1.             2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL bUDGET – tRANSPORTATION cOMMITTEE

 

                budgetS PRÉLIMINAIRES de fonctionnement et d’immobilisations de

2012– COMITÉ DES TRANSPORT

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

 

That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transportation Committee 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:

 

1.                  The  Public Works Operating Budget and  Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability-Transportation Planning Operating Budget (p. 5) as follows:

 

a)                  General Manager Operating Resource Requirement (p. 10);

 

b)                 Traffic Management and Operational Support as follows:

i)                    User Fees (p. 17);

ii)                  Operating Resource Requirement (p. 13);

 

c)                  Roads and Traffic Maintenance Operating Resource Requirement (p. 18);

 

d)                 Parking Operations as follows:

i)                    User Fees (p. 25-31);

ii)                  Parking Operations Operating Resource Requirement (p. 22);

 

e)                  Fleet Services Operating Resource Requirement (p. 32);

 

f)                   Planning and Growth Management-Transportation Planning Operating Resource Requirement (p. 43)

 

2.                  The Transportation Committee Capital Program (amended pgs. 7-9) as follows:

 

a)                  Fleet Services Capital Budget (p. 36) [individual projects listed p. 37-39];

 

b)                 Transportation Services Capital Budget (p. 46) [individual projects listed p. 47-114] as amended by replacing the Rideau and Wurtemburg location identified in Project 906328 (2012 Lifecycle Renewal – Traffic Control Signals) with Dalhousie and York;

 

c)                  Transit Services Capital Budget (p. 115) [individual projects listed p. 116 to 120B];

 

d)         Integrated Roads, Water and Wastewater Capital Budget (p. 121) [individual projects listed p. 122-136].

 

 

Recommandation modifiÉe DU Comité

 

Que le Conseil, qui siège à titre de comité plénier, approuve le budget préliminaire de fonctionnement et des immobilisations de 2012 du Comité des transports, comme suit :

 

1.                  Le budget de fonctionnement des Travaux publics et le budget de fonctionnement des Services d’infrastructure et de la viabilité des collectivités – Planification stratégique des transports (page 5), comme suit :

 

a)                 Besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du directeur général (page 10);

 

b)                 Gestion de la circulation et Soutien opérationnel, comme suit :

i)                    les frais d’utilisation (page 17);

ii)                  les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement (page 13);

 

c)                  Besoins en ressources de fonctionnement d’Entretien de routes et Circulation routière (page 18);

 

d)                Exploitation des stationnements, comme suit :

i)                    les frais d’utilisation (pages 25-31);

ii)                     les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement d’Exploitation des
stationnements (page 22);

 

e)                  Besoins en ressources de fonctionnement des Services du parc automobile (page 32);

 

f)                   Besoins en ressources de fonctionnement d’Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance – Planification stratégique des transports (page 43).

 

2.                  Le programme d’immobilisations du Comité des transports (modifié aux pages 7‑9), comme suit :

 

a)                  Budget des immobilisations des Services du parc automobile (page 36) (une liste exhaustive des projets figure aux pages 37-39);

 

b)                 Budget des immobilisations des Services de transport (page 46) (une liste exhaustive des projets figure aux pages 47-114), tel que modifié en remplaçant le carrefour des rues Rideau et Wurtemburg indiqué dans le projet 906328 (Renouvellement du cycle de vie de 2012 – Feux de circulation) par celui des rues Dalhousie et York;

 

c)                  Budget des immobilisations des Services de transport en commun (page 115) (une liste exhaustive des projets figure aux pages 116 à 120B);

 

d)                 Budget des immobilisations du Système intégré d’aqueduc et d’égouts (page 121) (une liste exhaustive des projets figure aux pages 122-136).

 

 

Documentation

 

1.                  Transportation Committee Coordinator’s report dated 28 October 2011 (ACS2011-CMR-TRC-0023).

 

2.                  Extract of Draft Minutes of the Transportation Committee meeting of 10 November 2011 immediately follows the Transportation Committee Coordinator’s report.

 

 

Report to/Rapport au :

 

Transportation Committee /

Comité des transports

and Council / et au Conseil  

 

28 October 2011 / 28 octobre 2011

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Committee Coordinator / Coordonnateur du comité

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Melody Duffenais, Committee Coordinator

City Clerk and Solicitor/Greffier et Chef du contentieux

(613) 580-2424 x, 20113

 

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2011-CMR-TRC-0023

 

 

SUBJECT:

2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET – transportation committee

 

 

OBJET :

budgetS PRÉLIMINAIRES de fonctionnement et d’immobilisations de 2012– comitÉ des transports

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Transportation Committee consider the relevant portions of the draft 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets, including the following Capital projects that were referred from the Transit Commission’s budget:

905183 - TMP Supplementary Transit Network

906514 - Transit Priority Corridor 2012

906515 - Transit Priority Measures 2012

and forward its recommendations to Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, for consideration at the meeting to be held November 30, 2011.

 

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité des transports examine les sections pertinentes des Budgets préliminaires d’immobilisations et de fonctionnement de 2012, y compris les projets d’immobilisations suivants, inclus par erreur dans le budget de la Commission du transport en commun :

905183 - Réseau de transport en commun supplémentaire du PDT

906514 - Couloir prioritaire de transport en commun de 2012

906515 - Mesures de priorité du transport en commun en 2012

et qu’il présente ses recommandations au Conseil, siégeant à titre de Comité plénier, aux fins d’examen lors de sa réunion prévue du 30 novembre 2011.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

City Council, on 14 September 2011, approved the 2012 Budget Process and Timetable for developing and approving the 2012 budget, indicating that the individual Committees, Board and Commission would hold meetings to listen to public delegations, review their respective budgets and make recommendations to Council.  At that time, Council also approved that the tax supported budgets for the following would be tabled on 26 October:

 

 

On 26 October 2011, City Council adopted the following Motion:

 

WHEREAS this Council is committed to promoting a culture of fiscal responsibility at City Hall; and

 

WHEREAS the Long Range Financial Plan incorporates a maximum tax increase of 2.5% for the years 2012 to 2014; and

 

WHEREAS this Council wishes the Standing Committee and Transit Commission Budget recommendations to be consistent with the Long Range Financial Plan;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council direct each Standing Committee and the Transit Commission to work within the funding envelope for the budgets in their mandates, and that any additions to the budget will require offsetting reductions.

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

The Transit Commission, at a special meeting on 26 October 2011, tabled the relevant portions of its 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets and approved the following recommendation:

 

WHEREAS the budgets for three capital projects were inadvertently included in the Transit Commission’s budget; and

 

WHEREAS these three capital projects are within the mandate of the Transportation Committee (as they deal with the road network and not the Transitway);

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Transit Commission refer the following capital projects to the Transportation Committee budget deliberations for their consideration and recommendation to Council:

 

905183 - TMP Supplementary Transit Network (pg. 25)

906514 - Transit Priority Corridor 2012 (pg. 21)

906515 - Transit Priority Measures 2012 (pg. 22).

 

The 2012 Transportation Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget, including the capital projects mentioned above, is now before the Committee for the purpose of hearing from public delegations and to consider and make recommendations to Council. 

 

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will review and make recommendations on those portions of the budget with Rural Implications.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

This meeting was advertised in the three daily newspapers and public delegations will be received by the Commission.  As well, there will be four multi-ward bilingual budget consultation meetings held between the 1st and 4th of November, in advance of Council's consideration of the Budget to be held on the 30th of November 2011.

 

 

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no legal impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.

 

 

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.

 

 

CITY STRATEGIC PLAN

 

N/A

 

 

TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Financial Implications are identified in the 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets, as well as in the City Treasurer's Transmittal Report dated 26 October 2011 and entitled "2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets - Tax Supported Programs", tabled with Council on 26 October 2011.

 

ACCESSIBILITY IMPACTS

 

There is no accessibility impact associated with the consideration of this report.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1 - City Treasurer's report (ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0050) dated 26 October 2011, entitled 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets - Tax Supported Programs – English and French (issued previously to all Members of Council and held on file with the City Clerk)

 

Document 2 -  2012 Revised Transportation Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budgets (issued previously to all Members of Council and held on file with the City Clerk)

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

The Committee Coordinator will forward the Committee's recommendations to Council for consideration at the meeting of November 30, 2011.  Budgets will be amended as per Council deliberation and adoption.

 

Transportation Committee

extract of

draft minutes 13

10 novemBER 2011

 

Comité deS transports

extrait de l’Ébauche du

PROCÈS-VERBAL 13

LE 10 novembre 2011

 

 

 

 

2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET – TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

BUDGETS PRÉLIMINAIRES DE FONCTIONNEMENT ET D’IMMOBILISATIONS DE 2012– COMITÉ DES TRANSPORTS

ACS2011-CMR-TRC-0023                                       city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Transportation Committee consider the relevant portions of the draft 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets, including the following Capital projects that were referred from the Transit Commission’s budget:

905183 - TMP Supplementary Transit Network

906514 - Transit Priority Corridor 2012

906515 - Transit Priority Measures 2012

and forward its recommendations to Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, for consideration at the meeting to be held November 30, 2011.

 

Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, provided an overview of the 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budget for Transportation Committee.  A copy of her PowerPoint presentation is held on file with the City Clerk.

 

Committee heard from the following public delegations:

 

John Dance, Ron Rose and Don Fugler, Ottawa East Community Association,* presented comments and recommendations on the 2012 Budget with respect to improving transportation investments in Old Ottawa East and beyond, as outlined in detail in the presentation held on file with the City Clerk.

 

Dale Harley, Executive Advisor, National Capital Heavy Construction Association,* presented comments in support of the 2012 Budget with respect to infrastructure investments, as outlined in detail in the presentation held on file with the City Clerk.

 

Carole Moult, Riverview Park Community Association, spoke in opposition to funding a hospital link in the Alta Vista Transportation Corridor.

 

Paul Clark, Citizens for Safe Cycling, presented comments and recommendations in support of the 2012 Budget with respect to cycling investments and Ottawa on the Move.

 

Michael Powell, Chair, Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee*, was unable to attend in person but provided the committee’s written comments and recommendations on the 2012 Budget prior to the meeting, as outlined in detail in the presentation held on file with the City Clerk.

 

* Presentation and/or comments held on file with the City Clerk

 

The relevant portions of the 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets were put to Committee for consideration.

 

MOTION NO TRC 13/ 1

 

Moved by Councillor M. Fleury:

 

Whereas Project 906328 - 2012 Lifecycle Renewal – Traffic Control Signals identifies Rideau and Wurtemburg as a location to be funded for upgrades; and

 

Whereas funding for signals for Rideau and Wurtemburg is already incorporated within the Rideau Street Reconstruction project;

 

Therefore be it resolved that the Rideau and Wurtemburg location (p. 52) be replaced with Dalhousie and York.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

The report recommendation was put to Committee and CARRIED, as amended, as follows:

 

That Transportation Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transportation Committee 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:

 

1.                  The  Public Works Operating Budget and  Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability-Transportation Planning Operating Budget (p. 5) as follows:

 

a)                  General Manager Operating Resource Requirement (p. 10);

 

b)                 Traffic Management and Operational Support as follows:

i)                    User Fees (p. 17);

ii)                  Operating Resource Requirement (p. 13);

 

c)                                          Roads and Traffic Maintenance Operating Resource Requirement (p. 18);

 

d)                 Parking Operations as follows:

i)                    User Fees (p. 25-31);

ii)                  Parking Operations Operating Resource Requirement (p. 22);

 

e)                  Fleet Services Operating Resource Requirement (p. 32);

 

f)                   Planning and Growth Management-Transportation Planning Operating Resource Requirement (p. 43)

 

2.                  The Transportation Committee Capital Program (amended pgs. 7-9) as follows:

 

a)                  Fleet Services Capital Budget (p. 36) [individual projects listed p. 37-39];

 

b)                 Transportation Services Capital Budget (p. 46) [individual projects listed p. 47-114] as amended by replacing the Rideau and Wurtemburg location identified in Project 906328 (2012 Lifecycle Renewal – Traffic Control Signals) with Dalhousie and York;

 

c)                  Transit Services Capital Budget (p. 115) [individual projects listed p. 116 to 120B];

 

d)                 Integrated Roads, Water and Wastewater Capital Budget (p. 121) [individual projects listed p. 122-136].