1. Glen Brown Ministry of Community Services FMI – Victoria Chapter Luncheon January 16, 2008 Building Public Infrastructure

2. What is Public Infrastructure? Transportation Water Infrastructure Wastewater systems Transit Systems Other Public Infrastructure

3. Historic Breakdown of Public Infrastructure Stock 1960s –Federal – 24% –Provincial/Territorial 45% –Local Government – 31% 2002 –Federal 7% –Provincial/Territorial – 41% –Local Government – 52%

4. Mirza, 2007

5. COMBINDED Municipal and Regional District Total Expenditures yearoperations interest / foreign exchange on debt capital works total municipal expenditure 2000 $ 144,344,860 $ 54,685,245 $ 93,929,144 $ 292,959,249 2001 $ 151,542,523 $ 36,025,603 $ 99,280,482 $ 286,848,608 2002 $ 313,302,642 $ 66,612,436 $ 174,897,209 $ 554,812,287 2003 $ 320,695,193 $ 61,738,913 $ 181,597,060 $ 564,031,166 2004 $ 330,232,358 $ 58,729,533 $ 232,708,516 $ 621,670,407 2005 $ 343,575,853 $ 61,102,806 $ 256,459,634 $ 661,138,293 AVERAGE $ 267,282,238 $ 56,482,423 $ 173,145,341 $ 496,910,002

6. Mirza 2007

7. Building Public Infrastructure Do we do a good job? Plan Build Operate Maintain Replace Decommission

8. Consider ‘Why’ the Project is Required Existing Infrastructure Stock Replacement Growth/Development Meeting New Standards

13. PLANNING: Infrastructure Planning Grants CONSTRUCTION: Capital Grant Programs RECOGNITION:Green City Awards  Towns for Tomorrow  Gas Tax Agreement  Building Canada Fund Examples of Current Programs

14. Program Goals & Objectives Sustainability Principles –Environmental –Economic –Social Protection of Public Health Protection of Environmental Health

15. Leveraging Change TODAY: Program guides “provide direction” and ranking criteria supports sustainability TOMORROW: Grant conditions used to bring some recipients up to a certain “sustainable” standard DOWN THE ROAD: Meeting a “sustainable” standard will be a requirement for grant eligibility

16. Ultimately, programs have to be structured to meet provincial priorities such as public & environmental health issues, but must be able to support and reward sound and sustainable management practices.

17. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Albert Einstein

18. Glen Brown A/Director, Infrastructure and Engineering Ministry of Community Services Glen.T.Brown@gov.bc.ca www.cserv.gov.bc.ca