Transit Committee Comité du transport en commun DISPOSITION 44 / SUITE À DONNER 44 Wednesday, 21 April 2010 Le mercredi 21 avril 2010 Note: Item 4 will be presented to Council on 28 April 2010 in Transit Committee Report 38. All other items requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 12 May 2010 in Transit Committee Report 38A. Nota : Le point 4 sera présenté au Conseil le 28 avril 2010 dans le rapport no 38 du Comité du transport en commun. Tous les autres rapports nécessitant l’examen du Conseil seront présentés au Conseil le 12 mai 2010 dans le rapport no 38A du Comité du transport en commun. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES / RATIFICATION DU PROCÈS-VERBAL Joint Minutes 12 – 8 February 2010 Procès-verbal conjoint 12 – 8 février 2010 CONFIRMED Minutes 43 – 1 March 2010 Procès-verbal 43 – le 1 mars 2010 CONFIRMED COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS Responses to Inquiries: / Réponses aux demandes de renseignements: TTC 03-10 Life-time Transit Pass for Veterans / Laissez-passer de transport en commun à vie pour les anciens combattants RECEIVED INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES DES INFRASTRUCTURES ET LES SERVICES DE VIABILITÉ DES COLLECTIVITÉS TRANSIT SERVICES SERVICE DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN 1. IMPROVED TRANSIT SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN RURAL AREAS AMÉLIORATION DES SERVICES DE TRANSPORT EN COMMUN POUR LES AÎNÉS ET LES PERSONNES HANDICAPÉES DES SECTEURS RURAUX ACS2010-ICS-TRA-0001 CITY WIDE / À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee recommend Council approve: 1. Urban Para Transpo service and fares be expanded to cover the entire Urban Policy Area plus the Rideau-Carleton Raceway, as detailed in this report; 2. A consultation process be carried out with residents of rural villages to plan up to four new once-a-week bus trips from rural villages to shopping destinations in the urban part of the City; and 3. The Para Transpo rural fare zone boundaries be revised, as detailed in this report, to simplify fares by removing specialized sub-zones that are little-used. REFERRED 2. UPDATE: ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT OF TRANSIT SERVICES FACILITIES MISE À JOUR: VÉRIFICATION DE L’ACCESSIBILITÉ DANS LES INSTALLATIONS DE TRANSPORT EN COMMUN ACS2010-ICS-TRA-0002 CITY WIDE / À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee receive this report for information. RECEIVED 3. CANADIAN URBAN TRANSIT ASSOCIATION (CUTA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE ATTENDENCE PARTICIPATION AU CONGRÈS ANNUEL DE L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DU TRANSPORT URBAIN ACS2010-ICS-TRA-0004 CITY WIDE / À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee approve the attendance of Councillors Alex Cullen and Marianne Wilkinson, as the City of Ottawa representatives at the Canadian Urban Transit Association’s Annual Conference in Ottawa, May 15 to 19, 2010. CARRIED 4. FLEET ACQUISITION STRATEGY STRATÉGIE D’ACQUISITION DU PARC DE VÉHICULES ACS2010-ICS-TRA-0005 CITY WIDE / À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee approve the addition of Item 4, Fleet Acquisition Strategy (ACS2020-1CS-TRA-0005) for consideration by the Committee at this meeting pursuant to section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law, as there is an immediate and finite time period available for Council to consider this issue and staff were unable to complete the report earlier. CARRIED That Transit Committee recommend Council approve: 1. The purchase of 226 New Flyer buses (model D60LFR) from New Flyer under the existing agreement, as outlined in this report; 2. Delegate authority to the General Manager, Transit Services, to amend the current warranty support agreement with New Flyer to incorporate the new vendor support agreement; 3. Delegate Finance the authority to seek alternative funding sources and report back to Council with the results; and 4. That an annual report be provided to Transit Committee that will describe the operating costs and savings of the New Flyer articulated bus purchase. CARRIED as amended CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE BUREAU DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL CITY CLERK’S AND LEGAL SERVICES DIRECTION DU GREFFIER MUNICIPAL ET DES CONTENTIEUX 5. STATUS UPDATE – TRANSIT COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 12, 2010 RAPPORT DE SITUATION - DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS ET MOTIONS DU COMITE DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT LE 12 AVRIL 2010 ACS2010-CMR-CCB-0038 CITY WIDE / A L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee receive this report for information. RECEIVED CITY OPERATIONS OPÉRATIONS MUNICIPALES 6. QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO COUNCIL, Q4: OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2009 RAPPORT TRIMESTRIEL SUR LE RENDEMENT PRÉSENTÉ AU CONSEIL POUR LE 4E TRIMESTRE, DU 1ER OCTOBRE AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2009 ACS2010-CCS-TTC-0007 CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee receive this report for further review and discussion of the service areas’ performance results, as outlined in Document 2. RECEIVED COUNCILLOR’S ITEM ARTICLE D’UN CONSEILLER COUNCILLOR’S ITEM ARTICLE D’UN CONSEILLER Councillor / Conseiller A. Cullen 7. ENDORSEMENT OF BILL C-466 APPUI AU PROJET DE LOI C-466 ACS2010-CCS-TTC-0008 CITY-WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE That the Transit Committee recommend Council send a letter to the Federal Minister of Finance and Federal Minister of Transport to support Bill C-466 “An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act: transportation benefits.” CARRIED INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION DISTRIBUÉE AUPARAVANT A. BILL 118 UPDATE PROJET DE LOI 118 : MISE À JOUR ACS2010-ICS-TRA-0003-IPD CITY WIDE / À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE RECEIVED TRANSIT COMMITTEE DISPOSITION 44 21 APRIL 2010 5 DUCOMITÉ DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN SUITE À DONNER 44 LE 21 AVRIL 2010