Public Works Committee

That Report PW 4-2024, dated February 6, 2024, respecting St. Paul Street West CNR Bridge (Structure 08125) Replacement Cost Sharing and Divestiture Agreement, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That staff BE AUTHORIZED to negotiate a cost sharing and divestiture agreement with Canadian National Railway Company (CNR) for the replacement of the St. Paul Street West CNR Bridge (Structure 081215); 2. That Regional Council APPROVE, in principle, the transfer of ownership including maintenance responsibility for the substructure and superstructure of the St. Paul Street West CNR Bridge to The Regional Municipality of Niagara (Region), subject to the execution of a Cost Sharing and Divestiture Agreement between the Region and CNR, and the receipt of related funding from CNR; 3. That financing in the amount of $14,600,000 gross and $5,954,010 net BE INITIATED from the approved 2024 capital budget for St. Paul Street West CNR Bridge (Structure 081215) and that the project BE FUNDED as follows:  Debt $5,954,010  Development Charges – Roads $517,740  City of St. Catharines $528,250  CNR $7,600,000; 4. That the Commissioner of Public Works BE AUTHORIZED to execute the Cost Sharing and Divestiture Agreement between the Region and CNR, in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal Services; Public Works Committee Open Session Minutes PWC 2-2024 February 6, 2024 Page 3 5. That any future maintenance funding payments to be received by the Region from CNR as

That Report PW 5-2024, dated February 6, 2024, respecting Regional Road 20 (Lundy’s Lane) Hydro Canal Bridge North Major Rehabilitation Budget Adjustment, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That a gross capital budget adjustment in the amount of $2,888,972 gross and $0 net BE APPROVED (and INITIATED) for the Major Rehabilitation of the Hydro Canal Bridge North in the City of Niagara Falls and BE FUNDED from Federal Gas Tax.