• 3. That Council APPROVE $1,500,000 to proceed with immediate short term projects/programs to be charged to Sewer Master Plan Implementation Project, Project ID#7199004 which will include the following:

  1. Mandatory downspout disconnection pilot program and monitoring

  2. Contract to seal maintenance hole covers in low lying areas

  3. Develop an educational program to outline measures that can be implemented on private property to reduce the risk of flooding

• 4. That City Council APPROVE the funding, as outlined below, from the Sewer Master Plan Implementation Project (ENG-002-19), in order to proceed with the engineering and land acquisition for the Lauzon Parkway Sewer and Road Rehabilitation Project as well as identified City matching funding to apply for any grants which may become available for this project:

  1. PRECOMMIT for immediate use $3,440,000 in 2021 for engineering and land acquisition, and

  2. Establish the following funding as PLACEHOLDER totalling $15,860,000 in funding to be leveraged as the City’s matching portion of a grant, should any grant opportunities become available for this project:

     1. $530,000 in 2021

     2. $3,970,000 in 2022 and 2023 and;

     3. $6,500,000 from 2024 and;

     4. $890,000 from 2025

• 5. That City Council APPROVE the following recommendations in the event a grant for this project becomes available, and the placeholder funding identified above has not be redirected by a subsequent report to City Council,:

  1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, under Delegation of Authority 3.25, approve the grant submission for the project and;

  2. That the City’s matching funding for the grant be deemed to be the placeholder funding identified above and;

  3. That Administration provide a report to City Council as soon as possible post grant submission to advise of the submission and obtain approval on additional recommendations required should the City’s grant submission be successful, and

• 6. That the Chief Administrative Officer and City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to sign any agreements necessary to achieve the above purposes, subject to the contract being within the approved budget, satisfactory in legal form to the City Solicitor, in financial content to the Chief Financial Officer and City Treasurer, and in technical content to the City Engineer.

The report is now complete. The Executive Summary is provided as Appendix 1 of this report. The next step is to publish the Notice of Study Completion and commence the 30 day public review period.