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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: October 10, 1996
Dept. File No. 1.40.96.08
To: Vancouver City Council
FROM: General Manager of Engineering Services
SUBJECT: Reallocation of Waterworks Capital Funding
RECOMMENDATION
THAT Council authorise the transfer of $1.06 million from the 1996 Waterworks Transmission Replacement program
into other Waterworks capital programs as follows:
Amount Program
$800,000 Pit Cast Iron Pipe Replacement
$260,000 Lined Cast Iron Pipe Replacement
COUNCIL POLICY
Transfers to/from approved capital accounts over $50,000 must be approved by Council.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to seek Council s approval to transfer $1.06 million out of the Transmission Main
Replacement program into other Waterworks capital programs, distributed as specified in the aforementioned
Recommendation.
BACKGROUND
As the 1994 to 1996 capital plan comes to an end, a timing issue has come to light. Two twelve inch diameter watermains
are planned for Clark Drive (one on each side of the road) from Franklin to Venables as part of the 1996 capital
construction program. These watermains are being installed as the final step in replacing a worn out 24-inch
transmission main, and construction is being co-ordinated with current sewer construction on Clark Drive. However, the
sewer construction has been delayed by approximately 3 months and will not be complete until mid-December 1996.
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The delay requires one of the following actions:
A. Watermain construction could start before sewer construction is complete. This would be an
awkward situation with two crews working right on top of each other. It is unlikely that
either the sewer work or the water work would be cost effective under this circumstance.
B. The construction of the Clark Drive watermains could be delayed until early 1997 and the
capital budget could be reorganised accordingly. There is enough capital funding remaining to
keep both of the watermain construction crews working for the remainder of 1996, but the funds
are assigned to specific programs. Approximately half of the remaining capital funding for
watermain construction is dedicated to the Transmission Main Replacement program and there are
no other transmission projects that can be scheduled before the end of 1996. However, there
are several projects in the Pit Cast Iron Replacement and the Lined Cast Iron Replacement
programs that can be constructed this year if $1.06 million is transferred from the
Transmission Main Replacement program.
The Clark Drive watermains would be funded by increasing the 1997 Transmission Main
Replacement program s budget submission by $1.06 million. The Pit Cast Iron Replacement and
Lined Cast Iron Replacement programs budget submissions for 1997 would be lowered by $800,000
and $260,000 respectively, resulting in no increase to the 1997 capital budget.
Engineering Services believes that the second approach would be more efficient, and is consistent with our overall
infrastructure replacement strategies.
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