Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess all I can say to that is because of all the proactive work of Members, Members have stated how they want the opportunity for businesses to bid on the work that's happening. In this particular case, the lease was due to expire, and a number of months ago I had presented the option to potentially do a renewal of this because, again, when you look at the base rental rate to the newer rate, there's a substantial increase; and that was one of the considerations we were looking at on the fiscal side of the equation, was to see if we, in fact, could remain close to what we were paying at the old lease rate. I brought that forward as information to my colleagues. I was told that we needed to do a request for proposal on this space. That then kicked into this process where we needed to then do a short-term lease renewal until we could have an RFP ready to go. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
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Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 26th, 2005
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