1. The appointments of Mr. Derek Ballantyne, Ms. Catherine Boucher, Mr. John Cook, Ms. Olga Tasci, Ms. Sandra Vezina, and Ms. Louise Fisher, as voting members on the Social Housing Working Group;

2. The appointments of Marni Capp, Planning Department and Linda Capperauld, Social Services Department as the two regional staff representatives on the Working Group, and;

3. The participation of non-voting members, representing other housing providers, social service agencies and individuals, with experience or expertise in social housing to complement the Working Group’s efforts.

That Council approve:

1. that the report prepared by J. P. Braaksma and Associates, entitled Centretown Traffic Calming Plan and Kent Street Traffic Calming Concept Plan (Document 1 on file with the Regional Clerk) be approved in principle;

2. that, subject to technical evaluation, detailed design, and the identification of capital and operating funds, the Preferred Kent Street Traffic Calming Concept Plan as illustrated in Annex A and Figure 5.2 of the consultant’s report be approved;

3. that, subject to technical evaluation, detailed design, and the identification of capital and operating funds, the Preferred Traffic Calming Plan as illustrated in Annex B and Figure 6.1 of the consultant’s report be used as a basis for identifying traffic calming measures to be implemented in the Centretown neighbourhood, specifically on streets as detailed in Annexes B and C;

4. that Recommendation 4 be deleted;

5. that the establishment of implementation priorities and assessment criteria include, where appropriate, input from area residents and local business representatives, and people with disabilities;

6. subject to detailed design, a pilot project for Lyon Street be approved for 1998 with speed humps between Somerset and Catherine, and a raised intersection at Gladstone and Lyon;

7. tree planting is an essential part of traffic calming and tree locations will be incorporated into the design of traffic calming measures;

8. reconstruction projects proposed for streets that are on the list for traffic calming should include funds for implementation in the project budgets.

1. That Regional Council endorses the employer provided tax-exempt transit pass;

2. That the Regional Chair, on behalf of the residents of Ottawa-Carleton, request the Federal Government to make employer provided transit passes income tax-exempt;

3. That each member of council writes their own Member of Parliament (MP), asking them to support tax-exempt employer provided transit passes;

4. That each member of council make this issue broadly available to their constituents - for example, including information in community newspapers, encouraging constituents to contact their MP;

5. That Regional Councillors support the National Task Force Promoting Employer Provided Tax-Exempt Transit Passes by providing French translation of material, one page per Councillor;

6. That Regional Council support the National Task Force Promoting Employer Provided Tax-Exempt Transit Passes by participating in upcoming meetings with Ministers of Parliament - when possible;

7. That recommendation 7 be deleted.