Special Meeting of Transit Commission
Réunion extraordinaire de la Commission du transport en commun

MINUTES 17 / PROCÈS-VERBAL 17

Thursday, 26 January 2012, 1:00 p.m.
le jeudi 26 janvier 2012, 13 h

Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Salle Andrew S. Haydon, 110, avenue Laurier ouest



Present / Présent : 	D. Deans (Chair / Présidente), 
		K. Egli (Vice-Chair / Vice-président), S. Blais, R. Bloess, B. Crew, S. Desroches, S. Qadri, C. Reporter, T. Tierney, M. Wilkinson

Regrets / Excuses :	J. Ferrabee, E. Rahn


DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
DÉCLARATIONS D’INTÉRÊT

No declarations of interest were filed.


INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
SERVICES DES INFRASTRUCTURES ET LES SERVICES DE VIABILITÉ DES COLLECTIVITÉS

TRANSIT SERVICES
SERVICES DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN

1.	CHOOSING TRANSIT FOR EVERDAY LIFE:  OC TRANSPO 2012 BUSINESS PLAN
	OPTER POUR LE TRANSPORT EN COMMUN AU QUOTIDIEN :  PLAN D’AFFAIRES 2012 D’OC TRANSPO
ACS2011-ICS-TRA-0001	CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

1. That Transit Commission table this report for consideration at the Transit Commission meeting of February 29, 2012.

2. That, at the meeting of February 29, 2012, the Transit Commission recommend that City Council approve the OC Transpo 2012 Business Plan as follows: 

a. The Marketing Plan, as outlined in Section 2.1; 
b. The Service Plan, as outlined in Section 2.2;
c. The Fleet Plan, as outlined in Section 2.3;
d. The Facilities Plan, as outlined in Section 2.4;
e. The Technology Plan, as outlined in Section 2.5;
f. The Accessibility Plan, as outlined in Section 2.6;
g. The People Plan, as outlined in Section 2.7.

Alain Mercier, General Manager, Transit Services, provided a PowerPoint presentation overview of the staff report.  Also presenting were:  Robert Delage, Program Manager, Transit Technology Project; Larry Atkinson, Chief, Transit Maintenance; Laurie Blackstone, Manager, Transit Operations; Pat Scrimgeour, Manager, Transit Service Design; Vincent Patterson, Manager, Marketing and Strategic Development; Dan Villeneuve, Manager, Transit Capital Projects and Facilities Maintenance.

A copy of the presentation is held on file with the City Clerk.

	Following a series of questions posed by members, the report recommendations were then put to the Commission and RECEIVED and TABLED.

STAFF/COMMISSIONER WORKING GROUP ON TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY
GROUPE DE TRAVAIL PERSONNEL / COMMISSAIRE SUR LA TECHNOLOGIE DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN

2.	OC TRANSPO REAL-TIME GPS DATA POLICY
POLITIQUE D’OC TRANSPO SUR LES DONNÉES GPS EN TEMPS RÉEL
ACS2012-CMR-OTC-0003	CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Transit Commission direct staff to work with the Staff/Commissioner Working Group on Transit Technology to develop an OC Transpo Real-Time GPS Data Policy that is in accordance with existing policy and which includes, but is not limited to, an Application Programming Interface (API) Overview and Terms of Use for the consideration of the Transit Commission at its March meeting. 

	CARRIED


INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
SERVICES DES INFRASTRUCTURES ET LES SERVICES DE VIABILITÉ DES COLLECTIVITÉS

TRANSIT SERVICES
SERVICES DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN

3.	THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STAFF/COMMISSIONER WORKING GROUP ON OC TRANSPO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING
	ÉTABLISSEMENT D’UN GROUPE DE TRAVAIL, CONSTITUÉ DE MEMBRES DU PERSONNEL ET D’UN MEMBRE DE LA COMMISSION, SUR LES COMMUNICATIONS ET LE MARKETING D’OC TRANSPO
	CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

MOTION OTC 17/1

	Moved by Commissioner K. Egli

WHEREAS OC Transpo will be launching a number of significant public information and education campaigns in 2012 that promote stable ridership and an on-going commitment to improving the modal split and customer service; and

WHEREAS the Commissioners’ sponsor group for the communications plan for the route optimization program and the Staff/Commissioner Working Group on Transit Technology have provided effective leadership in the timely delivery of programs in accordance with the Commission’s vision; and

WHEREAS there is a benefit to establishing a staff/commissioner working group for marketing and communications efforts for OC Transpo;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a Staff/Commissioner Working Group on Transit Marketing and Communications be created and that there be 5 Commissioner representatives consisting of the Chair, the Vice-Chair, Commissioner Blais, Commissioner Ferrabee and Commissioner Reporter; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Working Group undertake to review the planned UPass information campaign as its first order of business. 

		CARRIED


ADJOURNMENT
LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE

The Commission adjourned the meeting at 2:15 p.m.









			
Commission Coordinator	Chair
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