Transit commission extract of draft minutes 21 23 april 2012

Commission du transport en commun extraite de l’Ébauche du PROCÈS-VERBAL 21 LE 23 avril 2012

CITY OPERATIONS

OPÉRATIONS MUNICIPALES

TRANSIT SERVICES

SERVICES DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN

OC TRANSPO FARES - 2012/2013

TARIFS D’OC TRANSPO - 2012/2013

ACS2012-COS-TRA-0003 CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Transit Commission recommend that Council approve:

1. The adoption of the fares outlined in Document 1 of this report, to come into effect on July 1, 2012;

2. The application of Express fares to the current Rural Express routes, as described in this report; and,

3. The termination of the ECOPASS program, as described in this report.

John Manconi, General Manager, Transit Services, introduced Vincent Patterson, Manager, Transit Marketing & Strategic Development and Pat Scrimgeour, Manager, Transit Service Design. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation delivered by Mr. Manconi is held on file. Also present to answer questions were Marian Simulik, City Treasurer, and Jane Wright, Chief, Customer Service & Innovation, Transit Services.

The Commission heard from the following delegations:

· Dianne Breton, Council on Aging: Ottawa Seniors Transportation Committee *

· Margaret Dunn, Chair, Seniors Advisory Committee *

· Penny Leclair, Chair and Catherine Gardner, Member, Accessibility Advisory Committee*

· Ida Henderson, Secretary, Plant Pool Recreation Association *

· Christine Santele and Tong Zhao-Ansari, City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) *

· Adele Muldoon*

· Charles Matthews

· Jin Lu

· David Jeanes

* Written submissions provided by the delegations are held on file with the City Clerk.

In addition to the written submissions noted above, the Commission also received the following correspondence, copies of which are held on file with the City Clerk:

· Email from Robert Applebaum dated April 19, 2012.

· Email from Douglas Walker dated April 19, 2012.

· Emails from Maxine Smith dated April 19 and 21, 2012.

· Email from Georgia Lay dated April 22, 2012.

· Email from Alayne McGregor dated April 23, 2012.

· Email from Glenn Horne dated April 23, 2012.

MOTION OTC 21/2

Moved by Commissioner S. Desroches:

Whereas a number of local employers encourage public transit as part of their corporate green agendas and or LEED commitments.

Whereas a number of these local employers have been key partners in the ECOPASS program as part of their green corporate culture

Therefore be it resolved that OCTranspo develop a supportive and flexible program with Presto for local employers who wish to subsidize and or encourage transit use by employees.

CARRIED

The report recommendation was then put to the Commission and CARRIED, as amended by Motion 21/2.