SURFACE OPERATIONS FACILITY RATIONALIZATION &

CONSOLIDATION

RATIONALISATION ET REGROUPEMENT DES INSTALLATIONS D’OPERATIONS DE SURFACE

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Following a brief discussion, Councillor Leadman put forward the following motion on behalf of Councillor El-Chantiry:

 

Moved by Councillor C. Leadman:

 

That the closure and consolidation of operations of the Kinburn Salt Storage and the Torbolton Facilities to the West Carleton Fitzroy Facility be deferred, pending further analysis of the servicing, facility costs and land utilization of these sites, and that staff report back to Committee on the results of this review.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

In response to questions from Councillor Legendre, John Manconi, Director, Surface Operations, Public Works and Services Department confirmed that the rest of the item could proceed and would not be skewed by the aforementioned motion.

 

The Committee then approved the following staff recommendations, as amended by the aforementioned motion:

 

That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve:

 

1.                  The Surface Operations Branch Facility Rationalization and Consolidation Plan as outlined in this report, subject to the closure and consolidation of operations of the Kinburn Salt Storage and the Torbolton Facilities to the West Carleton Fitzroy Facility being deferred, pending further analysis of the servicing, facility costs and land utilization of these sites, and that staff report back to Committee on the results of this review.

 

2.                  The relocation strategy of the Heatherington Works Yard to the vacant property adjacent to the Conroy Road Snow Disposal facility at 3100 Conroy Road, subject to all necessary approvals including zoning approval;

 

3.         The operating and lease costs of $150,580 for the leased park operations facility be included as a budget pressure in the 2008 Draft Operating Budget;

 

4.                  The $4M construction budget for the expansion of 1655 Maple Grove Works Facility form part of the 2008 Draft Capital Budget, as identified in the 2008-2016 capital forecast.

 

CARRIED as amended