Item No. 11.6

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Council Report: C 112/2020

Subject: Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund (DMAF) 3 - Targeting Success Intake & Response to CQ 13-2020 - City Wide

Reference:

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

That in order to undertake a major project aimed at reducing the likelihood of future flooding, City Council approve the following recommendations:

1. THAT City Council APPROVE the Chief Administrative Officer to submit an

Application for the project identified in Appendix A – DMAF Special Intake C145 2019, to the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF) ‘Targeting Success’ program, subject to the documents being satisfactory in technical content by the City Engineer and financial content by the City Treasurer; and,

2. THAT City Council SUPPORT the matching funding for the City’s portion of the project, as $5,000,000 each year from 2020 to 2030 from the Sewer Master Plan Implementation Project (ENG-002-19); and,

3. THAT in the event the City receives written confirmation of the Grant funding being awarded to the City, then City Council APPROVES the following:

a) THAT City Council APPROVE the use of funding identified in the Sewer

Master Plan Implementation Project (ENG-002-19) as the City’s matching portion for the DMAF grant, with funding specifically identified as follows:

1. $5,000,000 in 2020 funding and;

2. PRECOMMITMENT of $5,000,000 each year from 2021 to 2024 so that these funds are available for immediate use; and,