f) Net H.S.T. on Incidental Items $ 1,206.66

g) Estimated Cost of Finance and Eligible Municipal Administration $ 3,000.00

h) Contingency Allowance for Engineering and Incidentals

$ 5,000.00 _________________

TOTAL ENGINEERING AND INCIDENTALS

TOTAL ESTIMATE 9.0 Assessment

No detailed schedule of assessment is included in this report. From 2007 through 2015, costs associated with undertakings completed under the provisions of the Drainage Act within the City of Windsor have been addressed in accordance with CR388/2007, which states:

That the City of Windsor undertakes drain maintenance and costing in the following method:

I. City of Windsor CONTINUE to use the general tax levy or the sewer surcharge levy, depending on location for drain maintenance costs in accordance with the City of Windsor Act, 1968: a) with the exception of private access structures, which are to be assessed to the benefiting property owners as per completed engineer’s report and assessment schedule as a “special benefit” in accordance with s. 24 of the Drainage Act; b) Municipal Drains, excluding access structures will BE MAINTAINED at the general tax rate or sewer surcharge, depending on location, provided the landowners allow soil from the drains to be spread on their lands, as provided for in the Engineer’s Report.

CR388/2007 was later amended by Council Resolution CR64/2015, which extended the exception of private access structures to include exemption of “special benefit” works that benefit individual properties.

Having regard for the foregoing, as well as the provisions of Section 25 of the Drainage Act, I propose that all of the costs associated with this project be assessed and levied against the rateable properties and roads within the watershed. Given that the primary function of the drain is to provide outlet for the Parkway and local storm sewers, we find that it is appropriate to assess 50% of the costs as “Benefit” and 50% of the cost as “Outlet Liability”.

Accordingly, we recommend that all costs associated with the improvement of the Marentette-Mangin Drain, including construction costs, incidental expenses, and the preparation of this report, be charged against the lands and roads that it services as set out in the Schedule of Assessment below. An explanation of the methodology used to calculate assessments is attached as Appendix E.