THAT the recommendation to provide a one-time honorarium of $500 payable to each of the five jurors who will adjudicate the funding round, utilizing $2,500 from the Cultural Affairs Operating Budget BE APPROVED; and further,

THAT Administration BE DIRECTED to administer the round from launch to completion – including the online call for applications, online jury adjudication, and the preparation and distribution of funds to grant recipients

Carried. Clerk’s Note: Councillors Gignac and Francis voting nay on the actual motion being confirmed and ratified. Report Number: C 78/2020

Report Number: C 78/2020 Clerk’s File: MH/13786

8.14. Application for the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund – Confirm & Ratify Report Ward 9

Moved by: Councillor Costante Seconded by: Councillor Francis

Decision Number: CR152/2020 That the results of the email poll conducted by the Deputy City Clerk on April 16, 2020 approving the following recommendation BE CONFIRMED AND RATIFIED:

I) THAT City Council APPROVE Administration to submit an application for the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (the “Grant”) for the project identified in this report; and,

II) THAT City Council CONFIRM their commitment to the Project submission in the amount of $4,000,000 (2020 dollars) as outlined in the Financial Matters section of this report that is consistent with the proposed phased development and that would also allow for additional site development; and,

III) THAT the funding plan BE PRESENTED and City Council APPROVE the following funding totalling $2,500,000 as the City’s matching funding for the municipal services work required in this area:

a) $600,000 of the approved 2020 Sewer Surcharge funding from the Grant Matching and Mitigating Inflationary Pressures project (FIN-001-19) and;

b) $1,900,000 identified in 2024 Pay-As-You-Go funding for the Central Box EA and Road Infrastructure project (ENG-005-17) be pre-committed and directed to this project, and;

IV) THAT City Council DIRECT Administration to ensure during the 2021 Capital Budget development, funding in the amount of $1,900,000 to be allocated to the Central Box EA and Road Infrastructure project (ENG-005-17) to replenish the total funding being utilized for this project; and,