Recommendation: That the following actions
be taken with respect to the 3rd Report of the Council Housing Leadership
Committee (CHLC) from its meeting held on June 12, 2013:
a) on
the recommendation of the Director of Municipal Housing, with the concurrence
of the Managing Director, Housing, Social Services and Dearness Home, the
following actions be taken with respect to the project proposals received
under the Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) Program RFP13-13:
i) Homes
Unlimited (London) Inc. BE APPROVED to receive a municipal allocation of
$55,000 per unit for twenty two (22) IAH units, plus $5,000 per unit for
three (3) accessible units, for a total municipal allocation of $1,225,000
and a federal/provincial allocation of $60,000 per unit, for a project
located at 77 Tecumseh Avenue, London;
ii) Tricar
Group BE APPROVED to receive a municipal allocation of $49,109 per unit for
thirty five (35) IAH units, plus $5,000 per unit for three (3) accessible
units, for a total municipal allocation of $1,733,815 and a
federal/provincial allocation of $45,891 per unit, for a project located at
27 Centre Street, London;
iii) Namje
Cho & Jinsun Kim BE APPROVED to receive a municipal allocation of $54,983
per unit for four (4) IAH units, for a total municipal allocation of $219,930
and a federal/provincial allocation of $35,438 per unit, for a project
located at 668 Dundas Street, London;
iv) 1718794
Ontario Limited BE APPROVED to receive a federal/provincial allocation of
$60,000 per unit for a six (6) IAH unit project, located at 173 Main Street,
Glencoe;
v) 1822039
Ontario Ltd. BE APPROVED to receive a federal/provincial allocation of
$60,000 per unit for a twelve (12) IAH unit project, located at 602 Albert
Street, Strathroy;
vi) Woodfield
Developments BE APPROVED to receive a municipal allocation of $53,500 per
unit for thirty three (33) IAH units, plus $5,000 per unit for four (4)
accessible units, for a total municipal allocation of $1,785,500 and a
federal/provincial allocation of $60,000 per unit for a project located at
Princess Avenue, London; it being noted that this proposal will be submitted
to the Province as part of the IAH 2014/2015 fiscal year beginning April 1,
2014;
vii) the
above-noted project proposals BE FORWARDED to the Province for program
funding approval under the Investment in Affordable Housing Program;
viii) the
funding allocation from the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund, for the total
municipal allocation of $4,964,245 recommended above, BE APPROVED as set out
in the Sources of Financing Report attached; and,
ix) in
accordance with Municipal Housing Facilities By-Law No A.-5814-11, the
attached by-laws BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on
June 25, 1013, to:
A)
authorize
a Municipal Contribution Agreement, substantially in the form of an agreement
appended to the by-laws and to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor for
each of the above-noted proponents; and,
B)
authorize
the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the said Agreement(s);
b) on
the recommendation of the Director of Municipal Housing, with the concurrence
of the Managing Director of Housing, Social Services and Dearness Home, the
following actions be taken with respect to the securing of Housing
Development Corporation Project Management and Consultant Services -
RFP13-12:
i) the
proposal submitted by SHS Inc. (Operating as SHS Consulting), 70 East Beaver
Creek Road, Unit 46, Richmond Hill, ON, L4B 3B2, for project management and
consulting services at a proposed amount of $119,957, inclusive of HST,
disbursements, and not inclusive of negotiated cost reductions through
payment incentives, BE ACCEPTED;
ii) the
funding for this purchased service BE APPROVED through existing operating
allocations within the Housing Division 2013 administration budget;
iii) approval
hereby given BE CONDITIONAL upon the Corporation entering into a formal
contract or purchase order or contract record related to this approval; and,
iv) the
Civic Administration BE AUTHORIZED to execute the said Agreement; and,
c) clauses, 3 and 4 BE RECEIVED.
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