REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: September 29, 2021 Report No. CSS-21-014
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Blair McDonald, Director of Community Safety Services
SUBJECT:
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Public Safety Building - Temporary Facilities - Authority to Expend Funds
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council delegate to staff authority to expend funds in accordance with the budget relating to construction of temporary police and fire facilities as attached to Staff Report CSS-21-014.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Financial Plan Bylaw, 2021, No. 3016
Public Safety Building Improvements Loan Authorization Bylaw, 2021, No. 3021
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community: fully utilize the McLoughlin amenity funds to maximum potential.
BACKGROUND:
In March of 2019, Council directed staff to move forward with the construction of a new Public Safety Building (PSB). Staff initiated several steps including establishing an advisory committee, contracting a Project Manager, completing a feasibility study, contracting an architecture firm to produce construction drawings, public consultation processes including Advisory Planning Commission, Design Review Committee and numerous Council meetings, developing a project budget, initiating a rezoning amendment process for the land upon which the new PSB will be situated as well as an OCP amendment process.
Additionally, at Council direction, staff initiated an Alternate Approval Process which obtained elector approval for the necessary borrowing to fund the building. In May of 2021, Council directed staff to move forward with the process of obtaining the required funds through borrowing and passed the Public Safety Building Improvements Loan Authorization Bylaw, 2021, No. 3021. The Township received $35 million in funds on September 27, 2021.
In order to proceed with demolition and eventual construction of the PSB, temporary facilities need to be completed first. In February of 2021, Cou...
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