DUNNOTTAR RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT'S UPDATE JANUARY 2021
As President of the D.R.A I'm wishing all residents of the Village of Dunnottar a Happy New Year for 2021.
It has been a different type of year during 2020 with Covid-19 Virus within the province of Manitoba and the Country. Hopefully 2021 will be better so family's can see their loved ones again. Let's hope with the Vaccines that are available to the public we can get our lives back again.
Ed Strauman President Dunnottar Ratepayers Association
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The Dunnottar Ratepayers Association has received a sizeable donation from the Derenchuk family in the memory of late George Derenchuk who passed away late last year. George was involved in the D.R.A. and held the position of Director . George was one of the founder's of the D.R.A. . His wisdom and knowledge will be sadly missed. George was a great asset to the D.R.A.
With the recent COVID -19 Pandemic please respect the distance between each other and be safe.
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Recent local events, could they affect Matlock area residents?
Arthur Conan Doyle "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
Information contained herein is sourced from the Red River Planing District (RRPD)
Location of document: https://rrpd.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/341l6
Path to document: Home Open Adgenda Item Attachments Regular Board Meeting 2019 November Open Public Hearing - Development Plan By-law No 272_19
Document from page 1 of 2nd PH_Report to Board_DP272-20 November 2019.pdf
"3.3 Map Re-Desianation in St.Andrews (Matlock area)
The RRPD Board proposes to re-designate the Matlock area (located south and west of the Village of Dunnottar) from “Resort ” to “Settlement Centre”. The majority of this area is already developed and is an extension of the developed neighborhoods of Dunnottar, which are proposed to be designated as “Settlement Centre”. Redesignating the Matlock area to match Dunnottar appears to be a logical continuation of the “Settlement Centre” designation for an already developed area."
And the entire Village of Dunnotar was incorporated as “Settlement Centre” by Development Plan By-law 272/19
Location of document: https://www.redriverplannina.com
Path to document: Planning Community Plans ByLaws Studies Development Plan Update Project Public Consultation Events
Document: from page 38 of Development Plan Update May 2019 Open House Draftpdf
“SETTLEMENT CENTRE (SC):
Is a designation for areas where a range of urban, semi-urban, and suburban land uses or developments either presently exist or may be considered. Typically, settlement Centres have piped municipal wastewater and / or drinking water systems available, or are planned to provide these services in the future when they are economically viable. Settlement Centres function as administrative and service centres for their respective municipality. Settlement Centres found throughout the RRPD include the Village of Dunnottar; unincorporated town of Birds Hill (East St. Paul); Clandeboye, Petersfield and Lockport (St. Andrews); East Selkirk,
Grand Marais, Libau and Lockport (St. Clements); and Middlechurch (West St. Paul). ”
Location of document: https://www.redriverplannina.com
Path to document: Planning Community Plans ByLaws Studies Development Plan Update Project Background Documents
1) Document from page 10 of RRPD Wastewater Management Plan.pdf
"Densification of residential development in Settlement Centres and General Development Areas where appropriate services can be provided will be encouraged to make the provision of sewer and water services increasingly fiscally feasible."
2) Document from page 12 of RRPD Wastewater Management Plan.pdf
“2.3 Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
Municipal wastewater system components can include a combination of wastewater treatment plant, lagoon, lift station and force main. The most common funding formula for municipal wastewater systems is a combination of a Local Improvement District (LID), grant funding through Provincial and/or Federal governments, tax debentures and user fees from each service connection. Recently municipalities have accessed capital funds from the Federal Gas Tax Fund to support public infrastructure projects that achieve positive environmental results.
The specific design configuration and functionality of a system may vary among projects and the project developer would be responsible for capital construction costs. The municipality would administer the ongoing operating costs funded by service fees paid by users on the system within a LID. User fees currently fund all municipal wastewater annual operating costs within the Planning District at a total cost of approximately $2.7 million. This figure includes the $500,000 annual budget in the Village of Dunnottar for the truck hauling program from on-site systems that is operated as a municipal service. ”
3) Document from page 13 of RRPD Wastewater Management Plan.pdf
"The establishment of piped wastewater service is a key planning consideration given the projected population increase and future intensification of residential development in settlement
areas adjacent to the Red River north of Winnipeg. Subdivision development projects should he
required to incorporate centralized piped wastewater depending upon the size, location and land use designation."
Question: Though the text in #3 represents a different area, could it apply to the Matlock area in the future?
The Village of Dunnottar already had a Development Plan prior to joining the Red River Planning District.
The RM of St. Andrews incorporated new lands as “Settlement Centre” adjacent to the Village of Dunnottar. It did this very late in the process November 20th 2019, well after all open houses (May 31 and June 21,2018) and provided the public no reasonable opportunity to be involved in the change.
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