File #: 17-488    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Engineering and Public Works Staff Report
File created: 12/1/2017 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 12/11/2017 Final action:
Title: Asset Management Strategy
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REQUEST FOR DIRECTION

DATE: December 11, 2017 Report No. EPW-17-062
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:

Title
Asset Management Strategy
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How will asset management strategies be funded for various infrastructure types?

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That the Committee of the Whole receive Staff Report EPW-17-062 for information, provide any additional direction to staff as the COTW considers advisable, and direct staff to continue to develop condition indexes for the asset categories and in turn determine what funding contribution would be necessary to address asset management.
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BACKGROUND:

The Township is a mixture of infrastructure types that provide the foundation for services to its residents. There are four main types of infrastructure:

* Linear
o This infrastructure is commonly composed of pieces of infrastructure that form networks to provide a service and run the length and depth of the Township.
o Typical examples are: road network, sidewalk network, storm network, sanitary network.

* Vertical
o This infrastructure is located in specific locations and provides a service for that location or is a central location for staff to work from.
o Typical examples are: buildings (i.e. Municipal Hall), intersection lights, street furniture, bus shelters, street lighting, pump stations.

* Mobile
o This infrastructure consists of vehicles and equipment that allow staff to carry out maintenance, repairs, replacement or new construction of infrastructure.
o Typical examples are: construction vehicles, fire vehicles, backup generators.

* Natural
o This is existing natural assets that provide a service that otherwise would have to be provided through engineered solutions.
o Typical examples are: maintenance of the foreshore so that a dike is not required.

The infrastructure components within each general category have different and varying life...

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