SPECIAL OTTAWA-CARLETON

REGIONAL TRANSIT COMMISSION

 

 

22 December 1999

9:00 a.m.

 

 

AGENDA

 

A. PRAYER

 

B. ROLL CALL

 

C. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Confirmation of the minutes of the Regular Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission meeting of 8 December 1999.

 

D. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION AND TRANSIT SERVICES COMMITTEE

 

E. REGRETS

The following members of the Commission advising that they will be absent from Commission and Committee meetings during the dates indicated:

No regrets filed to date.

 

F. MOTION TO INTRODUCE COMMITTEE REPORTS

OTTAWA-CARLETON REGIONAL TRANSIT SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 99-17

 

2000 Transit Services Committee Budget Review

Committee Recommendation As Amended

That the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission approve the 2000 Draft Operating Estimates-OC Transpo Supplementary Information, as tabled with Regional Council, December 8, 1999 and as amended by the following:

 

2000 DRAFT OPERATING ESTIMATES, OC TRANSPO (p. 3)

That the 2000 Draft Operating Estimates be approved, including fare increases to be introduced on April 1, 2000 as follows:

    1. Ticket prices to increase by 5 cents to 80 cents;
    2. Adult Transpass prices to increase by $1.50 to $58.50; and
    3. Student Transpass prices to increase by $1.00 to $47.75.

 

2000 DRAFT OPERATING ESTIMATES, PARA TRANSPO (p. 11)

That the 2000 Draft Operating Estimates, Para Transpo, be approved, as amended by the following:

1. That approval be given for a total of $240,000 which has been added to the Para Transpo 2000 draft operating estimates in order to increase the number of trips provided to Para Transpo customers by approximately 13,000. That the $240,000 be drawn from Para Transpo operating reserves.

2. That approval in principle be given for a taxi pilot project for Para Transpo and authorization for staff to tender for service to provide transportation to some customers who would otherwise be refused service in 2000.

    1. That the review of eligibility for Para Transpo be completed by June, 2000 and that any freed up service be re-deployed to customers who cannot use regular transit.

 

2000 DRAFT CAPITAL ESTIMATES, OC TRANSPO (pp. 15 - 21)

1. That the 2000 Draft Capital Estimates be approved, with new Authority for $18,179,000.

2. That approval be given to create debenture authority of $21,592,000 to allow the purchase of buses in 2000 for delivery in 2001.

 

G. MOTION TO ADOPT COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

H. MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS THREE READINGS

 

I. MOTIONS (OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN)

 

J. NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT NEXT REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING)

 

K. CONFIRMATION BY-LAW

 

L. INQUIRIES

 

M. ADJOURNMENT