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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. 6826/08
Being a by-law to authorize the submission of
an application to the Ontario Infrastructure
Projects Corporation (OIPC) for funding from
the Municipal Infrastructure Investment
Initiative for a new eligible capital project of
the Corporation of the City of Pickering and to
approve the expenditure of funds on said
eligible capital project.
WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001 (Ontario), as amended, (the "Act") provides that a
municipal power shall be exercised by by-law unless the municipality is specifically
authorized to do otherwise;
AND WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has recently announced an investment of $300
million dollars for municipal infrastructure as a one-time grant for eligible municipal
infrastructure initiatives to Ontario municipalities and Local Services Boards;
AND WHEREAS on behalf of the Province of Ontario, OIPC will be administering the
Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative available to Ontario municipalities and
Local Services Boards for the purposes of new eligible municipal infrastructure initiative
projects;
AND WHEREAS it is now deemed to be expedient to authorize for the municipal
purposes of the Municipality the new capital project described in column (2) of Schedule
"A" (the "Project") attached hereto and forming part of this By-law ("Schedule "A") in the
amount of the estimated expenditure set out in column (3) of Schedule "A";
AND WHEREAS OIPC has invited eligible Ontario municipalities and Local Services
Boards desirous of obtaining funding pursuant to the Municipal Infrastructure
Investment Initiative in order to meet capital expenditures in connection with a new
eligible capital project to apply to OIPC for such funding by completing and submitting
an application through the form provided by OIPC (the "Application");
AND WHEREAS the Municipality has submitted an Application to OIPC to request
funding in respect of the Project;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Pickering enacts as follows:
1. The Council of the City of Pickering hereby confirms, ratifies and approves the
completion by the Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer of an Application and
the submission by such authorized official of an Application, duly executed by
Schedule "A"
To By-law #6826/08
Proiect Name
Description of Eligible Estimated Expenditure
Capital Works
Pickering Recreation
Complex Expansion
Project
Construction of Aerobics $4,300,000
Studios and Doubles
Squash Courts Addition to
the Pickering Recreation
Complex
Grant Amount
$1,000,000
By-law No. 6826/08 (Continued)
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such authorized official, to OIPC for the funding of the Project in connection with
the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative in the maximum aggregate
principal amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000)
2.
(a)
Construction of the Project in the amount of the respective Estimated
Expenditure set out in column (3) of Schedule "A" is hereby approved and
authorized;
(b) anyone or more of the Mayor or the Director, Corporate Services &
Treasurer are hereby authorized to conclude contracts on behalf of the
Municipality for the construction of the Project in accordance with the
Municipality's usual protocol;
(c) anyone or more of the Mayor or the Director, Corporate Services &
Treasurer are hereby authorized to submit to OIPC or the Minister of
Public Infrastructure Renewal on behalf of the Municipality such reports or
other documents regarding the Project as may be requested in
connection with the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative;
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(d) where applicable, the Division Head, Culture & Recreation will
forthwith make such plans, profiles and specifications and furnish such
information as in the opinion of the Division Head, Culture & Recreation
is necessary for the construction of the Project;
(e) where applicable, the construction of the Project shall be carried on and
executed under the superintendence and according to the direction and
orders of such Division Head, Culture & Recreation; and
(f) the Division Head, or such other official of the Municipality charged with
the management of the Project shall report semi-annually to the Council of
the Municipality on the status of the Project.
3. The Council of the Municipality hereby confirms that the Funding will be applied
and shall be used exclusively for financing the Project eligible under the
Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative as set out in Schedule "A" to this By-
law and for no other purposes.
4. This by-law takes effect on the day of passing.
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BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 21st day of January,
2008.
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Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk