February 4, 2013, at 4:00 PM
Present:
P. Van Meerbergen, J. Fontana, M. Brown, S. Orser, H.L. Usher, S. White, J. Martin (Secretary)
Also Present:
J. Braam, A. Dunbar, M. Hayward, J. Lucas, A. Macpherson, E. Soldo, J. Stanford
1. That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary
interests were disclosed.
2. Annual Ministry of
Environment Inspection of the City of London Water Distribution System - 2012
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the Director, Water and Wastewater and Treatment, the 2012 Annual Ministry of Environment Inspection of the City of London Water Distribution System BE RECEIVED.
3. Veterans Memorial
Parkway Community Program 2012 Summary and 2013 Planning Report
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the Director, Land Use Planning and City Planner, the staff report dated February 4, 2013 outlining the Veterans Memorial Parkway Community Program 2012 Summary and 2013 Planning Report BE RECEIVED as per the requirements of the City’s agreement with Landscape Ontario for the enhancement of the Veterans Memorial Parkway.
4. New 2013 Traffic
Signal-Byron Baseline Road at Colonel Talbot Road
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the Director, Roads & Transportation, the following actions be taken with respect to the new 2013 Traffic Signal at Byron Baseline Road at Colonel Talbot Road: a) the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Byron Baseline Road and Colonel Talbot Road BE APPROVED; and, b) future additional operating costs for the project in the amount of $6,400 BE APPROVED as a first priority commitment from available assessment growth in 2013, subject to final budget approval.
5. Highway 401
Interchange Projects Agreement with Ministry of Transportation
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the Director, Roads and Transportation, the following actions be taken with respect to an Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen ln Right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario (MTO), and The Corporation of the City of London for the construction of Highway 401 interchanges in the City of London: a) the attached proposed by-law (Appendix “A”) BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting on February 12, 2013 to: i) approve an Agreement between the City and the Minister of Transportation, substantially in the form attached as Schedule 1 to the by-law and to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, for the construction of Highway 401 interchanges in the City of London; and, ii) authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the Agreement approved in i), above; b) the financing related to the subject Agreement BE APPROVED as set out in the Sources of Financing Report appended to the staff report dated February 4, 2013; and, c) the Civic Administration BE AUTHORIZED to undertake all the administrative acts that are necessary in connection with these projects.