Capital Budget Item No. 20032
Loy Cheah, Senior Manager of Transportation presented the memo on Capital Budget Item No. 20032 - Active Transportation Awareness Program.
Staff provided the following responses to Committee inquiries:
Markham Cycling Day
The Markham Cycling Day event is an event run by the Cycling & Pedestrian Advisory Committee, which receives staff support from the City’s Corporate Communications, and Engineering Departments. The Committee allocates $21,750 from its budget to the event. It also raises additional funds for the event through obtaining sponsorship.
Markham Cycles
Markham Cycles is a community group that rents bicycles to the public.
Event Strategy
Staff are working on developing an Event Strategy for the City, which will aim to develop a more standardized approach to the allocation of resources to City and third party events, and clarify staff responsibilities in regards to events. The Corporate Communications and Operations Department are working together on this project.
Committee supported the development of an Event Strategy for City and third party events to ensure the equitable allocation of City resources. It noted the following should be looked at as part of the City’s review of its event governance: 1) the Celebrate Markham Grants Program; and 2) clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of City Advisory Committees versus the role of staff with respect to events.
Capital Budget Item No. 20175 - Heritage Garbage Enclosure (Unionville Library)
Graham Seaman, Director of Sustainability and Asset Management advised that a commercial grade heritage style shed is required to house the waste receptacles, as complaints are being received from residents regarding the aesthetics of the bins. It was requested that the original capital budget request of $19,300 be approved, and that staff commit to looking for efficiencies to reduce this amount.
The Budget Committee agreed to approve the original budget request of $19,300 with the agreement that staff will look for efficiencies to reduce the amount.
Capital Budget Item No. 20061 – ITS Life Cycle Asset Replacement
Joel Lustig, Treasurer advised that Capital Budget Item No. 20061-ITS Life Cycle Asset Replacement was reduced from $3,273,900 to $2,917,700 due to recently received favourable pricing for the replacement of the City’s multi-functional devices.
Capital Budget Item No. 20269 – DI Watermain CIPP Lining - Construction
Staff advised that Capital Budget Item No. 20269 – DI Watermain CIPP Lining – Construction, was added to the Capital Budget due two unanticipated events. These events included two watermain breaks occurring within two weeks in the same location, and the need to replace the lining of a 51 year old watermain to maintain water quality. The funds for this Capital Budget item come from the water rate.