Presentation
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL DRAFT 2024-2028 FINANCIAL PLAN
February 14, 2024Pages 3–4719 sections
A comprehensive presentation slide deck detailing the non-core and capital projects proposed for the 2024-2028 Financial Plan, organized by functional divisions such as General Government, Protective, Transportation, and Parks.
February 5, 2024 (Presentation date)$567,930 for Communications and engagement coordinator (2024-2028)$2,940,950 for Full-time fire personnel (2024-2028)$3,084,740 for Six Mile Road roundabout and hydro improvements (2024-2025)$4,635,000 for Admirals Road active transportation improvements (2026-2027)$1,840,000 for Sewer gravity main upgrade from Fort Victoria to Pheasant Lane (2026)$1,247,355 for ECOMM dispatch services for RCMP (2025-2028)
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL DRAFT 2024-2028 FINANCIAL PLAN
February 5, 2024
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Budget Workshops – Non-core & capital projects
Purpose
To provide Council with a summary of non core and capital projects for the draft 2024-2028 Financial Plan
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Process
- Staff will present projects grouped by service focus or theme
- No Council resolution is required to accept projects as presented
- Council may indicate changes to timing or scope of project, or that the project should be deleted
- Changes should be made by Council resolution
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Priorities (page 221)
- Critical
- Required
- Strategic
- Optimal
- Discretionary
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Non-core projects
- Infrequent or one-time
- Recurring revenue
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Non-core projects By Functional Division
- General Gov’t
- Protective
- Transportation
- Development
- Parks
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General Gov’t
- Communications
- Asset management
- Information technology
- And . . .
Communications
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Communications and engagement coordinator | N-103 Pg 195 | 2024-2028 | $567,930 | Taxation |
| Strategic | Community satisfaction survey | N-037 Pg 157 | 2027 | $45,000 | Casino revenue |
Asset management
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Asset management program improvements | N-111 Pg 199 | 2024-2028 | $180,000 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Strategic Asset Management Plan | N-096 Pg 186 | 2024 | $4,000 | Community Works Fund, Grants |
| Strategic | Sustainable infrastructure replacement plan | N-042 Pg 160 | 2024 2027 | $24,000 | Community Works Fund |
Information technology
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | Information security management system | N-088 Pg 178 | 2024 | $45,300 | Casino revenue, Grant |
| Strategic | Information technology strategic plan update | N-028 Pg 154 | 2024 2027 | $47,000 | Casino revenue |
And
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Accessibility plan development | N-101 Pg 193 | 2024 | $22,500 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Investment program development | N-066 Pg 167 | 2024 | $25,000 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Truth and reconciliation awareness | N-068 Pg 169 | 2024-2028 | $39,030 | Surplus, Taxation |
| Discretionary | Cool it! Climate action leadership training | N-114 Pg 205 | 2024-2025 | $5,800 | Reserve |
| Discretionary | Volunteer community improvement grant program | N-110 Pg 197 | 2025 | $2,500 | Casino revenue |
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Protective
- Policing
- Fire protection and emergency response
Policing
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | ECOMM dispatch services for RCMP | N-097 Pg 188 | 2025-2028 | $1,247,355 | Taxation |
| Required | West Shore RCMP building expansion design validation | N-116 Pg 213 | 2024 | $186,720 | Reserve |
| Strategic | Additional policing municipal employees | N-053 Pg 161 | 2024-2028 | $560,350 | Taxation |
| Strategic | Additional RCMP members | N-054 Pg 163 | 2024-2028 | $1,933,000 | Taxation, Reserve |
Fire protection and emergency response
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | FireSmart program | N-113 Pg 203 | 2024 | $112,775 | Grant |
| Critical | Full-time fire personnel | N-085 Pg 176 | 2024-2028 | $2,940,950 | Taxation |
| Required | Next generation 911 preparedness | N-112 Pg 201 | 2024 | $45,000 | Grant |
| Strategic | Community wildfire resiliency plan | N-076 Pg 174 | 2024 | $32,010 | Grant |
| Strategic | Emergency response and recovery plan update | N-072 Pg 170 | 2024 | $20,000 | Grant |
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Transportation
- Master plans
Master plans
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Drainage master plan update | N-098 Pg 190 | 2025 | $208,000 | DCCs, Grant |
| Optimal | Transportation master plan update | N-105 Pg 196 | 2025 | $200,000 | DCCs, Casino revenue |
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Development
- Housing
- Other strategies and plans
Housing
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Housing needs assessment report update | N-040 Pg 158 | 2024 2028 | $47,500 | Reserve, Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Housing strategy | N-092 Pg 184 | 2027 | $75,000 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Official community plan | N-025 Pg 152 | 2024-2025 | $400,000 | Reserve, Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Amenity cost charges bylaw | N-117 Pg 215 | 2025 | $75,000 | Reserve |
| Discretionary | Public engagement – zoning bylaw updates | N-118 Pg 217 | 2024-2025 | $15,000 | Casino revenue |
Other strategies & plans
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Community planner | N-115 Pg 212 | 2024-2028 | $647,166 | Reserve, Taxation |
| Strategic | Coastal adaptation plan | N-089 Pg 182 | 2024-2025 | $170,000 | Grant, Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Community engagement strategy | N-036 Pg 155 | 2024 | $80,000 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Placemaking urban design plan | N-067 Pg 168 | 2026-2027 | $50,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Off-street parking review | N-099 Pg 191 | 2026 | $75,000 | Casino revenue |
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Parks
- Strategies and plans
Strategies & plans
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Urban forestry strategy | N-074 Pg 172 | 2024 | $82,500 | Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Helmcken Centennial Park Master Plan | N-064 Pg 166 | 2026 | $55,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Little Road park plan | N-087 Pg 177 | 2026 | $35,000 | Community Works Fund |
| Discretionary | Public art program | N-102 Pg 194 | 2024-2028 | $155,900 | Grant, Taxation |
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Capital projects
Capital assets: acquired for use in operations to deliver services that will benefit the local government for more than a single fiscal period.
- Roads
- Buildings
- Underground infrastructure
- Vehicles
- Equipment
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Capital projects By Functional Division
- General Gov’t
- Protective
- Transportation
- Development
- Environmental
- Parks
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General Gov’t
- Town Hall
- Information technology
Town Hall
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Ergonomic workstation replacement | C-101 Pg 104 | 2024 | $170,000 | Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Town Hall energy conservation measures | C-172 Pg 136 | 2025 2027 2028 | $20,500 | Casino revenue |
Information technology
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Financial software replacement | C-174 Pg 139 | 2026-2028 | $225,000 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | IT infrastructure hardware replacements | C-038 Pg 80 | 2024-2028 | $155,650 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | IT workstation ever greening | C-40 Pg 82 | 2024-2028 | $251,815 | Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Records information management system | C-004 Pg 57 | 2024 | $168,000 | Casino revenue |
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Protective
- Policing
- Fire services vehicles
- Fire services equipment
- Fire services buildings
Policing
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | West Shore RCMP building capital projects | C010 Pg 60 | 2024-2025 | $38,400 | Reserve |
Fire services vehicles
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | Fire services vehicle replacement-1991 brush truck | C-176 Pg 143 | 2024 | $350,000 | Casino revenue |
| Required | Fire services vehicle replacement-1992 Superior E-One | C-113 Pg 112 | 2025 | $1,400,000 | Casino revenue |
Fire services equipment
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | Firefighting gear decontamination unit | C-178 Pg 146 | 2024 | $65,000 | Casino revenue |
| Required | Firefighting hose replacement | C-131 Pg 130 | 2024 | $27,600 | Reserve |
| Required | SCBA cylinder and battery replacements | C-130 Pg 129 | 2028 | $38,600 | Reserve |
| Strategic | Community forest protection equipment | C-177 Pg 145 | 2024-2028 | $125,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Drone | C-181 Pg 151 | 2024 | $30,000 | Casino revenue |
Fire services buildings
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Fire training ground improvements | C-132 Pg 131 | 2024 | $50,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Public Safety Building landscaping | C-085 Pg 96 | 2024 | $35,000 | Casino revenue |
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Transportation
- In progress/committed
- Major roads – Island Hwy
- Major roads – Helmcken, Admirals and Six Mile
- Sidewalks and streetlights
- Drainage and fencing
In progress / committed
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Six Mile Road improvements – roundabout and hydro | C-018 Pg 65 | 2024-2025 | $3,084,740 | CWF, DCC’s GCF, Grant |
| Strategic | LED lighting upgrades | C-065 Pg 88 | 2024-2028 | $150,000 | Community Works Fund |
| Optimal | Traffic signal upgrades – Island Highway | C-127 Pg 124 | 2024 | $70,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Bus shelter installation | C-139 Pg 134 | 2024-2026 | $135,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Traffic signal upgrades – collector road intersections | C-140 Pg 135 | 2024 | $15,000 | Casino revenue |
Major roads – Island Hwy
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Helmcken Rd to Beaumont Ave | C-012 Pg 62 | 2028 | $3,015,000 | Casino revenue, DCCs, Grant |
| Required | Hart Road to Wilfert Rd | C-066 Pg 90 | 2024 | $450,000 | Casino revenue, Grant |
| Required | Prince Robert Drive realignment | C-175 Pg 141 | 2025 | $310,000 | DCCs, Reserve |
| Optimal | 4-mile trestle to Shoreline Drive | C-020 Pg 69 | 2025 2026 | $1,540,000 | DCCs, Grant, Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Helmcken Road to Colwood I/C design | C-076 Pg 92 | 2024 | $330,000 | DCCs, Casino revenue |
Major roads – Helmcken, Admirals and Six Mile
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Six Mile Road improvements | C-018 Pg 65 | 2024-2025 | $375,000 | CWF, Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Admirals Road active transportation improvements | C-180 Pg 149 | 2026 2027 | $4,635,000 | DCCs, Casino revenue, Grant |
| Optimal | Curb and sidewalk replace’t – Helmcken-ECV to Burnside Rd | C-054 Pg 86 | 2024 | $225,000 | DCCs, Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Intersection improv’ts – Helmcken Rd at Watkiss Way | C-128 Pg 125 | 2024-2025 | $1,253,850 | Casino revenue, DCCs, GCF, Grant, Developer |
Sidewalks and streetlights
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Atkins Road sidewalk – Anya Court to Langford border | C-107 Pg 106 | 2024 | $830,705 | Casino revenue, Grant |
| Strategic | Curb and sidewalks – Burnside Rd W-Helmken to Saanich border | C-117 Pg 120 | 2024-2025 | $1,878,925 | DCCs, CWF, Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Jedburgh Road sidewalk | C-080 Pg 94 | 2024 | $298,400 | Reserve |
| Discretionary | St. Giles streetlighting improvements | C-138 Pg 132 | 2024 | $61,685 | Casino revenue |
Drainage and fencing
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | View Royal Ave drainage (Beaumont to Stewart / Plowright) | C-017 Pg 63 | 2025 | $455,000 | CWF, Reserve |
| Optimal | North Burnside drainage improvements | C-129 Pg 127 | 2025 | $200,000 | Reserve |
| Discretionary | Noise barrier fencing Hwy 1 offramp at Six Mile Road | C-179 Pg 147 | 2024 | $700,000 | Casino revenue |
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Environmental
- Pump stations
- Collector mains and other
Pump stations
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Atkins pump station pump replacements | C-030 Pg 70 | 2025 | $69,000 | Reserve |
| Required | Glenairlie pump station upgrade | C-087 Pg 97 | 2024-2025 | $535,000 | DCCs, Reserve |
| Required | Norquay pump station upgrade | C-089 Pg 99 | 2027-2028 | $535,000 | DCCs, Reserve |
| Required | Packers pump station upgrade | C-115 Pg 116 | 2024 | $633,000 | DCCs, Reserve, Developer |
Collector mains and other
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | SCADA server replacement | C-106 Pg 105 | 2024 | $15,000 | Reserve |
| Required | Sewer gravity main upgrade-Fort Victoria to Pheasant Lane | C-109 Pg 109 | 2026 | $1,840,000 | DCCs, Reserve |
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Parks
- Parks
- Trails and green space
- Vehicles, playgrounds, and other
Parks
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Helmcken Centennial Park master plan implementation | C-034 Pg 76 | 2027 | $250,000 | DCCs, Community Works Fund |
| Strategic | View Royal Park development | C-035 Pg 77 | 2024-2027 | $862,725 | Community Works Fund, Grant |
| Optimal | Watkiss Way Community Park development | C-122 Pg 122 | 2024 | $171,700 | Community Works Fund |
Trails and green space
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | Development of road ends | C-114 Pg 114 | 2024-2027 | $197,900 | DCCs, Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Glentana Trail improvements | C-173 Pg 137 | 2024 | $30,000 | Casino revenue |
| Optimal | Heddle trail to Prince Robert Drive fencing | C-019 Pg 67 | 2025 | $30,000 | Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Eagle Creek Trail – circular path | C-052 Pg 84 | 2027 | $70,000 | Community Works Fund |
| Discretionary | Nursery Hill to Brydon Road trail connector | C-091 Pg 101 | 2027 | $40,000 | Reserve |
Vehicles, playgrounds, and other
(In progress)
| Priority | Project | PS | When | Budget | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Parks vehicle replacement plan | C-031 Pg 72 | 2024 2025 2027 | $243,200 | Reserve |
| Strategic | Hart Road Lime Kiln heritage restoration | C-111 Pg 111 | 2027 | $217,880 | Grant, Casino revenue |
| Strategic | Playground replacement program | C-032 Pg 74 | 2024-2027 | $773,025 | DCCs, Reserve, Casino revenue |
| Discretionary | Disc golf course | C-116 Pg 118 | 2026 | $15,000 | Casino revenue |
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What’s next
Budget workshops, starting tomorrow, 6 pm
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