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budget nW makes biggest demand on ity centre building, recreation hail, dressing rooms, caretaker's quarters, 1965. Alt a Vista Park; drainage system, retaining wall and fence, 1964. Carleton Heights Park; Community Centre building, assembly hall, craft and dressing rooms, 1967. Cecil Morrison Park: Wad- sewer ierviee, 1964; landscaping Sad lifting to cover sbpu 20 acres with topsoil an4 treec, park i areas aid lighting, $65,000, spread over five years. Hooney's Bay: geceral improvements, entrance gate, purchase and renovation of building lor caretaker, over five years.

Alexander Park: Commun ing, landscpifif'. 1964; remainder, IX" ard 1968. Britannia Park: lighting and sewer connections, north area, $75,000, spread over five years; utility building for winter 'k1 summer outdoor activtu-ts, $35,000, 1964. Carlington Park: err. ary field house, wattr Churchill Avenue, $200,000.

i'6. New Station, siting to depend on possible arrangements for serving some areas of Nepean Township, $200,000 1967. Recreation and parks Brewer Park: landscaping south end, beach building, dressing rooms, toilets, canteen, parking areas and lignt- The Ottawa Citizen Saturday, February 15, 1961 Page 21 t' "'7' r- 1 f-i Jit i wwr''-. i ing pool, water and sewer services, 1965. Copeland Park: Wading pool, water and sewer services, 1967.

Elmgrove Arena: Extension to building, additional dressing rooms and other improvements, 1964. Hercn Park: Wading pool including water and sewer services, 1366: Manor Park: Field house, 1965. McNabb Park: Community centre building, recreation hall, meeting, crafts and dressing rooms, caretaker's quarters, 1966. New Edinburgh Park: Outdoor building for swimming pool, dressing rooms, filtration plant, and major repairs to pool walls, 1966. Ottawa West area: Community beach, clearing and cleaning land, topsoil and sand, $30,000, 1966.

Overbrook Park: Community Centre building, recreation hall, dressing rooms and caretaker's quarters, $130,000 1968. Sandy Hill area; Community sports field, landscaping, removal of debris, grading, lighting, parking and bleachers at South Strathconna, $40,000, 1968. Strathcona Heights: Field house, dressing rooms for beach, sports and rink and caretaker's quarters, $75,000, 1965. Westboro area: Beach building, landscaping, dressing rooms, sewage pump system, canteen, parking area, $95,000, 1967. Woodroffe area: Beach, landscaping and clearing, topsoil and sand, $30,000, 1967.

Central maintenance shop and supply building, site still to be determined 1964. Sidewalks New sidewalks, reconstruction, $1,750,000. All work to be done under local improvement petitions spread over five years. New street lights to be installed, under local improvement, at the rate of $100,000 per year, to total of $500,000. Sewer work to be spread over five years.

For centre town reconstruction, $1,500, 000; other sanitary sewers, storm sewers, Relocation of district yards 1964 and 1965. Snow fighting equipment, $100,000 in 1964, $100,000 in 1965; $75,000 in 1966; $75,000 in 1967. Property acquisition, street Brookfield Road to Walkley Road, $1,200 in 1967. Southern Entrance Freeway, from the southern city limits to the Dunbar Bridge 1966. This the city's share of $8,948,000 project.

Brookfield Road, from Riverside Drive to Southern Entrance Freeway, 1967. Heron Road, from Bank Street west to CNR tracks, including grade separation, 1967. Walkley Road, from Bank Street to McCarthy Road, 1968. Elimination of railway grade crossings, $1,562,000, spread equally over five years; priority to be established. General unspecified ment works, $125,000, spread equally over five years.

Traffic laning improvements, $375,000, spread equally over five years. New access roads, done under local improvement, new pavements under local improvement, pavements reconstructed under local improvement, This work will be done all over the city on a priority basis, as ratepayers petition for it. Housing Total of 325 family units, 1964. 1965 and 1966. One of the housing developments is planned for Preston Street; location of others to be decided later.

The $500,000 is the city's share of an overall housing program totalling the federal and provincial governments share over 90 per cent of the cost. Total of 200 units fr senior citizens 1965 1967. Two major and two minor projects. One project in Preston Queensway area; location of others to be decided later; $500,000 in 1965; in 1966; $500 in 1967; $750,000 in 1968. Of the the city will recover, $8,000,000 in federal and provincial grants.

Sparks Street Mall surface improvement, sidewalks and storm sewers, estimated at $248,000, plus $362,000 for special embellishments. Money to be provided sometime 1965. Health Department, $45,000 for a combined tuberculosis clinic and registry; 1966. One new fire station to comhine present stations nine and 10, 1965. Station riini, is on Pretoria Avenue, Station 10 on Sunnyside Avenue.

Relocation of station one on By Roger Appletoo C.Uun sum ntr The relentless demands of the private automobile will take by far the largest share of Ottawa's finances for the next five years. Between now and 1968, some $31,806,000 will be spent in the city for works designed to move and park cars. The cost, by comparison, is slightly more than the gross capital needs of the five-year Urban Redevelopment program, the OTC, the Civic Hospital and the Public School and Collegiate Institute Boards, all combined. The tremendous price we have to pay for servicing the modern automobile is the most striking highlight of the long awaited Five Year Capital Budget. From 3964 to 1968, will be spent on bridges; $23,036,000 on roads, and $250,000 for traffic engineering and underground control wiring.

The Parking Authority will require $1,000,000 to provide off street parking facilities, plus $50,000 more for study and engineering. A total of $10,750,000 will be spent for urban redevelopment; $1,750,000 (plus from current revenue), by the Civic Hospital; by the Public School Board; $9,796,000 by the Collegiate Institute Board, and $1,200,000 by the OTC. Approval required Each project must still be approved, in its turn, by city council, before the work begins. The five year program can be changed by council, if necessary, to meet new civic needs. Here is a detailed breakdown of the works outlined in the Capital Budget.

Figures given are for gross cost, not counting grants or cost sharing agreements with other governments. Dates are the time when debenture authority is required, a tentative guide to the year of construction. Heron Base Line Bridge, to join Heron and Base Line Roads across the Rideau River and Rideau Canal, 1964. Replacement of the CPR Wellington Street overpass, 1967. Fifth Avenue Bridge, connecting Fifth Avenue and Clegg Street, across the Rideau Canal, 1963.

Riverside Drive from Billings Avenue to a point, 1,300 feet north of Smyth Road, $612,000 in 1964; from Smyth Road to Russell Road $1,600,000 in 1966; from 7 "4 jm, tlf Qllmuis heavy truffle demands high-cost services Just one surprise its size spent will go to couiV.il for approval later this yoar. On the other hand, tutside boards and commit ins whose behalf the city either issues or guarantees debea-tures are expecting ttt spend $9,832,950 in 1964. Thn is 8Q increase of $4,341,950, which the Public School Boars! alone accounts for $3,046,6 0 and the Collegiate Institute B6.d, $462,300. Works largest Traditionally the biggest spender under City Council's control, the planning an A works department tikes the biggest bite out of $10,923,270 allocated for civic depart ments $9,478,270. Of this amount, $4,031,700 is earmarked for 2.3.1 miles of road work.

Another S3 000 is set aside for the construction of 21.1 miles of sanitary and stornj sewers, including a $300,000 appropriation for the start on recort: sanction of the downtown sewer system. The amount of is widenings and openings, $750,000, spread equally over five years. Repairs to headworks and acqueduct, Nepean Bay, 1965. Booster pumping station, Ogilvy and Blair Roads, 1966. Water storage facilities, Montreal Road west of NRC.

1967. Construction of feeder mains, $1,079,000, every year save 1965. Water mains built under local improvements, $1,800,000, all years. Civic Hospital Major improvements, renovations and extensions to buildings and equipment, all of which will be recovered by the city; debenture 'authority not required. Provision of additional off-street parking facilities in the central business areas, development outlays, surveys, full recovery expected by the city.

Expansion of facilities in main and regional offices of the Library Board $150,000 in 1964; $200,000 in 1965; in 1968. Public School Board: Purchase of 605 Bronson Avenue, former Coca Cola plant, for maintenance garage and workshops, 1964. Provision for 110 additional regular classrooms, 12 kindergartens, eight gymnasiums and 30 special classrooms, in new or present buildings, $5,260,000, with in 1964; $1,320,000 in 1965; $570,000 in 1966; in 1967 and $135,000 in 1968. Purchase of sites, 1964. Collegiate Institute Board: New High School of Commerce, in Preston Queensway urban redevelopment area, 1964.

Renovation of old High School of Commerce for adult education, 1965. Addition to Nepean High School, 1966. Additional secondary school accommodation, $2,500,000 in 1965; $2,500,000 in 1967; $700,000 in 1968. Purchase of sites, $996,300, 1964. Plan to spend $300,000 per year for new OTC buses in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Ottawa Hydro: $7,500,000 addition to plant, purchase of equipment and system extension. Money will all be recovered. lent place from which to perform the Changing of the Guard ceremony. She suggested the NCC undertake moving of the Fraser home, as well as one of the few old batten frame houses, to sites near City Hall. She believed the city would undertake responsibility of equipping and maintaining the schools museum.

She also said that, as another centennial project, the city will seek authority to accelerate replacement of the Wellington Street, CPR overpass, to be ready for traffic in 1967. Suggests archivist Aid. Kenneth a 'thought the city should hire an archivist to collect and classify historic documents. The Mayor said she might be willing to take it on, at a salary in addition to her mayoralty duties. She laughed at the thought that she might not run again.

Con Jones urged anyone owning old articles or documents of civic significance to get in touch with City Hall, if they would be willing to donate them to a civic museum. May delay mall plan The permanent Sparks Street pedestrian mall may be delayed for another three years. Mayor Whitton, in a memo to City Council, said she hoped the permanent mall would be ready for a "trial run" in 1966, and in full operation by 1967. She referred to it as the "Centennial Sparks Street merchants, who will share the cost with the city, had hoped to have the permanent Mall operating in 1965, or by 1966, at the latest. The city, in the capital budget, has set aside for street surface improvements, sidewalks and storm sewers, and $362,000 for special embellishments.

The money will be borrowed in 1965. Six civic centennial projects are proposed 3 assumptions in 5-year plan 1 jf inciuded in the budget for the Heron Road bridge across the Rideau Canal and River, in accordance with the city's agreement, with the two senior governments. Waier bill The works department budget also includes $450,000 for li-S miles of sidewalks, for street lighting and $500,000 for snow fighting equipment. The water works department will spend $598,00 on 7.8 miie.f of mains. The department will spend $148,000 that emount on a 24-inch feeder be installed on the easts ide of the Rideau River fnir, it i Queensway to Donald Street Th! recreation department's budget Ibis year totals Of ibis amount, will be spent on Brewer Park, oa Britannia, $20,900 oe Cai-togton Park, $13,000 on Money's Bay, $7,000 on Alta Vist.s Park, and 147,500 on us extension to E'mgrove -Citiien I'PI stiff photo CiUzen LPl staff photo The sum of $145,000 is allocated for a new central maintenance shop and supply building for the recreation department on a site still to be determined.

(Another covered arena will be included in the current estimates.) This year's budget sets aside for the city's share (7Vs per cent) in providing 125 family housing units, estimated to cost $1,733,000. The Public School Board expects to spend $4,126,650 on works initiated this year, including the provision of 64 classrooms, gymnasia and kindergnrtens. The total includes $800,000 for the purchase of the Coca Cola plant and $1,321,650 for new school sites. School buildings The Collegiate Board's capital budget of $3,496,300 includes the new High School of Commerce at $2,500,000 and the purchase of school sites at $996,300. The Civic Hospital is spending $350,000 on improvements, renovations and extensions to its buildings and equipment.

The Parking Authority's capital budget totals $210,000 of which $200,000 is earmarked for additional offstreet parking facilities in the central business districts. The Public Library Board has set aside $150,000 for expansion of its library facilities in its main and branch offices. Gladstone widening is included The reconstruction of the widened Gladstone Avenue at a cost of $250,000 is among the 13.1 miles of road work for which $4,031,700 is set aside in the 1964 capital budget There is a $612,000 provision for construction of the realigned Riverside Drive from Billings Avenue to 1,300 feet north of Smyth Road. Among the central area streets to be reconstructed this year with the estimated costs are: Nicholas Street, Rideau to Laurier, $66,000. Charlotte Street, Rideau to Laurier, $40,000.

Somerset Street West, Bank to Bronson, $120,900. Holland Avenue, Wellington to Byron, $26,000, and Carling to 300 feet south of the Queensway, $110,000. Mosgrove Street, Rideau to George, $10,500. Bronson Avenue, Somerset to Slater, $218,800. Cumberland Street, Rideau to George.

$10,000. Preston Street, Somerset to Wellington, $120,000. Stewart Street. King Edward to Friel, $60,000. Wilbrod Street.

King Edward to Friel, $50,000. Sparks Street, Bay to Bronson, $41,000. By Phyllis Wilson Citizen staff writer The 1964 budget, submitted to City Council Friday night as the first stage of a five-year capital works program, contained no surprises except its size. The $20,758,220 total, of which $7,946,700 is recoverable in the form of grants, surpluses of reserves, and taxes, represents a $1,500,000 reduction from 1963 and is the smallest in recent years. Debenture requirements for 1964 will thus be $12,811,520, about $3,500,000 less than last year.

Shares cut Civic departments will have to limit their capital expenditures to shares of a cutback of $6,849,030 from their allowance in 1963. Of the total for civic depart-will go for new pavements, $392,000 for reconstructed pavements; $598,400 for storm sewers and $360,000 for water mains. The specific works on which these funds are to be CS nnnp-n-Ennnn''nr1 lift -Ji i i i. 1 IMljl Six civic centennial projectstwo of them involving city halls were suggested by Mayor Whitton in a 15-page memo to City Council Friday night Her suggestions are: A $3,500,000 addition to the present City Hall on Green Island. Reconstruction of Ottawa's original City Hall, which stood from 1849 to 1875, on a site on Green Island, as a civic museum and archives.

(She shares authorship of this plan with Con. Ernie Jones. A $1,000,000 centennial school of nursing. A $60,000 monument to Col. John By, after whom Bytown was named.

Restoration of the old Military Barracks at George and Sussex Streets, with federal participation, as the home barracks of the Canadian Brigade of Guards. An "early schools museum" on Maple Island, near Green Island and the Minto Bridges, by transferring the old Fraser House, the original stone schoolhouse of New Edinburgh to the site. The house is now owned by the National Capital Commission. Asks for reserve The Mayor would like to establish a "centennial credit reserve" of $5,008,000 to cover the centennial projects. The reserve would be based on the expected increase in the city's taxable assessment.

She hoped it would be possible to turn the sod for the City Hall extension on Victoria Day, 1967, exactly 110 years after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as capital of the then-existing parts of Canada. Mayor Whitton and Con. Jones thought the city, the Ottawa members of the Canadian Construction Association and the Builders' Exchange might associate to build a duplicate of the original city hall. Mayor pointed out that the old George and Sussex Military Barracks was an historic building which served several major social functions of the Canadian Confederation delegates. She thought it would be an excel debt carrying charges would appear to be unavoidable." What Mr.

Lowther is saying to the city is: "Find some new way to raise money, cut expenses or raise taxes." The city's best hope for increased revenue lies in the steady growth of population and assessment. Last year, a record $105,000,000 worth of construction was begun. The treasury department believes the city's population will rise from 282,600 in 1964 to 298,700 in 1966, to 314,700 in 1968. Forecast-increase They forecast an increase in taxable assessment from $585,100,000 now to in 1968. For every dollar of assessment increase, the city can borrow 25 cents, and still stay within the Municipal Board's safety limit A higher-than-expected increase in taxable assessment would mean more available money; a slower-than-plan-ned-for increase could mean a cutback, or a tax raise.

Ottawa's present high ratio of debt to assessment is not the result of mismanagement but rather of special cost-sharing bargains on projects such as the Queensway and the Green Creek sewer system and treatment plant. The municipal Board gave -the city permission to go above the 25 per cent figure, on the understanding Ottawa would get back to the limit as soon as possible, by holding down expenses in future years. Says Finance Commissioner Lowther: "Expenditures of this order have undoubtedly represented a substantial contribution on the part of the city toward betterments and improvements and new and additional amenities for its citizens. "However, as necessary or desirable as all of those projects may have been, their undertaking has had a salutary effect cn the city's capital debt and related budgetary considerations." The five-year capital budget is based on three assumptions: First, that taxable assessment values will keep increasing at the same rate as they have in the past. Second, that the city can keep its debt below 25 per cent of taxable assessment.

Third, that 20-year debentures, at 54 per cent yearly interest, will continue to be available. To finance the five-year plan, Ottawa will need debentures totalling $57,875,520. The city plans to borrow in 1964; $12,875,850 in 1965; $10,617,150 in 1966; in 1967, and $9,638,700 in 1968. In relation to past years, these figures are not high. In 1957, net debenture requirements were in 1959, and in 1961, $25,614,000.

The heavy borrowing of the past has pushed Ottawa's total debt up from $69,300,000 at the end of 1956 to at the end of 1963, an increase of $74,000,000, or 107.6 per cent. Raised ratio This increase has raised the ratio of debt to taxable assessment from 17 per cent in 1956 to 25.5 per cent in 1963. The Ontario Municipal Board has set 25 per cent as the maximum safe limit for Ottawa. Interest that has to be paid on the borrowed money is adding to the city's financial woes. In 1963, interest on the debt took 26.2 per cent of all the revenue the city received from taxation.

Back in 1957, the figure was 14.29 per cent Says City Finance Commissioner James Lowther: "Unless the anticipated increase in debt and annual carrying charges can be countered or offset by corresponding or proportionate increases in other revenues, a continuation of the trend of the past seven years in the proportion of the tax dollar that will have to be applied towards collective bargaining unresolved disputes. Standing, from left, Frank Gilha.ly, president. Professional Institute of Public Sen-ice; 4. Cat Best, president, CivO Service Association, and Claude Edwards, president, Civil Service Federation Ca.iada. Seated is Professor Scott Gordon of Carleton University who assisted wfi! greement Top officers of 18 civil service staff associations, representing 110,000 members, signed an agreement Friday to set up an organization for collective bargaining.

The Liberal government has accepted the principle of collective bargaining and the civil service groups have agreed to renounce the right to strike and accept impartial arbitration of.