DISPOSITION OF REPORTS TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
30 November 1999
Notes: 1. Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by the Committee.
2. Reports requiring Council consideration will be presented on 8 December 1999 in Transportation Committee Report 50.
1. TOURISM AND PUBLIC SERVICES SIGNING POLICY - DRAFT POLICY STATUS AND AMENDMENT TO ACCOMMODATE MTO LOGO SIGN SYSTEM
That Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve:
1. That the Tourism and Public Service sign policy be left as an interim policy with the following modifications;
a. addition of a new policy section to accommodate MTO's recently initiated Logo sign program, and;
b. adjustment of the application area for TODS and Logo signing;
2. Acceptance in principle of a consultant study to undertake a comprehensive Regional sign policy and By-law review and update to be initiated prior to year’s end, in which the Tourism and Public Service signage policy, amongst other sign policy, will be finalized;
3. That municipal facilities such as the Gloucester Splash Wave Pool and the Pineview Golf Course be exempted from the implementation boundary in the east in order to permit Tourism and Public Services signing within approved distances of the Blair Road and Montreal Road interchanges of Regional Road 174;
4. That all signs shall be bilingual, providing equal prominence to English and French;
5. That staff be directed to work with the BIA’S (Market and Rideau) to review the need and install signs on Nicholas Street (for traffic getting off the queensway) to indicate the Market Area and Parliament Hill;
6. That Hunt Club Road be the southern boundary for the duration of this interim policy.
CARRIED as amended
2. MOBILITY MANAGEMENT BRANCH - WORKPLAN
1. That the following be added to Facilities management Multi-modal roadway facilites:
That Transportation and Planning staff work together to enhance the present guidelines relating to land use and subdivision approvals in order to increase pedestrian and cycling access to Regional roads;
2. That points 1, 2 and 4 under Cycling facilities be added to the Walking facilities by changing the cycling terminology to pedestrian terminology;
3. That Councillors be asked via e-mail what the pedestrian facility priorities are in their ward.
CARRIED as amended
3. Modifications to Industrial AVENUE immediately west of St. Laurent Boulevard to Accommodate the Development at 911 Industrial AVENUE
That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve the roadway modifications to Industrial Avenue, immediately west of St Laurent Boulevard as described in the report and illustrated in Annex B, subject to the proponent, Malaway Investments Limited:
1. funding the total cost for the roadway modifications and the associated utility relocations;
2. executing a legal agreement with respect to the above.
REFERRED TO STAFF
4. road Closing - Untravelled portion of Regional Road No. 174 at the south-west corner of Blair road
That Transportation Committee recommend Council pass a by-law to close an untravelled portion of Regional Road No. 174 (old Highway No. 17) situated on the south-west corner of Blair Road at Regional Road No. 174, and being composed of Part of Lot 21, Concession 2, Ottawa Front in the City of Gloucester, Region of Ottawa-Carleton and designated as PARTS 1, 2 and 3 on a draft plan.
CARRIED