HomeMy WebLinkAboutP-67-81 CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT D.N.SMITH,M.C.I.P.,Director
HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1JO TEL.(416)263-2231
REPORT TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING OF APRIL
27, 1981.
REPORT NO.: P-67-81
SUBJECT: Correspondence from Ms. M. Puff and Mr. J. F. Brown
regarding Ontario Neighbourhood Improvement Program
(O.N.I.P.)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully submitted:
1. That this report be received; and
2. That the Clerk be requested to advise Mr. J. F.
Brown, Director Community Renewal Branch, Ministry
of Housing that the Town of Newcastle will not be
making an application to the Ministry for "O.N.I.P."
in 1981; and
3. A copy of the Clerk's letter to Mr. Brown be forwarded
to Ms. M. Puff, Provincial Municipal Affairs Secretariat,
Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, for information.
BACKGROUND & COMMENT:
The attached correspondence from the Ministries of Housing
and Intergovernmental Affairs, dated March 19th and March 16th, respec-
tively, was forwarded to the Department of Planning and Development for
a report to the Planning and Development Committee. y "
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Staff note that the Provincial Government has introduced
its own version of the "Neighbourhood Improvement Program" (O.N.I.P.)
as a result of the cancellation of the C.S.C.P. Program by the Federal
Government. The Town of Newcastle has never had a Neighbourhood Improve-
ment Program nor in the estimation of staff would the Town qualify for
such a program at the present time. The Neighbourhood Improvement
Program in its various forms has required the adoption of a redevelopment
plan under Section 22 of The Planning Act, defining a redevelopment area,
whereby a municipality could receive grants and loans for undertaking
various public works to improve and stabilize typically older resi-
dential neighbourhoods. Money would also be available to individual
property owners for home renovations, to bring their properties up to
municipal standards (Property Standards By-law) .
To undertake a Neighbourhood Improvement Program in the
Town of Newcastle in 1981 is a major commitment outside of the 1981
Work Program and in the opinion of the Director of Planning, the capa-
bilities of Town staff. Staff note that the Town has expressed its dis-
satisfaction with the cancellation of the, C.S.C.P. Program, particularly
because of the loss of potential funding for storm water facilities in
Courtice. In that regard, staff have received the attached letter from
Mr. J. Gardiner (Ministry of Housing) in response to the January 12, 1981
letter to the Ministry of Housing (copy also attached) .
For the information of the Committee, staff have written a
letter directly to Mr. Gardiner asking for clarification of some of the
points made in his letter of March 2, 1981 (copy attached) .
Respectflinly submitted,
DNS:lb D. N. Smith, M.C.I.P.
March 31, 1981 Director or Planning
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Mr. Joseph M. McIlroy, A.M,C.T.
Town Clerk
Town of Ne%•*castj0
40 TcmperQncc Street
Bowmanville, Ontario
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Dear %tar. �icj,Lroy-
The Honourable Thomas L . Wells , Minister of Inter-
governmental Affairs has asked ch4c I acknowledge
receipt of your Council ' s recent resolution requesting A
the reinstatement of
Program the Community Services Contribution
in a long term Federal—Provincial Agreement .
As You will see by the attached News Release the
Government of Ontario has announced the -Ontario Neigh-
bourhood Improvement Program ( ONIT) " in response to
numerous concerns expressed by municipalities followi7g
the cancellation by the federal g6vernment last Fall of
the Community Services ContribuVidn Program.
Thank you for bringing your Council ' s views to the
attention of the government .
! Ours very truly
Marion Puff
Provincial—Municipal
MpIgm Affairs Secretariat
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Release. Febr,.iar_
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(416) 965-2326
Premier William Davis today announced a $12 million
provincial grant program for 1931/612 to assist municipalities
in planning anc. implementing neighborhood improvement
projects .
The Ontario Neighborhood Innrovement Program
has been introduced in response to the cancellation by the
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federal government last fall of the Community Services
Contributicn =rogram.
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Linder the new program, the province and participating
municipalities will each contributei50 per cent towards t`ie
total costs of a �local neighborhood improvement project'.
"The unilateral cancellation of CSCP by the ^der :i
_ G'O eri.:I':Lnt not on!", made it extre:7el' dizf�c,, i� for Ontar`,.,
municipalities t0 continue planning fOr ��1^.nt:O-_I70Qd
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1 :provement, .Dut also had seriOL'S economic I^P1'_C CoP.Sc' '1e nCt S if
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in terms of foregone construction and lost employment" ,
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of the traditional leadership role pilaved by the province
4_I1 community -re.n,,jal and Core area rpv1'.:al. zatlOn .
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Lederal-provincial funding previousl,, orovi�Ed under CSC
this iriti __ :e will contribute to :e ontinuaticn of a
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to mainta_ . Dgrade older neighborhoods " , Davis s d .
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The $12 million equals the amount of funding
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the province would have provided under the former neighborhood
improvement program had CSCP continued .
Grants under CNIP will go towards a wide range
of neighborhood projects , including roads , sidewalks , oarks ,
com:;uni'Ity centres and recreational facilities to help �.
preserve and =Tprove residential areas .
,dministration of the prograr: will be carried a4'
out by the Ministry of Housing under guidelines similar
to thosa developed for the neighborhood improvement component �.
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of the former CSCP program.
New program guidelines are currently being
prepared and will be mailed to municipalities in the near
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March 19, 19831
TO: ILL MUINTICIP.,1LITILS
Dear Sir/'Mad,�m:
Re: Ontario - ';eighbourrc ITnprovanent program
On February 23, 1981, the pre-crier announced the introduction of
the Ontario Neighbourhood lmprovement program (ONIp) in response
to the cancellation by the Federal Gove=ent of the Co=ivanity
Services Contribution program. Under the new program, the
province and participating municipalities will each contribute
50 per'' cent tcwards the total costs of a local neighbourhood
irovement pro j ec t.
The prgvinco %,:ill Lx-- allocating $12 minion for the fiscal year
1981/82 to Ontario municipalities to assist them to undertake
a wide range of neigh )ouri, r projects including sewer and water
utilities, roa-as, sidewalks, parks, miTm:nity centres and
recreational facilities to help preserve and improve residential
areas.
Because of the limited funds available fur the prograTn, the
Province will be screening file applications closely so as to
ensure an equitable distribution of tine funds to those
municipalities where the need is n-cst a,,-)parent. The guidelines
for the na.7 I� o ;ran are now being prepa ca and will be discussed
with the Municipal Liaison_ CcaTrnitt&F, 'fore they are finalized.
Besides other eligibility criteria, an official plan will be a
prerequisite.
If your municipQlity is seriously interested in entering the
program in 1981, bearing in mir_d the availability of limited
provincial funds, would you please advise us as soon as possible
so that %-,re n:1Y semi you a copy of the c>uidolines anu application
form when they have bean finalized. For yoi i.nfornation, it is
the intention of the goverment to continue the Ontario
Neigtz}ouncood Inrovcxnent Program in subsequent }-ears, and for
this reason, it �-:rould help us to IM0-,; if and when your
municipality rrr:v consider- entering the prcxram'.
Yours tru v,
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January 14, 1.981 (: ', 15
Honourable Claude F. Bennett
Minister of Housing
Hearst Block
Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
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Dear Sir:-
Re; Community Services Contribution Program
Neighbourhood Improvement Component
1981 Allocations
The following resolution was adopted by the Council
of the Town of Newcastle at its meeting held on
January 12, 1981:
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle has entered into an agreement with
the Ministry of Housing through the Ontario Housing Action Program
for the provision .of funds for the construction of a Storm Water j
Control System;
AND WHEREAS the O.H.A.P. Agreements include an allocation of
$50,000. from C.M.H.C. ;
AND WHEREAS the $50,000. updated to 1981 figures, would now be
allocated to the Town of Newcastle through the Community
Services Contribution Program;
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BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Town of Newcastle
hereby requests the Minister of Housing to allocate
suitable funds through the C.S.C.P. program for the
construction of Storm Water Control facilities in Courtice
in accordance with existing Ontario Housing Action Program
Agreements."
Yours very truly,
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Gertrude E. Cray
Deputy Clerk/Committee Secretary
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Mrs . Gertrude E . Gray _
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Committee Secretary :
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
Office of the Town Clerk
40 Temperance Street N""
Bowmanville, Ontario
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Dear Mrs. Gray :
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Re : Community Services Contribution Program
Neighbourhood Improvement Component
- 1981 Allocations
Your letter of January 14 , 1981 to the Minister has
been passed to me for reply.
The Community Services Contribution Program has been
terminated, and unless you have received a previous
commitment, funds for the storm water control facili-
ties in Courtice will not be available for this project. ,-,--
We have investigated other grants , but find there are
_ ,apparently none for which this project is eligible.
That leaves only the interest free loan embodied in the
OHAP agreement with the Minister which provides for an
amount of $282 , 700 .
Section 1 of the agreement dated March 11, 1977 provides _
for the interest free loan on conditions that :
1} Only those parts of the loan will be advanced i
? ' r as have been approved by the Ontario Municipal
Board order
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out the project shall be made to the Town
when satisfactory evidence of awarding of the
contract has been received by the Minister
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3) the Minister may consider a request from the
Town for an adjustment in the amount of the
loan to reflect more closely the cost of
construction
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4) the loan or any part shall be repaid in full
on the fifth anniversary of the date on which
the moneys were paid and if the loan is advanced
in more than one payment, each of such payments
shall be repayable in full on the fifth anniver-
sary from the date of such advance.
The only additional amount you could expect to receive
would be in accordance with section 1 (3) above providing
for increase due to inflation. In this regard, I believe
an amount of $50, 000 has been mentioned informally. r,
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In order to get things under way, tenders should be called ;
to determine exactly to what extent the present cost of the
proDect might exceed the amount of the interest free loan.
This together with an Ontario Municipal Board order approving
the borrowing would constitute a proper application to this
ministry. O}1--the-basis of the lowest tender a request for
'�r J an adjustment cowl be cons_ider_ed_ in ac_c_ordance with
section 1 (3) of the agreement.
I trust this clarifies the matter of funding, however if
you have any further question , please give me a call.
Yours truly,
J. Barry Gardiner, MCIP
Acting Director
Operations Control Branch
C. C. G.M. Farrow
W. Wronski
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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTL-E
PLANNING AND DEV ELOPMENT DEPARTMENT D.N.SMITH,M.C.I.P., Director
HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1J0 TEL. (416)263-2231
March 13, 1981
Mr. J. Barry Gardiner, M.C.I.P.
Acting Director
Operations Control Branch
Ministry of Housing
Plans Administration Division
56 Wellesley Street West
8th Floor
TORONTO, Ontario
M7A 2K4
Dear Sir:
Re: Community Services Contribution
Program - Neighbourhood Improvement
Component 1981 Allocations
Town of Newcastle
Further to your letter of March 2, 1981 to Mrs. G.
Gray, Deputy Clerk, Town of Newcastle, in respect of the above,
could you please clarify a couple of points for our information.
Firstly, an amount of $50,000 is mentioned in your
letter as a possible adjustment to the total loan amount of
$282, 700 (apparently to recognize the effect of inflation on
the total loan amount) . Could you please confirm that the $50,000
is not all the additional funding potentially available to the Town
for this project.
Secondly, could you please advise us as to any deadlines
for making application to the Ministry for an adjustment under Section
1(3) of the O.H.A.P. Agreement. How much longer do you expect to
provide funding for O.H.A.P, loans?
I would appreciate your reply at your earliest possible
opportunity. Thank you very much.
Yours ve, truly,
DNS:lb D. N. Smith, M.C.I.P.
Director of Planning
c.c. P. Sia J )a�3nham
ADDENDUM TO REPORT P-67-81
SUBJECT: Correspondence from the Ministry of Housing regarding
Courtice Storm Water Facilities
Please find attached a copy of a letter received from
the Ministry of Housing regarding the above as referred to in Staff
Report P-67-81. The letter appears to be self-explanatory.
Staff intends to review the financing of the above-noted
project in detail and expect to be making specific recommendations
on this matter in the context of the Courtice Heights Subdivision
Agreement.
Respectfully submitted,
DNS:lb D. N. Smith, M.C.I.P.
April Z, 1981 Director of Planning
Ministry Plans 416/965-6418 56 Wellesley Street West
of Administration 8th Floor
Housing Division
Toronto,Ontario 1
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Director of Planning Pi • . �i �-
Corporation of the
Town of Newcastle
Planning and Development
Department
Hampton, Ontario
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Dear Mr. Smith :
Re : Ontario Housing Action Program
Storm Drainage Facilities
Interest Free Loan
I have your letter of March 13 , 1981 for acknowledg-
ment.
We are prepared to advance an interest free loan of
up to $350 , 000 toward the construction of a Storm
Water Control System within the Courtice area of
the Town of Newcastle.
This represents an increase of $67, 300 over the
_ stated amount in the 1977 agreement between the
Town of Newcastle and the Minister of Housing.
These funds have been allocated to our 1981/82
budget and will be available provided a proper
application, as specified in my March 2, 1981 letter
to Mrs . G. Gray, is received no later than
March 31, 1982.
Yours truly,
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J. B. Gardiner
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Acting Director
Operations Control Branch
Ministry Plans 416/965-6418 56 Wellesley Street West
Of Administration 8th Floor
Toronto,Ontario
Housing Division M7A 2K4
Ontario
March 2, 1981
Mrs. Gertrude E. Gray
Deputy Clerk
Committee Secretary
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
Office of the Town Clerk
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, Ontario
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Dear Mrs. Gray:
Re: Community Services Contribution Program
Neighbourhood Improvement Component
1981 Allocations
Your letter of January 14 , 1981 to the Minister has
been passed to me for reply.
The Community Services Contribution Program has been
terminated, and unless you have received a previous
commitment, funds for the storm water control facili-
ties in Courtice will not be available for this project.
We have investigated other grants, but find there are
apparently none for which this project is eligible.
That leaves only the interest free loan embodied in the
OHAP agreement with the Minister which provides for an
amount of $282, 700.
Section 1 of the agreement dated March 11, 1977 provides
for the interest free loan on conditions that:
1) Only those parts .of the loan will be advanced
as have been approved by the Ontario Municipal
Board order 0
2) payment in respect of any contract to carry
out the project shall be made to the Town
when satisfactory evidence of awarding of the
contract has been received by the Minister
3) the Minister may consider a request from the
Town for an adjustment in the amount of the
loan to reflect more closely the cost of
construction
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4) the loan or any part shall be repaid in full
on the fifth anniversary of the date on which
the moneys were paid and if the loan is advanced
in more than one payment, each of such payments
shall be repayable in full on the fifth anniver-
sary from the date of such advance.
The only additional amount you could expect to receive
would be in accordance with section 1 (3) above providing
for increase due to inflation. In this regard, I believe
an amount of $50,000 has been mentioned informally.
In order to get things under way, tenders should be called
to determine exactly to what extent the present cost of the
project might exceed the amount of the interest free loan.
This together with an Ontario Municipal Board order approvin
the borrowing would constitute a proper application to this
ministry. On the basis of the lowest tender a request for
an adjustment could be considered in accordance with
section 1 (3) of the agreement.
I trust this clarifies the matter of funding, however if
you have any further question , please give me a call.
Yours truly,
J. Barry Gardiner, MCIP
Acting Director
Operations Control Branch
C.C. G.M. Farrow
W. Wronski
P. Boles
January 14, 1981
Honourable Claude F. Bennett
Minister of dousing
Hearst Block
Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
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Dear Sir:-
Fe: Community Services Contribution Program
Neighbourhood improvement Component
1931 Allocations
The following resolution was adopted by the Council
of the Town of Newcattle at its meeting held on
January 12, 1981:
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle has entered into an agreement with
the Ministry of Housing through the Ontario Eousing Action Program
for the provision of funds for *_he construction of a Storm Water
Control System;
AND WHEREAS the O.D.A.P. Agreements include an allocation of
$50;000. from C.-M.H.C. ;
AND WHETS the $50,000. updated to 1981 figures, would now be
allocated to the Town of Newcastle through the Community
Services Contribution Program;
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BE IT NOW THE-IREFORE PESOLVED that the Town of Newcastle
hereby requests t1ha M-mister of Housing to allocate
suitable funds through the C.S.C.P. program for the
construction of Storm Water Control facilities in Courtice
in accordance with existing Ontario Housing Action Program
Ag re emen is.vg
Yours Very truly,
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Gertrude E. Graff;
Deputy Clerk/Committee Secretary
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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT D.N. SMITH, M.C.I.P., Director
HAMPTON.ONTARIO LOB 1 JO TEL.(416)263-2231
REPORT TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING OF JANUARY
5, 1981.
REPORT NO. : P-7-81
SUBJECT: Community Services Contribution Program
Neighbourhood Improvement Component - 1981
Allocations
BACKGROUND:
The attached correspondence was forwarded to the Plan-
ning Department on November 6, 1980 for a report to Council. Mr.
Bennett's letter seeks municipal support for the Province's request
to the Federal Government for the continuation of the Community
Services Contribution Program. Recently the Federal Government has
indicated that they are contemplating a change in their financing
through this program including the possible withdrawal of funds.
The Community Services Contribution Program was intro-
duced by the Federal Government in the spring of 1979 through the
Ministry of Urban Affairs. The program replaced existing programs
then in operation through C.M.H.C., including the N.I.P. program.
The C.S.C.P. program is, in essence, a block funding system whereby
money is transferred from the Federal Government to the Provinces for
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Community Services. The allocation of the money and the criteria
for receiving such funds has become the responsibility of Provincial
administration rather than Federal.
COMMENT:
As Committee may be aware, the Town of Newcastle has
not been involved in a neighbourhood improvement program and, therefore,
is not in need of funds through the neighbourhood improvement compon-
ent of C.S.C.P. However, this municipality has in the past expected
to receive some $50,000 of Federal money as part of the Storm Water
Control System in Courtice specified in the 1977 Ontario Housing Act
Program Agreements. It would, therefore, be appropriate for this munici-
pality to advise the Ontario Ministry of Housing that we are still in
need of those funds and wish the Province to make a suitable allocation
to the Town in accordance with the O.H.A.P. Agreements. It is suggested,
therefore, that Town Council adopt the following resolution.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the following resolution be fore-
warded to Town Council for adoption:
"WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle has entered into an
Agreement with the Ministry of Housing through the
Ontario Housing Action Program for the provision of
funds for the construction of a Storm Water Control
System;
AND WHEREAS the O.H.A.P. Agreements include an allo-
cation of $50,000 from C.M.H.C.` ic, �� �
AND WHEREAS the $50,000 would now be allocated to the
Town of Newcastle through the Community Services Con-
tribution Program.
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BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Town of Newcastle
hereby requests the Minister of Housing to allocate suitable
funds through the C.S.C.P. program for the construction of
Storm Water Control facilities in Courtice in accordance
with existing Ontario Housing Action Program Agreements."
Respectfully submitted,
DNS:lb D. N. Smith, M.C.I.P.
December 4, 1980 Director of Planning
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OPEN LETTER TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES
Re: Community Services Contribution Program -
Neighbourhood Improvement Component - 1981
Allocations
As you are aware, the Community Services Contribution
Program (Neighbourhood Improvement Program Component)
has been in effect since 1979 , and a new long-term
agreement covering the period 1981-1985 was to be
negotiated this Fall .
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The Federal Government is in the process of reviewing
the entire Community Services Contribution Program, and
there is a clear indication that this might be one of
the programs they will be cutting in the near future .
This would directly contravene the agreement signed
between Ontario and Canada for the 1979-1980 Community
Services Contribution Program on March 15 , 1979 .
This subject was a major topic of discussion by the
Provincial Ministers responsible for C.S.C.P . delivery
last month in New Brunswick. At that meeting, the
Ministers unanimously stated their objection to the
Federal Government' s intention to "reconsider" the i
agreement and issued a joint communique to this effect.
A copy is attached.
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The purpose of this letter is two-fold:
1 . To make you aware of the Federal Govern-
ment ' s position at this time, and to
suggest Ontario municipalities make their j
views known directly to the Honourable E.
Paul Cosgrove , Minister responsible for
the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation;
RECEIVED
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OCT 24 1980
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COMMUNITY SERVICES CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM —
NEIGHBOURHOOD IMPROVEMENT COMPONENT — 1981
ALLOCATIONS
"On behalf .of Provincial Ministers responsible for the
Community Services Contribution Program meeting in con-
ference in St. Andrews today , I am responding to your
recent telegram. The following is our unanimous position.
The importance of theIC.S .C.P. is one we are sure everyone
appreciates. Not only do C.S.C.P. monies provide the basic
capital needs to undertake projects which improve the
quality of life for Canadians, they also generate significant
employment and spin-off social opportunities for our
citizens.
"We refuse to accept that the Government of Canada should
reconsider the future of the C.S.C.P. In 1978, when
preliminary negotiations took place, the former minister
responsible for this program, the Honourable Andre Ouellet,
stated the federal government' s desire to have a long-term
agreement to replace the three major municipal programs that
were unilaterally terminated by the federal government. His
urgent desire to implement the present interim agreement was
agreed to by the provinces because of the federal government' s
commitment that a long-term agreement would be signed prior
to 31 December 1980 . A clause to this effect is included in
the agreement: signed by each province . Without this federal
commitment , the provinces would certainly have reacted
differently -at the time the other programs were abandoned.
Further , at no time in any discussions with Mr. Ouellet, was
it ever implied that the program might be terminated.
"Time is running short. We want to stress our urgent desire
to have the Government of Canada ' s commitment fulfilled forth-
with. In all provinces , long-term project commitments have
been made under this program. We and the thousands of munici-
palities- must have this formal agreement in place now, so that
orderly, long-term municipal project planning and budgeting
can continue. Given the significant benefits generated by the
program for municipalities, we are at a loss to understand the
federal government' s reexamination of its continued participa-
tion. We want to state emphatically, on behalf of the
municipalities of all the provinces , that the 1978 commitment
to a long-term agreement must be honoured. In view of the
extreme urgency and importance of this matter to municipalities,
your government' s immediate positive response .-is expected. "
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collective views of the Provinces and
their municipalities, an extension to the
current C.S .C.P . agreement is offered by
the Federal Government, you should
immediately advise my Ministry of your
interest in participating in the 1981
program. This would assist in expediting
the processing of applications.
I look forwar hearing from you.
Yours sincerel
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Claude F. Bennett
Minister
M.P.P. Ottawa South
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