1. PRECOMMITMENT of $5,000,000 each year from 2020 to 2023 so that these funds are available for immediate use; and,

  2. Placeholder funding of $5,000,000 each year from 2024 to 2030 be APPROVED and that once funding for each year is within 5 years it BE DEEMED precommited and available for immediate use.

b) 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,

  1. The Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to delegate signing of all claims and applicable schedules and other such documents required as part of the request for payment to the City Engineer or designate, subject to financial content approval from the area’s Financial Planning Administrator or their manager; and,

  2. The Chief Administrative Officer and City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to sign agreements or contracts with successful vendors/proponent/bidder 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 Purchasing Manager BE AUTHORIZED to issue Purchase Orders as may be required to affect the recommendation noted above, subject to all specification being satisfactory in technical content to the City Solicitor for legal content and in financial content to the City Treasurer.

Executive Summary:

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Background:

On July 5, 2019 the City of Windsor received a letter from the Province of Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure advising that a limited expedited intake for proposals under the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund was now open. The focus of this special intake is in response to the Spring 2019 flooding events which occurred across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The special intake is open solely for these Provinces, the impact of the Spring 2019 flooding on the community must be identified, and the project recommended must be able to demonstrate that it can mitigate this risk in the future. The grant timelines require both the Expression of Interest and Full Applications to be submitted by August 1, 2019.