b. 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
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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.
Executive Summary: N/A
Background:
Windsor has experienced a number of significant rainfall events in the last decade including:
- June 4, 5 and 6, 2010. The following amounts of rainfall were recorded;
| Date | Windsor Airport | Riverside Drive @ Jefferson |
|---|---|---|
| June 4 | 14.2 mm | 26.2 mm |
| June 5 | 45.4 mm | 89.6 mm |
| June 6 | 11.2 mm | 3.4mm |
The City received approximately 2,200 reporting basement flooding.
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November 29 and 30, 2011 - 75 mm of rain and approximately 360 calls reporting basement flooding were received.
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August 11, 2014; The amount of rain received varied throughout the City with areas on the east side of the City receiving up to 55 mm, central Windsor receiving up to 77 cm of rain and the west side of the City being hardest hit with areas receiving just above 92 mm of rain. Approximately 595 calls reporting basement flooding were received.