Item - 2020.EX16.24

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council amend the 2020 Capital Budget and 2021 – 2023 Capital Plan for Children's Services by increasing the project cost for the TELCCS Mount Dennis Child Care Centre (CCS035-01) by $1.830 million, increasing the project cost from $18.000 million to $19.830 million, funded with cash flows of $2.557 million in 2020; $10.580 million in 2021; $3.410 million in 2022; and $0.202 million in 2023 through the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103), to support the consolidation of the Trimbee Early Learning Centre; and to support the addition of 26 child care spaces to the planned Mount Dennis location.

2.  City Council amend the 2020 Capital Budget and 2021 – 2022 Capital Plan for Children's Services by increasing the project cost for the St. Barnabas Catholic School Child Care Centre (CCS027-01) by $0.400 million, increasing the project cost from $3.100 million to $3.500 million, funded with cash flows of $0.500 million in 2020; $2.323 million in 2021; $0.500 million in 2022 through the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103), required to fund the inflationary impacts on the cost of construction; million.

3.  City Council amend the 2020 Capital Budget and 2021 – 2022 Capital Plan for Children's Services by increasing the project cost for the St. Bartholomew Catholic School Child Care Centre (CCS029-01) by $0.800 million, increasing the project cost from $3.000 million to $3.800 million, funded with cash flows of $0.250 million in 2020; $2.750 million in 2021; $0.683 million in 2022; through the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103), required to fund the inflationary impacts on the cost of construction.

4.  City Council amend the 2020 Capital Budget and 2021-2022 Capital Plan for Children's Services by increasing the project cost for the St. Roch Catholic School Child Care Centre (CCS028-01) by $0.800 million, increasing the project cost from $3.200 million to $4.000 million, funded with cash flows of $0.500 million in 2020; $2.871 million in 2021;and $0.500 million in 2022 through the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103), required to fund the inflationary impacts on the cost of construction.

This report requests City Council's authority to amend the Approved 2020 Capital Budget and 2021-2029 Capital Plan for Children's Services' by increasing total project costs for four projects by $3.830 million, funded from the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund (XR1103).

These amendments are required in order to proceed with the awarding of tenders for the construction of three child care centres, as the tender prices for the Toronto Early Learning & Child Care Services' (TELCCS) Mount Dennis Child Care Centre at 1234 Weston Road in Ward 5, St. Barnabas Catholic School Child Care Centre at 30 Washburn Way in Ward 23, and St. Roch Catholic School Child Care Centre at 174 Duncanwood Drive in Ward 7 are higher than previous cost estimates provided due to the unique nature of the Mount Dennis project, unique site conditions and construction cost inflation for all four projects.  The amendment is also required in order to proceed with the re-tender process for the fourth centre for the construction of St. Bartholomew Catholic School Child Care Centre located at 51 Heather Road in Ward 23, as recently cancelled tender indicated a need to increase project budget.