Information Provided by the Township of Tay

The Province has directed that growth be allocated to settlement areas that have full sewer and water.Port McNicoll and Victoria Harbour are the two communities that are expected to grow as they have full services.Historically, Victoria Harbour has received more growth than Port McNicoll, however, substantial growth is now also planned for Port McNicoll.

Growth Potential

With the Skyline development, Port McNicoll can develop some 1800 new dwelling units on these lands alone resulting in some 4100 persons. The Township recognizes that the persons per household population has been decreasing however, it will level off.Hemson Consultants did the Growth and Settlement for the County of Simcoe and predict that by 2031 the persons per household count for Tay will be 2.29 persons/unit (ppu).This does not take into account the development potential of existing vacant lots of record and the development of Paradise Point (service is planned for 2014).

Growth Potential – Port McNicoll

All the while that Port McNicoll will grow, so too will Victoria Harbour.This will put additional strain on the existing school in that community.Combining the growth of both communities into this one school is a growing concern.

Growth Potential – Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour:Georgian Landing – 82Huron Bay Estates – 23 + 36 = 59Riverdale – 12 + 5 = 17Victoria Woods – 21 + 82 = 103 Victoria Glen 9 + 72 = 81 Total = 342

Port McNicoll:Skyline - 60

Rural Tay:Waverley Heights - 30 Windemere Estates Registered - 43

Registered and Active Plans

Victoria Harbour Approved Draft Plans:Heights of Victoria Harbour - 118 Maple Park - 10 Total - 128

Victoria Harbour Proposed Draft Plans: Town Founders - 313Sterling Rose – 69Total - 382

Port McNicoll Proposed Draft Plans:Skyline – 18009th Avenue - 15Total = 1815

Draft Plans and Proposed Draft Plans

The SS Keewatin Maritime Museum is being repatriated back to Port McNicoll next summer.The historic ship will invite upwards of a 100,000 visitors to Port McNicoll each year.Having worked for a community whereby tourism leads to permanent residency (Wasaga Beach) this dynamic needs to be considered.

Other things that affect Growth

Victoria Harbour - 118 Port McNicoll – 116 + severances in Paradise Point – 157Waubaushene - 37Waverley - 2Rural Tay - 305

Existing Lots

The Township expects that the population of Victoria harbour will continue to have strong and steady growth.We also envision that the growth in Port McNicoll will lead to an increase in growth in the Township as a whole, including Waubaushene and the rural area around Waubaushene and even more so in Victoria Harbour.Port McNicoll’s population will grow and will surpass that of Victoria Harbour.

Population

We are so often judged when looked back upon the decisions we make.This is why it is so important not to be short sighted in our planning and recognize that although today we have one vision, we must plan for the future.That future based solely on growth and not all the other considerations of retaining an elementary school in its community, includes at the very least, an elementary school in Port McNicoll and may also reasonably include retaining one of the schools in Waubaushene.

Planning for Growth

CAPITAL FUNDING / GRANTSRECOMMENDATION OPTIONS

Capital Funding/GrantsGrant for School Operations

Heating, lighting, cleaning and maintenanceBased on enrolment/benchmarks

Grant for School RenewalRepairs and renovationsBased on enrolment/benchmarksGood Places to Learn renewalSchool Condition Improvement

Specific Project GrantsPriority Capital Projects – i.e. - Addition to a schoolTemporary AccommodationFull Day Kindergarten – i.e. – Addition of new rooms

FundingFoundation GrantProvides every board with a base level of funding for each student

Special Purpose GrantsRespond to needs that are particular to some boards or students

Pupil Accommodation GrantProvides funding for the operation and maintenance of school buildings

Capital Project FundingBusiness cases submitted to the Ministry for consideration

Construction of new schools or additions

Funding for projects is based on a per student basis and various benchmarks (Optimum new school size for elementary: 550 students, secondary:1200 students)

Builds on drawing funds from a variety of sources such as disposition reserves, Full Day Kindergarten, Ministry Funding.

Capital PrioritiesBoard priorities through 2015 – 2016. Five year rolling plan for school board.

Projects focused on: Accommodation Pressure, Facility Condition, School Consolidations, Construction Benchmark Shortfalls, Other – related to address curriculum requirements

Incorporate the following Provincial Objectives: improved energy efficiency and water consumption, Full-day Kindergarten, Accessibility, Community Partnerships

Capital Funding InitiativesFull Day Kindergarten: to address accommodation needs related to implementation of FDK initiative

School Condition Improvement (SCI): to address school renewal priorities – projects >$100,000. Cannot be used for expanding size of school or building a new school

Capital Projects based on business case and capital priorities

RECOMMENDATION OPTIONSARC 2011:01

RECOMMENDATION OPTIONS1. Port McNicoll P.S. and Waubaushene/Waubaushene

Pines E.S. will be closed and consolidated with Victoria Harbour E.S.

2. Waubaushene/Waubaushene Pines E.S. will be closed and consolidated with Victoria Harbour E.S.. Port McNicoll P.S. will remain open.

3. Waubaushene/Waubaushene Pines E.S. will be closed and consolidated with Victoria Harbour E.S.. Port McNicoll P.S. will remain open and some students from Victoria Harbour E.S. transferred to Port McNicoll P.S.

RECOMMENDATION OPTIONS, cont’d4. Waubaushene/Waubaushene Pines E.S. will close one

school and keep one school open for kindergarten to grade 6. Victoria Harbour E.S. will take grades 7 and 8. Port McNicoll P.S. remains open and some students from Victoria Harbour E.S. transfer to Port McNicoll P.S.

5. Waubaushene/Waubaushene Pines E.S. will be closed and consolidated with Victoria Harbour E.S.. Port McNicoll P.S. will be closed and students go to Huron Park.

RECOMMENDATION OPTIONS, cont’d6. Port McNicoll P.S. will remain open through corporate

partnership. Waubaushene/Waubaushene Pines E.S. will be closed and consolidated with Victoria Harbour E.S.

7. Port McNicoll P.S. will remain open and review boundaries. Victoria Harbour E.S. will remain open and review boundaries. Waubaushene/Waubaushene Pines E.S. will be closed and review boundaries. Students will be split between Victoria Harbour E.S. and Coldwater P.S.

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