7. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 314, MANOTICK – REIMBURSEMENT OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES

FILIALE 314 DE LA LÉGION ROYALE CANADIENNE, MANOTICK – REMBOURSEMENT DES DROITS DE PERMIS DE CONSTRUIRE

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve funding in the form of a grant, in the amount of $6830.00, be allocated from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund to reimburse the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 314 located at 5550 Ann Street in Manotick to offset the building permit fees paid to the City for the construction of the new Legion facilities.

RECOMMANDATION DU COMITÉ

Que le Conseil approuve qu’un financement sous forme de subvention d’un montant de 6830,00 $ soit alloué du Fonds de réserve des immobilisations à l’échelle de la ville afin de rembourser la filiale 314 de la Légion royale canadienne, située au 5550, rue Anne à Manotick, et de compenser les droits de permis de construire versés à la Ville pour la construction de nouvelles installations.

DOCUMENTATION

1. Committee Coordinator’s report dated 8 April 2009 (ACS2008-CMR-CSE-0005).
Report to / Rapport au:

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique

and Council / et au Conseil

8 April 2009 / le 8 avril 2009

Submitted by / Soumis par : Diane Blais, Committee Coordinator /

Coordonnateur de comité

Contact / Personne-ressource : Councillor / Conseiller G. Brooks

(613) 580-2491, Glenn.Brooks@ottawa.ca

Rideau-Goulbour (21)

Ref N°: ACS2009-CMR-CSE-0005

SUBJECT: ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 314, MANOTICK – REIMBURSEMENT OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES

OBJET: FILIALE 314 DE LA LÉGION ROYALE CANADIENNE, MANOTICK – REMBOURSEMENT DES DROITS DE PERMIS DE CONSTRUIRE

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve funding in the form of a grant, in the amount of $6830.00, be allocated from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund to reimburse the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 314 located at 5550 Ann Street in Manotick to offset the building permit fees paid to the City for the construction of the new Legion facilities.

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande au Conseil d’approuver qu’un financement sous forme de subvention d’un montant de 6830,00 $ soit alloué du Fonds de réserve des immobilisations à l’échelle de la ville afin de rembourser la filiale 314 de la Légion royale canadienne, située au 5550, rue Anne à Manotick, et de compenser les droits de permis de construire versés à la Ville pour la construction de nouvelles installations.

BACKGROUND

At the 7 April 2009 meeting of the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee (CSEDC), Councillor G. Brooks submitted the following Notice of Motion for consideration by the CSEDC at its meeting of 21 April 2009:

WHEREAS, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 314 located at 5550 Ann Street in Manotick was destroyed by fire on June 12, 2005 leaving the community without a meeting place for veterans, cadets, friends and family and a centre for celebrating Remembrance Day;

AND WHEREAS, the community undertook fundraising activities and managed to raise the required funding to commission the design and construction of a new building;

AND WHEREAS, the Legion paid a total of $6830.00 in fees for building permit applications A06-003811 and A08-007313 for the construction of the new building;

AND WHEREAS, the Legion, a non-profit organization serving the community as a whole, has requested the City to reimburse the above noted fees;

AND WHEREAS, on July 1, 2005, the Building Code Act and Code were amended to require building regulatory activities be revenue neutral and fees to cover only those costs associated with servicing building permits and enforcing the Act and Code and thus revenues can no longer be used to reimburse fees to applicants;

AND WHEREAS, if Council wishes to support requests for grants to offset building permit fees, it is necessary to fund these from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that funding in the form of a grant, in the amount of $6830.00, be allocated from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund to reimburse the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 314 located at 5550 Ann Street in Manotick to offset the building permit fees paid to the City for the construction of the new Legion facilities.

CONSULTATION

This item will be advertised in the local dailies as part of the Public Meeting Advertisement on Friday preceding the Committee meeting.

Building Code Services

Building Code Services is able to confirm the amount of fees collected and that the Legion obtained the final occupancy permit for the building.

LEGAL / RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

There are no legal or risk management implications in this report.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Based on the level of contributions to the City Wide Capital Reserve Fund and the projected commitments, the 2009 year-end balance in the Fund is forecasted to be in a $2.4 million overdraft position. Should Committee and Council approve the grant request, the 2010 capital program will be restricted in order to re-establish a positive Fund balance.

DISPOSITION

Staff to implement Council’s decision.