funding. This increase resulted in annual funding of $6M for the implementation of the Sewer Master Plan, project ENG-002-19. This portion of the increased funding is to assist with implementing priority projects in the Sewer Master Plan and affords the City an ability to have matching funding for any grant opportunities which can be leveraged to implement projects in the Sewer Master Plan.

The introduction of this increase has allowed Administration to provide a recommendation on how to fund the City’s portion of approximately $53.3M of this DMAF grant, without impacting other projects currently identified in the 2019 7-year capital budget. Administration is recommending $5,000,000 of the $6,000,000 each year from 2020 to 2030 from the Sewer Master Plan Implementation Project (ENG-002-19), be approved to fund the $53.3M, plus funding for any financing costs which may be related to the project. Further, any funding currently within the 5-year timeframe, 2020 to 2023 is being requested to be precommitted for immediate use. Funding outside of the 5-year timeframe, 2024 to 2030 is recommended to be identified as a placeholder and that when the funding is within the 5-year timeframe it be deemed precommitted for immediate use.

It is noted that notwithstanding the significant commitment of funds recommended in this report that the Sewer Master Plan Implementation project will still have 2019 funding of $4,812,249, as well as $1,000,000 each year from 2020 to 2030 available for use on other projects identified in the Sewer Master Plan. In addition, the Investing in Canadian Infrastructure Program – GHG stream, is expected to be released in 2019. If projects in the Sewer Master Plan qualify for this grant the remaining funding can be leveraged as the City’s matching portion to increase the number of projects which can be completed.

The table below outlines the eligible and ineligible costs for the various projects recommended for the grant submission.

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Notes on Ineligible Costs:

1. These are all land acquisition costs and are therefore considered ineligible.

2. Dillon was awarded the original engineering work for the R iverside Vista project. The scope for this project has been expanded and as a result, additional engineering work is needed. Due to Dillon's prior experience with the area, Administration recommends that this work be sole sourced to Dillon. The guidelines of the DMAF program require that tenders be awarded on a competitive basis, so these costs are considered ineligible.

3. This is a combination of land acquisition costs ($3.975M) and engineering work ($185k) also being sole sourced to Dillon. These expenses are all considered ineligible.

4. All internal staffing costs are considered ineligible.