Minutes
City Council
Monday, July 27, 2020
identified City matching funding to apply for any grants which may become available for this project:
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PRECOMMIT for immediate use $3,440,000 in 2021 for engineering and land acquisition, and
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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:
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$530,000 in 2021
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$3,970,000 in 2022 and 2023 and;
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$6,500,000 from 2024 and;
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$890,000 from 2025
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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,:
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That the Chief Administrative Officer, under Delegation of Authority 3.25, approve the grant submission for the project and;
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That the City’s matching funding for the grant be deemed to be the placeholder funding identified above and;
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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.
Carried.
Report Number: C 127/2020
Clerk’s File: SW/12983
10.2. Emergency Shelter Review Report - City Wide
Cassandra Vink, Consultant, Vink Consulting Limited
Cassandra Vink, Consultant, Vink Consulting Limited, appears before Council to provide an overview of the “Emergency Shelter Review Report”, specifically: a review of the Emergency Services in Windsor Essex; the 10-Year housing and Homelessness Master Plan; homelessness in Windsor-Essex; Accomplishments; Best Practices; Recommendations (4 categories); reconfigure the shelter system; strengthen services to align with best practices; and next steps (4).
Moved by: Councillor Gignac
Seconded by: Councillor McKenzie