2011 PETER J. MARSHALL AWARDS

2011 PETER J. MARSHALL INNOVATION (PLAQUE) AWARD WINNERS

Organization:  City of Kitchener

Topic:    Stormwater Utility Implementation

Project Description:

This project focused on the implementation of the City of Kitchener Stormwater Management (SWM) Utility, which shifted SWM programming from a property tax funding to a user fee approach.  The City’s SWM Utility is the first in Canada to use an impervious area based approach on properties, coupled with a rate credit policy for privately owned SWM facilities.    

Intended Audience(s): 

The project is intended to address Council, City staff and property owners’ concerns regarding the fair and efficient operation of the city’s stormwater management program and rate structure. 

Goals and Objectives:

The project addressed:   stormwater service levels and legislative requirements; the effects of urbanization on system capacity; aging infrastructure priorities; the application of evolving state-of- the-art infrastructure; the need to better plan and manage SWM programs and consolidate SWM activities; a more equitable rate structure for assigning costs of service to users; and public expectations about environmental awareness and water quality.   

Organization:  City of Mississauga

Topic:  “MiWay” Transit Mobile Website

Project Description:

The Mississauga “MiWay Mobile Site” (m.miway.ca) launched on October 1, 2010, enables City of Mississauga  transit riders to view bus schedules on their smartphones and other mobile devices.  Schedules and specific departure times can be accessed anytime and anywhere in an environmentally sustainable way.  The project was supported jointly by City of Mississauga staff and Bell Canada technical and design staff.

Intended Audience(s):

The audience includes City Council, City of Mississauga staff, Bell Canada staff and Mississauga transit users with mobile devices.

Goals and Objectives:

The project was designed to reduce the need for printed transit schedules and to provide easy, anytime access to complete schedule information;  specific bus route and departure information; and service alerts that may affect travel plans.  The MiWay Mobile Site uses the City’s existing IT portal infrastructure, so that there are no additional operating costs or staff required.   Hosting at Bell Canada’s data centre guarantees superior levels of “uptime” for the city with minimal additional IT infrastructure.       

2011 PETER J. MARSHALL CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AWARD WINNERS

Organization:    Municipality of Central Elgin                    

Topic:    Asset and Financial Management Integrated Solution 

Project Description:

This private/public partnership project responds to the PS 3150 PSAB reporting requirements for tangible assets, by providing full asset management and decision support, coupled with budget forecasting, accounts payable integration, work order management and a geographic information system (GIS).  This integrated approach was designed to reduce annual operating costs and to forecast long range capital expenditures and included full integration and development of the Municipality’s software solutions to better record and utilize data and record work related to capital and maintenance improvements.    

Intended Audience(s):

Intended audiences include Central Elgin Council, Municipal senior management, the municipal  Auditor, Direct IT Corp and Burnside and Associates Limited and Central Elgin taxpayers.   

Goals and Objectives:

The project was designed to produce an easily manipulated data base for asset recording by asset class, to integrate all current municipal software applications to improve tracking of assets and related expenses and to consolidate and link paper based records and software applications to manage staff resources and reduce duplication of effort.

Topic:    Hale Street/Trafalgar Street & CN Rail Elevated Roundabout Grade Separation 

Project Description:

The Hale Street/Trafalgar Street and CN Rail grade separation structure supports an elevated roundabout intersection.  This is the first roundabout over a rail line in North America and the approach has eliminated delays in vehicular traffic, improved road safety and has enabled the CN to conduct operations without hindrance.    A number of value engineering and design management alternative service delivery methods were used to address special considerations of the project

Intended Audience(s):

The audiences for this project include the City of London, the Federal and Provincial Governments, the Canadian National Railway and London residents.

Goals and Objectives:

The project improvements were intended to address traffic delays and safety concerns at the rail crossing, reduce traffic infiltration into adjacent local neighbourhoods, enable the CNR to improve the efficiency of their railway operations, support future industrial growth in the London area, be implemented in a cost efficient manner and be based on an effective partnership with CNR.