Community and Protective Services Committee

WHEREAS purpose of the Community Partnership Major Capital Program is to implement major capital improvements to both parks and recreation facilities and Community Resource Centres within the City of Ottawa on a cost-sharing basis, with the objective of developing and improving facilities that serve the community; AND WHEREAS the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre (OCCRC) provides comprehensive neighbourhood-based facilities and services that meet the physical, emotional, social, economic and mental needs of the Francophone and Anglophone residents in the east end of Ottawa; AND WHEREAS the development of the OCCRC’s new facility at 240 Centrum Boulevard, completed in 2010, would have been eligible for City cost-sharing under the Community Partnership Major Capital Program and had applied for funding; AND WHEREAS this project was not considered at the time due to budget constraints; AND WHEREAS the current program does not specifically permit consideration of projects from previous years; AND WHEREAS additional funding is now available because another recipient is unable to commence their capital project that was to be funded from the Community Partnership Major Capital Program; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Community and Protective Services recommend Council approve that $135,000 in funding from the Community Partnership Major Capital Program be directed to the OCCRC to offset the costs of their new community facility at 240 Centrum Boulevard.