pre-committed for immediate use on January 1, 2021 when it is within the required 5-year timeframe.
VIII) That, if the City’s Canada Cultural Spaces Fund application is successful and the $3,032,066 in requested grant funding is approved in whole or in any part:
a) The Chief Administrative Officer and City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to execute any agreements, declarations or approvals required resulting from receiving grant funding approval subject to such documents being satisfactory in technical content to the City Engineer as well as the Corporate Leader, Parks and Recreation & Culture and Facilities, in financial content to the City Treasurer, and in Legal form to the City Solicitor; and,
b) The Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to delegate signing of all claims, progress reports and applicable schedules and other such documents as may be required as part of the request for payment to the Senior Manager of Engineering or designate, subject to financial content approval from the area’s Financial Planning Administrator or their manager.
Executive Summary:
In 2000, Windsor City Council approved the Central Riverfront Implementation Plan (CRIP). This master planning document, identifies five Beacons which are to be located along the length of the central waterfront and act as nodes encompassing points of orientation, activity and information. The Celestial Beacon is one of the five (5) Beacons and, according to the CRIP, is to be located in Assumption Park North on the riverfront at the foot of Askin Avenue.
The City of Windsor has been working to identify a permanent home for Streetcar No. 351 once restoration of it is complete. Following public input, and at the July 4th 2018 council meeting City Council approved the Celestial Beacon as the new home for Streetcar No. 351. The Streetcar is to be located inside a building in order to mitigate the various risks if it were to be housed outside.
The City of Windsor hired Architecttura Inc. to prepare conceptual design drawings for the building and terraced landscape area for the new Streetcar and Celestial Beacon. These designs have taken into account the CRIP as well as public input received to date. There are three key elements to consider at this location that are driving the design of the proposed Celestial Beacon. Those elements include the elevation and natural topography of the site, site servicing (existing underground infrastructure), and technical considerations such as soil conditions and archeological considerations. The proposed design satisfies all the design criteria laid out in the CRIP and has been integrated into the site taking into consideration all the above noted variables. The proposed design will allow for the area to be open to the public for a variety of uses, allows the public access to tour the streetcar at posted times while also having a section that can be rented for special events.
The total estimated cost of the project is estimated to be $7,000,000. The City is in the process of applying for a grant from the Canadian Government and if successful, could