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MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee
DATE: . May 22, 19 9 0
REPORT #: PD- 189-90 FILE #:
SUQJECT: PARKING METRES
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-189-90 be received for information.
2 . That J. J. Mackay Canada Limited with a total bid of $28904 .45
be awarded the contract for replacement of 293 parking metre
mechanisms .
3 . That the 1990 Budgeted value of $20,000 . 00 for parking meter
conversion be charged to Account No. 7225-X-169 and that the
balance of the funds required be drawn from Parking Lot
Reserve Funds; Account No. 1110-162-X.
1. In response to the Government imposition of the Commercial
Concentration tax throughout the GTA, effective January 1,
1990, Council, in December 1989, approved a new parking metre
rate at 50 cents/hour for all parking metres . Subsequently,
the Central Parking Metre on Division Street lot has been
adjusted.
2 . To date, the parking metres on streets have not been adjusted
to accommodate the rate change. This is primarily due to the
fact that Staff have been negotiating with the Town of Whitby
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to acquire their surplus metres and if successful, could
present very significant savings to the Town. However, our
negotiation attempt with Whitby Staff has failed and we were
recently advised by Whitby that their surplus metres will be
disposed of by tender in August.
The time element plus the fact that there is no guarantee the
Town will be successful in the tender process make this
alternative undesirable.
3 . While staff were awaiting response from Whitby, quotations
were obtained from the following companies to change 293
parking metres from 25 cents/hour to 50 cents/hour.
Option A - to convert existing metres
Curlette Sales Limited $ 9,531.29
J. J. Mackay Metres Limited $ 17,272.35
Option B - to exchange metres mechanism
Curlette Sales Limited $ 29,300.00
J. J. Mackay Metres Limited $ 28,904.45
Option C - to install new electronic metres
J. J. Mackay Limited $102,257.00
All of the above quotations are exclusive of Provincial Sales
Tax.
4 . Subsequent to obtaining the quotations, Curlette Sales Limited
of Calgary apparently no longer serves the Ontario market and
hence its quotation is invalid.
5 . After examining the options provided by J. J. Mackay Limited,
Staff arrives at the conclusion that "Option B" should be
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chosen. This option involves replacing the entire mechanical
assembly with new assembly which comes with a 3 year warranty.
6 . Although "Option All costs less, Staff could not recommend this
option for the following reasons:
a) Most of the existing metres were purchased between 1957
and 1970 and they have been subjected to frequent repairs .
b) Warranty is not provided after the conversion.
7 . "Option C" is expensive, involving switch over to electronic
metres . Although electronic metres are superior in quality,
accuracy and least susceptible to breakdowns as compared with
mechanical metres, this cannot be justified due to the
tremendous cost implication.
8. In consideration of the above comments, Staff is recommending
"Option B" (to exchange mechanical parking metre mechanism)
be endorsed. The 1990 Budget provided $20,000 .00 in
anticipation of the adjustment to the metres, which is offset
by a budgeted contribution from the Reserve Fund. The Parking
Lot Reserve Fund is authorized under Section 208 of the
Municipal Act to use the funds for Municipal Parking
operations and capital, and it is therefore suggested that the
balance of the funds, be drawn directly from the Reserve Fund.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrence E. Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief Administrative
and Development Officer
rie A. Marano, H.BSc .
Treasurer
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