The City of Guelph recently completed its 2018 Development Charges Background Study – Consolidated Report (DC Study). The information gathered was used to inform the updated DC Bylaw and DC rates.
The City engaged Watson and Associates Economists Ltd. to conduct the DC Study and enlisted a stakeholder group—comprised of local residents and representatives from the development community—to ensure the process results in a fair and defendable rate.
The study process involved:
- A forecast of the amount, type and location of development anticipated in the city.
- Determination of the average capital service levels provided in the City over the ten-year period preceding the preparation of the background study.
- A review of the capital infrastructure required to accommodate the forecasted growth including an analysis of gross expenditures and the funding sources, and the determination of the growth and non-growth related components of the capital projects.
- An examination of the long-term capital costs for the capital infrastructure required for each service to which the development charges bylaws would relate.
For more information
Christel Gregson, Senior Corporate Analyst Development Charges and Long-term Planning
519-822-1260 extension 3421
[email protected]
Background study material
- Development Charges Study: Stakeholder Input, April 20, 2018
- Development Charges Study: Responses to IBI Memorandum, March 29, 2018
- Development Charges Study: Guelph Wellington Development Association / Guelph and District Home Builders’ Association letter, October 24, 2018
- Development Charges Study: Responses to IBI Memorandum, October 19, 2018
- Development Charges Study: IBI Memorandum regarding Silvercreek Parkway/CN Grade Separation, October 9, 2018
- Development Charges Study: IBI Memorandum #2, October 9, 2018
- Development Charges Study: Responses to stakeholder comments, October 9, 2018
- Development Charges Capital Needs, June 15, 2018
- Development Charges Study: Draft Local Service PolicyDevelopment Charges Study: Stakeholder Input, January 31, 2018
- Development Charges Study capital project summary (2013)
Meeting minutes
- DC Study External Stakeholder Final Meeting, November 15, 2018
- DC Study External Stakeholder Meeting #4, October 25, 2018
- DC Study: The Cost of Growth, Council Workshop #2, June 27, 2018
- Development Charges stakeholder meeting #3 presentation, May 28, 2018
- Development Charges Study: external stakeholder meeting #2 minutes, March 23, 2018
- Development Charges stakeholder meeting #2 presentation, March 23, 2018
- Local Service Policy: Stakeholder Subcommittee review, April 17, 2018
- DC Study External Stakeholder Meeting #2, March 23, 2018
- Development Charges Council workshop presentation, February 21, 2018
- Development Charges Study stakeholder meeting minutes December 13, 2017