PUBLIC NOTICE. From: Corporate Services Date: March 26, 2012 Re: Federal Gas Tax Reporting

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1 PUBLIC NOTICE From: Corporate Services Date: March 26, 2012 Re: Federal Gas Tax Reporting In order to qualify for Federal Gas Tax funding, municipalities must annually file Schedule C with AMO detailing the projects that will benefit from the funding. Upon completion, an outcomes report must be submitted. Attached are Schedule C and Project Outcomes for the 2011 projects.

2 SCHEDULE C IMPACT OF INVESTMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY OUTCOMES FOR LOCAL ROADS AND BRIDGES PROJECT DOCUMENTATION Municipal Name Municipal Contact Project Description (type of project (i.e. road resurfacing, road or structure rehabilitation, road drainage improvements, traffic signal installation, installation of turning lanes)) Project Location (road name, bridge name, start & end point, lot & concession attach key plan if available) Project Rationale (benefits and beneficiaries) Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Name: Brenda Garrett Position: Manager of Finance Municipal mailing address: 1593 Four Mile Creek Road, P.O.Box 100, Virgil, ON, L0S 1T0 Telephone number: Fax number: bgarrett@notl.org Road Resurfacing Hot Mix Asphalt pavement to provide safe, serviceable road pavements that maximize sustainability in future use. Pavement resurfacing projects improve the quality of the environment through reduced greenhouse gas emissions resulting in cleaner air and cleaner water. Locations for the road resurfacing are as follows: Concession 2 Road York Road to Line 9 Concession 4 Road Line 1 to Niagara Stone Road These locations were identified in the Town s 2009 Road Needs study as requiring resurfacing now to extend the lifecycle of the road. METHOD: On Concession 2 surface coarse will be milled and replace it with 50mm of surface hotmix asphalt and improve the road crown. On Concession 4 the existing pavement structure will be removed, granular base will be built up to increase the road structure, road side drainage will be improved and the road surface will be replaced. Outputs (describe which of the outputs are met by this project ) BENEFITS and BENEFICIARIES: Smooth roads improve fuel economy and reduce vehicle emissions. Concession 2 Road Line 9 Road to York Road Total length 980 metres

3 Width of pavement 6.5 metres Area of intersections 490 metres square Current traffic count 2350 vehicles in 2003 Although no smoothness rating has been given to the existing road ongoing maintenance trenches and surface deterioration due to age have moved this road into the now replacement schedule in the Road Needs Study completed in mm of the existing asphalt will be milled and hauled to the contractors local yard which is approximately 10 km away from the site The resurfacing will increase the smoothness factor and reduce GHG emissions due to improved vehicle economies in fuel and maintenance required. Concession 4 Road Line 1 Road to Niagara Stone Road Total length 1,000 metres Width of pavement 6.1 metres Area of intersections 480 metres square Current traffic count 120 vehicles in 1985 Although no smoothness rating has been given to the existing road ongoing maintenance trenches and surface deterioration due to age have moved this road into the now replacement schedule in the Road Needs Study completed in mm of the existing asphalt will be milled and hauled to the contractors local yard which is approximately 17 km away from the site The resurfacing will increase the smoothness factor and reduce GHG emissions due to improved vehicle economies in fuel and maintenance required. Other Benefits (if the project benefits are not included in the list of outputs defined in this Schedule C, provide the rationale and the outcomes for the project i.e. describe how the project will contribute to cleaner air, cleaner water, reduced greenhouse gas emissions.) Estimated Project Cost $449,700 Reduce vehicles operating costs for vehicles per day on 2.0 km of roadway. Expected Outcomes and Outputs: Municipalities will report on outcomes and outputs of the project through the online Annual Expenditure Reporting module as per section 7.2 of the MFA. To help municipalities prepare for the reporting, the following outlines the type of information required when reporting.

4 Output 1: Projects involving the restoration and rehabilitation of existing assets in order to extend the asset lifespan by several years (i.e. resurfacing existing roadways and structure rehabilitation) municipalities will need to provide: length of project, width of pavement, area of intersections, current traffic volume, pre-work pavement smoothness, milling to existing asphalt surface, distance to dump site and return for trucking milled asphalt, base lift of Hot Mix Asphalt with RAP (mm), % RAP, surface lift of Hot Mix Asphalt (mm) and post work pavement smoothness to demonstrate an outcome of reduced energy requirements contributing to cleaner air and/or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Output 2: Projects incorporating significant quantities of recycled and reclaimed materials (i.e. cold-in-place pavement recycling, expanded asphalt recycling and granular base reclamation) municipalities will need to provide: length of project, width of pavement, area of intersections, current traffic volume, pre-work pavement smoothness, cold-in-place recycling (mm), surface lift of Hot Mix Asphalt (mm) and post work pavement smoothness to demonstrate an outcome of reduced energy requirements contributing to cleaner air and/or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Output 3: Projects which significantly reduce travel times and distances (i.e. new roads and bridges that reduce congestion by increasing travel speeds on the road network, create travel time savings and minimize travel distances) municipalities undertaking bridge work to remove load restrictions will need to provide: length of road closed to heavy trucks, length of detour route for heavy trucks, current traffic volume, pre-work pavement smoothness, pavement smoothness of detour route and post-work pavement smoothness (of road section previously closed to heavy trucks) to demonstrate an outcome of reduced energy requirements contributing to cleaner air and/or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Municipalities undertaking bridge work with detours will need to provide: length of road closed to traffic, length of detour route for bridge closure, number of days road closed to traffic, current traffic volume, pre-work pavement smoothness and pavement smoothness of detour route to demonstrate an outcome of reduced energy requirements contributing to cleaner air and/or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Output 4: Installation of turning lanes (i.e. construction of left turn lanes, right turn lanes, left turn slip around lanes, and right turn tapers) municipalities will need to provide: length of road under consideration, number of cars and light trucks on average delayed, number of heavy trucks on average delayed, number of seconds on average vehicles delayed, number of occurrences per hour, number of hours per day delays occur, current traffic volume and pavement smoothness to demonstrate an outcome of reduced energy requirements contributing to cleaner air and/or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Output 5: Traffic signal installation, traffic signal upgrading and traffic signal coordination projects (i.e. installation of new traffic signals, upgrading traffic signal

5 installations, and projects to co-ordinate the timing of traffic signals in urban areas) municipalities will need to provide: number of seconds, on average, vehicles delayed on sideroad during peak hours, number of seconds, on average, vehicles delayed on sideroad during off peak hours, current traffic volume on sideroad, current traffic volume on main road, signal timing, red light indication main road, signal timing and red light indication sideroad to demonstrate an outcome of reduced energy requirements contributing to cleaner air and/or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Note: If the Eligible Project is not one of the above outputs, the Recipient must provide the rationale for including the Eligible Project including how the Eligible Project will achieve one of the outcomes of cleaner air, cleaner water, and reduced greenhouse gases and how the outcomes will be met. Submit Schedule C to: Project Manager Gas Tax Implementation AMO 200 University Ave., Suite 801 Toronto ON M5H 3C6 Fax: jdezell@amo.on.ca

6 of 1 Federal Gas Tax Revenue - Annual Expenditure and Outcomes Reporting Module Review Project Outcomes Municipalities have agreed over the life of the Federal Gas Tax Agreement to provide measurable environmental results on the investments being made using the federal gas tax revenue. The following measures have been agreed to by the Oversight Committee to meet this requirement of the Agreement. This screen is mandatory for each project that is complete. It is not expected that all measures will be applicable to every project, it is however, expected that at least one measure will be completed. The system will not allow you to close a reporting year unless one measure has been completed.