4. ONTARIO BUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (OBRP)

PROGRAMME ONTARIEN DE REMPLACEMENT DES AUTOBUS (PORA)

committee recommendations

That Council:

1. 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

2. 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 :

1. 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);

2. 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 3 March 2009 (ACS2009-CMR-FIN-0011).

Report to/Rapport au :

Transit Committee

Comité des services de transport en commun

And Council / et au Conseil

3 March 2009 / le 3 mars 2009

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

Contact Person/Personne ressource: Tom Fedec, A/Manager Financial Planning/Planification financiére, Financial Services/Services financiers

(613) 580-2424 x21316, Tom.Fedec@ottawa.ca

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2009-CMR-FIN-0011

SUBJECT:	ONTARIO BUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (OBRP)
OBJET :	PROGRAMME ONTARIEN DE REMPLACEMENT DES AUTOBUS (PORA)

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

That Transit Committee recommend City Council:

1. 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

2. Approve the by-law authorizing the signing of the Letter of Agreement as set out in Document 2.

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité du transport en commun recommande au Conseil municipal :

1. 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);

2. 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 is providing 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.

In 2008, the Province identified that the City will receive a maximum of $12,315,672 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 an authorizing by-law. Copies of both are attached to this report.

CONSULTATION

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

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 2008, the Ministry of Transportation will provide OBRP funding to the City in the amount of $12,315,672. OBRP funding was budgeted in the 2008 Capital Budget.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 - Letter of Agreement

Document 2 - Draft Authorizing By-law

DISPOSITION

Upon approval, Financial Services Branch will submit the required documentation to the Ministry of Transportation.

Document 1

Document 2

BY-LAW NO. 2009-

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 Ministry of Transportation for the Province of Ontario and the City of Ottawa related to Funding Provided by the Province of Ontario to the Municipality under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program”, said Agreement to pertain to the replacement of conventional 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 August 6, 2008 related to the Ontario Bus Replacement Program with the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Transportation for the replacement of aging municipal transit buses.

ENACTED AND PASSED this 11^th day of March, 2009.

CITY CLERK MAYOR

BY-LAW NO. 2009 -

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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

March 11, 2009

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LEGAL SERVICES

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COUNCIL AUTHORITY:

City Council March 11, 2009

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