The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council authorize the creation of one sub-project and the reallocation of funds in Facilities Management’s 2010 Approved Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan in the amount of $1.191 million, as illustrated in appendix 1 of the report (July 27, 2010) from the Chief Corporate Officer, with zero gross and net impact.

This report requests Council’s authority to amend the Facilities Management Division’s (FM) 2010 Approved Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan, by reallocating funding within the budget and plan, to better meet program requirements.  The adjustment of funds will have a zero net impact corporately and will better align 2010 and future cash flows with FM’s program requirements.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         Subject to approval of Recommendation No. 3 in the report (July 29, 2010) from the Chief Corporate Officer and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, City Council grant authority to amend Purchase Order No. 6029461 with PCL Constructors Canada Inc. for the construction services and construction implementation of the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization Project at Toronto City Hall. The total amendment request is $4,897,708.80 net of HST Recoveries ($4,813,000.00 net of all applicable taxes and charges), revising the current contract value from $28,000,000.00 to $32,813,000.00 net of all applicable taxes and charges.

2.         City Council authorize an increase to Facilities and Real Estate Approved 2010 Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan in the amount of $2,536,819.00, and to allow Facilities Management to receive this funding from a 3rd party contributor, the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), with a zero net impact.

The purpose of this report is to request authority to amend Purchase Order No. 6029461 with PCL Constructors Canada Inc. for the Construction Services for the Nathan Phillips Square (NPS) Revitalization Project at Toronto City Hall.  The total amendment request is $4,897,708.80 net of HST Recoveries.  Also, this report requests Council’s authority to receive funding from a 3rd party contributor to be applied to construction services for the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization project.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council approve an increase in the 2010 Operating Budget for Transportation Services of $1.0 million gross and revenue of $1.19 million, resulting in a reduction of $0.19 million in the 2010 Approved Operating Net Budget for Transportation Services, as detailed in Table 1 of the report (July 26, 2010) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, with an offsetting adjustment in the Non-Program account, for additional Utility Cut Repair work.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for an adjustment to the Transportation Services 2010 Operating Budget in the amount of $1.19 million in order that an additional Utility Cut Contract may be tendered and awarded for the Scarborough District in August 2010.  The work to be undertaken through this contract is fully recoverable and includes a 19% administration fee.  There will be no increase to the City’s net budget.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council approve the cashflow adjustments and budget reallocations to Toronto Water’s approved 2010 Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan, with a zero net impact, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report (July 26, 2010) from the General Manager, Toronto Water.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for reallocations in within the 2010 Approved Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan in order to better align cash flows with program requirements.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council approve an increase to the Economic Development and Culture 2010‑2019 Capital Plan for the Fort York Visitor Centre of $4.085 million gross and zero net, funded by offsetting increases in third party donations and Section 37 contributions as outlined in Attachment 1 of the report (July 29, 2010) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

2.         City Council authorize the General Manager of Economic Development and Culture to issue tenders, through the Bid Committee, and award contracts for site preparation work for the Fort York Visitor Centre in the fall of 2010 in order to expedite the construction of the building in 2011 and the completion of the building for the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 in June 2012.

3.         City Council request City Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Divisions with jurisdiction over or interest in lands adjacent to the lands required for the construction of the Fort York Visitor Centre to fully cooperate in order to expedite completion of the building for the Bicentennial.

4.         City Council direct the City Manager to request the Province of Ontario to expedite their contribution to the Fort York Visitor Centre. 

The purpose of this report is to request Council authority to increase the Economic Development and Culture Division’s (ED&C) 2010-2019 Capital Plan by $4.085 million gross and zero net with funding from additional donations and Section 37 agreements.  The adjustment will not increase City debt funding and will align the capital budget with the cost of the design and construction of the Fort York Visitor Centre.  In addition, the project’s scheduling requires early tendering of site servicing works in order to expedite the construction of the building in 2011 and the completion of the building for the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 in June 2012 and the report requests Council authority to commence tendering for this advance work.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council increase the Toronto Public Health 2010 Operating Budget by $289,973 gross and $0.0 net, and two temporary positions, to reflect confirmed one-time funding from the Ministry of Health Promotion for the Smoke-free Ontario Youth Engagement Strategy.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for a one-time budget increase of $289,973.00 gross and $0.00 net, and an increase of two temporary positions in the Toronto Public Health (TPH) staff complement, fully funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion for the Smoke-free Ontario Youth Engagement Strategy.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council approve a one-time budget adjustment of $2,439,397 and $0.0 net to the Toronto Public Health (TPH) 2010 Approved Operating Budget including $2,240,000 gross and $0.0 net to expand the existing community-based infrastructure of dental clinics, and $199,397 gross and $0.0 net to support initial start-up of the new Low Income Dental Program, with 100 per cent funding provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

2.         City Council approve the creation of an in-year Capital project to be added to the Toronto Public Health 2010 Approved Capital Budget for the acquisition of a mobile dental clinic in the amount of $450,000 with one-time 100 per cent funding provided by the MOHLTC.

3.         City Council approve a base budget adjustment of $2,848,809 gross and $0.0 net to the TPH 2010 Approved Operating Budget and 41 permanent positions with on-going 100 per cent funding provided by MOHLTC.

4.         City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to negotiate, award, amend and execute contracts with the following five agencies to construct and equip dental clinics in their facilities and that the contracts will be in a form that is satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the City Treasurer:

a.         Parkdale Community Health Centre;

b.         Anishnawbe Community Health Centre;

c.         St. Michael’s Hospital;

d.         Stonegate Community Health Centre; and

e.         Carefirst Family Health Team.

5.         City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to negotiate, award, amend and execute purchase of service contracts for the ongoing implementation and delivery of the new dental program for children and youth in low-income families with the five agencies engaged to construct dental clinics and that the contracts will be in a form that is satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

6.         City Council request the Medical Officer of Health to report to the Board of Health and the Executive Committee in 2011 on the contracts awarded to the five agencies to construct and equip dental clinics, and annually on the purchase of service contracts awarded for the ongoing implementation and delivery of the new low income dental program.

The purpose of this report is to request budget adjustments to the Toronto Public Health (TPH) 2010 approved Capital and Operating Budgets due to confirmation of funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) received after approval of the TPH Operating and Capital Budgets for 2010.

This funding will be used to implement a dental program for children and youth age 0-18 years old within the current fiscal year.  This program will be funded 100 per cent by MOHLTC.  The funding will be annualized in future years.

TPH received approval from the Province to work with partner agencies to expand its current dental clinic infrastructure and to continue delivering dental care using a mixed model of fee for service and salaried service providers.  TPH must start delivering this program by September 1, 2010.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council grant authority to the Toronto Environment Office to administer the toxics reduction grants under the Live Green Community Investment Program, on an annual basis beginning in 2010, and to make any necessary adjustments to the Live Green Community Investment Program in order to accommodate the addition of the toxics reduction grants.

2.         City Council delegate authority to the Director, Toronto Environment Office and the Medical Officer of Health, to award funds, totalling $50,000 in 2010, for the toxics reduction grants under the Live Green Community Investment Program.

3.         City Council direct the Medical Officer of Health in collaboration with the Director, Toronto Environment Office to report annually to the Board of Health on the grants program and any proposed changes deemed necessary.

Toronto’s new ChemTRAC program is designed to protect public health and stimulate the greening of local businesses by tracking and reducing toxic chemicals found in the local environment. The program includes the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure Bylaw (Municipal Code Chapter 423), which came into force January 1, 2010.  Toronto Public Health coordinates ChemTRAC in partnership with the Toronto Environment Office, Economic Development and Culture, Toronto Water and other city divisions.

ChemTRAC is a key part of City Council’s efforts to improve environmental sustainability within the corporation and among its residents, businesses and community organizations.  It adds support for toxics reduction to the suite of City environmental programs such as those encouraging water conservation, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction.  This program will identify new opportunities for many Toronto businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to reduce or find safer alternatives for toxic chemicals that enter our local environment from their operations.

Toronto Public Health seeks to partner with the Toronto Environment Office to establish a grants program that would offer a total of $50,000 in toxics reduction grants through the “Live Green Community Investment Program,” on an annual basis beginning in 2010.  The grants would be directed to eligible business associations, non-profit organizations and labour groups to provide training, education, pilot programs and community partnerships to promote reduction of toxic chemicals, particularly those listed under the Environmental Reporting and Disclosure By-law.  Toronto Environment Office would administer the grants program through the Live Green Community Investment Program, which offers an established infrastructure to enable Toronto Public Health to commence offering grants as early as Fall 2010.  This report requests that City Council grant authority to the Toronto Environment Office to administer these toxics reduction grants in collaboration with Toronto Public Health.  The Director of the Toronto Environment Office concurs with the recommendations in this report.

This report provides information required under the City of Toronto Act, 2006 regarding accounting expenses which have been excluded from budgeted expenses for the 2010 budget.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council authorize the reallocation of funds in SWMS’s 2010 Approved Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan in the amount of $7.161 million as detailed in Table 1 of the Financial Impact section, with zero gross and net impact.

2.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to finalize negotiations and execute a sole-source agreement with CCI-TBN Toronto Inc. for the design, construction and commission of a new odour treatment system and a new anaerobic digestion system, for the construction of a new secondary containment structure and to replace the roof scrim and repair other deficiencies of the existing anaerobic digester, substantially on terms and conditions set out in Attachment 1 of the report (July 22, 2010) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management Division, and such other terms as may be satisfactory to the General Manager Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3.         Subject to the adoption of Recommendation (1), City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to execute an agreement with CCI-TBN Toronto Inc. be contingent upon the total cost of the new SSO facility not exceeding $10,932,000.00 net of HST recoveries, as follows:

a.         for the base scope of work including design, construction and commissioning of a new odour treatment system and a new anaerobic digestion system, design and construction of a new secondary containment structure and cleanout, repair and re-commissioning of the existing anaerobic digester, an amount not to exceed $9,197,603.00 net of HST recoveries;

b.         for provisional items,  an amount not to exceed $ 508,800.00 net of HST recoveries; and

c.         for contingencies an amount not to exceed $ 1,225,597.00 net of HST recoveries.

The purpose of this report is to request authority for the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to finalize negotiations and enter into a sole-source agreement with CCI-TBN Toronto Inc. (CCI-TBN) for repairs to the existing anaerobic digestion vessel and for the construction of new anaerobic digestion and odour treatment systems and for construction of a new secondary containment structure at the City’s Dufferin organic material processing facility (DOPF) at the Dufferin Waste Management Facility.

CCI-TBN currently operates the DOPF on behalf of the City and also constructed the facility on a design-build basis.  The DOPF has been processing source separated organic material (SSO) since the commencement of the Green Bin program in 2002, and currently processes approximately one third of the total annual tonnage of SSO originating from City programs. Routine inspection has revealed that a rubber seal between the roof and walls of the anaerobic digestion vessel, referred to as a ‘scrim’, is deteriorating. Monitoring and patching as required will maintain the integrity of the seal however the scrim needs to be replaced to prevent the uncontrolled release of biogas to the atmosphere. Scrim replacement will require that the anaerobic digester be taken out of service and then re-commissioned over a period of 4 to 6 months. 

At this time and for the near future the SSO processing capacity provided by the DOPF is irreplaceable as private processing facilities are at capacity and in some cases have voluntarily shut down or are operating under voluntary capacity reductions as an odour abatement measure requested by the Ministry of the Environment.

To complete the scrim replacement while maintaining the DOPF’s processing capacity, SWMS is proposing to advance certain aspects of the planned future upgrades of the DOPF including construction of new anaerobic digestion and odour treatment systems and a new secondary containment structure. The new anaerobic digestion system will enable the DOPF to process at full capacity while repair and re-commissioning of the original digester is completed.  CCI-TBN as operator of the DOPF and given CCI-TBN’s knowledge from the design-build of the DOPF, CCI-TBN is in the best position to do the work.

The Budget Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council approve the cash flow adjustments and budget reallocations to TTC’s approved 2010 Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan, with a zero net impact, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report (August 4, 2010) from the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission.

2.         City Council approve an increase in the budgeted contribution from the Provincial Gas Tax Revenues for Public Transit reserve fund (XR3018) in the amount of $1,270,790.

3.         City Council approve a contribution from the Public Transit Capital Trust reserve fund (XR3021) in the amount of $6,186,140.

4.         City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to provide additional detail in the 2011 Capital Budget submission on how these adjustments will affect future year cash flow and project financing including debt funding.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for reallocations in within the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) 2009 and 2010 Approved Capital Budget and 2011-2019 Capital Plan in order to better align cash flows with program requirements.

This is to advise that the above-noted action report will be submitted to the Budget Committee for its meeting of August 9, 2010.