That with respect to ;Revised Notice of Motion EC2025-0761, the following be adopted, after amendment: Therefore be it Resolved that Council directs Administration to allocate $7M of one-time funding from the Housing Accelerator Funds to further fund the Shallow Utility Burial Pilot Program starting in 2025; and Further be it resolved that Council directs Administration to assess the pilot program and consider a future funding source for a permanent Shallow Utility Burial Program in the prioritization of investments for the 2025 November Budget Adjustments or future Service Plans and Budgets. ;
The City will use $7 million in one-time Housing Accelerator Funds to expand a Shallow Utility Burial Pilot starting in 2025. The Administration must assess that pilot and consider a permanent funding source during the 2025 November Budget Adjustments or in future budgets. (See report EC2025-0761.)
The motion allocates dedicated one-time funding to expand burying shallow utility lines, which the report says is intended to improve neighbourhood aesthetics and infrastructure resilience, and it requires the Administration to evaluate the pilot and consider making funding permanent during the 2025 November Budget Adjustments or in future service plans and budgets.