1.         Ontario Bus Replacement Program (obrp)

 

Programme ontarien de remplacement des autobus (pora)

 

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That City Council authorize the Mayor and City Treasurer to sign a Letter of Agreement with the Province as part of the application to receive funding under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP) and approve the by-law authorizing the signing of the Letter of Agreement as set out in Document 2.

 

 

Recommandations du Comité

 

Que le Conseil municipal autorise le maire et la trésorière de la Ville à signer une lettre d’entente avec la Province dans le cadre de la demande afin de recevoir un financement en vertu du Programme ontarien de remplacement des autobus (PORA) et d’adopter un règlement autorisant la signature de la lettre d’entente, comme il est exposé dans le Document 2.

 

 

DOCUMENTATION

 

1.   City Treasurer report dated 11 January 2010 (ACS2010-CMR-FIN-0002).

 

 


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Transit Committee

Comité du transport en commun

 

and Council/ et au Conseil

 

11 January 2010 / le 11 janvier 2010

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Marian Simulik, City Treasurer/Trésoirière municipale

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource: Mona Monkman, Deputy City Treasurer - Corporate Finance/ Trésorière municipale adjointe – Finances municipals

Finance Department/  Services des Finances

(613) 580-2424 ext. 41723, Mona.Monkman@ottawa.ca

 

 

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2010-CMR-FIN-0002

 

 

SUBJECT:

ONTARIO BUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (OBRP)

 

 

OBJET :

PROGRAMME ONTARIEN DE REMPLACEMENT DES AUTOBUS (PORA)

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Transit Committee recommend City Council authorize the Mayor and City Treasurer to sign a Letter of Agreement with the Province as part of the application to receive funding under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP) and approve the by-law authorizing the signing of the Letter of Agreement as set out in Document 2.

 

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité du transport en commun recommande au Conseil municipal d’autoriser le maire et la trésorière de la Ville à signer une lettre d’entente avec la Province dans le cadre de la demande afin de recevoir un financement en vertu du Programme ontarien de remplacement des autobus (PORA) et d’adopter un règlement autorisant la signature de la lettre d’entente, comme il est exposé dans le Document 2.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Province of Ontario provides funding to municipalities under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP) to assist in the replacement of ageing transit buses.  This is in recognition that ageing buses contribute to higher operating costs, increased emissions, reductions in service and reliability, and delays in achieving system accessibility.

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

In 2009, the Province identified that the City will receive a maximum of $17,957,358 towards the replacement of conventional and specialized transit buses.  Among the terms and conditions related to receiving this funding, the City is required to provide copies of a signed Letter of Agreement and a by-law authorizing the entering into such an agreement.  Copies of both documents are attached to this report.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

The purpose of this report is administrative in nature and therefore no public consultation has been undertaken.

 

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no rural impediments to the implementation of this Report’s recommendations.

 

 

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:

 

There are no legal/risk management impediments to the implementation of this Report's recommendations.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Upon submission of copies of the signed Letter of Agreement, the authorizing by-law and the binding agreement between the City and a manufacturer of transit buses for the purchase of replacement transit buses delivered in 2009, the Ministry of Transportation will provide OBRP funding to the City, to a maximun amount of $17,957,358.  This funding is to be provided to the City over a 12 year period from 2009 to 2021, equal to one-twelfth of the approved amount.  OBRP funding was budgeted in the 2009 Capital Budget.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1 - Letter of Agreement

Document 2 - Draft Authorizing By-law

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

Upon approval, Finance Department will submit the required documentation to the Ministry of Transportation. 


DOCUMENT 1

Letter of Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


DOCUMENT 2

 

 

BY-LAW NO. 2010-

 

                        A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the entering into of an agreement with the Province of Ontario relating to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the City under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program.

 

                        WHEREAS the Province has provided for funding to support the replacement of aging municipal transit buses;

 

                        AND WHEREAS the Province has specified that as a condition precedent for participating in this program, the City must enter into a Letter of Agreement entitled: “Letter of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario represented by the Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario and the City of Ottawa Related to Funding Provided to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program”, said Agreement to pertain to the replacement of aging municipal transit buses;

 

                        The Council of the City of Ottawa therefore enacts as follows:

 

1.                     The Mayor and the Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the Letter of Agreement dated June 19, 2009 related to the Ontario Bus Replacement Program with the Province of Ontario through the Minister of Transportation for the replacement of aging municipal transit buses.

 

 

                        ENACTED AND PASSED this    day of February, 2010.

 

 

 

 

                                    CITY CLERK                                    MAYOR


 

BY-LAW NO.  2010 -   

 

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A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the

entering into of an agreement with the Province

of Ontario relating to funding provided by the

Province of Ontario to the City under the Ontario

Bus Replacement Program.

 

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Enacted by City Council at its meeting of

February    , 2010

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LEGAL SERVICES

amp: G04-01-BUS

 

COUNCIL AUTHORITY:

City Council

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