removed from the list. The other significant reduction in projects was the elimination of several trails and or cycling facilities which were not likely to be able to be completed by the December 31, 2021 deadline.
ICIP COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure – Long-Term Care (LTC)
The LTC intake, was opened on November 23 rd , with applications to be submitted by December 18, 2020. Unlike the LG intake the LTC intake is a competitive process, and has expressed that HVAC projects are priority. The LTC intake also allows for more than one project to be submitted, is 100% funded for eligible costs and requires all work to be started no later than September 30, 2021 and substantially completed by December 31, 2021. The LTC also only has two Categories, listed below, and is exclusively for Long-Term Care Homes, both for profit and non-profit, allowing us to submit projects for Huron Lodge under this intake.
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Category 1: Retrofits, Repairs and Upgrades for municipal, provincial, territorial and indigenous buildings, health infrastructure and educational infrastructure, including long-term care homes;
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Category 2: COVID-19 Response Infrastructure , including measures to support physical distancing;
The LTC intake allows for more than one project submission, however all submissions are due December 18, 2020. This intake also recommends bundling projects for like Categories and Asset Types. As with the LG intake, the risk in bundling projects is that all work identified within a project submission must be completed by December 31, 2021. Failure to complete all of the project will result in loss of funding for the entire project. As such, at the time of writing this report, Administration is revisiting the identified work to determine if 2 or 3 project submissions should be made so as to mitigate this risk. The projects focus on touchless technology, air filtration solutions, various facilities for physical distancing and increased storage needs directly related to PPE and other inventory required due to the pandemic. The current listing of projects are estimated at a total cost of $1.14M inclusive of ineligible costs.
As noted in both LG and LTC the facilities work is being revisited to ensure we are mitigating any risk associated with not completing one or more of the elements of the bundled projects. As of the writing of this report the Corporate Projects division and Purchasing have been brought into the discussion to determine ways in which we can mitigate this risk.
Risk Analysis:
There is the potential risk that one or all projects submitted may not be approved by either the provincial or federal reviewer and this will result in those projects requiring 100% City funding if they were to proceed. This risk is low for the LG program as the