Development Charges Background Study Services

The Vendor is required to provide to develop and present a comprehensive updated development charges background study for the city.
- Provides comprehensive municipal services, including garbage and recycling collection, road maintenance, water/wastewater services, planning and building services, and fire and policing services.
- The City also offers parks, recreation programs, transit, and cemetery services, social services, including childcare, housing and income assistance.
- Services include:
•    Based on the preliminary official plan project growth projections, the proponent shall conduct an independent assessment and prepare its own analysis of current and long-term population growth.
•    Provide summary of legislative changes since last study and their impacts
•    Evaluation of options for development charges based on geographic services areas; developing an appropriate methodology for calculating levels of service and allowable charges for service eligible for development charges funding.
•    Determination of the extent where service areas can be broken out.
•    Evaluation of various service area options, including calculating appropriate development charges rates for each potential service area.
•    Completion of a cash-flow analysis based on revenues and expenditures to ensure anticipated development charges revenue will provide for necessary expenditures.
•    Calculation of incremental operating costs related to growth expenditures.
•    Assisting the city in considering any new services to be included in the bylaw.
•    Analysis of the efficacy of implementing community benefit charges for the city.
•    Review the city’s treatment of industrial development charges and assess the appropriateness of introducing such charges where they have not previously been imposed, including an evaluation of the related long-term financial, policy, and growth management implications, informed by historical analysis and projected impact analysis using available data.
•    Ensuring the city’s future development of the grand trunk (GTR) site is appropriately captured
•    Review and assess the city’s draft front-ending agreement and deferral policy documents for consistency with applicable legislation, and provide recommended amendments to support and guide the finalization of the associated templates.
•    Providing advice with respect to various development charges related issues.
•    A minimum of three meetings with Staff and internal working group, being required with at least one in person.