Minutes
City Council
Monday, June 15, 2020

c) That the Purchasing Manager BE AUTHORIZED to issue Purchase Orders as may be required to effect the recommendation noted above, subject to all specification being satisfactory in technical content to the Corporate Leader of Parks, Recreation & Culture and Facilities and City Engineer; in financial content to the City Treasurer.

• VI) That City Council APPROVE a total budget of $7,000,000 (net City Cost of $3,967,934) for the Celestial Beacon project, to BE FUNDED as follows:

  • Canada Cultural Spaces Grant Funding of $3,032,066

  • $2,000,000 already approved by Council through CR B30/2019 as part of the Central Riverfront Improvement project; and,

  • Pre-commitments of $300,000 in each of 2022 and 2024 Pay-As-You-Go funding from the Grant Matching and Inflationary Pressures project, FIN-001-19; and,

  • Pre-commitments of $954,000 in 2023 Pay-As-You-Go funding and $413,934 in 2024 Pay-As-You-Go funding from the Central Riverfront Park Improvements project PFO-001-14; and,

• VII) That City Council APPROVE additional funding in the amount of $3,032,066 as follows in the event the Canada Spaces grant should not be successful:

  • Pre-commitment of $632,066 in 2024 Pay-As-You-Go funding from the Central Riverfront Park Improvements project PFO-001-14; and,

  • $1,350,000 from the PYG funding reserve; and,

  • $1,050,000 in placeholder funding for Paul Martin Building (CAO-001-16) be directed to the Celestial Beacon Streetcar project and that those funds be deemed 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:

1. 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,

2. 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.
   Carried.

At the request of Councillor Gignac, a recorded vote is taken.