1972-10-23_Report_Public RoadsTo Mayor A. R. W. Lockhart
and Common Council
Re:. City Acceptance of Private Roads in Outlying Areas
BACKGROUND:
A great many homes in the outlying portions of the City
are on private roads. Common Council has had a number of
requests for the City to maintain such roads. The City •has not
been maintaining them because it cannot legally enter and spend
monies on such private property and, in addition many of the
roads are of inadequate width or structural condition to
accommodate City or road maintenance equipment. Council has
asked staff to recommend a course of action through an ad hoc
committee on roads under the Chairmanship of COuncillor-T-ave.
Your City Manager met with the Commissioner of Works,
the Assistant Directors of Engineering and Operations (Works),
the Director of PlanniFg and Councillor Cave to discuss this
matter. The group adopted the position that Council should be
prepared to undertake new and added responsibilities for
continuing road maintenance o
services where tax-payers•n now
private roads, with the qualification that all roadways ought
to meet given minimum standards and should be vested in the
Corporation. Appended is a list of such roadways. The
following recommended course of action is the result.
The City should accept and maintain existing private
roads as public streets where the following conditions have
been met.
1) The owners of property along a private road must petition
Common Council to "take over" the road and show their
willingness to meet the conditions set out below.
2) The right of way for the road is to be 66 feet wherever th
width is or can be made available. Where it is not the minim
acceptable width shall be 30 feet so as to provide two ten foo
travel lanes and appropriate ditching and shoulders. I
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3) No compensation is to be paid by the City for the private
roads and for any lands required for related widening.
4) The roadway itself (the travel surface, ditching and
shoulders) is to be brought to City standards as determined
by the Commissioner of Works.
5) The cost of bringing private roads to City standards is to
be borne as follows: -
(a) The City to request the Province for
additional sums to bring the 8.5± miles of private
roads shown on the attached list to the City's
minimum design standards. In this connection, it
should be noted that the City is now spending over
$7,000 a mile in high budget priorities for the
improvement of public roads.
(b) If the request in (a) is not acceded to or
the road not included in the attached list, the cost
is to be met by local improvements to be levied against
the abutting properties.
6) The petitioners are to be responsible for obtaining and
verifying a proper conveyance of title for the right of way to
the City.
7) The City will file the "adjusted -width" plans for a roadway
under section 62 of the Community Planning Act so as to avoid
subdivision complications by the severing of the widening from
the abutting lots.
8) The Planning Commission is to be assigned the responsibility
for the naming of accepted roadways.
9) Where a petition is filed for the acceptance of a private road,
the City is not to grade or improve the road during the "take-
over" period but will snowplow where road and other conditions
permit®.
10) Except as may be permitted by the Planning Commission to
service a subdivision which creates one lot in the interior of a
property, no new private roads or extensions of them shall be
permitted in outlying areas.
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Where the owners along an existing private road do not
petition for its acceptance as a public street, or cannot
satisfy the specified conditions, the roads will continue to
be ''private" and no City road services can be provided
thereon.
Supplementary Comment
Once the Council adopts the foregoing policy for accepting
existing private roads in outlying areas, it will need to
consider a parallel policy for private roads in group housing
or apartment areas in the more central parts of the City such
as in portions of Leighside Park. A separate report on such
private roads will be submitted to Council in, the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
S/Councillor F. Cave - SIJ. Perkins,
City Manager.
for the ad hoc committee on private
roadways
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RFOOT, 8 E., M.E.J.c, p, mg.
CO.MMISSIONER OF WORKS CITY HALL
MAP KET SQUARE
1" 0, BOX 1 971
SAINT JOHN, NS.
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C17ry C�F SAINT JOHN, N. a.
DEPARTMLI-JT OF WORKS
September 25, 1972
Mr. J. C. MacKinnon.' P. Eng.
Assistant Director of
Works Operations
City Hall
Saint John, N.
The following roadways withing the City of Saint John, outside the
-former City and1lighway Board boundaries were never accepted by the
Province as Streets, but were given winter maintenance by the Province.
WESTERN DIVISION
1. Ketepec -5 By -roads with no names - consists of .5 miles
2. Belmont - 2 By -roads with no names - consists of +
.2 miles 7
3. Belmont - Westmount Dr. & Birchcraft Dr. - consists of
4. Morna Heights - I By -road with no name .2 Files +
5- Morna - consists of .1 Files
- Clarkville Rd. 1 and Clarkville Rd. 2 -.cons
6. Morna - 2 By -roads with no names - consist ists Of .3'miles +
s of .4 miles +
7. Martinon 3 By -roads off Marti
Mr. J. C. MacKinnon, P. Eng.
Assistant Director of
Works Operations
September 25, 1972
1. Goldsworth Road - consists of .3 miles +
2. Spring Garden Rd® - consists of .2 miles +
3. Greenhill Drive - consists of .2 miles +
4. Asied Street - consists of .2 miles +
S. Owens Road - consists of .3 miles +
6. Lakeside Drive - consists of .2 miles +
7. Greenwood Lane - consists of .1 mile +
8. Fraser Avenue - consists of .05 miles
9. Whalen Road - consists of .3 miles +
10. Vey Road - consists of .1 miles +
11. McLaughlin Road - consists of .3 miles +
12. Nicolle Road consists of .1 miles +
13. McLeod Road consists of .3 miles +
14. Colony Road consists of .05 miles +
15. Old Orchard Lane consists of .2 miles +
16. Mount Loyal Road consists of .05 miles
Yours truly,
K. D. Henderson,
Supt Streets
May 12th, 1972.
Itis Worship Mayor A. R. W. Lockhart -
and Members of the Cormon Council,
City of Saint John, N. B.
Your Worship and Councillors. Re. Item 31
Condition of roads
Many residents of various parts of the City have contacted
me corrplaining about the condition of the roads taken over by the
City from the Province on April lst.
I think the public should be told why certain of the roads
have been closed and maintenance of others has not been satJ.s-
factory.
I wish to propose that a long-range planning programme be
commenced imediately and would recomend that a comnittee of
Council be set up to ensure the immediate implementation of same.
Yours truly,
Fred Cave,
Councillor.
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City of Saint John, N, B., Canada Donald J. French, Personnel Officer
R 0. Box 1971, City Hall /658-2800
Mr. James K. Perkins
City Manager
Eighth Floor
City Hall
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to your request for information on the
number of seasonal and casual employees hired in the
various civic departments from January 1, 1971 to
May 15, 1971 as compared to the period from January 1,
1972 to May 15, 1972, we hereby submit the following
report:
Civic _R2p�artment 1971
Works: -
Street Maintenance &
Summer Street Cleaning 53
Works Construction
0
Asphalt Division
46
L.I.P. Capital Works
(Thorne Avenue Cemetery)
0
L.I.P. Capital Works
(Wilson Motors Demolition)
0
Traffic Engineering ,
4
Traffic Counting .0
Works L.I.P. Capital Works 0
(West Side City Hall)
Sanitation Division 23
UPWO
41
5
38
9
4
8
2
2
0
.2
Mr. J. Perkins
May 15, 1972
1971
1.972
Works Engineering Dept.
11
5
Maintenance & Supply
Mechanical Garage
1
"0
Water & Sewerage
52
53
Urban Renewal & Redevelopment
2
2
Recreation:
Recreation Division
33
3
Parks Division
23
L.I.P. Tree Removal
0
4
L.I.P. Drop -In -Supervisors
0
6
Supervisors (Part time)
27
7
Fire Department
8
10
Police Department
2
1
City Hall Employees
13
—3
TOTAL
275
236
Respectfully
submitted,
Donald J. F
ench
PERSONNEL &
TRAINING OFFICER
City of Saint John, N. B., Canada Donald J. French, Personnel Officer
P. 0. Box 1971, City Hail /658-2800
MAY 15,1972
MEMO: Re Workforce Strength Totals
To: City Manager
From: Personnel Office
As of May 8, 1971
Fire 205
Police 204
Sanitation 75
Water & Sew. 97
Streets 219
Mech.Garage 32
ion
Nisc.,�n Clug'Pgrks 42
ecce
Official/Adm.207-
Total 1,081
Fi re
206
Police
204
Sanitation
69
Water & Sew.
105
Streets
212
Mech,.Garage 33
Nisc.
ecre&!nT8n1u9'P9rks 42
Official/Adm. 211
Total 1,083
Of the 1,083 figure,46 enployees were hired,primarily for
Asphalt,Parks and Water & Sewerage,after May 8th.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald J. F nch
PERSONNEL &' TRAINING OFFICER
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