8.       ONTARIO BUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

PROGRAMME ontarien de REmPLACEMENT d'autobus

 

 

Committee RecommendationS

 

That Council:

 

1.         Approve the signing of the Letter of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and the City of Ottawa related to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program; and

 

2.         Approve the by-law authorizing the signing of the Letter of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and the City of Ottawa related to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program.

 

 

RecommandationS du comité

 

Que le Conseil :

 

1.         Approuve la signature de la lettre d'entente entre Sa Majesté la Reine du chef de la province de l'Ontario, représentée par le ministre des Transports de l'Ontario, et la Ville d'Ottawa portant sur le financement fourni par la Province de l'Ontario à la Municipalité en vertu du Programme ontarien de remplacement d'autobus; et

 

2.         Adopte un règlement municipal autorisant la signature de la lettre d'entente entre Sa Majesté la Reine du chef de la province de l'Ontario, représentée par le ministre des Transports de l'Ontario, et la Ville d'Ottawa portant sur le financement fourni par la Province de l'Ontario à la Municipalité en vertu du Programme ontarien de remplacement d'autobus.

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.   Director’s report (Financial Services) dated 30 April 2007 (ACS2007-CMR-FIN-0005).

 



Report to/Rapport au :

 

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

30 April 2007 / le 30 avril 2007

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Marian Simulik, Director, Financial Services and City Treasurer/Directrice des services financiers et trésorière municipale

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Wayne Martin, Manager, Accounting and Reporting/

Gest, Comptabilité et Rapports

Financial Services/Services financiers

(613) 580-2424, 25183, Wayne.Martin@ottawa.ca

 

City Wide

Ref N°: ACS2007-CMR-FIN-0005

 

 

SUBJECT:

ONTARIO BUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

 

 

OBJET :

PROGRAMME ontarien de REmPLACEMENT d'autobus

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend Council:

 

1.         Approve the signing of the Letter of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and the City of Ottawa related to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program; and

 

2.         Approve the by-law authorizing the signing of the Letter of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and the City of Ottawa related to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program.

 

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande au Conseil :

 

1.         D'approuver la signature de la lettre d'entente entre Sa Majesté la Reine du chef de la province de l'Ontario, représentée par le ministre des Transports de l'Ontario, et la Ville d'Ottawa portant sur le financement fourni par la Province de l'Ontario à la Municipalité en vertu du Programme ontarien de remplacement d'autobus; et

 

2.         D'adopter un règlement municipal autorisant la signature de la lettre d'entente entre Sa Majesté la Reine du chef de la province de l'Ontario, représentée par le ministre des Transports de l'Ontario, et la Ville d'Ottawa portant sur le financement fourni par la Province de l'Ontario à la Municipalité en vertu du Programme ontarien de remplacement d'autobus.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP), a new multi-year capital funding program, will support the replacment of ageing municipal transit buses.  The OBRP will replace the former Ontario Transit Vehicle Program  which the province ended in the 2006 Provincial Budget.  The purpose of the OBRP is to provide funding to encourage the renewal of transit fleets within the province.  OBRP funding is only available towards the base purchase price of one transit bus for enact transit bus replaced.

 

These funds were provided for in the 2006 and 2007 Capital budgets, specifically for Capital Project No. 903960 - Bus Replacement and Capital Project No. 904440 -Para-Transpo Vehicles.   Any adjustments to these projects as a result of the receipts of these funds will be dealt with in the capital status and closing reports.

 

CONSULTATION

 

The purpose of this report is administrative in nature and therefore no public consultation is required.

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Upon submission of the signed Letter of Agreement, the authorizing by-law and a copy of a binding agreement between the City and a manufacturer of transit buses for the purchase of replacement transit buses to be delivered in 2007, the Ministry will provide OBRP funding to the City in the amount of $7,067,420.    

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Appendix A - Letter of Agreement between Her majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario and the City of Ottawa Related to Funding Provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program

 

Appendix B - Authorizing By-law

 

DISPOSITION

 

Upon approval, the Financial Services Branch will submit the required documentation to the Minister of Transportation.

 


APPENDIX A

 


 

 


 

 

 


APPENDIX B

 

 

BY-LAW NO. 2007-

 

                        A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the entering into of an agreement with the Province of Ontario relating to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the City under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program.

 

                        WHEREAS the Province has provided for funding to support the replacement of aging municipal transit buses;

 

                        AND WHEREAS the Province has specified that as a condition precedent for participating in this program, the City must enter into a Letter of Agreement entitled: “Letter of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario represented by the Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario and the City of Ottawa related to Funding Provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program”, said Agreement to pertain to the replacement of aging municipal transit buses;

 

                        The Council of the City of Ottawa therefore enacts as follows:

 

1.                     The Mayor and the Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the Letter of Agreement dated March 22, 2007 related to the Ontario Bus Replacement Program with the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Transportation for the replacement of aging municipal transit buses.

 

 

                        ENACTED AND PASSED this   day of         , 2007.

 

 

 

 

                                    CITY CLERK                         MAYOR

 


BY-LAW NO.  2007 -   

 

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A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the

entering into of an agreement with the Province

of Ontario relating to funding provided by the

Province of Ontario to the City under the Ontario

Bus Replacement Program.

 

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Enacted by City Council at its meeting of

 

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LEGAL SERVICES

 

COUNCIL AUTHORITY:

City Council