Comments

As a small municipality, we agree that there is a need for the recording of assets and strategic planning of the infrastructure of the municipality but there is limited capacity, from a staff perspective to complete this work within the time frame established.

Oakvillegreen Conservation Association supports the province’s leadership in developing a regulation for municipal asset management planning.

Municipality of North Perth 330 Wallace Ave N. Listowel ON N4W 1 L3

July 19, 2017

The Township of Amaranth has just finished updating their existing Asset Management Plan, at considerable cost to their taxpayers. We are a small rural municipality and are concerned with the prospect of starting the process over to meet the new criteria.

The Township of East Garafraxa has just finished updating their existing Asset Management Plan, at considerable cost to their taxpayers. We are a small rural municipality and are concerned with the prospect of starting the process over to meet the new criteria.

Potential municipal asset management planning regulation

Oshawa Comments from the AMSC regarding proposed regulations

1. Green Infrastructure

The Green Infrastructure Ontario (GIO) Coalition strongly supports the province’s leadership in integrating green infrastructure into its new regulation for municipal asset management planning.

Tay Valley Township is a small, rural municipality that supports the position and comments that have been previously provided by ROMA and MFOA which explain the burden this proposed legislation will have on small municipalities like our own.

Infrastructure paves the path of vision to future, accommodate growth, ensure safety and create opportunities for future generations.

I am writing to voice our support for the green infrastructure asset management legislation.

Council for the Town of Iroquois Falls passed a resolution that calls upon the Minister of Infrastructure to consider and recognize the financial burden the proposed regulation will impose on small municipalities already operating with resource constraints (i.e.

July 24, 2017

Joshua McCann Senior Policy Analyst Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure Infrastructure Policy Division Inter-Governmental Policy Branch Municipal Infrastructure Policy Unit

Dear Mr. McCann,

Re: Proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation

The Regulation Proposal is a good "idea", but it creates more work for the municipality and requires us to spend more dollars that we don't have!

After thorough review of the proposed regulation, it is my belief that the proposed municipal asset management planning regulation:

1. Is overly prescriptive;

2. Does not reflect the principle that municipalities are responsible, mature governments;

While we strongly support the concept of asset management planning, we like the vast majority of small municipalities have struggled and continue to struggle with asset management planning.

The council of the Township of Edwardsburgh Cardinal submits the following:

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Proposed Municipal Asset Management Planning Regulation (EBR#013-0551). Conservation Ontario represents Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities (CAs).

Asset Management Regulation

Council comments from the Municipality of French River: