Item - 2019.BU7.7

The Interim General Manager, Children's Services recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize an in-year budget adjustment to the 2019 Capital Budget for Children's Services by increasing the project cost for the Toronto Early Learning and Child Care Services' Mount Dennis Child Care Centre (CCS035-01) by $7.000 million, increasing the project cost from $11.000 million to $18.000 million, funded through the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103), required to support the consolidation of the Trimbee Early Learning Centre; to support the addition of 26 child care spaces to the planned Mount Dennis location; and to fund inflationary impacts on the cost of construction.

 
2.  City Council authorize an amendment to the budgeted cash flows for the completion of the Toronto Early Learning and Child Care Services' Mount Dennis Child Care Centre project to reflect the following requirements: 2019 - $2.000 million, 2020 - $10.000 million, and 2021 - $2.991 million.

 
3.  City Council authorize an in-year budget adjustment to the 2019 Capital Budget for Children's Services by increasing the project cost for the St. Barnabas Catholic School Child Care Centre (CCS027-01) by $0.500 million, increasing the project cost from $2.600 million to $3.100 million, funded through the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103), required to fund the inflationary impacts on the cost of construction.

 
4.  City Council authorize an amendment to the budgeted cash flows for the completion of the St. Barnabas Catholic School project to reflect the following requirements: 2019 - $1.000 million, and 2020 - $1.923 million.

This report requests City Council's authority to amend Children's Services' Approved 2019 Capital Budget and 2020-2028 Capital Plan by increasing total project costs for two projects by $7.500 million, funded from the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103).

These amendments are required in order to proceed with the tender process for the construction of two child care centres, as scope changes to the Mount Dennis project and third party costing indicates the need to increase the approved project for the Toronto Early Learning and Child Care Services' Mount Dennis Child Care Centre at 1234 Weston Road in Ward 5, and St. Barnabas Catholic School Child Care Centre at 30 Washburn Way in Ward 23.

The preliminary quotations received through Class A costing for Mount Dennis and Class B costing for St. Barnabas have identified that construction costs will exceed the approved project costs for the child care centres. 

The increases will be fully funded from the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund XR1103; the use of funds for this purpose complies with the policies in the Reserve Fund By-law, and sufficient funds are available in the reserve.