Minutes
City Council
Monday, June 15, 2020

Report Number: C 102/2020

Clerk's File: MU2020

11.6. Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund (DMAF) 3 - Targeted Intake - City Wide

Moved by: Councillor Gignac

Seconded by: Councillor Costante

Decision Number: CR316/2020

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:

    1. 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,

      3. Placeholder funding of $5,000,000 each year from 2025 to 2030 be APPROVED and that once funding for each year is within 5 years it BE DEEMED precommitted and available for immediate use.

    2. That the Chief Administrative Officer and City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to execute any agreements, declarations or approvals required resulting from receiving grant funding approval for the DMAF program and being satisfactory in technical content to the City Engineer, in financial content to the City Treasurer, and in form to the City Solicitor; and,

    3. The Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to delegate signing of all claims and applicable schedules and other such documents required as part of the