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2018-07-24 Finance Committee Agenda Packet - Open SessionCity of Saint John Finance Committee - Open Session AGENDA Tuesday, July 24, 2018 4:45 pm 8th Floor Boardroom, City Hall 1. Call to Order Pages 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 Approval of Minutes - June 13, 2018 1 - 3 3. Consent Agenda 3.1 Audit RFP Update 4 - 8 4. Business Items 4.1 Continuous Improvement Program Update 9-33 4.2 2019 General and Utility Capital Budgets 34-85 1 Poeta Sy:1 rIN. m MINUTES — OPEN SESSION FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING JUNE 13, 2018 AT 4:45 PM Stn FLOOR BOARDROOM, CITY HALL Present: Mayor D. Darling Councillor D. Merrithew Councillor G. Sullivan Councillor S. Casey Councillor D. Reardon Councillor G. Norton Also Present: City Manager J. Trail Deputy City Manager N. Jacobsen Commissioner of Finance and Treasurer K. Fudge Commissioner Growth and Development Services J. Hamilton Commissioner Transportation & Environment M. Hugenholtz Commissioner Saint John Water B. McGovern Comptroller Finance C. Graham Senior Manager Financial Planning H. Nguyen Deputy Commissioner Administrative Services I. Fogan Fire Chief K. Clifford Police Chief B. Connell Assistant Comptroller Finance and Administrative Services C. Lavigne Director HR & Finance Police M. Corscadden Senior Financial Analyst J. Forgie Administrative Assistant K. Tibbits 1. Meeting Called To Order Moved by Councillor Sullivan, seconded by Councillor Norton: RESOLVED that the Finance Committee move into open session. MOTION CARRIED. Councillor Merrithew called the Finance Committee open session meeting to order. 1.1 Approval of Minutes — April 7, 2018 Moved by Mayor Darling, seconded by Councillor Norton: RESOLVED that the minutes of April 7, 2018, be approved. LTA [0000114L1ilk]ilk] Iif91 Referring to the submitted report, Mr. Lund and Mr. Maillais reviewed the 2017 audit results. Responding to a question regarding fraud risk, committee members confirmed that they are not aware of any known instances of fraud. Moved by Councillor Reardon, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that the submitted report from Deloitte entitled, Report on Audited Annual Financial Statements, be received for information. LTA [0000114L1:k]k]11191 (Mr. Lund and Mr. Maillais withdrew from the meeting) Referring to the submitted presentation, Mr. Fudge provided an overview of the 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements. Notable achievements in 2017 include a reduction of approximately $5M in debt from the General Fund; small surpluses in both the General and Utility Operating Funds; increased investments in capital assets; and increased contributions to Operating and Capital Reserves. Responding to a comment, Mr. Fudge noted that the principal and interest paid to the General Operating Budget is approximately $16.5M which is equivalent to approximately $0.25 on the tax rate. Moved by Mayor Darling, seconded by Councillor Reardon: RESOLVED that the 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements be received for information. LTA [0000114L1:k]k1119a 1.3 April 2018 Year End Forecast Mr. Fudge commented on the April 2018 status and year end forecast, adding that these are early projections and subject to change. There is a $1.6M favourable variance on the revenue side, largely the result of LNG Revenue. The LNG assessment was not appealed, which resulted in an additional $2.1M in property tax revenue, triggering a claw back of $943K in the unconditional grant. Secondment revenue, short term interest revenue, and parking revenue also contributed to the favourable variance. In terms of the year end predictions, a surplus of $1.29M is forecast, which represents 0.8% of the budget. Responding to a question, Mr. Fudge confirmed that the surplus includes the financial assistance received from the province. Growth & Community Development, Police/PSCC, Fire & EMO Services, Transportation and Environment Services, Finance and Administrative Services and Corporate Services, spoke to their individual results and forecasts to date. Moved by Councillor Reardon, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that the 2018 Year End Forecast, be received for information. MOTION CARRIED. Mr. McGovern reviewed the Saint John Water year-end forecast. Moved by Councillor Reardon, seconded by Councillor Casey: RESOLVED that the 2018 Year End Forecast for Saint John Water, be received for information. MOTION CARRIED Referring to the submitted report, Mr. Fudge stated that this is one of a suite of policies to guide the development of a long-term financial plan and to promote fiscal responsibility. Moved by Mayor Darling, seconded by Councillor Reardon: RESOLVED that the Finance Committee recommends that Common Council approve the Draft City of Saint John Capital Budget Policy FAS -005. MOTION CARRIED. 1.5 LNG Revenue Referring to the Operating Budget Policy's statement that non-recurring revenue be directed to one time uses and not for funding on-going services, Mr. Fudge recommended allocation of the net increase to Pay As You Go, in order to reduce the City's long-term debt. Moved by Councillor Reardon, seconded by Councillor Norton: RESOLVED that the Finance Committee refer the submitted report to Common Council with a recommendation to allocate the additional revenue for the LNG facility ($1,157,174) to Pay As You Go (Capital from Operating) for the purpose of reducing future borrowing needs; noting that the recommendation is supported by Council's Operating Budget Policy FAS -004. MOTION CARRIED. 1.6 Update on Flood Watch 2018 Referring to the submitted report, Ms. Graham provided an update on the 2018 flood, including the costs to date, noting that costs and recovery is still on-going. The City's cost estimate for the event must be submitted to the province by June 22nd. To date, the City has incurred over $1M in costs, some of which will be covered either through insurance or NB EMO. Costs not covered include regular wages, equipment costs, insurance deductible and non-refundable HST. Overall cost to the City is approximately $308,000. Moved by Councillor Reardon, seconded by Councillor Norton: RESOLVED that the submitted report entitled Update on Flood Watch 2018 be received for information. MOTION CARRIED. Adjournment Moved by Councillor Norton, seconded by Councillor Reardon: RESOLVED that the open session meeting of the Finance Committee be adjourned. MOTION CARRIED. 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Ln •• O O O T-4 Ln O rl O N U i m m a-+ E i tw i O J 0 Ln N O N O N M N O N N N O N r -I N O N O N O m O co ri O ri O N O N Ln ri O N OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O N O co N ri ri 0 Ln N O N O N M N O N N N O N r -I N O N O N O m O co ri O ri O N O N Ln ri O N O O Ln n M n 40. 3 z. i 8 v 4-J • 0 ".p u soma. a u =3 _0 u (3) L. • fu L- also 06 o > 0 0 0) bn 0 — • at: 4w also 4-J 4-J 4-J V) 4-J u < 0) L— E u o u Lan, E > 0 u v 4-J • 0 ".p u soma. a u =3 _0 u (3) L. • fu L- also 06 o > 0 0 0) bn 0 — • at: 4w also v X CL CL I I f f I I CL E o Lu u Lu 0) O N Lam, m U to LL Lam, m U to LL 0 m FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT Report Date July 17, 2018 Meeting Date July 19, 2018 Chairman Councillor Merrithew and Members of Finance Committee SUBJECT. 2.1—Finance Committee Report 2019 General Capital Budget.docx OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of the Finance Committee. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. Head City Manager Craig Lavigne Kevin Fudge/Cathy Graham Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that Finance Committee: • Approve of the project titled Engineering Investigations and Design for $330,000 and submit to Common Council for the July 30th meeting for approval. • Approve the 2019 General Fund Capital Budget and submit to Common Council for the July 30th meeting for receive and file. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2019 Draft General Fund Capital Budget focuses on investments for asset renewal, while ensuring there is investments for new assets. The draft budget addresses the infrastructure deficit by focusing on assets that are passed their useful life and have a high degree of risk of failure that will have a negative impact on providing services. The budget is coordinating reinvestments that can have the largest impact on the infrastructure deficit and help achieve strategies, such as growth of the city. The budget also focuses on affordability and keeping borrowing to a maximum of $12 million dollars. The last four capital budgets have been passed with a City share of no more than $12 million and the 2017 long term debt has seen a reduction due to this strategy. However, there has been a 1% increase in the Bank of Canada's interest rate over the past year and the increase cost of financing future debentures will have an impact on General operating budget. AElI -2 - PREVIOUS RESOLUTION N/A STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT The proposed 2019 General Fund Capital Budget is aligned with Councils' priorities, Capital Budget Policy, Asset Management Plan, Central Peninsula Neighborhood Plan, Play SJ, Move SJ and Plan SJ. REPORT The 2019 General Fund Capital Budget aligns with Council's priorities to support investment in creating a Vibrant, Safe City, offering Valued Service Delivery, Growth and Prosperity and being Fiscally Responsible. The budget also aligns with the recently approved Capital Budget Policy and the Asset Management Policy. The Finance Department received over $25 million in capital budget requests from service areas for 2019. The requests exceed the $10-$12 million that the City has established as a financial measure to keep long term debt from growing to an unsustainable level. Long term debt for the General Fund declined by $5.04 million over 2016, resulting in an ending balance of $112 million for 2017. The proposed 2019 General Fund Capital Budget totals $18,292,275 of which $6,295,166 is to be funded from other sources (gas tax, reserves, government funding, etc.) and the remainder $11,997,109 is to be funded by debt issue ($11,990,130 in 2018). 2019 CAPITAL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS The capital budget decision making was guided by the recently approved Capital Budget Policy, along with the Asset Management Plan. These plans assist in addressing the infrastructure deficit, while ensuring replacing existing assets is balanced with new assets and is aligned with Council Priorities and various City of Saint John plans, with Plan SJ being the overarching plan. Capital Budget Policy guided staff in prioritizing the capital budgets based on the following criteria: 1. Mandatory 2. Risk 3. Priority of Council 4. Positive Financial Impact 5. Discretionary The capital budget is investing heavily in asset renewal in order to address the large infrastructure deficit identified in the State of the Infrastructure Report as AW -3 - part of the Asset Management Plan and the allocation of 90% asset renewal and 10% in new assets as stated in the Capital Budget policy. This allocation is a temporary measure and future capital budget will be guided by the Long Term Financial Plan. State of the Infrastructure (SOTI) Report The General Fund infrastructure deficit was $219.4 million with an estimated replacement cost of $1.09 billion for those assets. The largest portion of the deficit identified relates to Transportation and Environment. The majority of projects being recommended as part of the capital budget have an "F" letter grade, as measured in the SOTI report, meaning the asset is at high risk of failure and near or beyond its useful life. Transportation & Environment Storm & Transportation There is $2.99 million in storm and street reconstruction projects. The projects include street sections on Wentworth Street, Metcalf Street, Mecklenburg Street, Queen Square North and Chipman Hill and all are past their useful lives. These projects also include replacing water and sewerage infrastructure as part of the reconstruction. The Central Peninsula Neighborhood plan is also being leveraged as part of the streets being reconstructed. A portion of St. James Street will be reconstructed in 2019 and several other sections of St. James Street will be considered for the 2020 budget. St. James Street has been identified as a key corridor in the neighborhood plan and this is a great opportunity to leverage key reinvestment in assets that align with other City plans. The capital budget also includes $5.1 million for asphalt resurfacing and sidewalks and curbs renewal. The key reinvestment in the roads is critical to ensure roadways maintain or increase the overall PCI and to stop roadways falling into reconstruction phase. Overall capital investment in roads is $6.77 million which is an increase of 24.36% over 2018 ($5.44 million). Also it is anticipated there will be $1.7- $2.0 million that will be funding road work included in the 2019 operating budget. Saint John Transit The capital budget recommends replacing two handi buses for a total of 200K. These buses are past their useful life and will not pass inspection in 2019. C�� -4 - Sports and Recreation There is $75,000 identified for asset renewal targeting continued investments at Dominion Park and Rockwood Park. The Canada Games Aquatic Centre will see $295,000 in capital for replacement of a portion of its roof, accessibility lift replacements and some piping replacement. Upgrades to water treatment are also being proposed to mitigate a potential health hazard. The equipment is rated "F" since the majority is from 1983 and well past its useful life. The Lord Beaverbrook Rink needs to install a new ammonia gas detection system for $35K which will mitigate public risk of ammonia exposure. Corporate, Finance & Administration Fleet — Funding of $2.5 million from the fleet reserve is included to ensure the City has the equipment and fleet required to provide necessary public services without having to increase borrowing. The average age of vehicle being replaced is past useful life by five years. Information Technology - The City's information technology is key in supporting Council and staff initiatives, as well as supporting effective and efficient delivery of the services provided to residents. The proposed budget includes $575,000 to replace firewall and network infrastructure with the funding all coming from the computer reserve fund. Facility and Equipment Renewal — This budget includes $540,000 to replace windows well past useful life at Fire station #4 and Adelaide Street facility, as well as exterior work at Fire Station #8 and Municipal Operations building at Rothesay Avenue. Ice surface equipment at Peter Murray arena is being replaced, as well as work at fleet garage due to safety issues and some heat pump installations. There are also two major relocations anticipated in 2019 which is City Hall and North Depot relocations. The relocation of the North Depot and fit up has a budget of $250,000 and the City Hall relocation and fit up has $3.5M allocated. Growth and Community Development The Trade & Convention Centre's request of $82,775 is for the replacement of their function chairs that have surpassed their useful life is being proposed. Harbour Station has been allocated $160,500 to replace 1993 equipment, a 1980 floor scrubber as well as building infrastructure that have surpassed useful life. AYA -5 - New Capital Investment The recently approved Capital Budget policy recommended a temporary measure of 90% of the capital spend on infrastructure renewal and 10% on new assets and service enhancements. The recommended budget has 90.91% of assets for renewal 9.09% for new assets Saint John Fieldhouse — The City has committed $3.36M over three years and 2019 is the second year of that commitment for $1.4M (2020 - $564,400). This funding commitment was made before the Capital policy was approved, however in the future projects like this would not be borrowed for since the asset does not belong to the City of Saint John. Parking - The budget earmarks $62,000 for enhancements to the City's parking meters. These new meters are a service enhancement for customers and have an operational savings as there is no printed parking slips. Playgrounds - The City is currently working on a partnership that will see a significant investment from a third party that would see an enhancement to an existing playground or a new playground. The City is earmarking $200,000 for its contribution. It should be noted that two of the projects (Chipman Hill and Westworth Street) listed in the draft program were formally announced funding on July 10, 2018 under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. Given the funding commitments that have been made and to allow commencement of design work relating to these projects it is being recommended that early approval by Finance Committee and subsequently by Council be granted. CONCLUSION Planned capital expenditures total $18,292,275, with $6,295,166 is to be funded from other sources (gas tax, reserves, government funding etc.) and the remainder $11,997,109 funded through debt. The annual funding from other government programs, along with Council's fiscal restraint, has helped reduce projected borrowing costs while still investing in needed infrastructure improvements. The long term financial plan will set out a 10 year capital budget, that will guide decision making to ensure strategic reinvestments are being made, at the right time, the infrastructure deficit in being addressed, fiscal responsibility is being maintained, while ensuring the City continues to invest in assets to help with growth. C�:3 -6 - SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The City's share of the 2019 General Fund Capital budget will be borrowed and become a fixed charge for the next 15 years for the General operating budget. The projects chosen for the capital program borrowing have a useful life of approximately 15 years or more. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS Input has been received from all Service Areas, the ABCs, and Senior Leadership Team. 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AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Craig Lavigne Brent McGovern m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that Finance Committee: • Approve of the project titled Engineering Investigations and Design for $205,000 and submit to Common Council for the July 30th meeting for approval. • Approve the 2019 Utility Fund Capital Budget and submit to Common Council for the July 30th meeting for receive and file. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The draft 2019 Utility Fund Capital Budget reflects the financial challenges faced by the Utility after the completion of the largest municipal infrastructure project in the history of the Province of New Brunswick, the Safe Clean Drinking Water Project (SCDWP). The Utility is proposing a very limited capital budget for 2019 that focuses on leveraging monies from other levels of government for investments being made by the Utility. Increased debt, limited growth, a large infrastructure deficit and escalating rates are challenges facing the Utility for both the medium and long term. A new rate structure to be completed in 2018, along with the Long Term Financial plan to be completed in 2019 will provide the road map for the Utility to deal with these challenges. 01 -2 - PREVIOUS RESOLUTION N/A STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT The proposed 2019 Utility Fund Capital Budget is aligned with Councils' priorities, Asset Management Plan, and Capital Budget policy. REPORT The proposed 2019 Draft Utility Capital Budget is a total of $7,595,500. Funding from other sources, (Gas tax, government funding, etc.) is $2,896,480 and Saint John Water's share is $4,699,020 and will be funded from pay as you go. The completion of the Safe Clean Drinking Water project and Harbour Cleanup has caused the Utility's long term debt to peak at just over $107 million at the end of 2017. This significant debt coupled with escalated rates, stagnant growth and pending changes to industrial rate structures will be challenging for the Utility as it tackles the infrastructure deficit. The deficit as reported to Council as part of the State of the Infrastructure report is approximately $214,362,470 which represents almost half of the City's infrastructure deficit. The completion of the rate study in 2018, along with the Asset Management Plan and Long Term Financial plan will guide the Utility's decision making around asset replacement and how to fund the infrastructure deficit to ensure services are reliably provided to rate payers while balancing the ability to fund more investments in infrastructure renewal. Infrastructure Renewal — Water and Sanitary There are several proposed street rebuild projects that are included in the budget and these are projects that involve the general fund. These projects have assets underground and are at a high risk of failure due to their age and material type. Numerous streets within the draft program have terra cotta sanitary sewers, some of which were installed in 1889 & 1895 and cast iron watermain installed in the early 1900s. The total capital for the Utility on street rebuilds is $2,435,500 and these street sections include; Chipman Hill, Wentworth Street, Queen Square North, Mecklenburg Street, Metcalf Street and St. James Street. St. James Street is a prime example of leveraging assets that need to be replaced and aligning with the City's priority of growth. This street was listed on the Central Peninsula Neighborhood plan as key corridor and this transformational -3 - project will be coordinated between; Transportation, Water and Growth and Development. Other projects for 2019 that benefit both the Utility and help to grow Saint John are projects such as; Beach Crescent Lift Station and Lakewood Heights Sanitary System, as well as a project to regain capacity within the Millidgeville Sewer Shed. These projects are all geared towards asset renewal and environmental protection, while creating capacity on the system for growth initiatives without having to build new infrastructure — a best use of assets. The budget also includes phase sixteen of watermain cleaning and lining that will continue to extend the life of these assets while minimizing the need for investment by lining as opposed to replacing. Michael Crescent and Ellerdale Street will see the renewal of service connections. All with the goal of improving service reliability. The last portion of the Safe Clean Drinking Water project has been included as well as the installation of a permanent Orthophosphate System as part of the West side well system. The 2019 budget will include a flood mapping plan for the East Branch Musquash system and a mitigation plan to alleviate risk from future flooding. It should be noted that two of the projects (Chipman Hill and Wentworth Street) listed in the draft program were formally announced funding on July 10, 2018 under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. Given the funding commitments that have been made and to allow commencement of design work relating to these projects it is being recommended that early approval by Finance Committee and subsequently by Council be granted. Conclusion In conclusion, the 2019 budget is focused on leveraging Utility investments as much as possible and while it will not achieve much in terms of reducing the infrastructure deficit, key projects have been chosen that are long past their useful life and have a high risk of failure. There are several projects that are asset renewal that are being done to extend the life of the asset but a number of these projects have a dual purpose, having a positive impact on growth. The 2019 Draft Utility Capital budget is a smaller, strategic and prudent budget. Until the Utility can firmly wrap up the SCDWP, complete the rate study and its long term financial plan, an austerity budget is the best plan. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The 2019 Utility Fund Capital budget will be funded from the operations (pay as you go) and from other sources of funding. No -4 - INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS Input and coordination was received from Engineering, Senior Leadership Team, Growth and Community Development, Finance, Transportation and Environment. ATTACHMENTS Exhibit 1 - 2019 Draft Utility Capital Budget N-11 Prc� �s� rc�r Sal Iry Fc�r ®019 Category No. of Other Utility Total Projects Share Share Industrial Water Renewal - West 2 $225,000 $225,000 $450,000 Infrastructure Renewal - Sanitary 12 $788,830 $1,784,670 $2,573,500 Infrastructure Renewal - Water 11 $1,882,650 $2,469,350 $4,352,000 Safe, Clean Drinking Water 1 $0 $220,000 $220,000 TOTALS: 26 $2,896,480 $4,699,020 $7,595,500 Safe, Clean Drinking Water 4.7% Infrastructure Renewz Wate r 52.6% Infrastructure Renewal - Sanitary 38.0% MDH: MUNICIPAL DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS PDH: PROVINCIALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS RDH: REGIONALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS This is a tentative program listing of proposed capital projects. w&s: WATER AND SEWER RELATED PROJECTS This list has not been approved by Common Council, G&D: PROJECT IS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Priority assignments are subject to change at any time. *: PROJECTS DEPENDANT ON FUNDING FROM OTHERS Project Location Description Other Utility Share Share Floodplain Mapping Musquash Create floodplain mapping for the East Branch 50,000 50,000 Musquash River, including modelling activities. Musquash Water Pump Musquash Design of upgrade/reconstruction of water 175,000 175,000 Station pump station including appropriate pump sizing, electrical modernizations and upgrades to eliminate flooding at station. TOTAL: $225,000 $225,000 MDH: MUNICIPAL DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS PDH: PROVINCIALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS RDH: REGIONALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS This is a tentative program listing of proposed capital projects. w&s: WATER AND SEWER RELATED PROJECTS This list has not been approved by Common Council. G&D: PROJECT IS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Priority assignments are subject to change at any time. *: PROJECTS DEPENDANT ON FUNDING FROM OTHERS Infrastructure Renewal - SanitAl_y Project Location Description Other Utility Share Share Mitigation Plan Saint John River Mitigation plan to alleviate flood risks to Saint 19,000 19,000 John Water infrastructure. * Chipman Hill King Street to Union Street Renew 130 in of 300 mm and 375 rum T.C. 146,250 48,750 sanitary sewers, including design and construction management services. Project to be partially funded under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. * Wentworth Street Union Street to Elliott Row Renew 90 in of 300 rum T.C. sanitary sewer, 75,000 25,000 including design and construction management services. Project to be partially funded under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. Queen Square North Charlotte Street to Sydney Street Mecklenburg Street Wentworth Street to Sydney Street Metcalf Street Main Street to Lansdowne Avenue Douglas Avenue G&D Beach Crescent Lift Station G&D Lakewood Heights Sanitary System Renew approx. 100m of 250mm T.C. with new 0 94,500 250mm sanitary sewer, including design and construction management services. Renew approx. 280m of 600mm concrete with 0 324,000 new 600mm sanitary sewer, including construction management services. Renew approx. 290m of 225mm and 300mm 0 315,000 T.C. (1889 & 1895) with new 200mm and 300mm sanitary sewer, including construction management services Civic 399 to 425 Install approx. 150m of 200mm and 27m of 150mm sanitary sewer, including land, design, and construction management services. Subject to successful funding from others. 198,000 99,000 Millidgeville Area Separation of sewers to reduce overflows at the 264,000 beach Crescent lift station, including design and construction management services. Subject to successful funding from others. East of Hickey Road Pumping Investigate and design a solution to eliminate 0 Station sources of Inflow/Infiltration in the Sanitary sewer system, including design services. G&D Millidgeville inflow and Millidgeville Area Inflow and infiltration reduction strategy for infiltration reduction the Millidgeville area to regain the capacity of strategy the Millidgeville Sewer Shed. Wastewater Pumping Prospect Street West at Walnut Design for Pumping station, land acquisition, Street and required piping to direct flows to sewer on Main Street West for treatment. 136,000 430,000 150,000 100,000 MDH: MUNICIPAL DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS PDH: PROVINCIALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS RDH: REGIONALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS This is a tentative program listing of proposed capital projects. w&s: WATER AND SEWER RELATED PROJECTS This list has not been approved by Common Council, G&D: PROJECT IS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Priority assignments are subject to change at any time. *: PROJECTS DEPENDANT ON FUNDING FROM OTHERS Project Location Description * St. James Street Prince William Street to Renew 111 m of 250mm and 375 mm T.C. Germain Street sanitary sewer (1876), including design and construction management services. Subject to successful funding from others. Other Utility Share Share 86,580 43,420 TOTAL: $788,830 $1.784.670 MDH: MUNICIPAL DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS PDH: PROVINCIALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS RDH: REGIONALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS This is a tentative program listing of proposed capital projects. w&s: WATER AND SEWER RELATED PROJECTS This list has not been approved by Common Council. G&D: PROJECT IS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Priority assignments are subject to change at any time. *: PROJECTS DEPENDANT ON FUNDING FROM OTHERS Project Location Description Other Utility Share Share Michael Crescent Michael Crescent Renewal of the service connection at the main 0 424,000 in various locations to reduce the number of emergency breaks in the system, including construction management services. Orthophosphate System West Design and construction of a permanent 0 296,000 orthophosphate system for the west side, including construction management services. Engineering Various locations Funding for engineering investigations and 0 205,000 Investigations and Design design for various projects under the Water and Sanitary categories. * Chipman Hill King Street to Union Street Renew 130 m of 200 mm and 300 mm C.I. 157,500 52,500 watermain (1913), including design and construction management services. Project to be partially funded under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. * Wentworth Street Union Street to Elliott Row Renew 90 m of 300 mm watermain, including 116,250 38,750 design and construction management services. Project to be partially funded under the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. Queen Square North Charlotte Street to Sydney Street Renew approx. 136m off 50mm C.I. watermain, 0 135,000 including design and construction management services. Mecklenburg Street Wentworth Street to Sydney Renew approx. 280m of 200mm C.I. 0 279,000 Street watermain, including construction management services. Metcalf Street Main Street to Lansdowne Renew approx. 310m of 150mm C.I. with new 0 333,000 Avenue 200mm watermain, including construction management services. Ellerdale Street Valley Street to other 200mm Install new 200mm watermain on Ellerdale 0 650,000 rider main 65m past Margaret Street to facilitate removal of services off the Street 400mm CPP Transmission Main, and repair all the holes on the 400mm transmission main where the services were removed, including design and construction management services. * Watermain Cleaning and Various locations Cleaning and lining of existing unlined C.I. 1,500,000 0 Lining Phase 16 watermains to improve pressure, water quality, and fire flows. Project to be funded with remaining G.T.F. Funding from 2014-2018 program. MDH: MUNICIPAL DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS PDH: PROVINCIALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS RDH: REGIONALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS This is a tentative program listing of proposed capital projects. w&s: WATER AND SEWER RELATED PROJECTS This list has not been approved by Common Council. G&D: PROJECT IS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Priority assignments are subject to change at any time. *: PROJECTS DEPENDANT ON FUNDING FROM OTHERS Project Location Description Other Utility Share Share * St. James Street Prince William Street to Renew 110 m of 250 mm C.I. watermain 108,900 56,100 Germain Street (1876), including design and construction management services. Subject to successful funding from others. TOTAL: $1.882.650 $2.469.350 MDH: MUNICIPAL DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS PDH: PROVINCIALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS RDH: REGIONALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS This is a tentative program listing of proposed capital projects. w&s: WATER AND SEWER RELATED PROJECTS This list has not been approved by Common Council. G&D: PROJECT IS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Priority assignments are subject to change at any time. *: PROJECTS DEPENDANT ON FUNDING FROM OTHERS I'll, 11 11#_ #� IJ111 1 #_ Project Location Safe, Clean Drinking TBD Water Program Description Other Utility Share Share Safe, Clean Drinking Water Program envelope 0 220,000 for 2019. TOTAL: $0 $220,000