DISPOSITION OF REPORTS TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

3 May 2000

Notes:

1. Underlining indicates new or amended recommendation(s) approved by Committee.
2. Reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 10 May 2000 in Transportation Report 61.

1. SAFETY AUDIT - CEDARVIEW ROAD

That the Transportation Committee receive the report prepared by McCormick Rankin Corporation entitled "Highway 416 Cedarview Road - Lytle Avenue to Hunt Club Road (W.O. 98-43012)" for information, and recommend that Council approve that formal arrangements be entered into between the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, to implement the recommendations contained therein.

Be it resolved that the RMOC act as Ministry of Transportation’s agent for design, construction and property acquisition for the modifications of Cedarview Road;

That the RMOC delegate, to the Commissioner of Environment and Transportation, the authority to act on behalf of the Region, in engaging on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation, consultants and contractors following Regional policies;

That the RMOC direct staff to request Agriculture Canada to allow the Region to proceed with the construction of the works pending the closing of property acquisition, to allow for immediate implementation;

That the RMOC enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Transportation to implement all of the above, at full cost to the Ministry of Transportation.

CARRIED as amended

2. Kent Street Plan

Having held a public hearing, that Transportation Committee recommend Council approve the road modifications for Kent Street (Catherine to Gloucester) as identified by the functional plan attached as Annex C (Ainley Group DWG: Kent-01to 05) and detailed within this report.

That staff investigate converting Lisgar Street between Bank Street and Kent Street to two-ways and report back by September 2000 on the technical challenges related to this.

CARRIED as amended

 

3. MODIFICATIONS TO MERIVALE ROAD FROM FALLOWFIELD ROAD TO OLD HIGHWAY 16 TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH WITHIN THE SOUTH MERIVALE BUSINESS PARK 

That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve:

1. the installation of traffic control signals at the intersections of Merivale Road and Leikin Drive, and Merivale Road and Old Highway 16 along with the construction of roadway modifications on Merivale Road from a point approximately 100 m. north of Fallowfield Road to Old Highway 16 as described in the report, and;

2. the proposed road works be jointly funded by the City of Nepean and the Region of Ottawa-Carleton as outlined in the report.

CARRIED

4. TERRY FOX DRIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY - PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS  

That this report be received for information.

CARRIED as amended

5. Terry Fox Drive Environmental Assessment Study

That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve:

1. The alignment of Terry Fox Drive as recommended in the EA Study, and illustrated on Figure 3 (alternative 1-2) and Figure 4 (alternative 4-1);

2. The preparation of an Environmental Study Report (ESR) for Terry Fox Drive;

3. The development of an environmental protection and management strategy to address mitigation measures and long term protection of the areas of the South March Highlands which are potentially impacted by the alignment.

4. That the approval of Alignment 4-1 for Terry Fox Drive, be conditional on the following:

a. That environmentally-sensitive lands between the current limit of the Kanata urban community and the new Terry Fox Drive alignment be protected from development, should further examination confirm the findings of the staff report dated 17 April 2000 (Terry Fox Drive Environmental Assessment Study - Planning and Development Implications) and the earlier Brunton analysis, namely that the lands in question are "a unique landscape for Kanata with abundant rock barrens intermixed upland hardwood forest", and;

b. That the Regional Official Plan Amendment (ROPA) that will be required to realign the road be conducted concurrently with the ROPA to protect the natural environment areas as one package put before Council.

CARRIED as amended
  1. Intersection safety program to reduce red light running (Red light cameras)

That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve recommendations 5 and 6 and Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee and Council approve recommendations 1, 2, 3 and 4 as follows:

1. The award of Request for Proposal (RFP) 9119-00-7004, issued by the City of Toronto on behalf of participating Ontario municipalities, to Lockheed Martin IMS Canada Inc., for the supply, installation, operation, and maintenance of Red Light Camera Systems within the Region of Ottawa-Carleton for $784,000;

2. That award of this contract be subject to the successful completion of the Proof of Performance portion as contained in RFP 9119-00-7004;

3. The Region of Ottawa-Carleton enter into agreement with the City of Toronto Transportation and Works Department for the processing of Red Light Enforcement notice of violations;

4. The Region of Ottawa-Carleton enter into an agreement with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario for the implementation of the Intersection Safety Program to Reduce Red-Light Running;

5. Staff proceed with the implementation of Red Light Cameras within the Region of Ottawa-Carleton at the locations listed in Appendix A of this report;

6. That Council endorse the Region of Waterloo’s and Region of Peel’s requests that the Ontario Minister of Transportation and the Ontario Minister of the Attorney General assume their costs of participating in the Intersection Safety Program to Reduce Red-Light Running.

CARRIED