Council passed By-law 2024-03 being a by-law to accept the quote from TAS Excavating & Rentals Ltd. for a total price of $457,685 plus HST to supply the materials and to construct improvements to the Park Street Municipal Drain in Ripley.

Construction is set to begin in the spring of 2024. Property owners affected by the construction will be contacted by R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited.

Township of Huron-Kinloss

Park Street Municipal Drain

(Phase 1)

Contract No.: 300043723.0000

SEALED BIDS, on forms supplied by the Contract Administrator, will be received at the Office of the Township of Huron-Kinloss until:

1:00 p.m., local time Thursday, September 21, 2023

The proposed Phase 1 of the Park Street Municipal Drain is located primarily within the Village of Ripley in Lot 16, Concession 6 in the Township of Huron-Kinloss (Geographic Township of Huron), County of Bruce.

The proposed work includes:

Fair Municipal Drain (Channel):

• Ap. 435 m of channel deepening and widening.
• Ap. 435 m of riparian grassed buffer.
• One outlet stilling basin.
• Three permanent sediment basins.
• Two temporary sediment control structures.
• Associated connections and appurtenances.

Park Street Municipal Drain (Pipe and Swale):

• Ap. 487 m of CDT and HDPE pipe (675 mm to 900 mm dia.) and grassed swale.
• Seven concrete structures with associated directional berms.
• One open cut sub-surface road crossing and one laneway crossing.
• One open cut surface culvert road crossing (900 mm dia.) and one laneway surface culvert crossing (600 mm dia.).
• Associated connections and appurtenances.

Railway Street Municipal Drain (Channel and Pipe):

• Ap. 71 m of channel infill.
• Ap. 71 m of CDT and HDPE pipe.
• Two concrete structures c/w pipe connections.
• Associated connections and appurtenances.

A digital copy of the Bid Documents may be obtained, free of charge, from the Contract Administrator by contacting:

A certified cheque in the amount of $36,230.00 or bonding for 10% of the bid amount will be required as a tender deposit with tender submission.

In addition to other provisions in the Bid Documents, the lowest or any Bid will not necessarily be accepted.

The Council of the Township of Huron-Kinloss passed By-Law No. 2023-38 being a By-Law to provide Drainage Works on Park Street Municipal Drain (Phase 1), 2023 at the July 17, 2023 meeting of Council.

The Court of Revision for the Park Street Drain took place on Monday, June 12 at 8:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Township of Huron-Kinloss Municipal Office located at 21 Queen Street in Ripley.

After the Court of Revision pronounced their decision, affected property owners have 21 days to appeal this decision to the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Tribunal.

For more information please contact the Clerk at 519-395-3735 or by email jwhite@huronkinloss.com

Drainage Act Appeals

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Electronic Meeting

July 15, 2020 Drainage Information Meeting Presentation (Updated)

July 15, 2020 Watershed Maps

July 15, 2020 Drainage Information Meeting Agenda

July 15, 2020 Overview of the Drainage Act

July 15 2020 Drainage Information Meeting Minutes

Wednesday July 15, 2020

7:00 pm

Electronic Format - Zoom

www.zoom.us

Webinar ID: 893 2852 1741

Password: 965203

(please find instructions to join a zoom meeting in the documents library)

The Township of Huron-Kinloss is investigating improvements to the Park Street Municipal Drain to improve the outlet on the Brown property.

Council appointed RJ Burnside & Associates Limited under the Drainage Act to manage the Park Street Municipal Drain Improvement Project.

The Township will be hosting the Second Information Meeting to provide landowners within the watershed an opportunity to learn more about the project and its impacts.

Representatives from RJ Burnside and Associates Limited and the Township of Huron-Kinloss will be participating virtually to provide information and answer questions on the project.

To find out more information please contact Grant Collins, Drainage Superintendent by e-mail at gcollins@huronkinloss.com.

Emily Dance, Clerk

Township of Huron-Kinloss

21 Queen Street

Ripley, ON

N0G 2R0

edance@huronkinloss.com

Dated this 26^th day of June, 2020

Information Meeting Park Street Municipal Drain Improvement Minutes

Ripley Huron Community Centre

March 7, 2020 10:00 am

Ed DeLay, P. Eng.R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd.
George Guse R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd.
Maisy Jefferson, EITR .J. Burnside & Associates Ltd.
Grant Collins, Drainage Superintendent, Township of Huron-Kinloss

Emily Dance, Clerk Township of Huron-Kinloss
Kelly Lush, Deputy Clerk Township of Huron-Kinloss
Don Murray, Deputy Mayor Township of Huron-Kinloss
Elise McLeod, Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority,
Steve Cobean, Cobide Engineering, Engineer for the Brown Property

Property Owners
Mary Lynn McLean, 26 Huron Street
Doug Martyn, 53 Park Street
Phil VanHardeveld, 51 Park Street
Jeff Richardson, 31 Railway Street (did not stay for presentation)

1.Call to Order

Chair Sid Vander Veen called the meeting to order for the Information Meeting for the Park Street Municipal Drain Improvement Information Meeting on behalf of the Township of Huron-Kinloss at 10:10 am on March 7, 2020 at the Ripley Huron Community Centre.

2 .Introductions & Housekeeping

2.1 Introductions

Chair Sid Vander Veen made introductions

R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd.
Ed DeLay, P. Eng. Engineer for the project
George Guse , Drainage Technician
Maisy Jefferson, EIT, assisting with the meeting

Township of Huron-Kinloss
Grant Collins, Drainage Superintendent

Emily Dance, Clerk
Kelly Lush, Deputy Clerk

Sid Vander Veen explained his background. His role for the meeting is to facilitate and to give some general background information on the Drainage Act and answer any Drainage Act questions.

3 Information – Park Street Municipal Drain Improvement Project

3.1 Drainage Act Background
Sid Vander Veen gave a presentation on the Drainage Act.

Overview of the Drainage Act, March 7, 2020

3.2 Park Street Municipal Drain Improvement
Ed DeLay gave a presentation on the purpose of the Meeting, the project background, the history, the existing drainage systems located in the Village of Ripley that are in some way connected to the Park Street Drain. He presented some of their current findings and presented some video of the camera work that has been completed on the current drainage system. Mr. DeLay explained the design criteria that will be followed. He explained the construction process and how project costs are assessed to property owners. He reviewed the timeline and the next steps.

Park Street Municipal Drain Improvement – Information Meeting No. 2 March 7, 2020

4 .Question and Answer

4.1 The floor was opened to the landowners that had questions. Maisy Jefferson, EIT, recorded the questions and answers on a separate screen.

Question Period Notes, Burnside

5. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 noon