-----Answer Received December 8, 2003-----
From: "Matthews, Ryan"Ryan.Matthews@ottawa.ca
Date: 2003/12/08 Mon AM 08:37:05 EST
To: benrich@sympatico.ca<benrich@sympatico.ca>
Subject: FW: Simple cost breakdowns requested for "Annex ‘E’",
May 02-03 Staff Report.
Mr. Bendall,
Thanks for your email. Details regarding the breakdown costs
for each item are included in Annex ‘A’ to the same May 2, 2003
staff report. Annex ‘A’ is the Technical Memorandum prepared by RV
Anderson, reviewed the implications of implementation of the three
options under consideration, and provided estimates of the cost of
proceeding with each option. Additional information regarding the
basis for the initial cost estimates is contained in the
Appendices to the December 2002 RV Anderson report titled "Munster
Hamlet Wastewater Treatment Facility Re-evaluation of
Alternatives, Final Report. The staff report is available on the
City Internet site at http:\\Ottawa.ca by following the links to
the "City Hall" section, and then to City Council and Committee
Agendas and Minutes". The December 2002 RV Anderson report is
available in the Munster and Richmond branches of the Public
Library.
Thank you.
Ryan R. Matthews, M.Sc., P.Eng.
Senior Project Manager
City of Ottawa
Transportation, Utilities and Public Works Department
Infrastructure Services Branch
100 Constellation Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 6J8
Office: 613.580.2424 Ext. 16211
Fax: 613.580.2587
(Follow-up to above letter)
December 19, 2003
Ryan Matthews, P.Eng, Senior
Project Manager,
City of Ottawa, Construction Services Division
100 Constellation Crescent Ottawa, ON, K2G 6J8
Via Email: ryan.matthews@ottawa.ca,
and Fax
Tel: 613-2424 ext. 16211; Fax: 613-580-2587
Dear Mr. Matthews:
Enclosed, please find a copy of my December 1, 2003, letter to
you, requesting elemental break down costs which provide the
totals expressed in Annex ‘E’ of the Rosemarie Leclair-authored
Staff Report of May 2, 2003.
Your December 8th reply (enclosed), did not include the
requested information, but instead, referred to documents you
claimed would provide that information.
As I pointed out at the December 9th, 2003, Public Meeting in
Richmond, the documents you referred me to did not give the
complete information that was requested, (only partial). You
replied to me, at the Public Meeting, that you would supply me the
complete figures, however, as of this date, they still have not
arrived.
To restate the request, very kindly send me the complete
broken-down list of input costs which yielded the totals presented
in Annex ‘E’, including the component numbers for the Operation
and Maintenence Costs (i.e.: Labour breakdowns, Chemicals, Repairs
and Replacements, etc.), as well.
Surely, in order to have produced Annex ‘E’, all of the
component cost (making up the totals), would be at your finger
tips …in some sort of table. That’s all I am asking for.
And surely, if the City is prepared to stand by its numbers,
such that you are confident the forcemain is the least expensive
option, (Capital and O&M combined), then you should be able to
proudly show ratepayers how you arrived at the final numbers.
Since my original request was December 1st, it would be
immensely appreciated if you could email me the information in the
next couple of days.
Thank you,
Richard Bendall
Email: benrich@sympatico.ca
cc: Rosemarie Leclair, General Manager of Transportation,
Utilities and Public Works
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