CITY OF VANCOUVER
engineering services
D.H. Rudberg, P.Eng., General Manager
T.R. Timm, P.Eng., Deputy City Engineer

MEMORANDUM March 9, 2001

TO: Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets

FROM: D.H. Rudberg, General Manager of Engineering Services

SUBJECT: Addendum to Canada - B.C. Infrastructure Report

Item 2 on March 8, 2001, CS&B Agenda

The following provides some additional information and a revised Table 2, project listing and ranking of "Other" Projects, for the above captioned report.

On February 27, 2001, the Province released an addendum to the program affecting the "Other" submission list proposed in the March 8, 2001 Canada - B.C. Infrastructure report to CS&B as distributed. Staff discovered the addendum on March 6.

The most significant impact in the addendum is the implementation of a $2 million cap on combined Federal and Provincial funding. Therefore, up to $1 million of Federal funds and up to $1 million of Provincial funds would be the maximum contribution to any one project in the "Other" category. As before, the local share would be a minimum of one third, though the local partner can contribute more. The projects on the "Green" list were not affected by this cap.

Four of the proposed "Other" projects are affected by this ruling and have been reworked with changes to project scope and cost. Table 2 from the report has been revised and is attached to this memo. As well, the project descriptions have been changed accordingly. In summary, the four projects are:

Burrard Bridge Seismic Upgrade
Engineering Services have indicated that this is still the highest priority and, with the $2 million cap, additional funding of $1 million can be made available in the Capital Plan.

Broadway Corridor Reconstruction
The scope of the project will be reduced to reflect the lowered contribution.

Mount Pleasant Community Centre Reconstruction
Originally, a combined Community Centre/Library was proposed. While Parks has sufficient funds within the 2000-2002 Capital Plan, Library do not. Therefore, this application will request funding for a single use facility as was originally approved by Park Board Commissioners on February 26, 2001.

Vancouver Museum Phase 3 Capital Revitalization
This project has been scaled down from $9.66 to $7.66 million.

These projects will be submitted to the program in time for the March 15, 2001 application deadline.

D. H. Rudberg, P.Eng
General Manager of Engineering Services

APPENDIX

CHANGES TO THE REPORT (BOLD INDICATES CHANGE)

The third paragraph in the Discussion currently reads:

Four projects were left off the Other Projects list for this round, but are planned for submission in subsequent rounds. Those projects are: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Downtown Eastside Library Project, Arts Complex, Fraser River Trail.

Since that time, three additional projects have been proposed as round 2 submissions: Queen Elizabeth Auditorium, Lobby and Plaza Renewal, Mount Pleasant Library and the Force Options Training Facility.

Please replace Table 2 located on page 5 with the following:

REVISED Table 2 - Other Infrastructure Projects

Rank	Dep't	Description	Total
1/24	Eng	Burrard Bridge Seismic Upgrade	$4,000,000
2/24	Eng	Broadway Corridor Reconstruction	$3,000,000
3/24	Parks	Mount Pleasant Community Centre	$6,500,000
4/24	Community initiated	Vancouver Museum Phase 3 Capital Revitalization	$7,660,000
5/24	Community initiated	Millennium Sport Facility	$3,200,000
6/24	Parks	False Creek Community Centre Expansion	$1,300,000
7/24	Eng	Davie Street Sidewalks/Transit Facilities	$1,200,000
8/24	Eng	Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)	$440,000
9/24	Corp Serv	Partial Upgrade to Existing facilities targeted to act as Evacuation Centres (19)	$500,000
10/24	Corp Serv	Back-up City Hall Post Disaster	$1,500,000
11/24	Eng	Kent Avenue Bicycle Route	$1,100,000
12/24	Eng	Corner Bulges near Vancouver Schools	$375,000
13/24	Community initiated	South Vancouver Neighborhood House	$1,800,000
14/24	Eng	Eastside Crosscut Greenway	$1,600,000
15/24	Eng	Chess Street Salt Storage Sheds	$200,000
16/24	Eng	Chess Street Works Yard Fuel Management System	$500,000
17/24	Parks	Kerrisdale Community Centre Renovation	$500,000
18/24	Brit	Britannia Library Expansion	$2,600,000
19/24	Parks	Champlain Heights Community Centre Expansion	$1,300,000
20/24	Eng	Robson Street Pedestrian Enhancement	$1,000,000
21/24	Eng	Speed Humps on Vancouver Streets	$750,000
22/24	Community initiated	Jewish Community Centre - Fitness, Recreation and Rehabilitation Complex	$1,295,000
23/24	Eng	Environmental Pavement Trial and Study	$1,500,000
24/24	Eng	Chess Street Works Yard Fibre Optic / High Speed Internet Access	$200,000
		Total	$44,270,000

REVISED PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Broadway Corridor Reconstruction

A comprehensive reconstruction of the transportation and street infrastructure on Broadway from Granville to Nanaimo Streets, to include the following work:

· Installing cycling facilities, where possible;
· Installing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure, for:

I. Traffic signal controls;
ii. Transit control/information;
iii. Incident detection and congestion monitoring;
iv. Emergency response; and
v. Closed circuit traffic cameras

· Installing fibre optic conduit in street right-of-way;
· Installing transit infrastructure, including:

I. Bus bulges, where possible;

ii. Bus pads

iii. Passenger landing pads;
iv. Transit shelters; and
v. Pedestrian level lighting

· Replacing ageing water mains, as necessary;
· Replacing ageing sewer mains, as necessary

· Reconstructing sections of curb and sidewalk; and
· Repaving the roadway.

Total Costs $3.0 million

Mount Pleasant Community Centre Reconstruction

The community centre is old and renovation options have been ruled out due to high costs and resulting sub-standard programmable space. As a result, reconstruction of the community centre has been put forward as the best option. The new building will be designed in such as way that it will become the most energy efficient community centre in the system.

Park Board contribution: $4,750,000
Provincial contribution: $875,000
Federal contribution: $875,000
Project cost: $6,500,000
Operating Costs
No projection of net changes to operating costs can be made in advance of site selection, location arrangements and architectural program development. Considerable efficiencies will be realized, but these are likely to be more than offset by increased technical maintenance (for example, the current facility does not have a fire suppression system) and higher janitorial costs due to increased facility usage.

Vancouver Museum Phase 3 Capital Revitalization

In 1996, Council has approved a series of actions to begin a process of revitalization at the Vancouver Museum, including approval of $3 million in the 97/99 Capital Plan. The Museum's revitalization project makes significant capital improvements to the City-owned building in Vanier Park, upgrading the facility to contemporary building codes and museum standards, improving the lay-out and accessibility of the museum, including collection storage, and providing current and relevant exhibits necessary to attract new and repeat visitors. Phases 1 and 2 of the project were completed on time and under budget.

In May of 1999 Council approved a $1,660,000 allocation for Phase 3 which includes the redevelopment of both architectural and exhibit infrastructure. The current permanent galleries will be renovated and new exhibits, The Vancouver Story installed. An additional 3000 sq feet of space will be added to create The Joyce Walley Learning Centre which will provide a hands-on education programming centre connected to the exhibition galleries. The revitalization will also include improvements to artifact collection storage and security, seismic upgrade and improvement to electrical and mechanical systems in the facility.

Additional operating costs are anticipated for increased guest services staff, maintenance of technologically sophisticated exhibits, additional costs associated with growth in both attendance and school educational programs. These costs will be covered by growth in operating revenues from attendance and school programs, expanded sponsorship opportunities for programming and workshops, expansion of rental revenue opportunities from the educational programming centre and interest from endowment sources. The City provides an annual operating grant in the amount of $634,000 (2000).

Council has approved $3 million for this project through the 97/99 Capital Plan, with $1.66 million allocated for Phase 3. The Museum has already raised $1.8 million in private sector donations - with a lead donation of $1.6 million from Dr. Ken Walley towards The Joyce Walley Learning Centre. A Capital Campaign has been launched to raise an additional $2.2 million for exhibition infrastructure. The Museum is seeking Infrastructure support in the amount of $2,000,000 from the provincial and federal participants in the program. The total estimated cost of this project is $7.66 million.