges improvements, road surface upgrade • Low flow network • Public Safety Plans implemented at all dams Software • Channel repairs • • Hydrologic and • Milton Channel retaining wall assessment hydraulic modeling • Morrison-Wedgewood spill prevention berm Survey work • design and tender
FLOOD MANAGEMENT Increasing lead times for flood warning messages through better data management. Developing process and framework for updating hydrology, hydraulics and floodplain mapping to support application review and expedite data requests for hydraulic modeling.
REGULATION SO FAR, IN 2016 , WE ISSUED… 229 REGULATIONS PERMITS (with an average delivery time of 29 days!) 42 LETTERS OF PERMISSION (with an average delivery time of 5 days!)
PLANNING IN 2016 , WE HAVE REVIEWED… 47 MINOR VARIANCES 9 LAND SEVERANCES 51 SITE PLANS 6 SITE ALTERNATIONS 59 NECs 10 ZONING 4 OPs 6 EAs (6 new EAs have been n receiv ceived ed this s year r but staff ff are e working king on 16)
REGULATION Permit Application Review Times 14 13 13 (56 percent of permit its s ar are 12 curre rently y bein ing g processe essed d in 11 just one week ek) 10 9 8 Weeks 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2011/2012 2015/2016 85 Percent of Permits Processed
PERMIT REVIEW Application Review Times 14 14 2010/2011 13 2015/2016 12 11 11 10 10 9 8 Weeks 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 Complex Creek Storm Water Watercourse Addition in Emergency Works Management Crossing Floodplain Municipal Outfall Infrastructure Types of Project Applications
PARTNERSHIP & COLLABORATION
RESTORATION Partnered with Burlington Green, City of Burlington and Halton Region to host shoreline cleanup, invasive plant species removal and native species planting at Burlington Beach.
RESTORATION Hosted a corporate tree planting with Siemens Canada at Munn’s Creek in Oakville, in partnership with Town of Oakville and Trees Canada.
RESTORATION Completed a wetland enhancement project and created fish habitat at Kelso Quarry Park to support plans for a recreational fishery.
RESTORATION Initiated a study of Sixteen Mile Creek at Drumquin Park, in partnership with the Town of Milton, to determine remediation measures needed to improve the health of this area.
RESTORATION Conducted a prescribed burn and implemented an invasive species management program at the Glenorchy Conservation Area in Oakville.
RESTORATION Participated in the Cootes to Escarpment steering committee to produced management plans, which will be used to prioritize restoration efforts and develop sustainable recreation opportunities.
MOVING FORWARD
Thank you for your continued support.
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