BYLAW - Agreement Re. Road Programme Study - 19730319 - 198873BY-LAW # 1988-73
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
BEING A BY-LAW 'ID AUI'HORIZE THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT BErWEEN THE MINISTRY
OF TRANSPORI'ATION ANDDCOMMUNICATICNS AND THE TOWN OF AURORA REGARDING THE
ROAD ProGRAMME STfJfiJY.
WHEREAS the Ministry of Transportation and Com:nunications and the Town of Aurora
desire to enter into an agreement for the preparation of a report, being a study
of the development and improvement of the road system of the municipality.
AND WHEREAS the parties hereto have set up a Co-ordinating Ccmnittee to direct
the execution of the study;
NCW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AURORA ENACTS AS FO~:
THE Mayor and Clerk Administrator are hereby authorized, on behalf of the Council
of the Town of· Aurora, to enter into an agreement with the Ministry of Transportation
and Ccmnunications for carrying out a road programming study, as set out and
attached hereto.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 1'/i DAY OF ~ 1 1973 •
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READ A !OO?RD TIME THIS !f.JI DAY OF ~ 1 1973.
MAYOR CLERK
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McCORMICK, RANKIN 8c ASSOCIATES
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CONSULTING ENGINEERS
December 20, 1972
8 STAVEBANK ROAD
PORT CREDIH ONTARIO
T£\.EPHONE 2?4·:3477
Mr. K, B. Rodger, A.M. C. T,,
Administrator,
Town of Aurora,
27 Yonge StreetS.,
AURORA, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
We are pleased to submit for consideration, this
proposal for the services of our firm in assisting the Town to
'undertake a detailed study of the ten-year needs of the streets and
storm sewer systems and to estimate the revenues that will be
available to meet these needs, This submission is in accordance
with the requirements outlined in your letter of November 7, 1972.
Our proposal is premised on the six points set out
on page 6 of your terms of reference and in point form is:
1. ' Qualifications
Our firm is engaged primarily in road and highway engineering
projects. ·We have on our staff 20 professional engineers and
80 technicians and ancillary staff members who have the
experience to provide a complete service within the six
sections of our company; namely, functional planning, soils
engineering, road design, bridge design, traffic engineering
and construction supervision,
More specifically, this firm in 1965 and 1969 participated in
seven County Road Needs Studies and have just completed the
1972 Update Studies for the Counties of Bruce, Huron, Lanark,
Peel, Perth, Prince Edward and Simcoe and the Regional
Municipality of Niagara. In addition, we have completed or are
in the process of completing Road Programming Studies for the
Towns of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Thorold and Richmond Hill
and the Townships of Ancaster, Brantford, Chinguacousy,
Georgina, Innisfill and Waterloo,
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z. Personnel
When carrying out a study of this nature, we employ the skills
of various specialists within the firm, and if engaged, I would
be the study engineer. I have been involved in twenty needs
studies and participated in numerous planning and traffic studies.·
The members of our staff who will be participating in this study
and their direct salary rates are as follows:
Name Position . Direct Salary
Rate
G. A. Rankin Principal 11. 21/hr.
D. R. Blay Study Engineer · 9. 45
J. W. Tuck Bridge Engineer 9. 45
s. E. Hodgkinson Assist. Study Engineer 5. 90
P. Chandler Draftsman 5. 32
R. M. Dekiel Technician 4. 72
L. E. Crossett Clerical 4. 14
3. Employment of Others
It is our intention, if retained, to carry out all phases of this
work with our own personnel except for traffic counting which
will requil,·e the retention of a firm (Domtrec Sales Ltd.) special-
izing in obtaining traffic counts.
4. Upset Limit
We propose carrying out this study under the direction of the
Co-ordinating Committee and in conformity with the terms of
reference for the upset limit of $17,000.00.
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Activity Flow Diagram
An activity flow diagram for the six phases of. this study is
enclosed and the following are the estimated phase costs:
1. Traffic Counting $ 1, 736. 42
2. Inventory of Roads and Bridges 4, 027. 24
3, Inventory of Storm Sewers 2,029.08
4. Fixed Costs 1, 839. 64
5. Future Revenue for Roads,
Bridges and Storm Sewers 1, 016. 04
6. Preparation of Report 5,205.20
7. Contingency 1, 146. 38
. Upset Limit $17,000.00
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The contingency item is an allowance that has been made to cover
any salary changes which may be made in January 1973. A
revised table of direct salaries would be submitted in 1973.
6, Other Points
(a) Upset Limit
The upset limit contained in this proposal is based on
approximately 47 miles of roads, 10 structures and 7 miles
of storm sewers. Any appreciable change in mileage,
terms of reference or additional work requested by the
Committee would require a re-negotiation of the upset
limit submitted,
{b) Traffic Counts
Our estimated costs for the traffic counting phase are based
upon the assumption that twenty 24 hour automatic counts
would suffice. If the Committee requests that manual
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turning move.ments be taken, in addition to the automatic
counts, then nur· upset limit would have to be increased
by $80. 00 per 4 hour turning movement count.
Thank you for the opportunity of submitting this proposal
and, if retained, we are confident our responsibilities in the Study would
be carried out to your complete satisfaction.
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Encl.
Yours very truly,
McCORMICK, RANKIN & ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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